2008 World Senior Curling Championships
# 2008 World Senior Curling Championships

The 2008 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 9 to 15 at the Vierumäki Ice Rink in Vierumäki, Finland. Teams from Alberta, Canada won both the men's and women's events.

## Men

### Round-robin standings

| Group A | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| United States | David Russell | 7 | 1 |
| Scotland | Graeme Adam | 7 | 1 |
| Finland | Mauno Nummila | 7 | 1 |
| Ireland | Tony Tierney | 5 | 3 |
| England | D. Michael Sutherland | 4 | 4 |
| New Zealand | Peter Becker | 3 | 5 |
| Italy | Gino Savoi | 2 | 6 |
| Iceland | Gisli Kristinsson | 1 | 7 |
| Norway | Leif Hald | 0 | 8 |
| Group B | Skip | W | L |
| Canada | Pat Ryan | 8 | 0 |
| Sweden | Per Lindeman | 7 | 1 |
| Germany | Klaus Unterstab | 6 | 2 |
| Switzerland | Hugo Jäggi | 5 | 3 |
| Japan | Akinori Kashiwagi | 4 | 4 |
| Wales | Hugh Meikle | 3 | 5 |
| Russia | Aleksander Kolesnikov | 2 | 6 |
| Estonia | Leo Jakobson | 1 | 7 |
| Denmark | Johannes Jensen | 0 | 8 |

### Tiebreaker

* Scotland 6-5 Finland

### Playoffs

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States | United States | 5 | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 6 | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 6 | Sweden | Sweden | 0 |
| | | | Canada | Canada | 8 |
| Canada | Canada | 7 | Canada | Canada | 8 |
| Scotland | Scotland | 2 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | | United States | United States | 6 |
| | | | Scotland | Scotland | 4 |

## Women

### Round-robin standings

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Canada | Diane Foster | 7 | 2 |
| Scotland | Kirsty Letton | 6 | 3 |
| Finland | Helena Timonen | 6 | 3 |
| Switzerland | Renate Nedkoff | 6 | 3 |
| United States | Pam Oleinik | 6 | 3 |
| Sweden | Ingrid Meldahl | 5 | 4 |
| Ireland | Fiona Turnbull | 4 | 5 |
| Japan | Eriko Igarashi | 3 | 6 |
| England | Glynnice Lauder | 2 | 7 |
| New Zealand | Liz Matthews | 0 | 9 |

### Tiebreaker

* Switzerland 6-5 United States

### Playoffs

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canada | Canada | 8 | | | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 3 | | | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 3 | Canada | Canada | 10 |
| | | | Scotland | Scotland | 2 |
| Scotland | Scotland | 5 | Scotland | Scotland | 2 |
| Finland | Finland | 4 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 7 |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 6 |
