| 2016 World Women's Curling Championship | |
| Host City: | Swift Current, Saskatchewan |
| Arena: | Credit Union iPlex |
| Dates: | March 19–27 |
| Winner: | |
| Curling Club: | CC Flims, Flims |
| Skip: | Binia Feltscher |
| Third: | Irene Schori |
| Second: | Franziska Kaufmann |
| Lead: | Christine Urech |
| Alternate: | Carole Howald |
| Coach: | Al Moore |
| Attendance: | 52,138 |
| Finalist: | (Satsuki Fujisawa) |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship presented by Meridian for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 19 to 27 at the Credit Union iPlex in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
Team Switzerland won the championship 9–6 over Team Japan.[1] The playoffs made history for Team Japan, which had never made the final before.[2]
Switzerland's win makes this their country's 6th Women's World Championship gold medal, 3rd gold medal in a row, and 4th gold medal in the last 5 years.
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship:
World Curling Tour Order of Merit ranking of national teams (year to date total)[4]
| width=275 | Country (Skip) ! | width=15 | Rank ! | width=15 | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Carey) | 5 | 295.750 | - | (Sidorova) | 6 | 290.022 |
| (Muirhead) | 8 | 256.481 | ||||
| (Brown) | 13 | 214.512 | ||||
| (Sigfridsson) | 21 | 129.750 | ||||
| (Feltscher) | 22 | 129.555 | ||||
| (Fujisawa) | 32 | 102.154 | ||||
| (Kim/Gim) | 64 | 53.348 | ||||
| (Nielsen) | 66 | 51.355 | ||||
| (Kauste) | 80 | 34.239 | ||||
| (Driendl) | 82 | 33.213 | ||||
| (Apollonio) | 145 | 12.168 |
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binia Feltscher | 9 | 2 | 69 | 55 | 44 | 41 | 21 | 10 | 84% | ||||||||||||
| Satsuki Fujisawa | 9 | 2 | 81 | 48 | 45 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 87% | ||||||||||||
| Anna Sidorova | 8 | 3 | 71 | 47 | 45 | 34 | 18 | 15 | 82% | ||||||||||||
| Chelsea Carey | 8 | 3 | 74 | 56 | 44 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 84% | ||||||||||||
| Eve Muirhead | 7 | 4 | 71 | 61 | 46 | 40 | 13 | 13 | 85% | ||||||||||||
| Erika Brown | 6 | 5 | 64 | 58 | 45 | 40 | 20 | 8 | 84% | ||||||||||||
| Kim Ji-sun | 5 | 6 | 66 | 75 | 40 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 82% | ||||||||||||
| Lene Nielsen | 5 | 6 | 68 | 73 | 43 | 47 | 14 | 9 | 81% | ||||||||||||
| Margaretha Sigfridsson | 4 | 7 | 66 | 68 | 44 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 81% | ||||||||||||
| Daniela Driendl | 3 | 8 | 40 | 59 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 79% | ||||||||||||
| Oona Kauste | 1 | 10 | 44 | 60 | 28 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 75% | ||||||||||||
| Federica Apollonio | 1 | 10 | 36 | 57 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 77% |
All draw times are listed in Central Time Zone (UTC−6).
Saturday, March 19, 14:00
Saturday, March 19, 19:00
Sunday, March 20, 9:00
Sunday, March 20, 14:00
Sunday, March 20, 19:00
Monday, March 21, 9:00
Monday, March 21, 14:00
Monday, March 21, 19:00
Tuesday, March 22, 9:00
Tuesday, March 22, 14:00
Tuesday, March 22, 19:00
Wednesday, March 23, 9:00
Wednesday, March 23, 14:00
Wednesday, March 23, 19:00
Thursday, March 24, 9:00
Thursday, March 24, 14:00
Thursday, March 24, 19:00
Friday, March 25, 19:00
Saturday, March 26, 14:00
Saturday, March 26, 19:00
Sunday, March 27, 10:00
Sunday, March 27, 15:00
Final Round Robin Percentages
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| Player | Team | Position | Opponent | ||
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| data-sort-value="4" | Skip | ||||
| data-sort-value="4" | Lead (Skip) | ||||
| data-sort-value="3" | Third |
