2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city	Sollefteå, Sweden
Arena	Sollefteå Curling Club
Dates	February 17–24
Winner	Norway
Skip	Rune Lorentsen
Third	Geir Arne Skogstad
Second	Jostein Stordahl
Lead	Lene Tystad
Alternate	Trine Fissum
Finalist	Switzerland (Manfred Bolliger)

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

External links

• Results from the World Curling Federation
• Results at Wheelchaircurling.com