2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Explained

2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host City:	Lucerne, Switzerland
Arena:	Eiszentrum Luzern
Dates:	February 21–28
Winner:
Curling Club:	none
Skip:	Andrey Smirnov
Third:	Konstantin Kurokhtin
Second:	Svetlana Pakhomova
Lead:	Alexander Shevchenko
Alternate:	Marat Romanov
Finalist:	(Rune Lorentsen)
Prev:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 21 to 28 at the Eiszentrum Luzern in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[1]

Qualification

• (host country)
• Top seven teams from the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Two teams from the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship

Qualification event

See main article: 2015 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship. Norway and South Korea qualified for the World Championship from the qualifying event held in November 2015 in Lohja, Finland.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach
^[3]						Wayne Kiel
	Sun Yulong (fourth)	Yu Xinyue	Chen Jianxin (skip)	Xu Lichun	Chen Tao	Ru Xia
						Lauri Ikävalko
						Bernd Weisser
					Jan-Erik Hansen	Peter Dahlman
						Anton Batugin
						František Pitoňák
	Yang Hui-tae					Beak Jong-chul
		Eric Decorvet				Stephan Pfister
^[4]						Steve Brown

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker
	Teams Relegated to 2016 B-Championship

Country	Skip	W	L
		7	2
		7	2
		7	2
	Yang Hui-tae	5	4
		4	5
		4	5
		3	6
		3	6
		3	6
		2	7

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01).^[5]

Draw 1

Sunday, February 21, 16:30

Draw 2

Monday, February 22, 10:30

Draw 3

Monday, February 22, 15:30

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 23, 10:30

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 23, 15:30

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 24, 10:30

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 24, 15:30

Draw 8

Thursday, February 25, 10:30

Draw 9

Thursday, February 25, 15:30

Draw 10

Friday, February 26, 10:30

Draw 11

Friday, February 26, 15:30

Draw 12

Saturday, February 27, 9:00

Tiebreaker

Saturday, February 27, 14:00 is relegated to the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 27, 19:00

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 27, 19:00

Semifinal

Sunday, February 28, 10:00

Bronze medal game

Sunday, February 28, 15:00

Gold medal game

Sunday, February 28, 15:00

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2016 to be held in Lucerne, Switzerland. 3 January 2015. World Curling Federation. 11 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150211204428/http://wwhcc2015.curlingevents.com/world-wheelchair-curling-championship-2016-to-be-held-in-lucerne-switzerland. 2015-02-11. dead.
2. Web site: 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Teams. World Curling Federation. 12 January 2016.
3. Web site: Wheelchair Curling National Team set for World Championship. 22 December 2015. Curling Canada. 11 January 2016.
4. Web site: Team USA named for 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070820/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2016/January/11/Team-USA-named-for-2016-World-Wheelchair-Championship. dead. March 4, 2016. 11 January 2016. USA Curling. 11 January 2016.
5. Web site: 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Schedule. 11 January 2016. World Curling Federation. 22 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160222203821/http://www.worldcurling.org/wwhcc2016/wwhcc2016-schedule. dead.