1999 World Women's Curling Championship

The 1999 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 1999 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick from April 3–10, 1999. The event was held in conjunction with the 1999 World Men's Curling Championship. It was the first Women's World Championship to be held in Atlantic Canada.

1999 World Women's Curling Championship
Host citySaint John, New Brunswick
ArenaHarbour Station
DatesApril 3–10, 1999
Attendance96,429 (combined men's and women's)[1]
Winner Sweden
Curling clubUmeå CK
SkipElisabet Gustafson
ThirdKatarina Nyberg
SecondLouise Marmont
LeadElisabeth Persson
AlternateMargaretha Lindahl
CoachMikael Hasselborg
Finalist United States (Patti Lank)
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Elisabet Gustafson, skip of Team Sweden won a record fourth Women's World Championship (breaking a tie with Canada's Sandra Schmirler). Sweden beat the United States (skipped by Patti Lank) in the final, 8–5. The turning point in the game came in the eighth end when the U.S. made some "crucial mistakes" leading to a steal of four for Sweden. At the time, the game was tied at four. Gustafson cut of Lank's ability to draw to the button, and Lank came up short on her last rock, an attempted draw to bite the eight-foot.[2] She had to throw the rock wide into an "ever-building frost layer on the edge of the ice", and did not make the rings. Lank believed her rock may have picked as "it just went sideways".[2] Lank could have made a hit through a narrow port instead, but opted for the draw as she prefers to throw draws.[3] Gustafson was pregnant at the time, expecting to give birth in July.[2] It would be Gustafson's last World Championship gold medal, as she would retire from competitive curling after a disappointing showing at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Denmark, skipped by Lene Bidstrup defeated Norway's Dordi Nordby in the bronze medal game, 8–7.

Games were televised in Canada on TSN with the finals on CBC. The playoffs were also shown on Eurosport for the first time, as interest in curling began to rise due to its inclusion in the 1998 Winter Olympics.[4]

Teams

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  Canada   Denmark   Finland   Germany   Japan
Mayflower CC, Halifax

Skip: Colleen Jones
Third: Kim Kelly
Second: Mary-Anne Waye
Lead: Nancy Delahunt
Alternate: Laine Peters

Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Lene Bidstrup
Third: Malene Krause
Second: Susanne Slotsager
Lead: Avijaja Petri
Alternate: Lilian Frøhling

Hyvinkää CC, Hyvinkää

Skip: Anne Eerikäinen
Third: Tiina Kautonen
Second: Jaana Hämäläinen
Lead: Jaana Jokela
Alternate: Minna Malinen

SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Skip: Andrea Schöpp
Third: Natalie Neßler
Second: Heike Wieländer
Lead: Jane Boake-Cope
Alternate: Andrea Stock

Tokoro CC, Tokoro

Skip: Akiko Katoh
Third: Akemi Niwa
Second: Ayumi Onodera
Lead: Mika Hori
Alternate: Yumie Hayashi

  Norway   Scotland   Sweden   Switzerland   United States
Snarøen CC, Snarøya

Skip: Dordi Nordby
Third: Hanne Woods
Second: Marianne Haslum
Lead: Kristin Tøsse Løvseth
Alternate: Marianne Aspelin

Greenacres CC, Howwood

Skip: Deborah Knox
Third: Isobel Hannen
Second: Wendy Bell
Lead: Judith Stobbie
Alternate: Anne Laird

Umeå CK, Umeå

Skip: Elisabet Gustafson
Third: Katarina Nyberg
Second: Louise Marmont
Lead: Elisabeth Persson
Alternate: Margaretha Lindahl

Bern CC, Bern

Skip: Luzia Ebnöther
Third: Nicole Strausak
Second: Tanya Frei
Lead: Nadia Raspe
Alternate: Andrea Stöckli

Madison CC, McFarland

Skip: Patti Lank
Third: Erika Brown
Second: Allison Darragh
Lead: Tracy Sachtjen
Alternate: Barb Perrella

Round robin standings

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Country Skip W L
  Sweden Elisabet Gustafson 8 1
  Norway Dordi Nordby 7 2
  United States Patti Lank 6 3
  Denmark Lene Bidstrup 5 4
  Canada Colleen Jones 4 5
  Germany Andrea Schöpp 4 5
  Switzerland Luzia Ebnöther 4 5
  Finland Anne Eerikäinen 3 6
  Japan Akiko Katoh 3 6
  Scotland Debbie Knox 1 8

Round robin results

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Draw 1

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Jones) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Knox) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
  Germany (Schöpp) 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Katoh) 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5
  Denmark (Bidstrup) 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Nordby) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
  Sweden (Gustafson) 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 X 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Eerikäinen) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X 3
  United States (Lank) 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 X X 9

Draw 2

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Sweden (Gustafson) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 8
  Germany (Schöpp) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Lank) 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 9
  Japan (Katoh) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Jones) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 7
  Scotland (Knox) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Bidstrup) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 X 10
  Finland (Eerikäinen) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 7
  Norway (Nordby) 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 8

Draw 3

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Katoh) 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 9
  Canada (Jones) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Denmark (Bidstrup) 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7
  Norway (Nordby) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Germany (Schöpp) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7
  Finland (Eerikäinen) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Lank) 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 3 X 13
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Knox) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
  Sweden (Gustafson) 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 3 X 9

Draw 4

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 2 X X 11
  Scotland (Knox) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 X X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Eerikäinen) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
  Canada (Jones) 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Gustafson) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
  United States (Lank) 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Schöpp) 5 5 2 0 2 0 X X X X 14
  Denmark (Bidstrup) 0 0 0 2 0 1 X X X X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Nordby) 1 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 8
  Japan (Katoh) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 4

Draw 5

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Bidstrup) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 X 5
  United States (Lank) 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Nordby) 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 4 X X 11
  Scotland (Knox) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Eerikäinen) 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 X 8
  Japan (Katoh) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Gustafson) 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 X 7
  Canada (Jones) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Schöpp) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 7

Draw 6

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Eerikäinen) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 0
  Sweden (Gustafson) 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 X X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Schöpp) 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 X 9
  United States (Lank) 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Nordby) 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 X 6
  Canada (Jones) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 X 9
  Japan (Katoh) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Bidstrup) 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 X X X 10
  Scotland (Knox) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 1

Draw 7

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Schöpp) 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 7
  Norway (Nordby) 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Katoh) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0
  Sweden (Gustafson) 3 2 1 2 1 3 X X X X 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Bidstrup) 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 X 7
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Finland (Eerikäinen) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 7
  Scotland (Knox) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Lank) 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 X 10
  Canada (Jones) 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 X 6

Draw 8

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Knox) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X 2
  Japan (Katoh) 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 X X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 X 6
  Finland (Eerikäinen) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Lank) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 6
  Norway (Nordby) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Jones) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
  Germany (Schöpp) 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Gustafson) 0 2 0 7 0 3 X X X X 12
  Denmark (Bidstrup) 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 3

Draw 9

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Nordby) 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 X X 9
  Finland (Eerikäinen) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Jones) 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 9
  Denmark (Bidstrup) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
  Sweden (Gustafson) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Scotland (Knox) 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 12
  United States (Lank) 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Katoh) 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 9
  Germany (Schöpp) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 8

Playoffs

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Brackets

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Semi-final Final
      
1   Sweden 8
4   Denmark 7
1   Sweden 8
3   United States 5
2   Norway 6
3   United States 7 Bronze medal
2   Norway 7
4   Denmark 8

Semifinal

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Lank) 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 7
  Norway (Nordby) 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Gustafson) 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 8
  Denmark (Bidstrup) 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 7

Bronze medal game

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Nordby) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 7
  Denmark (Bidstrup) 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 8

Final

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Lank) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 5
  Sweden (Gustafson) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 X 8

References

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  1. ^ "For Canada, second isn't good enough". Toronto Star. April 13, 1999. p. 46. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Sweden's Gustafson wins record fourth world title". Calgary Herald. April 11, 1999. p. 6. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "Gustafson earns her third crown". Toronto Star. April 11, 1999. p. 37. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "Curling taking global approach". Toronto Star. April 2, 1999. p. 40. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Curling". Calgary Herald. April 4, 1999. p. 22. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "Curling". Calgary Herald. April 5, 1999. p. 7. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Curling". Calgary Herald. April 6, 1999. p. 7. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  8. ^ "Curling". Calgary Herald. April 7, 1999. p. 16. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Curling". Calgary Herald. April 8, 1999. p. 15. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  10. ^ "Curling". Calgary Herald. April 9, 1999. p. 19. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  11. ^ "Curling". Ottawa Citizen. April 10, 1999. p. 64. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  12. ^ "Curling". Calgary Herald. April 11, 1999. p. 24. Retrieved March 13, 2024.