2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2021 World Wheelchair Curling
Championship
Host cityBeijing, China
ArenaBeijing National Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 23 – 30
Winner China
SkipWang Haitao
ThirdChen Jianxin
SecondZhang Mingliang
LeadYan Zhou
AlternateSun Yulong
CoachYue Qingshuang, Zhao Ran
Finalist Sweden
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The 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship (branded as the 2021 KUNTAI World Wheelchair Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held October 23 to 30 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1] The venue also served as the location for the curling events at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[2]

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:[3]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  China
2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship 8 RCF
 Canada
 Sweden
 Norway
 South Korea
 Latvia
 Slovakia
 Scotland
2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship 3  United States
 Switzerland
 Italy
TOTAL 12

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[4][5]

 Canada  China  Italy  Latvia

Fourth: Jon Thurston
Third: Ina Forrest
Second: Dennis Thiessen
Skip: Mark Ideson
Alternate: Collinda Joseph
Coach: Michael Lizmore, Wendy Morgan (NC)[6]

Skip: Wang Haitao
Third: Chen Jianxin
Second: Zhang Mingliang
Lead: Yan Zhou
Alternate: Sun Yulong
Coach: Yue Qingshuang, Zhao Ran

Fourth: Egidio Marchese
Third: Paolo Ioriatti
Second: Matteo Ronzani
Skip: Angela Menardi
Alternate: Orietta Berto
Coach: Roberto Maino

Skip: Poļina Rožkova
Third: Sergejs Djačenko
Second: Agris Lasmans
Lead: Ojārs Briedis
Alternate: Aleksandrs Dimbovskis
Coach: Arnis Veidemanis, Rihards Jeske

 Norway RCF  Scotland  Slovakia

Skip: Jostein Stordahl
Third: Ole Fredrik Syversen
Second: Geir Arne Skogstad
Lead: Sissel Løchen
Alternate: Mia Sveberg
Coach: Peter Dahlman

Skip: Konstantin Kurokhtin
Third: Andrei Meshcheriakov
Second: Vitaly Danilov
Lead: Daria Shchukina
Alternate: Olga Beliak
Coach: Anton Batugin, Sergey Shamov

Skip: Hugh Nibloe
Third: Gregor Ewan
Second: David Melrose
Lead: Meggan Dawson-Farrell
Alternate: Charlotte McKenna
Coach: Sheila Swan

Skip: Radoslav Ďuriš
Third: Dušan Pitoňák
Second: Peter Zaťko
Lead: Monika Kunkelová
Alternate: Imrich Lyócsa
Coach: Frantisek Pitonak

 South Korea  Sweden  Switzerland  United States

Skip: Jang Jae-hyuk
Third: Go Seung-nam
Second: Jung Sung-hun
Lead: Baek Hye-jin
Alternate: Yoon Eun-gu
Coach: Lim Sung-min, Kim Seung-min

Skip: Viljo Petersson-Dahl
Third: Ronny Persson
Second: Mats-Ola Engborg
Lead: Kristina Ulander
Alternate: Sabina Johansson
Coach: Alison Kreviazuk, Peter Narup (NC)[6]

Skip: Eric Décorvet
Third: Hans Burgener
Second: Françoise Jaquerod
Lead: Laurent Kneubühl
Alternate: Patrick Delacrétaz
Coach: Stephan Pfister, Lukas Haggenmacher

Skip: Matthew Thums
Third: Stephen Emt
Second: David Samsa
Lead: Pamela Wilson
Alternate: Batoyun Uranchimeg
Coach: Russell Schieber

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings[7]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams relegated to 2022 B Championship
Country Skip W L W–L
 China Wang Haitao 9 2 –
RCF Konstantin Kurokhtin 8 3 2–0
 Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl 8 3 1–1
 United States Matthew Thums 8 3 0–2
 Canada Mark Ideson 7 4 –
 Scotland Hugh Nibloe 6 5 –
 Norway Jostein Stordahl 5 6 –
 Latvia Poļina Rožkova 4 7 1–0
 South Korea Jang Jae-hyuk 4 7 0–1
 Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 3 8 –
 Italy Angela Menardi 2 9 1–0
 Switzerland Eric Décorvet 2 9 0–1

Round-robin results

All draws times are listed in China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).[8]

Draw 1

Saturday, October 23, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Stordahl) (has hammer) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
 Scotland (Nibloe) 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Italy (Menardi) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 7
 Switzerland (Décorvet) 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 X 8
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
RCF (Kurokhtin) 1 1 0 1 2 3 X X 8
 Latvia (Rožkova) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2

Draw 2

Saturday, October 23, 19:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Ideson) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4
 United States (Thums) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 5
 Latvia (Rožkova) (has hammer) 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 9
 South Korea (Jang) (has hammer) 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Décorvet) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
 Norway (Stordahl) 1 2 0 2 2 1 X X 8

Draw 3

Sunday, October 24, 9:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 X 8
RCF (Kurokhtin) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Menardi) (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 4
 Scotland (Nibloe) 0 2 0 1 2 1 4 X 10

Draw 4

Sunday, October 24, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia (Rožkova) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 6
 South Korea (Jang) 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Stordahl) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 3
 United States (Thums) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Décorvet) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
 Canada (Ideson) 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) (has hammer) 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 X 10
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 X 5

Draw 5

Sunday, October 24, 19:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 9
 Italy (Menardi) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Scotland (Nibloe) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 6
 South Korea (Jang) 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Thums) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 6
RCF (Kurokhtin) 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Canada (Ideson) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 X 4

Draw 6

Monday, October 25, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 1 0 4 4 3 X X 12
 Switzerland (Décorvet) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Ideson) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Stordahl) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
 Latvia (Rožkova) 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Jang) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 2 X X 2
 United States (Thums) 0 1 2 3 2 0 X X 8

Draw 7

Monday, October 25, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
RCF (Kurokhtin) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 8
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Thums) 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 7
 Italy (Menardi) (has hammer) 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Jang) 0 1 1 0 0 0 X X 2
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 3 3 X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Ideson) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
 Scotland (Nibloe) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 X 7

Draw 8

Monday, October 25, 19:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Menardi) 0 2 0 0 2 0 X X 4
 Norway (Stordahl) (has hammer) 3 0 2 2 0 4 X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia (Rožkova) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
 China (Wang) 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Scotland (Nibloe) 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 3 11
 Switzerland (Décorvet) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 3 0 X X 5
RCF (Kurokhtin) 5 1 3 0 0 5 X X 14

Draw 9

Tuesday, October 26, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Jang) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) (has hammer) 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Stordahl) 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 7
 Canada (Ideson) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia (Rožkova) (has hammer) 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 X 6
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 2 0 0 1 0 4 1 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Thums) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 X 8
 Switzerland (Décorvet) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 X 6

Draw 10

Tuesday, October 26, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
 United States (Thums) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Scotland (Nibloe) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 0 2 2 1 0 4 X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Ideson) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 6
RCF (Kurokhtin) 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 South Korea (Jang) (has hammer) 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 6
 Italy (Menardi) 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5

Draw 11

Tuesday, October 26, 19:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia (Rožkova) 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
 Scotland (Nibloe) (has hammer) 0 2 1 1 2 4 X X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Décorvet) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
 China (Wang) 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Menardi) (has hammer) 2 1 2 1 0 2 0 X 8
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
RCF (Kurokhtin) 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 6
 Norway (Stordahl) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 7

Draw 12

Wednesday, October 27, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Jang) 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2
 Canada (Ideson) (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 1 3 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
RCF (Kurokhtin) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 X 8
 Scotland (Nibloe) 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 X 7
 United States (Thums) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Menardi) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 2
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 1 2 0 5 2 0 X X 10

Draw 13

Wednesday, October 27, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Scotland (Nibloe) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
 China (Wang) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 X 6
 Norway (Stordahl) (has hammer) 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
RCF (Kurokhtin) 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 X 7
 Italy (Menardi) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Décorvet) (has hammer) 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
 Latvia (Rožkova) 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5

Draw 14

Wednesday, October 27, 19:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Thums) (has hammer) 1 3 1 1 3 0 X X 9
 Latvia (Rožkova) 0 0 0 0 0 2 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) (has hammer) 1 2 0 2 2 0 X X 7
 Switzerland (Décorvet) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 X 3
 Canada (Ideson) 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Stordahl) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
 South Korea (Jang) (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 X 6

Draw 15

Thursday, October 28, 9:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Décorvet) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
RCF (Kurokhtin) (has hammer) 3 2 1 2 1 4 X X 13
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Menardi) 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
 Latvia (Rožkova) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 8
 Norway (Stordahl) 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Scotland (Nibloe) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 X 8

Draw 16

Thursday, October 28, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway (Stordahl) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Thums) 0 0 3 1 1 0 4 X 9
 Slovakia (Ďuriš) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Décorvet) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 7
 South Korea (Jang) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia (Rožkova) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
 Canada (Ideson) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 X 6

Draw 17

Thursday, October 28, 19:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Ideson) 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 7
 Italy (Menardi) (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Jang) (has hammer) 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 8
RCF (Kurokhtin) 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Thums) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 X 8
 Scotland (Nibloe) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 China (Wang) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4

Playoffs

Qualification games Semifinals Final
1  China 8
4  United States 6 4  United States 5
5  Canada 4 1  China 5
3  Sweden 3
2 RCF 3
3  Sweden 10 3  Sweden 12
6  Scotland 0 Bronze medal game
4  United States 4
2 RCF 7

Qualification games

Friday, October 29, 11:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) (has hammer) 2 2 1 2 2 1 X X 10
 Scotland (Nibloe) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Thums) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 6
 Canada (Ideson) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4

Semifinals

Friday, October 29, 16:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 8
 United States (Thums) 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
RCF (Kurokhtin) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 2 0 0 2 6 0 2 X 12

Bronze medal game

Saturday, October 30, 7:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Thums) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
RCF (Kurokhtin) 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 7

Final

Saturday, October 30, 11:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3

Final standings

Key
Teams relegated to 2022 B Championship
Place Country W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China 11 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden 10 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) RCF 9 4
4  United States 9 5
5  Canada 7 5
6  Scotland 6 6
7  Norway 5 6
8  Latvia 4 7
9  South Korea 4 7
10  Slovakia 3 8
11  Italy 2 9
12  Switzerland 2 9

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2021". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "Event Info". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  3. ^ Alina Pavlyuchik (October 18, 2021). "Paralympic spots and world title up for grabs at the KUNTAI World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2021". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  4. ^ "Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  5. ^ Entry List by Country - As of FRI 22 OCT 2021 - KUNTAI World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2021
  6. ^ a b NC - National Coach
  7. ^ "Results". Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  8. ^ "Schedule". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 22, 2021.