2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Explained

The 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 6 to 13 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.^[1]

Qualification

• (host country)
• Top seven teams from the 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Two teams from the 2015 WWhCC Qualification Event

Qualification event

See main article: 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event. Two teams will qualify for the World Championship from the qualifying event held in November 2014 in Lillehammer, Norway.

Teams

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Fourth: Ina Forrest Third: Dennis Thiessen Second: Sonja Gaudet Skip: Mark Ideson Alternate: Marie Wright Coach: Joe Rea	Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Liu Wei Second: Zhang Qiang Lead: Xu Guangqin Alternate: He Jun Coach: Li Jianrui	Skip: Markku Karjalainen Third: Sari Karjalainen Second: Mina Mojtahedi Lead: Tuomo Aarnikka Alternate: Vesa Leppanen Coach: Anne Malmi	Skip: Jens Jäger Third: Christiane Putzich Second: Martin Schlitt Lead: Heike Melchior Alternate: Robert Hering Coach: Bernd Weisser	Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Ole Fredrik Syversen Lead: Sissel Løchen Alternate: Gina Kristin Brøndbo Coach: Per Andreassen
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Skip: Andrey Smirnov Third: Marat Romanov Second: Oxana Slesarenko Lead: Alexander Shevchenko Alternate: Svetlana Pakhomova Coach: Anton Batugin	Skip: Aileen Neilson Third: Gregor Ewan Second: Jim Gault Lead: Angie Malone Alternate: Hugh Nibloe Coach: Tony Zummack	Skip: Radoslav Ďuriš Third: Branislav Jakubec Second: Dusan Pitoňák Lead: Monika Kunkelová Alternate: Imrich Lyócsa Coach: František Pitoňák	Skip: Jalle Jungnell Third: Patrik Kallin Second: Ronny Persson Lead: Kristina Ulander Alternate: Zandra Reppe Coach: Peter Narup	Skip: Patrick McDonald Third: Steven Emt Second: Jimmy Joseph Lead: Penny Greely Alternate: Meghan Lino Coach: Steve Brown

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Country	Skip	W	L
		9	0
		7	2
		5	4
		5	4
		4	5
		4	5
		3	6
		3	6
		3	6
		2	7

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02).^[4]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 7, 17:00

Draw 2

Sunday, February 8, 9:30

Draw 3

Sunday, February 8, 15:30

Draw 4

Monday, February 9, 9:30

Draw 5

Monday, February 9, 15:30

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 10, 9:30

Draw 7

Tuesday, February 10, 15:30

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 11, 9:30

Draw 9

Wednesday, February 11, 15:30

Relegation Game

Thursday, February 12, 15:30 relegated to 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event.

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Thursday, February 12, 15:30

3 vs. 4

Thursday, February 12, 15:30

Semifinal

Friday, February 13, 9:00

Bronze medal game

Friday, February 13, 14:00

Gold medal game

Friday, February 13, 14:00

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lohja, Finland to host World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2015. 29 January 2014. World Curling Federation. 3 November 2014. 4 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181004174942/http://www.worldcurling.org/lohja-finland-to-host-world-wheelchair-curling-championship-2015. dead.
2. Web site: Team Canada named for 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. 15 January 2015. TSN Curling. 15 January 2015.
3. Web site: Team USA named for World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2015. 6 January 2015. World Curling Federation. 14 January 2015.
4. Web site: 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Schedule. 14 January 2015. World Curling Federation.