2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

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]

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
« 2020
2023 »

Qualification edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Draw 1 edit

Saturday, October 23, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Stordahl)   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)   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)   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)   0 0 2 0 0 0 X X 2

Draw 2 edit

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)   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)   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)   0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Décorvet)   0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
  Norway (Stordahl) 1 2 0 2 2 1 X X 8

Draw 3 edit

Sunday, October 24, 9:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China (Wang)   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)   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 4
  Scotland (Nibloe) 0 2 0 1 2 1 4 X 10

Draw 4 edit

Sunday, October 24, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Latvia (Rožkova)   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)   0 1 0 1 1 2 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Décorvet)   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)   4 0 0 3 0 3 0 X 10
  Slovakia (Ďuriš) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 X 5

Draw 5 edit

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)   0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Scotland (Nibloe)   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)   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)   0 0 0 2 1 0 1 X 4

Draw 6 edit

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)   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)   0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Stordahl)   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)   0 0 0 0 0 2 X X 2
  United States (Thums) 0 1 2 3 2 0 X X 8

Draw 7 edit

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)   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)   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)   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)   1 0 2 0 2 0 2 X 7

Draw 8 edit

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)   3 0 2 2 0 4 X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Latvia (Rožkova)   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)   1 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Slovakia (Ďuriš)   0 0 0 2 3 0 X X 5
  RCF (Kurokhtin) 5 1 3 0 0 5 X X 14

Draw 9 edit

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)   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)   2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Latvia (Rožkova)   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)   2 0 2 0 1 0 3 X 8
  Switzerland (Décorvet) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 X 6

Draw 10 edit

Tuesday, October 26, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China (Wang)   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)   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)   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)   0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 6
  Italy (Menardi) 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5

Draw 11 edit

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)   0 2 1 1 2 4 X X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Décorvet)   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)   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)   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 7

Draw 12 edit

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)   1 1 0 2 1 3 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  RCF (Kurokhtin)   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)   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)   1 2 0 5 2 0 X X 10

Draw 13 edit

Wednesday, October 27, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Scotland (Nibloe)   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)   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)   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Décorvet)   0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
  Latvia (Rožkova) 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5

Draw 14 edit

Wednesday, October 27, 19:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (Thums)   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)   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)   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)   0 0 1 1 0 2 2 X 6

Draw 15 edit

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)   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)   2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
  China (Wang)   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)   1 0 2 1 1 0 3 X 8

Draw 16 edit

Thursday, October 28, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Stordahl)   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)   1 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Décorvet)   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)   0 1 1 0 1 0 3 X 6

Draw 17 edit

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)   1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  South Korea (Jang)   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)   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)   0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4

Playoffs edit

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 edit

Friday, October 29, 11:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)   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)   0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 6
  Canada (Ideson) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4

Semifinals edit

Friday, October 29, 16:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China (Wang)   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)   0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3
  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 2 0 0 2 6 0 2 X 12

Bronze medal game edit

Saturday, October 30, 7:05

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

Final edit

Saturday, October 30, 11:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
  China (Wang)   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 edit

Key
Teams relegated to 2022 B Championship
Place Country W L
    China 11 2
    Sweden 10 4
    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 edit

References edit

  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.

External links edit