2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city	Lucerne, Switzerland
Arena	Eiszentrum Luzern
Dates	February 21–28
Winner	Russia
Skip	Andrey Smirnov
Third	Konstantin Kurokhtin
Second	Svetlana Pakhomova
Lead	Alexander Shevchenko
Alternate	Marat Romanov
Finalist	Norway (Rune Lorentsen)
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The 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 21 to 28 at the Eiszentrum Luzern in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Qualification

• Switzerland (host country)
• Top seven teams from the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
  • Russia
  • China
  • Finland
  • Slovakia
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Germany
• Two teams from the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship
  • Norway
  • South Korea

Qualification event

Main article: 2015 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship

Norway and South Korea qualified for the World Championship from the qualifying event held in November 2015 in Lohja, Finland.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Canada	China	Finland	Germany	Norway
Skip: Jim Armstrong Third: Ina Forrest Second: Dennis Thiessen Lead: Mark Ideson Alternate: Sonja Gaudet	Fourth: Sun Yulong Third: Yu Xinyue Skip: Chen Jianxin Lead: Xu Lichun Alternate: Chen Tao	Skip: Markku Karjalainen Third: Sari Karjalainen Second: Yrjo Jaaskelainen Lead: Tuomo Aarnikka Alternate: Riitta Sarosalo	Skip: Jens Jäger Third: Christiane Putzich Second: Martin Schlitt Lead: Heike Melchior Alternate: Harry Pavel	Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Ole Fredrik Syversen Lead: Sissel Løchen Alternate: Jan-Erik Hansen
Russia	Slovakia	South Korea	Switzerland	United States
Skip: Andrey Smirnov Third: Konstantin Kurokhtin Second: Svetlana Pakhomova Lead: Alexander Shevchenko Alternate: Marat Romanov	Skip: Radoslav Ďuriš Third: Dusan Pitoňák Second: Peter Zatko Lead: Monika Kunkelová Alternate: Imrich Lyócsa	Skip: Yang Hui-tae Third: Jung Seung-won Second: Seo Soon-seok Lead: Bang Min-ja Alternate: Cha Jae-goan	Skip: Felix Wagner Third: Eric Decorvet Second: Claudia Hüttenmoser Lead: Beatrix Blaül Alternate: Marcel Bodenmann	Skip: Patrick McDonald Third: Steven Emt Second: Jimmy Joseph Lead: Penny Greely Alternate: Justin Marshall

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker
	Teams Relegated to 2016 B-Championship

Country	Skip	W	L
Norway	Rune Lorentsen	7	2
Russia	Andrey Smirnov	7	2
Switzerland	Felix Wagner	7	2
South Korea	Yang Hui-tae	5	4
China	Chen Jianxin	4	5
United States	Patrick McDonald	4	5
Canada	Jim Armstrong	3	6
Germany	Jens Jäger	3	6
Slovakia	Radoslav Ďuriš	3	6
Finland	Markku Karjalainen	2	7

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01).

Draw 1

Sunday, February 21, 16:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	0	3	1	0	4	0	X	10
United States (McDonald)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	2
Switzerland (Wagner)	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1
Russia (Smirnov)	1	3	2	2	4	0	X	X	12

Draw 2

Monday, February 22, 10:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Chen)	0	2	1	0	0	4	2	X	9
Finland (Karjalainen)	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	2	0	2	3	1	0	8
South Korea (Yang)	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	2	1	3	1	0	0	X	8
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	1	4	0	0	2	1	3	X	11
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 3

Monday, February 22, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	1	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	9
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	1	0	6	1	0	1	X	11
China (Chen)	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	2	8
Russia (Smirnov)	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Yang)	3	0	3	1	2	2	X	X	11
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 23, 10:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2
South Korea (Yang)	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	5
Germany (Jäger)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	5
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	7
China (Chen)	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	8

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 23, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	2	3	1	2	0	0	3	X	11
China (Chen)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	5
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	3
South Korea (Yang)	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	X	2
United States (McDonald)	1	3	4	3	0	0	X	X	11

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 24, 10:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	X	7
Germany (Jäger)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	7
Finland (Karjalainen)	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Chen)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	X	6
South Korea (Yang)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	2

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 24, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Yang)	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	X	7
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Switzerland (Wagner)	1	0	3	1	2	0	1	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	3
Canada (Armstrong)	0	1	2	1	1	0	4	X	9

Draw 8

Thursday, February 25, 10:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Yang)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	X	5
Finland (Karjalainen)	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Chen)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	4
Germany (Jäger)	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	X	7

Draw 9

Thursday, February 25, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	3	1	2	0	2	0	2	X	10
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	0	2	0	1	1	4	X	10
Canada (Armstrong)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Yang)	2	0	3	0	0	3	0	X	8
China (Chen)	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	6
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	9

Draw 10

Friday, February 26, 10:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	2
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	8
South Korea (Yang)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	6

Draw 11

Friday, February 26, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	X	8
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	X	4
China (Chen)	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	3	10
United States (McDonald)	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	3	0	2	0	0	2	1	X	8
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	X	5

Draw 12

Saturday, February 27, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Chen)	2	0	3	0	4	0	4	X	13
United States (McDonald)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3
Canada (Armstrong)	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	6

Tiebreaker

Saturday, February 27, 14:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	X	7
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

Slovakia is relegated to the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Norway	3								2	Russia	7
	2	Russia	5								1	Norway	4
						1	Norway	7
						4	South Korea	4
	3	Switzerland	4
	4	South Korea	6

	Bronze Medal Game
	3	Switzerland	5
	4	South Korea	6

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 27, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	5

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 27, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4
South Korea (Yang)	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	6

Semifinal

Sunday, February 28, 10:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	7
South Korea (Yang)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4

Bronze medal game

Sunday, February 28, 15:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	5
South Korea (Yang)	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	6

Gold medal game

Sunday, February 28, 15:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	X	7
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	X	4

2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Russia 3rd title

External links

• Official website