2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
# 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

The 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 17 to 24 at the Sollefteå Curling Club in Sollefteå, Sweden.

## Qualification

* Sweden (Host country)
* Top seven finishers from the 2005 World Wheelchair Curling Championship (not including host):
   * Scotland
   * Denmark
   * Switzerland
   * Norway
   * Canada
   * South Korea
   * United States
* Top teams from qualifying event:
   * Russia
   * Japan

### Qualification event

Two teams outside of the top finishers, Russia and Japan, qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2007 in Inverness, Scotland.

## Teams

| Canada | Denmark | Japan | Norway | Russia |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Skip: Chris Daw Third: Gerry Austgarden Second: Gary Cormack Lead: Sonja Gaudet Alternate: Ina Forrest Coach: Joe Rea | Skip: Kenneth Ørbæk Third: Sussie Pedersen Second: Jørn Kristensen Lead: Ingerlise Jensen Alternate: Bjarne Jensen Coach: Per Christensen | Skip: Yoji Nakajima Third: Katsuo Ichikawa Second: Takashi Hidai Lead: Ayako Saitoh Alternate: Seiji Uchida Coach: Kumiko Ogihara | Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Geir Arne Skogstad Second: Jostein Stordahl Lead: Lene Tystad Alternate: Trine Fissum Coach: Thoralf Hognestad | Skip: Nikolay Melnikov Third: Andrey Smirnov Second: Valeriy Chepilko Lead: Oxana Slesarenko Alternate: Victor Ershov Coach: Oleg Narinyan |
| Scotland | South Korea | Sweden | Switzerland | United States |
| Skip: Michael McCreadie Third: Aileen Neilson Second: James Sellar Lead: Angie Malone Alternate: James Elliott Coach: Archie Bogie | Skip: Kim Hak-sung Third: Kim Myung-jin Second: Cho Yang-hyun Lead: Kang Mi-suk Alternate: Ham Dong-hee Coach: Kim Chang-gyu | Skip: Roger Westergren Third: Kenneth Nilsson Second: Gert Erlandsson Lead: Anna Hammarlind Alternate: Kristina Ulander Coach: Mikael Löfvenius | Skip: Manfred Bolliger Third: Erwin Lauper Second: Cesare Cassani Lead: Madeleine Wildi Alternate: Claudia Tosse Coach: Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe | Skip: James Pierce Third: Augusto Perez Second: James Joseph Lead: Danelle Libby Alternate: Mark Taylor Coach: James Griebsch |

## Round-robin standings

Key :

* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreakers

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Canada | Chris Daw | 6 | 3 |
| Scotland | Michael McCreadie | 6 | 3 |
| Switzerland | Manfred Bolliger | 5 | 4 |
| Norway | Rune Lorentsen | 5 | 4 |
| Japan | Yoji Nakajima | 5 | 4 |
| United States | James Pierce | 5 | 4 |
| South Korea | Kim Hak-sung | 4 | 5 |
| Russia | Nikolay Melnikov | 3 | 6 |
| Denmark | Kenneth Ørbæk | 3 | 6 |
| Sweden | Roger Westergren | 3 | 6 |

## Round-robin results

### Draw 1

Saturday, February 17, 13:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Russia (Melnikov) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Scotland (McCreadie) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| United States (Pierce) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |

### Draw 2

Saturday, February 17, 19:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canada (Daw) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Scotland (McCreadie) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Switzerland (Bolliger) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| United States (Pierce) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Sweden (Westergren) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 3

Sunday, February 18, 13:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States (Pierce) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Russia (Melnikov) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Canada (Daw) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Scotland (McCreadie) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |

### Draw 4

Sunday, February 18, 19:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Switzerland (Bolliger) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Canada (Daw) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
| Scotland (McCreadie) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Russia (Melnikov) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

### Draw 5

Monday, February 19, 13:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
| United States (Pierce) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Canada (Daw) | 2 |
| Russia (Melnikov) | 9 |

### Draw 6

Monday, February 19, 19:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland (McCreadie) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Sweden (Westergren) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| United States (Pierce) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Draw 7

Tuesday, February 20, 13:30

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Canada (Daw) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Switzerland (Bolliger) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Russia (Melnikov) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |

### Draw 8

Tuesday, February 20, 19:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Canada (Daw) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Scotland (McCreadie) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| United States (Pierce) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sweden (Westergren) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |

### Draw 9

Wednesday, February 21, 13:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| United States (Pierce) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Russia (Melnikov) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Scotland (McCreadie) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |

### Draw 10

Wednesday, February 21, 19:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia (Melnikov) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
| United States (Pierce) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Canada (Daw) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Switzerland (Bolliger) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |

### Draw 11

Thursday, February 22, 10:00

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Korea (Kim) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Scotland (McCreadie) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Russia (Melnikov) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Canada (Daw) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |

### Draw 12

Thursday, February 22, 15:00

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Russia (Melnikov) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Canada (Daw) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Scotland (McCreadie) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
| United States (Pierce) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

## Tiebreakers

### Fourth place classification

The winners move on to the playoffs semifinals.

Friday, February 23, 9:00

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| United States (Pierce) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |

### Eighth place classification

Friday, February 23, 9:00

| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 9 |
| Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 |

Friday, February 23, 19:00

| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Russia (Melnikov) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Scotland | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 6 | Switzerland | Switzerland | 4 |
| | | | Norway | Norway | 5 |
| 3 | Canada | 7 | Norway | Norway | 5 |
| 2 | Norway | 8 | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| | | | Scotland | Scotland | 7 |
| | | | Canada | Canada | 4 |

### Semifinal

Friday, February 24, 19:00

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland (McCreadie) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
| Canada (Daw) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

### Bronze medal game

Saturday, February 24, 10:00

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland (McCreadie) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Canada (Daw) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

### Gold medal game

Saturday, February 24, 14:00

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Switzerland (Bolliger) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |

* 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
* Norway 1st title
