2018 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship | |
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Host city | Lohja, Finland |
Arena | Kisakallio Sports Institute |
Dates | November 9–15, 2018 |
Winner | Estonia |
Skip | Viljar Villiste |
Fourth | Andrei Koitmae |
Second | Ain Villau |
Lead | Signe Falkenberg |
Alternate | Mait Matas |
Coach | Erkki Lill |
Finalist | Slovakia (Ďuriš) |
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The 2018 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, was held from November 9 to 15, 2018 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland. The qualification event is open to any World Curling Federation member nation not already qualified for the 2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. The event's three medalists, Estonia, Slovakia, and Latvia, join the host and the top eight finishers from the last World Wheelchair Curling Championship at this season's event in Stirling, Scotland. [1]
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Teams to Playoffs |
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Qualification Games | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
B1 | Latvia | 3 | |||||||||||
B2 | Sweden | 6 | A3 | Estonia | 4 | ||||||||
A3 | Estonia | 9 | A3 | Estonia | 7 | ||||||||
A1 | Slovakia | 3 | |||||||||||
A1 | Slovakia | 9 | |||||||||||
A2 | Czech Republic | 3 | B3 | Finland | 5 | ||||||||
B3 | Finland | 10 |
Bronze Medal Game | ||||
B1 | Latvia | 6 | ||
B3 | Finland | 5 | ||
The World Wheelchair Curling Championship is an annual world championship held to determine the world's best team in wheelchair curling. It is held every non-Paralympic year.
The 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held in Prague, Czech Republic from February 22 - March 1, 2011. Ten mixed gender teams competed for four playoff spots. In the final, Canada's Jim Armstrong defeated Scotland's Aileen Neilson in the final in 7 ends. Teams also gained qualification points from this event for the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi.
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's and women's versions of junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.
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