2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event Explained

2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Event
Host City:	Lohja, Finland
Arena:	Kisakallio Sports Institute
Dates:	November 7–12, 2015
Curling Club:	none
Skip:	Rune Lorentsen
Third:	Jostein Stordahl
Second:	Ole Fredrik Syversen
Lead:	Sissel Løchen
Alternate:	Gina Kristin Brøndbo
Finalist:	(Yang Hui-tae)
Next:	2016

The qualification event of the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, known as the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship, was held from November 7 to 12, 2015 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland. The qualification event was open to any World Curling Federation member nation not already qualified for the World Championship. The event's two top finishers will join the top seven finishers from the last World Wheelchair Curling Championship at this season's event in Lucerne, Switzerland.

This event marked the first appearance of the nations of Estonia, Israel, and Lithuania at an international wheelchair curling event.

Teams

Skip	Third	Coach
		Jiri Marsa
		Per Christensen
		Joan Reed
		Erkki Lill
		Sharon Cohen
		Gianandrea Gallinatto
		Junichi Ishida
		Ieva Krusta

		Peter Dahlman
		Agnieszka Marzecka
Aileen Neilson (fourth)	Hugh Nibloe (skip)	Sheila Swan
		Gregor Verbinc
		Beak Jong-chul
		Mia Boman

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

valign=top width=10%

width=150	Group A !	width=150	Skip !	W	L
		5	1
		5	1
		4	2
		3	3
		2	4
		2	4
		0	6

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Group B	Skip	W	L
		7	0
		6	1
		5	2
		4	3
		3	4
		2	5
		1	6
		0	7

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+02).^[1]

Draw 1

Saturday, November 7, 16:30

Draw 2

Saturday, November 7, 20:00

Draw 3

Sunday, November 8, 8:30

Draw 4

Sunday, November 8, 12:00

Draw 5

Sunday, November 8, 15:30

Draw 6

Sunday, November 8, 19:00

Draw 7

Monday, November 9, 9:00

Draw 8

Monday, November 9, 13:00

Draw 9

Monday, November 9, 17:00

Draw 10

Tuesday, November 10, 8:30

Draw 11

Tuesday, November 10, 12:00

Draw 12

Tuesday, November 10, 15:30

Draw 13

Tuesday, November 10, 19:00

Draw 14

Wednesday, November 11, 9:00

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Wednesday, November 11, 18:00

Semifinals

Thursday, November 12, 9:00

Bronze medal game

Thursday, November 12, 14:30

Gold medal game

Thursday, November 12, 14:30

Notes and References

Web site: 2015 World Wheelchair B-Curling Championship. 29 September 2015. World Curling Federation. 8 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151008222347/http://worldcurling.org/wwhbcc2015. dead.