2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host citySollefteå, Sweden
ArenaSollefteå Curling Club
DatesFebruary 17–24
Winner Norway
SkipRune Lorentsen
ThirdGeir Arne Skogstad
SecondJostein Stordahl
LeadLene Tystad
AlternateTrine Fissum
Finalist Switzerland (Manfred Bolliger)
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The 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 17 to 24 at the Sollefteå Curling Club in Sollefteå, Sweden.

Qualification

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Qualification event

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Two teams outside of the top finishers, Russia and Japan, qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2007 in Inverness, Scotland.

Teams

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 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

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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

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Draw 1

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Saturday, February 17, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 Sweden (Westergren) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 3 0 6
 Switzerland (Bolliger) 0 0 1 1 0 3 5

Draw 2

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Saturday, February 17, 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Daw) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 1 0 5

Draw 3

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Sunday, February 18, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 United States (Pierce) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 3 1 2 0 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 0 2 3 0 2 0 7
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 1 0 0 2 0 1 4

Draw 4

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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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2

Draw 5

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Monday, February 19, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 3 0 0 1 4 2 10
Sheet D Final
 Canada (Daw) 2
 Russia (Melnikov) (has hammer) 9

Draw 6

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Monday, February 19, 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 1 0 1 0 0 3

Draw 7

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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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Russia (Melnikov) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 3 0 6
 Norway (Lorentsen) 1 0 0 3 0 3 7

Draw 8

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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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 0 2 4 11

Draw 9

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Wednesday, February 21, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 3 1 7

Draw 10

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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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 3 0 0 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 United States (Pierce) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 3

Draw 11

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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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 3 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Westergren) (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
 Canada (Daw) 1 1 0 0 1 2 5

Draw 12

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Thursday, February 22, 15:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 4

Tiebreakers

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Fourth place classification

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The winners move on to the playoffs semifinals.

Friday, February 23, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 4
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 3 0 4 0 2 9

Eighth place classification

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Friday, February 23, 9:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 3 1 2 0 1 0 7

Playoffs

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

Semifinal

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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) (has hammer) 0 1 2 1 2 0 6
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 Canada (Daw) (has hammer) 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 7
 Norway (Lorentsen) 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 8

Bronze medal game

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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) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 1 0 4

Gold medal game

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Saturday, February 24, 14:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 1 2 1 0 0 0 4
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 0 0 2 2 1 5
2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Norway
Norway
1st title
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