2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Explained

2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host City:	Sursee, Switzerland
Arena:	Eishalle Sursee
Dates:	February 2–9
Winner:
Curling Club:	none
Skip:	Rune Lorentsen
Third:	Jostein Stordahl
Second:	Geir Arne Skogstad
Lead:	Lene Tystad
Alternate:	Anne Mette Samdal
Finalist:	(Kim Hak-sung)
Prev:	2007
Next:	2009

The 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 2 to 9 at the Eishalle Sursee in Sursee, Switzerland.

Qualification

• (Host country)
• Top seven finishers from the 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship (not including host):
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Top teams from qualifying event:

Qualification event

See main article: 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event. Two teams outside of the top finishers, Sweden and Italy, qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2007 in Inverness, Scotland.

Teams

Fourth: Darryl Neighbour Skip: Gerry Austgarden Second: Ina Forrest Lead: Sonja Gaudet Alternate: Gary Cormack Coach: Joe Rea	Skip: Andrea Tabanelli Third: Egidio Marchese Second: Gabriele Dallapiccola Lead: Lucrezia Celentano Alternate: Danilo Destro Coach: Mauro Maino	Skip: Yoji Nakajima Third: Katsuo Ichikawa Second: Takashi Hidai Lead: Ayako Saitoh Alternate: Mari Yamazaki Coach: Kumiko Ogihara	Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Geir Arne Skogstad Lead: Lene Tystad Alternate: Anne Mette Samdal Coach: Thoralf Hognestad	Skip: Andrey Smirnov Third: Nikolay Melnikov Second: Marat Romanov Lead: Oxana Slesarenko Alternate: Oleg Makarov Coach: Efim Zhidelev
Skip: Michael McCreadie Third: Aileen Neilson Second: Tom Killin Lead: James Sellar Alternate: Rosemary Lenton Coach: Tom Pendreigh	Skip: Kim Hak-sung Third: Kim Myung-jin Second: Cho Yang-hyun Lead: Kang Mi-suk Alternate: Ham Dong-hee Coach: Kwon Young-il	Skip: Jalle Jungnell Third: Glenn Ikonen Second: Bernt Sjöberg Lead: Kristina Ulander Alternate: Anna Hammarlind Coach: Olle Brudsten	Skip: Manfred Bolliger Third: Erwin Lauper Second: Cesare Cassani Lead: Madeleine Wildi Alternate: Therese Kämpfer Coach: Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe	Fourth: James Pierce Skip: Augusto Perez Second: James Joseph Lead: Jacqueline KapinowskiAlternate: Bob Prenoveau Coach: Steve Brown

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Country	Skip	W	L
		7	2
		6	3
		6	3
		5	4
		5	4
		4	5
		3	6
		3	6
		3	6
		3	6

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Saturday, February 2, 18:00

Draw 2

Monday, February 3, 10:00

Draw 3

Monday, February 3, 15:30

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 4, 10:00

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 4, 15:30

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 5, 10:00

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 5, 15:30

Draw 8

Thursday, February 6, 10:00

Draw 9

Thursday, February 6, 15:30

Tiebreaker

Thursday, February 7, 13:30

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 Game

Friday, February 8, 10:00

3 vs. 4 Game

Friday, February 8, 10:00

Semifinal

Friday, February 8, 15:30

Bronze medal game

Saturday, February 9, 10:00

Gold medal game

Saturday, February 9, 11:00

External links

• Results at Curlit.com