2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

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2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city Gangneung, South Korea
Arena Gangneung Curling Centre
DatesMarch 4–11
WinnerFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Skip Rune Lorentsen
Third Jostein Stordahl
Second Ole Fredrik Syversen
Lead Sissel Løchen
Alternate Rikke Iversen
FinalistFlag of Russia.svg  Russia (Andrey Smirnov)
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The 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from March 4 to 11 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea. [1] Norway won a third title after winning over Russia, who defeated Norway during the 2016 championship final.

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Qualification

  1. ^
    Because South Korea, one of the top seven teams in the 2016 world championship, already qualified as the host country, Germany who ranked 8th in the competition additionally qualified.

Qualification event

Finland and Scotland qualified for the World Championship from the qualifying event held during November 2016 in Lohja, Finland.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: [2]

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Skip: Jim Armstrong
Third: Ina Forrest
Second: Marie Wright
Lead: Mark Ideson
Alternate: Ellis Tull
Coach: Wayne Kiel

Skip: Wang Haitao
Third: Liu Wei
Second: Chen Jianxin
Lead: Xu Guangqin
Alternate: Zhang Mingliang
Coach: Li Jianrui

Skip: Markku Karjalainen
Third: Yrjo Jaaskelainen
Second: Sari Karjalainen
Lead: Vesa Leppanen
Alternate: Riitta Sarosalo
Coach: Vesa Kokko

Skip: Christiane Putzich
Third: Harry Pavel
Second: Martin Schlitt
Lead: Heike Melchior
Alternate: Christoph Gemmer
Coach: Bernd Weisser

Skip: Rune Lorentsen
Third: Jostein Stordahl
Second: Ole Fredrik Syversen
Lead: Sissel Løchen
Alternate: Rikke Iversen
Coach: Peter Dahlman

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Skip: Andrey Smirnov
Third: Konstantin Kurokhtin
Second: Alexander Shevchenko
Lead: Daria Shchukina
Alternate: Marat Romanov
Coach: Anton Batugin

Skip: Aileen Neilson
Third: Gregor Ewan
Second: Hugh Nibloe
Lead: Robert McPherson
Alternate: Angie Malone
Coach: Sheila Swan

Skip: Kim Jong-pan
Third: Seo Soon-seok
Second: Cha Jae-goan
Lead: Cho Min-kyong
Alternate: Lee Dong-ha
Coach: Beak Jong-chul

Skip: Felix Wagner
Third: Marcel Bodenmann
Second: Claudia Hüttenmoser
Lead: Beatrix Blaül
Alternate: Hans Burgener
Coach: Stephan Pfister

Skip: Stephen Emt
Third: Kirk Black
Second: Jimmy Joseph
Lead: Penny Greely
Alternate: Justin Marshall
Coach: Steve Brown

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Teams to Relegation Game
Teams Relegated to 2017 B-Championship
CountrySkipWL
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Andrey Smirnov 81
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Aileen Neilson 63
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wang Haitao 63
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Rune Lorentsen 54
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Jim Armstrong 54
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Jong-pan 45
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Stephen Emt 36
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Felix Wagner 36
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Christiane Putzich 36
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Markku Karjalainen 27

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09). [3] [4]

Draw 1

Saturday, March 04, 9:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Smirnov)020201016
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Wagner) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg102010105
Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wang)000020002
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Karjalainen) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010002115
Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Lorentsen) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2443020X15
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Putzich)0000200X2
Sheet D12345678EEFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Armstrong) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1010000215
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Neilson)0101110004

Draw 2

Saturday, March 04, 15:30

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim)011100238
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Emt) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg300010004
Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Lorentsen)010101003
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Smirnov) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101010227
Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Neilson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101010115
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wang)000102003
Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Karjalainen)013001016
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Wagner) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100210105

Draw 3

Sunday, March 05, 10:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Neilson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1200102X6
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Karjalainen)0011010X3
Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Seo) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg120020005
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Putzich)001301117
Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Wanger) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101010014
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Armstrong)010001103
Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Emt)102020106
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Smirnov) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010101047

Draw 4

Sunday, March 05, 15:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Lorentsen)011102016
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Seo) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100010305
Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Emt)1010101X4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Armstrong) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0302010X6
Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Putzich) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100101014
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wang)011010205

Draw 5

Monday, March 06, 10:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wang)0020100X3
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Smirnov) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1101022X7
Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Neilson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg510430XX13
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Lorentsen)001001XX2
Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Emt) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1120200X6
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Karjalainen)0001021X4
Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Wagner) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0101020X4
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Seo)1010202X6

Draw 6

Monday, March 06, 15:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Armstrong) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg011110328
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Putzich)100001002
Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wang)204130XX10
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Wagner) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010001XX2
Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Smirnov)030302008
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Neilson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg202010207
Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Lorentsen) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2211011X8
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Karjalainen)0000100X1

Draw 7

Tuesday, March 07, 10:00

Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Smirnov)0310202X8
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Seo) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2000010X3
Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Putzich) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1002031X7
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Emt)0100100X2
Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wang)2101011X6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Ideson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0020000X2

Draw 8

Tuesday, March 07, 15:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Wagner) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg2020301X8
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Lorentsen)0001010X2
Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Karjalainen)020101105
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Putzich) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg202010027
Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Cha) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg212100028
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Armstrong)000021104
Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Neilson)001002104
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Black) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg110020015

Draw 9

Wednesday, March 08, 10:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Karjalainen)101012106
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Armstrong) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg040100038
Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Lorentsen) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg210001004
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wang)001110126
Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Neilson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0112300X7
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Wagner)1000011X3
Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Smirnov)030221019
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Putzich) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg103000206

Draw 10

Wednesday, March 08, 15:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Cha)0002000X2
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Neilson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0200211X6
Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Wagner)000300XX3
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Black) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg413011XX10
Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Karjalainen)101300106
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Smirnov) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010031027

Draw 11

Thursday, March 09, 10:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Black) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg221000005
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wang)000211138
Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Putzich)0010101X3
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Neilson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1001040X9
Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Armstrong) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101000XX2
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Lorentsen)020241XX9
Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Seo) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg411102XX9
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Karjalainen)000010XX1

Draw 12

Thursday, March 09, 15:00

Sheet A12345678Final
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Putzich) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100010103
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Wagner)011102016
Sheet B12345678Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Armstrong)302130XX9
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Smirnov) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010001XX2
Sheet C12345678Final
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wang) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg201000205
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim)010110014
Sheet D12345678Final
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Emt) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1012000X4
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Stordahl)0200211X6

Tiebreaker

Friday, March 10, 10:00

Team12345678Final
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Stordahl)112000105
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Armstrong) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg000111014

Flag of Norway.svg  Norway advances to the playoffs

Relegation Game

Friday, March 10, 10:00

Team12345678Final
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Wagner) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0123203X11
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Putzich)0000030X3

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany lost the relegation game, but because the host Scotland and additional eight teams who placed second to ninth from this competition were invited to the 2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Germany still qualified for the 2019 championship as the ninth-place team.

Playoffs

Page playoff system SemifinalFinal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 41Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 24Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6
Bronze Medal Game
   
2 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 9
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5

1 vs. 2

Friday, March 10, 15:00

Team12345678Final
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Smirnov)1100110X4
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Neilson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0001001X2

3 vs. 4

Friday, March 10, 15:00

Team12345678Final
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wang) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg0101010X3
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Lorentsen)1010301X6

Semifinal

Saturday, March 11, 10:00

Team12345678Final
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Neilson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100011003
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Lorentsen)011300117

Bronze medal game

Saturday, March 11, 15:00

Team12345678Final
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Neilson) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101110329
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wang)040001005

Gold medal game

Saturday, March 11, 15:00

Team12345678Final
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Smirnov)0020010X3
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Lorentsen) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg1002302X8
2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
3rd title

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