2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
# 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

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

## Qualification

* Finland (host country)
* Top seven teams from the 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
   * Canada
   * Sweden
   * China
   * United States
   * Russia
   * Scotland
   * Slovakia
* Two teams from the 2015 WWhCC Qualification Event
   * Norway
   * Germany

### Qualification event

Two teams will qualify for the World Championship from the qualifying event held in November 2014 in Lillehammer, Norway.

## Teams

| Canada | China | Finland | Germany | Norway |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| Russia | Scotland | Slovakia | Sweden | United States |
| 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

Key :

* Teams to Playoffs

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Russia | Andrey Smirnov | 9 | 0 |
| China | Wang Haitao | 7 | 2 |
| Finland | Markku Karjalainen | 5 | 4 |
| Slovakia | Radoslav Ďuriš | 5 | 4 |
| United States | Patrick McDonald | 4 | 5 |
| Canada | Mark Ideson | 4 | 5 |
| Germany | Jens Jäger | 3 | 6 |
| Scotland | Aileen Neilson | 3 | 6 |
| Sweden | Jalle Jungnell | 3 | 6 |
| Norway | Rune Lorentsen | 2 | 7 |

## Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02).

### Draw 1

Saturday, February 7, 17:00

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Canada (Ideson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 12 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 2 |

### Draw 2

Sunday, February 8, 9:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Canada (Ideson) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| China (Wang) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |

### Draw 3

Sunday, February 8, 15:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canada (Ideson) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| United States (McDonald) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 11 |

### Draw 4

Monday, February 9, 9:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| United States (McDonald) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Ideson) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |

### Draw 5

Monday, February 9, 15:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Canada (Ideson) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |

### Draw 6

Tuesday, February 10, 9:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Canada (Ideson) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |

### Draw 7

Tuesday, February 10, 15:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Ideson) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | X | 9 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 8

Wednesday, February 11, 9:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 10 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Ideson) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |

### Draw 9

Wednesday, February 11, 15:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Canada (Ideson) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

### Relegation Game

Thursday, February 12, 15:30

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |

Scotland relegated to 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event.

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia | 1 | | | | 2 | China | 4 |
| 2 | China | 3 | | | | 1 | Russia | 7 |
| | | | 1 | Russia | 12 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Slovakia | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Finland | 5 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Slovakia | 6 | | | | | | |
| Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| 4 | Slovakia | 5 |
| 3 | Finland | 8 |

### 1 vs. 2

Thursday, February 12, 15:30

| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 |

### 3 vs. 4

Thursday, February 12, 15:30

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

### Semifinal

Friday, February 13, 9:00

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | X | X | 12 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |

### Bronze medal game

Friday, February 13, 14:00

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

### Gold medal game

Friday, February 13, 14:00

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |

* 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
* Russia 2nd title
