2021 Swiss Women's Curling Championship Explained

2021 Swiss Women's
Curling Championship
Host City:Arlesheim, Switzerland
Arena:Curlingzentrum Region Basel
Dates:February 6–13
Winner: Team Tirinzoni
Curling Club:CC Aarau, Aarau
Skip:Silvana Tirinzoni
Fourth:Alina Pätz
Second:Esther Neuenschwander
Lead:Melanie Barbezat
Alternate:Marlene Albrecht
Coach:Pierre Charette
Finalist: Elena Stern
Prev:2020
Next:2022

The 2021 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, Switzerland's national women's curling championship, was held from February 6 to 13 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland.[1] The winning Silvana Tirinzoni rink then played against the 2020 Swiss champion Elena Stern rink for the right represent Switzerland at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship.

The event was held between four teams playing in a triple round robin. The top two teams played a best of three to determine the winner while the bottom two teams played in the bronze medal game.[2] Team Silvana Tirinzoni finished the event with a perfect 11–0 record and defeated Team Elena Stern two games to zero in the best of three final.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

ClubSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
CC St. Moritz Selina Witschonke (Fourth) Raphaela Keiser (Skip) St. Moritz
CC Langenthal Langenthal
CC Oberwallis Briar Hürlimann (Fourth) Elena Stern (Skip) Sarah Müller Brig-Glis
CC Aarau Alina Pätz (Fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) Aarau

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings[4]

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SkipWLPFPA
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau) 9 0 72 41 41 29 6 11
Elena Stern (Oberwallis) 4 5 54 55 35 36 7 11
Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz) 3 6 48 63 36 37 5 11
Irene Schori (Langenthal) 2 7 49 64 33 43 4 5

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central European Time .[5]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 6, 7:30 pm

Draw 2

Sunday, February 7, 2:00 pm

Draw 3

Monday, February 8, 9:00 am

Draw 4

Monday, February 8, 7:30 pm

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 9, 2:00 pm

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 10, 9:00 am

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 10, 7:30 pm

Draw 8

Thursday, February 11, 2:00 pm

Draw 9

Friday, February 12, 9:00 am

Bronze medal game

Saturday, February 13, 9:00 am

Championship Round

Game 1

Friday, February 12, 7:30 pm

Game 2

Saturday, February 13, 9:00 am

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elite Championnat Suisse, hommes et femmes. fr. Swiss Curling Association. February 3, 2021.
  2. Web site: Convocation Elite Femmes 2020/21. fr. Swiss Curling Association. February 3, 2021.
  3. Web site: List of Teams. Swiss Curling Association. February 3, 2021.
  4. Web site: Results. Swiss Curling Association. February 3, 2021. February 25, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220225215209/https://www.curling-results.ch/resultat/scl/2020-21/frauen/sm/. dead.
  5. Web site: Draw Schedule. Swiss Curling Association. February 3, 2021.