2015 World Women's Curling Championship Explained

2015 World Women's Curling Championship
Host City:	Sapporo, Japan
Arena:	Tsukisamu Gymnasium
Dates:	March 14–22
Winner:
Curling Club:	CC Baden Regio, Baden
Skip:	Alina Pätz
Third:	Nadine Lehmann
Second:	Marisa Winkelhausen
Lead:	Nicole Schwägli
Finalist:	(Jennifer Jones)

The 2015 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the Zen-Noh World Women's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 14 to 22 at the Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo, Japan.^[1] It marks the second time that a world championship has been held in Japan, after the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship in Aomori.

Qualification

The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship:

(host country)
Two teams from the Americas zone
- - - (given that no challenges in the Americas zone are issued)
Eight teams from the 2014 European Curling Championships
- - - - (winner of the World Challenge Games)
One team from the 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

Teams

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St. Vital CC, Winnipeg Skip: Jennifer Jones Third: Kaitlyn Lawes Second: Jill Officer Lead: Dawn McEwen Alternate: Jennifer Clark-Rouire	Heilongjiang CC, HarbinSkip: Liu Sijia Third: Jiang Yilun Second: Liu Jinli Lead: Wang Rui Alternate: Yu Xinna	Hvidovre CC, HvidovreSkip: Lene Nielsen Third: Jeanne Ellegaard Second: Stephanie Risdal Nielsen Lead: Charlotte Clemmensen Alternate: Isabella Clemmensen
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Åland Curling, EckeröSkip: Sanna Puustinen Third: Heidi Hossi Second: Oona Kauste Lead: Marjo Hippi Alternate: Maija Salmiovirta	CC Füssen, FüssenSkip: Daniela Driendl Third: Analena Jentsch Second: Stella Heiß Lead: Pia-Lisa Schöll Alternate: Marika Trettin	Sapporo CC, SapporoSkip: Ayumi Ogasawara Third: Sayaka Yoshimura Second: Kaho Onodera Lead: Anna Ohmiya Alternate: Rina Ida
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Oppdal CK, OppdalSkip: Kristin Skaslien Third: Anneline Skårsmoen Second: Julie Kjær Molnar Lead: Kristine Davanger Alternate: Pia Trulsen	Moskvitch CC, MoscowSkip: Anna Sidorova Third: Margarita Fomina Second: Alexandra Saitova Lead: Ekaterina Galkina Alternate: Nkeiruka Ezekh	Dunkeld CC, PitlochrySkip: Eve Muirhead Third: Anna Sloan Second: Vicki Adams Lead: Sarah Reid Alternate: Lauren Gray
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Skellefteå CK, SkellefteåFourth: Maria Prytz Third: Christina Bertrup Second: Sara McManus Skip: Margaretha Sigfridsson Alternate: Sofia Mabergs	CC Baden Regio, Baden Skip: Alina Pätz Third: Nadine Lehmann Second: Marisa Winkelhausen Lead: Nicole Schwägli Alternate: Carole Howald	Four Seasons CC, BlaineSkip: Aileen Sormunen Third: Monica Walker Second: Tara Peterson Lead: Vicky Persinger Alternate: Becca Hamilton

WCT ranking

World Curling Tour Order of Merit ranking of national teams (year to date total)^[3]

width=275	Country (Skip) !	width=15	Rank !	width=15	Points
(Jones)	1	207.325
(Muirhead)	4	150.905
(Pätz)	8	108.260
(Sidorova)	9	105.335
(Sigfridsson)	10	89.150
(Ogasawara)	19	54.020
(Sormunen)	23	43.500
(Liu)	34	25.695
(Nielsen)	45	20.000
(Puustinen)	64	14.000
(Driendl)	NR	0.000
(Skaslien)	NR	0.000

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

width=140	Locale	width=160	Skip	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=20	Ends Won	width=20	Ends Lost	width=20	Blank Ends	width=20	Stolen Ends	width=20	Shot Pct.
	Alina Pätz	10	1	76	55	47	43	16	10	78%
	Jennifer Jones	9	2	86	53	53	39	8	16	79%
	Anna Sidorova	8	3	83	47	49	32	8	17	81%
	Eve Muirhead	7	4	80	67	46	45	11	10	79%
	Liu Sijia	7	4	70	68	43	42	16	10	77%
	Ayumi Ogasawara	6	5	67	66	43	46	14	10	75%
	Margaretha Sigfridsson	5	6	74	68	47	45	11	13	80%
	Lene Nielsen	4	7	63	75	42	48	7	8	73%
	Daniela Driendl	4	7	60	74	41	54	12	6	74%
	Aileen Sormunen	3	8	53	81	41	44	14	14	74%
	Sanna Puustinen	2	9	61	83	40	46	8	9	69%
	Kristin Skaslien	1	10	48	86	36	44	9	5	68%

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).^[4]

Draw 1

Saturday, March 14, 14:00

Draw 2

Saturday, March 14, 19:00

Draw 3

Sunday, March 15, 9:00

Draw 4

Sunday, March 15, 14:00

Draw 5

Sunday, March 15, 19:00

Draw 6

Monday, March 16, 9:00

Draw 7

Monday, March 16, 14:00

Draw 8

Monday, March 16, 19:00

Draw 9

Tuesday, March 17, 9:00

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 17, 14:00

Draw 11

Tuesday, March 17, 19:00

Draw 12

Wednesday, March 18, 9:00

Draw 13

Wednesday, March 18, 14:00

Draw 14

Wednesday, March 18, 19:00

Draw 15

Thursday, March 19, 9:00

Draw 16

Thursday, March 19, 14:00

Draw 17

Thursday, March 19, 19:00

Tiebreaker

Friday, March 20, 9:00

Playoffs

3 vs. 4

Friday, March 20, 19:00

1 vs. 2

Saturday, March 21, 9:00

Semifinal

Saturday, March 21, 17:00

Bronze medal game

Sunday, March 22, 9:00

Final

Sunday, March 22, 15:00

Statistics

Top 5 Player percentages

Final Round Robin Percentages

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Leads	%
	87
	86
	86
	83
	83

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Seconds	%
	83
	82
	80
	80
	78

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Thirds	%
	81
	79
	79
	78
	78

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Skips	%
	79
	77
	77
	77
Maria Prytz (Fourth)	75

Perfect games

References

General

Web site: 2015 World Women's Curling Championship. World Curling Federation. 2014-06-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20141204183626/http://worldcurling.org/world-womens-curling-championship-2015. 2014-12-04. dead.

Specific

External links

(web archive)

Notes and References

Web site: Venue announced for the World Women's Curling Championship 2015. 13 September 2013. World Curling Federation. 8 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141207123249/http://worldcurling.org/venue-announced-for-world-womens-curling-championship-2015. 7 December 2014. dead.
Web site: Brown and Sormunen rinks to meet in Page playoffs. https://web.archive.org/web/20150321033016/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2015/February/18/Brown-and-Sormunen-rinks-to-meet-in-Page-playoffs. dead. March 21, 2015. 18 February 2015. USA Curling. 18 February 2015.
https://www.curlingzone.com/rankings.php?task=week&orderby=ytd&oomid=82&eventyear=2015&week=28 CurlingZone
Web site: 2015 World Women's Curling Championship Playing Schedule. World Curling Federation. 11 January 2015.