2011 World Senior Curling Championships
# 2011 World Senior Curling Championships

The 2011 World Senior Curling Championships were held at the Saint Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States from April 15 to 24, 2011. The event was held in conjunction with the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

Canada swept the seniors event, winning both the men's and women's championships. Canada's Mark Johnson defeated the American hosts skipped by Geoff Goodland in an extra end, stealing a point to win 5–4, while Canada's Christine Jurgenson won a six-end game 9–2 over former world senior champion Ingrid Meldahl and her Swedish rink. The Australian rink under Hugh Millikin won their second consecutive bronze medal by defeating Denmark's Bent Kristoffersen with a tally of 8–5, while the Swiss rink under Chantal Forrer took the bronze medal with a 5-4 after a single in the last end to wrap up a tight game against the American hosts under Margie Smith.

## Men

The men's tournament consisted of 21 teams playing in three groups of seven, an increase from last year's tournament, which consisted of 12 teams in two groups of six. The groups played a round-robin tournament within their own groups, and the top eight teams advanced to the quarterfinals and played a single-knockout round to determine the winner. The top eight teams included the top two teams from each group and two of the third-ranked teams among the groups.

### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key :

* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Draw Shot Challenge (team with best moves to playoffs, other two play in qualification game)

| Blue Group | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| United States | Geoff Goodland | 6 | 0 |
| England | Michael Sutherland | 4 | 2 |
| Scotland | Ken Horton | 4 | 2 |
| Hungary | András Rókusfalvy | 3 | 3 |
| Japan | Nobuyuki Kato | 3 | 3 |
| France | Christophe Lehuenen | 1 | 5 |
| Netherlands | Wim Neeleman | 0 | 6 |
| Red Group | Skip | W | L |
| Canada | Mark Johnson | 6 | 0 |
| Denmark | Bent Kristoffersen | 5 | 1 |
| Germany | Klaus Unterstab | 4 | 2 |
| Sweden | Per Carlsén | 3 | 3 |
| Finland | Timo Kauste | 2 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | Petr Slavik | 1 | 5 |
| Italy | Danilo Capriolo | 0 | 6 |
| Green Group | Skip | W | L |
| Switzerland | Dieter Strub | 6 | 0 |
| Australia | Hugh Millikin | 5 | 1 |
| New Zealand | Peter Becker | 4 | 2 |
| Ireland | Peter Wilson | 3 | 3 |
| Wales | Chris Wells | 2 | 4 |
| Russia | Sergey Melnikov | 1 | 5 |
| Latvia | Pēteris Šveisbergs | 0 | 6 |

### Playoffs

| Qualification Game | Qualification Game | Qualification Game |
| - | - | - |
| R3 | Germany | 3 |
| B3 | Scotland | 6 |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match |
| R1 | Canada | 9 | | | | | | |
| B3 | Scotland | 3 | | | | | | |
| B3 | Scotland | 3 | R1 | Canada | 11 | | | |
| | | | G2 | Australia | 1 | | | |
| G2 | Australia | 5 | G2 | Australia | 1 | | | |
| B2 | England | 4 | | | | | | |
| B2 | England | 4 | | | | R1 | Canada | 5 |
| | | | | | | B1 | United States | 4 |
| G1 | Switzerland | 4 | | | | | | | B1 | United States | 4 |
| R2 | Denmark | 5 | | | | | | |
| R2 | Denmark | 5 | R2 | Denmark | 2 | | | |
| | | | B1 | United States | 11 | | | |
| B1 | United States | 6 | B1 | United States | 11 | | | |
| G3 | New Zealand | 2 | | | | | | |
| Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| G2 | Australia | 8 |
| R2 | Denmark | 5 |

**Bronze Medal Game**

Saturday, April 23, 14:00

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia (Millikin) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Denmark (Kristoffersen) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |

**Gold Medal Game**

Saturday, April 23, 14:00

| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canada (Johnson) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| United States (Goodland) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

* 2011 World Senior Men's Curling Championship Winner
* Canada 7th title

## Women

The women's tournament consisted of eleven teams playing a round robin tournament. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals and play a single-knockout round to determine the winner.

### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key :

* Teams to Playoffs

| Teams | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Canada | Christine Jurgenson | 10 | 0 |
| United States | Margie Smith | 8 | 2 |
| Switzerland | Chantal Forrer | 7 | 3 |
| Sweden | Ingrid Meldahl | 7 | 3 |
| Scotland | Linda Young | 6 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | Lenka Safranková | 4 | 6 |
| Japan | Eriko Igarashi | 4 | 6 |
| Ireland | Marie O'Kane | 3 | 7 |
| England | Sandra Moorcroft | 2 | 8 |
| New Zealand | Wendy Becker | 2 | 8 |
| Russia | Liudmila Murova | 2 | 8 |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canada | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | Canada | 9 |
| | | | 3 | Sweden | 2 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 3 | Sweden | 2 |
| 3 | Sweden | 7 | | | |
| Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 |
| 2 | United States | 4 |

**Bronze Medal Game**

Saturday, April 23, 14:00

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Switzerland (Forrer) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| United States (Smith) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

**Gold Medal Game**

Saturday, April 23, 14:00

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canada (Jurgenson) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
| Sweden (Meldahl) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |

* 2011 World Women's Senior Curling Championship Winner
* Canada 7th title
