Curling in Russia - World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2009. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The official test event of the curling competition at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games will take place February 21-28 at the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre

The 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship features 10 teams from three continents vying for wheelchair curling supremacy, including two-time defending champions Norway, skipped by Rune Lorentsen; 2008 world finalists Korea, led by Hak Sung Kim; and the 2008 world bronze medallists from the United States, skipped by Augusto Perez.

Canada will be skipped by Vancouver’s own Jim Armstrong, an accomplished able-bodied competitor from the 1970s and 1980s who will represent Canada at the WWhCC for the first time.

Other teams include Scotland’s two-time world champion Michael McCreadie, Sweden’s 2006 Paralympic bronze medallist Jalle Jungnell, Germany’s Jens Jaeger, Italy’s Andrea Tabanelli, China’s Haitao Wang and Switzerland’s Daniel Meyer.

Final Standings:

- Day by Day / Teams / Schedule -

Day by Day. PlayOff:

28.02.2008 (Saturday)
Eight Day:
Semifinal, 09:00
A Canada - Germany 10-4

Bronze Medal Game, 14:30
C Germany* - USA 6-4

Gold Medal Game, 14:30
B Canada - Sweden* 9-2

Closing Ceremony

27.02.2008 (Friday)
Seventh Day:
Tie-Breaker Games #2, 09:00
A Korea - China 6-5
B Norway - Italy 4-9

Tie-Breaker Games #3, 14:30
D China - Itlay 6-4

Play Off, 20:00
B Germany - Sweden 6-7 (1 vs 2 Game)
C Canada - USA 9-2 (3 vs 4 Game)

Final Standings after Round Robin:

Day by Day. Round Robin:

26.02.2008 (Thursday)
Sixth day:
11 Draw, 09:00
A China - Italy 8-2
B X
C X
D Canada - Germany 7-4

10 Draw, 14:30
A Canada - Norway 2-5
B Sweden - USA 2-7
C Switzerland - Korea 3-7
D Scotland - China 6-5

Tie-Breaker Games #1, 20:00
C Scotland - Norway 10-3

25.02.2008 (Wednesday)
Fifth Day:
9 Draw, 12:30
A Germany - Norway 4-1
B Canada - Sweden 6-3
C Scotland - Italy 10-2
D China - Switzerland 2-7

10 Draw, 18:00
A X
B Switzerland - Scotland 3-9
C USA - Norway 10-5
D Korea - Sweden 7-11

24.02.2008 (Tuesday)
Forth Day:
7 Draw, 12:30
A Korea - Scotland 6-5
B Germany - China 5-3
C Norway - Sweden 6-10
D USA - Italy 8-5

8 Draw, 18:00
A USA - Switzerland 5-7
B Norway - Italy 11-5
C Canada - Korea 9-4
D Germany - Scotland 9-2

23.02.2008 (Monday)
Third Day:
5 Draw, 12:30
A Switzerland - Canada 4-11
B USA - Korea 3-11
C Sweden - Scotland 11-5
D Norway - China 8-3

6 Draw, 18:00
A Germany - Sweden 7-12
B Italy - Switzerland 7-4
C Korea - China 5-7
D Canada - USA 3-6

22.02.2008 (Sunday)
Second Day:
3 Draw, 12:30
A Scotland - USA 6-10
B Korea - Germany 3-8
C Italy - Canada 9-5
D Switzerland - Norway 4-8

4 Draw, 18:00
A Sweden - China 6-5
B Scotland - Norway 9-8
C USA - Germany 8-10
D Italy - Korea 7-1

First Day:
1 Draw, 12:30
A Italy - Germany 5-9
B Switzerland - Sweden 4-9
C China - USA 6-3
D Scotland - Canada 2-10

2 Draw, 18:00
A Norway - Korea 5-6
B China - Canada 8-3
C Germany - Switzerland 10-2
D Sweden - Italy 7-10

Teams:

- Germany
Team: Marcus Sieger, Jens Jaeger, Jens Gaebel, Astrid Hoer, Caren Totzauer
Coach: Helmar Erlewein

- Italy
Team: Emanuele Spelorzi, Egidio Marchese, Gabriele Dallapiccola, Lucrezia Celentano, Andrea Tabanelli
Coach: Mauro Maino

- Canada
Team: Jim Armstrong, Darryl Neighbour, Chris Sobkowicz, Sonja Gaudet, Ina Forrest
Coach: Joe Rea

- China
Team: Wang Haitao, Liu Wei, He Jun, Liu Chunu
Coach: Li Hongchen

- Korea
Team: Kim Hak Sung, Park Kil Woo, Kim Myung Jin, Cho Yang Hyun, Kang Mi Suk
Coach: Hong Jun Pyo

- Norway
Team: Rune Lorentsen, Geir Arne Skogstad, Jostein Stordahl, Anne Mette Samdal, Lene Tystad
Coach: HOGNESTAD Thoralf

- USA
Team: Patrick McDonald, Jacqueline Kapinowski, James Joseph, James Pierce, Augusto Perez
Coach: Steve Brown

- Switzerland
Team: Manfred Bolliger, Martin Bieri, Daniel Meyer, Anton Kehrli, Melanie Villars
Coach: Anton Ruesser, Nadia Roethlisberger (Asst. Coach)

- Sweden
Team: Anette Wilhelm, Jarl Jungnell, Bernt Sjoberg, Glenn Ikonen, Patrik Burman
Coach: Thomas Wilhelm, Patrik Kihlstrom (Asst. Coach)

- Scotland
Team: Jim Sellar, Tom Killin, Michael McCreadie, Rosemary Lenton, Aileen Neilson
Coach: Tom Pendreigh, Sheila Swan (Asst. Coach)

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