Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Wheelchair curling
at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Wheelchair curling; at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Gangneung Gymnasium
Dates	10–17 March
Competitors	60 from 12 nations
Medalists
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The wheelchair curling competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held from 10 to 17 March 2018 at the Gangneung Gymnasium^[1] in Gangneung, South Korea.^[2] For the first time, twelve mixed teams will compete at the Winter Paralympics.^[3]

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	1	0	0	1
2	Norway	0	1	0	1
3	Canada	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed	China Wang Haitao Chen Jianxin Liu Wei Wang Meng Zhang Qiang (alternate) Coach: Yue Qingshuang	Norway Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Sissel Løchen Rikke Iversen (alternate) Coach: Peter Dahlman	Canada Mark Ideson Ina Forrest Dennis Thiessen Marie Wright James Anseeuw (alternate) Coach: Wayne Kiel

Qualification

Qualification for the 2018 Paralympics was based on rankings in the 2015, 2016, and 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championships.^[4] The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the World Championships. The points are distributed as shown in the table below. The eleven countries with the most points were to qualify for the Pyeongchang Games, while the twelfth slot was reserved for the host country, South Korea. Because the South Korean team placed within the top eleven point-scorers, the twelfth slot was given to the twelfth-ranked team, Sweden.

Final rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Rankings

Key
	Nations qualified for the Paralympic Games
	Host nation (automatic qualification)

Country	2015	2016	2017	Total
Neutral Paralympic Athletes	12	12	10	34
Norway	1	10	12	23
China	10	6	7	23
Canada	5	4	6	15
United States	6	5	4	15
South Korea	0	8	5	13
Great Britain¹	3	0	8	11
Switzerland	0	7	3	10
Finland	8	1	1	10
Germany	4	3	2	9
Slovakia	7	2	0	9
Sweden	2	0	0	2

Notes

^ Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship. Under an agreement between the curling federations of those three home nations, only qualification points earned by Scotland count toward the point total for Great Britain.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[5]

Canada	China	Finland	Germany
Skip: Mark Ideson Third: Ina Forrest Second: Dennis Thiessen Lead: Marie Wright Alternate: James Anseeuw Coach: Wayne Kiel	Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Chen Jianxin Second: Liu Wei Lead: Wang Meng Alternate: Zhang Qiang Coach: Yue Qingshuang	Fourth: Markku Karjalainen Third: Yrjö Jääskeläinen Second: Vesa Leppänen Skip: Sari Karjalainen Alternate: Riitta Särösalo Coach: Vesa Kokko	Skip: Christiane Putzich Third: Harry Pavel Second: Martin Schlitt Lead: Heike Melchior Alternate: Wolf Meissner Coach: Katja Schweizer
Great Britain	Norway	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	Slovakia
Skip: Aileen Neilson Third: Hugh Nibloe Second: Gregor Ewan Lead: Bob McPherson Alternate: Angie Malone Coach: Sheila Swan, Kenny More	Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Ole Fredrik Syversen Lead: Sissel Løchen Alternate: Rikke Iversen Coach: Peter Dahlman	Skip: Konstantin Kurokhtin Third: Marat Romanov Second: Alexander Shevchenko Lead: Daria Shchukina Alternate: Andrei Meshcheriakov Coach: Anton Batugin	Fourth: Dušan Pitoňák Skip: Radoslav Ďuriš Second: Peter Zaťko Lead: Monika Kunkelová Alternate: Imrich Lyócsa Coach: Frantisek Pitonak, Pavol Pitonak
South Korea	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Fourth: Cha Jae-goan Third: Jung Seung-won Skip: Seo Soon-seok Lead: Bang Min-ja Alternate: Lee Dong-ha Coach: Beak Jong-chul, Hwang Hyeon-jun	Skip: Viljo Petersson Dahl Third: Ronny Persson Second: Mats-Ola Engborg Lead: Kicki Ulander Alternate: Zandra Reppe Coach: Peter Narup, Mia Boman	Skip: Felix Wagner Third: Claudia Hüttenmoser Second: Marcel Bodenmann Lead: Beatrix Blauel-Thomann Alternate: Hans Burgener Coach: Stephan Pfister	Skip: Kirk Black Third: Steve Emt Second: Justin Marshall Lead: Penny Greely Alternate: Meghan Lino Coach: Rusty Schieber, Tony Colacchio

Round robin standings

Template:2018 Winter Paralympics wheelchair curling standings

Round robin results

All times are local (UTC+9).^[2]

Playoffs

Semifinals			Gold medal game

1	South Korea	6

4	Norway	8
			4	Norway	5

			3	China	6
2	Canada	3

3	China	4	Bronze medal game


			1	South Korea	3

			2	Canada	5

Semifinals

Friday, 16 March, 15:35 Template:2018 Winter Paralympics wheelchair curling semifinal 2 Template:2018 Winter Paralympics wheelchair curling semifinal 1

Bronze medal game

Saturday, 17 March, 9:35 Template:2018 Winter Paralympics wheelchair curling bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Saturday, 17 March, 14:35 Template:2018 Winter Paralympics wheelchair curling gold medal game

References

^ "Gangneung Curling Centre - Wheelchair curling". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Wheelchair Curling − Competition Schedule" (PDF). PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
^ "A dozen teams chase their Paralympic dreams in PyeongChang - Part One". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ "Qualification". World Curling Federation. January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ "Wheelchair Curling – Mixed – Entry List by NPC" (PDF). PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

External links

[1] "Gangneung Curling Centre - Wheelchair curling". PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[Schedule-2] "Wheelchair Curling − Competition Schedule" (PDF). PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[3] "A dozen teams chase their Paralympic dreams in PyeongChang - Part One". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[4] "Qualification". World Curling Federation. January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

[5] "Wheelchair Curling – Mixed – Entry List by NPC" (PDF). PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

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Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Qualification

Rankings

Teams

Round robin standings

Round robin results

Summary

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