2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event Explained

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2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Qualifying Event
Host City:Prague, Czech Republic
Arena:none
Dates:November 15–20, 2008
Winner:
Curling Club:none
Skip:Jens Jäger
Third:Marcus Sieger
Second:Jens Gäbel
Lead:Astrid Hoer
Alternate:Caren Totzauer
Finalist: (Wang Haitao)

The qualification event for the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship took place from November 15 to 20, 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic. The event's two top finishers, Germany and China, both qualified to participate in the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship.

The two qualification spots are determined as follows: After the conclusion of the round robin, the top four teams advance to the playoffs. The playoffs follow the first and second rounds of the page playoff system. In the first round, he first seed playing the second and the third seed playing the fourth. In the final round, the loser of 1 v. 2 plays the winner of 3 vs. 4 in the Second Place Game, like in the semifinal of the page playoff system. However, unlike the page playoff system, the winner of 1 vs. 2 and the loser of 3 vs. 4 do not play. The winner of 1 vs. 2 qualifies to the worlds, while the winner of the second place game also qualifies to the worlds.

Teams

Skip: Wang Haitao
Third: Liu Wei
Second: Xu Guangqin
Lead: He Jun
Alternate: Liu Chunyu
Coach: Li Hongchen
Skip: Radek Musílek
Third: Radek Pokorný
Second: Martin Tluk
Lead: Michaela Charvátová
Alternate: Petr Gottlieb
Coach: Vit Nekovarik
Skip: Kenneth Ørbæk
Third: Jørn Kristensen
Second: Rosita Jensen
Lead: Lars Enemark
Alternate: Robert Fezerskov Hansen
Coach: Per Christensen
Skip: Vesa Hellman
Third: Tuomo Aarnikka
Second: Jari Manni
Lead: Riitta Särösalo
Alternate: Seppo Pihnala
Coach: Lauri Ikävalko
Skip: Jens Jäger
Third: Marcus Sieger
Second: Jens Gäbel
Lead: Caren Totzauer
Alternate: Astrid Hoer
Skip: Yoji Nakajima
Third: Katsuo Ichikawa
Second: Takashi Hidai
Lead: Ayako Saitoh
Coaches: Emi Kaneko, Satako Ogawa
Skip: Boguslaw Sondej
Third: Andrzej Ferfecki
Second: Stefan Chmielorz
Lead: Barbara Mazurkiewicz
Alternate: Czeslaw Lawrynowicz
Coaches: Kazimierz Chec, Arkadiusz Detyniecki
Skip: Marat Romanov
Third: Andrey Smirnov
Second: Nikolay Melnikov
Lead: Oxana Slesarenko
Alternate: Mikhail Mokretsov
Coach: Alexandra Ryzkova
Skip: Radoslav Duris
Third: Dusan Pitonak
Second: Branislav Jakubec
Lead: Alena Kánová
Alternate: Imrich Lyocsa
Coach: Pavol Pitonak
Skip: Mike Preston
Third: William Bell
Second: Allan Young
Lead: Marion Harrison
Alternate: Valerie Prydderch
Coach: John Stone

Round robin standings

CountrySkipWL
8 1
7 2
7 2
7 2
5 4
4 5
3 6
2 7
2 7
0 9

Results

Draw 1

Saturday, November 15, 9:00

Draw 2

Saturday, November 15, 13:30

Draw 3

Sunday, November 16, 9:00

Draw 4

Sunday, November 16, 13:30

Draw 5

Sunday, November 16, 18:00

Draw 6

Monday, November 17, 9:00

Draw 7

Monday, November 17, 13:30

Draw 8

Monday, November 17, 18:00

Draw 9

Tuesday, November 18, 9:00

Draw 10

Tuesday, November 18, 13:30

Draw 11

Tuesday, November 18, 18:00

Draw 12

Wednesday, November 19, 9:00

Draw 13

Wednesday, November 19, 13:30

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Thursday, November 20, 11:30 is qualified to participate in the worlds
moves to Second Place Game

3 vs. 4

Thursday, November 20, 11:30 advances to Second Place Game

Second Place Game

Thursday, November 20, 15:30Loser of 1 vs. 2 plays against Winner of 3 vs. 4 for the second qualification spot. qualifies to participate in the worlds

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