Curling in Russia - World Women's Curling Championship 2010. Swift Current, Canada

The 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship will be held in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, March 20-28.

Canada will be represented by four-time Scotties Tournament of Hearts winning skip Jennifer Jones who won the 2008 Ford World Women's Championship title in Vernon, British Columbia.

China is skipped by Bingyu Wang of Harbin, who last month won a bronze medal at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and is the reigning world champion, after capturing Gold at the 2009 World Women's Curling Championship in Gangneung, Korea.

Five other teams which will compete in Swift Current also participated in the recent Winter Olympics - skipped by Denmark's Angelina Jensen, Germany's Andrea Schoepp, Japan's Moe Meguro, Russia's Liudmila Privivkova and Scotland's Eve Muirhead (who represented Great Britain).

Jensen won a silver medal at the 2007 Worlds. Schoepp, the reigning European champion, will be making her 17th Worlds appearance, all as skip, having won in 1988. Privivkova won the 2006 World Juniors and 2006 European Championship while Muirhead is a three-time (2007, 2008, 2009) World Junior champion.

Completing the field are: Latvia's Iveta Stasa-Sarsune, Norway's Linn Githmark, the 2004 world junior champion and 2004 Worlds silver medallist, Sweden's Cecilia Ostlund, the 2008 World Junior silver medallist, Switzerland's 2006 Olympic silver medallist Binia Feltscher and Erika Brown of the United States, who has twice won silver medals at both the Worlds and World Juniors.

Russian National Women's Curling Team 2010:

- Ludmila Privivkova (skip)
- Anna Sidorova
- Mkeiruka Ezekh
- Ekaterina Galkina
- Margarita Fomina
Coach: Olga Andrianova

Final Standings

Day by Day:

20.03.2010 (Saturday) Day 1:
23:00 (here and after Moscow time)
Germany finished the game with a two in the ninth and a single steal in the tenth end when Wang for China wrecked on a guard, Germany had their first win 8/6.
Scotland and Denmark met in this round, the teams have played each other many times in recent years. Scotland dominated this game from the opening ends, final score 9/4 to Scotland.
Latvia is at a Women-s World Championship for the first time, in draw one they met Japan, a more experienced team at this level. It was a tight game all the way. In the tenth and final end Iveta Stasa-Sarsune for Latvia attempted a difficult double take out to tie the game but a Japanese stone still lay shot, Japan got their first win 7/4.
Russia against USA was a messy game, neither team seemed to settle into a rhythm, Russia had the lead in the early ends but USA came back at them , they stole three shots over ends six and seven for a lead of two.
A

China -

Germany 6-8
B Russia - USA 6-8

Japan -

Latvia 7-4
D

Scotland -

Denmark 9-4

04:00
USA had the best of their game against Japan from the early ends scoring six shots over the first four ends. Japan made a bit of a comeback scoring three over ends five and six, but USA still dominated the game, Japan conceded after giving up four in end seven, final score 10/3 to USA. Latvia and Russia both had lost their opening games. This was a very low scoring game, neither team were prepared to take any chances. Latvia managed a single in end nine but ran out of stones in the the final end, Russia won the game 4/2.
Host nation Canada had their opening game against a new team from Sweden skipped by Cecilia Ostlund. Sweden dominated the first half of the game, Canada got a single in the first end but Sweden scored five over the next three ends for a lead of four shots. But the more experienced Canadians had the best of the second half of the game and went into the final end with a lead of three shots. Canada ran Sweden out of stones in the final end to win the game 9/6.
A Latvia - Russia 2-4

Canada -

Sweden 9-6
C

Norway -

Switzerland 7-6
D

Japan -

USA 3-10

21.03.2010 (Sunday) Day 2:
17:30
Canada moved to the top of the rankings with two wins on Sunday. Jennifer Jones followed up a 6-4 win over Switzerland with a more convincing 8-3 win over Norway in her evening game. The game against Switzerland swung on a score of three for Canada in the fourth end.
A X
B

Denmark -

China 8-3
C

Scotland -

Germany 6-9
D X

22:30
Latvia made a little bit of curling history when, in the third game of their maiden appearance at world championship level, they carved out their first victory, beating USA by 7-6.

Latvia clawed their way back into this game from 2-5 down, taking advantage of a complete miss in the eighth end by USA skip Erika Brown to score three and level. Latvian skip Iveta Stasa-Sarsune followed this up by scoring the two points needed in the tenth for her team's historic win. Speaking about her miss, Brown said, "We were in control until that shot and I didn't throw it well. It was a really bad miss".
A

Sweden -

Norway 9-5
B

USA -

Latvia 6-7
C Russia - Japan 7-6 (EE)

Canada -

Switzerland 6-4

04:00
Defending champion Bingyu Wang of China also wants to get better as the week goes on, but, following her team-s third successive loss, by 4-14 against Scotland-s Eve Muirhead, she knows she has a lot to do to get back into contention.

After this defeat, Wang admitted she considered not playing against Scotland because of what was going on in her head, saying, "I feel I-m not thinking the right way and that-s why I thought about taking a rest, but playing the games is good for me. I need to find the way out of the problem on the ice".
A

Germany -

Denmark 3-10
B

Norway -

Canada 3-8
C

Switzerland -

Sweden 6-7
D

China -

Scotland 4-14

22.03.2010 (Monday) Day 3:
17:30
The USA and Scotland are chasing Canada in the rankings, both with just one loss. USA's Erika Brown was in dominant form against Germany in the first of two games they played on Monday, scoring four in the second. Although Germany's Andrea Schoepp also scored four in the sixth, Germany never managed to take a lead and eventually went down to a further four points in the tenth, for an 8-12 loss.
A

Scotland -

Japan 11-2
B Denmark - Russia 4-10

China -

Latvia 8-2
D

Germany -

USA 8-12

22:30
In a much closer second game on Monday, USA scored the one point needed for victory in the tenth, to win by 8-7 over Norway.
A Russia - Switzerland 6-7 (EE)

Japan -

Sweden 5-8
C

USA -

Norway 8-7
D

Latvia -

Canada 6-12

04:30
Canada's Jennifer Jones was pushed all the way, but her team eventually emerged as last rock 10-9 winners over defending champions China to keep their unblemished record intact on Monday evening, with five wins out of five starts.

A self-doubting China went into Monday's play on three straight losses, but started their recovery with an 8-2 win over debutants Latvia. They took their better form into the Canada game, but gave themselves too much to do when they gave up four points in the sixth when Bingyu Wang's final take-out went wrong to leave Jones with a straightforward draw for the four points that turned the game.

Afterwards, Jones said, "That was a big win for us, just to keep the momentum going. To not play our best and still come up with the win is huge for us".

Scotland also had two victories on Monday, making short work of both Japan (11-2 in eight ends) and Sweden (7-3 in eight ends). Scottish skip Eve Muirhead spoke for most when she was full of praise for the ice surface the teams are playing on. "It's fantastic ice out there. We're enjoying it and that's one reason why we're playing well".
A

Canada -

China 10-9
B

Norway -

Germany 4-10
C

Sweden -

Scotland 3-7
D

Switzerland -

Denmark 3-8

Behind the top three teams there are two standings log-jams. Sweden, Russia, Denmark and Germany are all on three wins and two loss, while below them China, Japan, Latvia, Norway and Switzerland all sit on just one win and four losses. Of these, Switzerland recorded their first win of the week so far with a 7-6 extra end win over Russia.

23.03.2010 (Tuesday) Day 4:
17:30
A

Sweden -

Germany 2-9
B

Switzerland -

China 5-6
C

Canada -

Denmark 9-6
D

Norway -

Scotland 3-7

22:30
Scotland sat out the eleventh session after two strong wins by 7-3 over Norway and then, in just six ends, by 10-1 over debutants Latvia. These results kept the Scots in second place, with six wins and one loss, and nineteen-year-old skip explained the secret of their success "We're having fun, we're enjoying it, and we're playing well".
A

Denmark -

USA 5-6
B

Scotland -

Latvia 10-1
C Germany - Russia 4-7

China -

Japan 11-6

04:30
Behind leading contenders, three teams are tied on the same won four, lost three record v Germany, Russia and Sweden - who all managed to beat each other on Tuesday. In session 9, Germany had a 9-2 win over Sweden before losing by 4-7 to Russia in session 10. Following more of their regular team line-up changes, including a substitution at the fifth end, Russia then went on to lose by 10-3 to Sweden in just seven ends of their session 11 encounter.
A

Latvia -

Norway 2-11
B

USA -

Canada 4-6
"I'm pretty happy with how we were playing today", said Jones afterwards, although she was clearly not best pleased with the USA blanking tactic. "I don't think that's how curling should be played and that's not how we do it", she commented. This seventh straight win now keeps the Canadian unblemished record going as they continue to top the rankings.
C

Japan -

Switzerland 4-7
D Russia - Sweden 3-10

24.03.2010 (Wednesday) Day 5:
17:30
Canada's Jennifer Jones endured her first defeat of the event, going down in an extra end 7-8 to European Champion Andrea Scheopp of Germany in session 13. Jones was later joined in joint top slot on the rankings by Eve Muirhead-s Scotland, who beat USA's Erika Brown by 7-4 and tied up with Canada on eight wins and one loss.
This defeat put USA into a three-way tie for third place, alongside Germany, who later beat Japan by 7-5, and Sweden, who had two wins on Wednesday, against Latvia by 7-4 and then, in an extra end, by 10-9 over Denmark.
A

Japan -

Canada 2-10
B Russia - Norway 3-4

Latvia -

Sweden 4-7
D

USA -

Switzerland 9-7

22:30
A

Switzerland -

Scotland 7-9
B

Sweden -

Denmark 10-9 (EE)
C

Norway -

China 7-8
D

Canada -

Germany 7-8 (EE)
Canadian skip Jennifer Jones was gracious in defeat. "It wasn't our sharpest game but I thought they played well and she made a nice shot to win".

04:30
A China - Russia 9-7 (EE)

Germany -

Japan 7-5
C

Scotland -

USA 7-4
Meanwhile, a focussed Scottish skip Eve Muirhead said about her win over USA, "They're one of the top teams that we knew we had to beat. This shows we're a good team - as good as any team out there".
In response, USA skip Erika Brown said, "We didn't play badly, but once we got behind it was hard to get something going because they're good at the peels".
D

Denmark -

Latvia 13-1

25.03.2010 (Thursday) Day 6:
17:30
A

USA -

Sweden 5-9
B

Latvia -

Switzerland 6-9
C Russia - Canada 4-7

Japan -

Norway 5-4

22:30
A

Germany -

Latvia 4-2
B

China -

USA 5-9
C

Denmark -

Japan 8-7
D Scotland - Russia 5-9

04:30
A

Norway -

Denmark 7-9 (EE)
B

Canada -

Scotland 8-5
C

Switzerland -

Germany 2-8
D

Sweden -

China 4-9

Standings after Round Robin

26.03.2010 (Friday) Day 7:
22:30. Tie-break #1
С

Sweden -

USA 11-8

27.03.2010 (Saturday) Day 8:
05:00. Page Playoff. 1v2
B

Canada -

Germany 3-6

21:00. Page Playoff. 3v4
C

Scotland -

Sweden 8-3

02:00. Semi Final
C

Scotland -

Canada 10-4

28.03.2010 (Sunday) Day 9:
19:00. Bronze Medal Game
A

Canada -

Sweden 9-6

Canada's Jennifer Jones, who had topped the round-robin, had the consolation of beating Sweden's Cecilia Ostlund by 9-6 to take bronze. She had single steals in the third and fourth ends before scoring a four in the sixth to set up her win when she ran Sweden out of stones in the tenth.

Afterwards, Jones said, "That was a nice way to finish off the week. This team is a play-off team. I think that's one thing that we've learned how to do. Now, we-ve finally figured out the round-robin, so maybe we can stick those together next time. We're pretty happy with how we played".

00:00. Gold Medal Game
B

Germany -

Scotland 8-6 (EE)

German skip Andrea Schoepp ended the longest title drought in the history of the women-s championship. The previous time Germany won was in Glasgow in 1988 v Schoepp and her second Monika Wagner were part of that team.

This World crown, over a Scotland team skipped by nineteen-year-old Eve Muirhead, goes alongside the European title Schoepp and her team won in Aberdeen in December 2009.

The final was tight all the way as the Scots fought hard, and the lead changed hands five times. Muirhead produced the shot of the game with her second in the tenth when she scored one with a brave multiple take-out to push the game into an extra end after suffering an untimely pick-up on her first stone.

Germany kept control of the extra end and eventually Schoepp had a take-out and stay to score the two points for her second world gold medal.

Afterwards, Schoepp said, "It feels great. We had a really good game and I think the girls have done such a good job this week".

Asked about her line-up this year she said, "You never know what the right team is, you just have the players you have. We had our problems during the last two years but with Monika (Wagner) playing on second, it is perfect. She really did great".

Looking to the future, she said, "I hope we can win it again, but the teams are always so close together". She also had a thought for her opponent. "Eve will be the future. She is a really good player. She is the future, like the Swedish team".

Disappointed Scottish skip Eve Muirhead also spoke. She said, "You're definitely disappointed. They played a fantastic game out there. Andrea's on-form and you can't doubt that. We gave them a good run. We've still got a silver medal but we went out there to win the game and it didn't happen".

Speaking about her pick-up, she said, "It's gutting that it ended like that. There's nothing you can do about that. I think it was the only pick of the week, which was fate. Unfortunately it comes down to these things".

More generally, she added, "I can't be too hard on myself. I've hopefully got a long way to go. There's so much I can take out of this, especially being at a Worlds in Canada, the atmosphere was phenomenal".

World Women's Curling Championship Teams 2010

- Denmark
Team line-up: Madeleine Dupont, Denise Dupont, Angelina Jensen (skip), Camilla Jensen
Coach: Renee Sonnenberg

- Germany
Team line-up: Andrea Schopp (skip), Melanie Robillard, Monika Wagner, Stella Heiss, Corinna Scholz
Coach: Rainer Schopp , Oliver Axnick

- Canada
Team line-up: Jennifer Jones (skip), Cathy Overton Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn Askin, Jennifer Clark-Rouire
Coach: Jennifer Arnott

- China
Team line-up: Bingyu Wang (skip), Qingshuang Yue, Yin Liu, Yan Zhou, Xindi Zhang
Coach: Weidong Tan, Dan Rafael

- USA
Team line-up: Erika Brown (skip), Nina Spatola, Ann Swisshelm, Laura Hallisey, Jessica Schultz
Coach: Bill Todhunter

- Latvia
Team line-up: Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (skip), Una Grava-Germane, Ieva Krusta, Zanda Bikse, Dace Munca
Coach: Brian Gray

- Norway
Team line-up: Linn Githmark (skip), Henriette Lowar, Ingrid Stensrud, Kristin Skaslien
Coach: Kritin Tosse Lovseth

- Russia
Team line-up: Liudmila Privivkova (skip), Anna Sidorova, Nkeireka Ezekh, Ekaterina Galkina, Margarita Fomina
Coach: Olga Andrianova

- Scotland
Team line-up: Eve Muirhead (skip), Jackie Lockhart, Kelly Wood, Lorna Vevers, Karen Addison
Coach: Nancy Murdoch

- Switzeland
Team line-up: Benia Beeli (skip), Corinne Bourquin, Heike Schwaller, Sandra Ramstein, Marisa Winkelhausen
Coach: Caudenz Beeli

- Scotland
Team line-up: Eve Muirhead (skip), Kelly Wood, Lorna Vevers, Anne Laird, Sarah Reid
Coach: Nancy Murdoch

- Sweden
Team line-up: Cecillia Ostlund (skip), Sara Carlsson, Anna Domeij, Lotta Lennnartson, Sabrina Kraupp
Coach: Peja Lindholm

- Japan
Team line-up: Moe Meguro (skip), Anna Ohmiya, Mari Motohashi, Kotomi Ishizaki, Mayo Yamaura
Coach: Shinya Abe

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