Wheelchair curling at the 2022 Winter Paralympics explained

Event:	Wheelchair curling
Games:	2022 Winter
Venue:	Beijing National Aquatics Centre
Dates:	5–12 March
Competitors:	54
Nations:	11
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The wheelchair curling competition of the 2022 Winter Paralympics was held from 5 to 12 March 2022 at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, China.^[1]

Medalists

Mixed

Wang Haitao
Chen Jianxin
Zhang Mingliang
Yan Zhuo
Sun Yulong

Viljo Petersson-Dahl
Ronny Persson
Mats-Ola Engborg
Kristina Ulander
Sabina Johansson

Jon Thurston
Ina Forrest
Dennis Thiessen
Mark Ideson
Collinda Joseph

Qualification

Qualification for the 2022 Paralympics was based on rankings in the 2019, 2020, and 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championships.^[2] The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the World Championships. The points are distributed as shown in the table below. The eleven countries with the most points were to qualify for the Beijing Games, while the twelfth slot was reserved for the host country, China. Because the Chinese team placed within the top eleven point-scorers, the twelfth slot was given to the twelfth-ranked team, Estonia.

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Rankings

Key
	Nations qualified for the Paralympic Games
	Host nation (automatic qualification)

2019	2020	2021	Total
14	9	14	37
6	14	10	30
3	12	8	23
12	4	7	23
9	8	6	23
0	10	12	22
10	7	4	21
4	6	5	15
7	5	3	15
2	0	9	11
8	2	1	11
5	3	0	8

Notes

After qualifying, athletes representing the RPC were denied entry into the 2022 Winter Paralympics due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[3] ^[4]
Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately (Northern Ireland competes as part of a team from the island of Ireland) at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship. Under an agreement between the curling federations of those three home nations, only qualification points earned by Scotland count toward the point total for Great Britain.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[5] ^[6]

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Fourth: Jon Thurston Third: Ina Forrest Second: Dennis Thiessen Skip: Mark Ideson Alternate: Collinda Joseph Coach: Mick Lizmore	Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Chen Jianxin Second: Zhang Mingliang Lead: Yan Zhuo Alternate: Sun Yulong Coach: Yue Qingshuang	Skip: Andrei Koitmäe Third: Lauri Murasov Second: Mait Mätas Lead: Katlin Riidebach Alternate: Signe Falkenberg Coach: Christopher Bowden	Fourth: Gregor Ewan Skip: Hugh Nibloe Second: David Melrose Lead: Meggan Dawson-Farrell Alternate: Gary Smith Coach: Sheila Swan
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Skip: Poļina Rožkova Third: Sergejs Djačenko Second: Agris Lasmans Lead: Ojārs Briedis Alternate: Aleksandrs Dimbovskis Coach: Arnis Veidemanis	Skip: Jostein Stordahl Third: Ole Fredrik Syversen Second: Geir Arne Skogstad Lead: Sissel Løchen Alternate: Mia Sveberg Coach: Peter Dahlman	Fourth: Peter Zaťko Skip: Radoslav Ďuriš Second: Dušan Pitoňák Lead: Monika Kunkelová Alternate: Alena Kánová Coach: František Pitoňák	Skip: Go Seung-nam Third: Jang Jae-hyuk Second: Jung Sung-hun Lead: Baek Hye-jin Alternate: Yoon Eun-gu Coach: Kim Seung-min
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Skip: Viljo Petersson-Dahl Third: Ronny Persson Second: Mats-Ola Engborg Lead: Kristina Ulander Alternate: Sabina Johansson Coach: Alison Kreviazuk	Fourth: Hans Burgener Skip: Laurent Kneubühl Second: Françoise Jaquerod Lead: Cynthia Mathez Alternate: Patrick Delacrétaz Coach: Stephan Pfister	Skip: Matthew Thums Third: Stephen Emt Second: David Samsa Lead: Batoyun Uranchimeg Alternate: Pamela Wilson Coach: Russell Schieber

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

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		8	2	–	68	39	36	28	2	13	71%	122.32
		7	3	2–0	65	57	40	33	1	16	65%	95.19
		7	3	1–1	66	52	37	35	3	18	68%	91.08
		7	3	0–2	69	50	36	33	2	11	71%	95.29
		5	5	1–0	60	75	32	39	2	6	60%	70.98
		5	5	0–1	64	59	35	37	0	11	64%	103.20
		4	6	2–0	60	64	37	38	2	13	64%	107.82
		4	6	1–1	67	56	37	36	0	16	62%	134.75
		4	6	0–2	61	71	40	32	0	18	63%	100.43
		3	7	–	51	69	32	41	2	13	61%	106.21
		1	9	–	48	87	32	42	0	8	56%	109.27

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in China Standard Time .^[7]

Draw 1

Saturday, March 5, 14:35

Draw 2

Saturday, March 5, 19:35

Draw 3

Sunday, March 6, 9:35

Draw 4

Sunday, March 6, 14:35

Draw 5

Sunday, March 6, 19:35

Draw 6

Monday, March 7, 9:35

Draw 7

Monday, March 7, 14:35

Draw 8

Monday, March 7, 19:35

Draw 9

Tuesday, March 8, 9:35

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 8, 14:35

Draw 11

Tuesday, March 8, 19:35

Draw 12

Wednesday, March 9, 9:35

Draw 13

Wednesday, March 9, 14:35

Draw 14

Wednesday, March 9, 19:35

Draw 15

Thursday, March 10, 9:35

Draw 16

Thursday, March 10, 14:35

Draw 17

Thursday, March 10, 19:35

Playoffs

Semifinals

Friday, March 11, 14:35

Bronze medal game

Friday, March 11, 19:35

Gold medal game

Saturday, March 12, 14:35

Final standings

The final standings are:^[8]

Place	Team



4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

External links

Web site: Results book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220312153015/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/CUR/PWG2022_CUR_B99_CUR-------------------------------.pdf . 2022-03-12 . en.

Notes and References

Web site: Beijing 2022 "Ice Cube" first venue to be ready for Winter Games. insidethegames.biz. 30 November 2020. 30 November 2021.
Web site: Paralympic qualification. World Curling Federation. 30 November 2021.
Web site: IPC to decline athlete entries from RPC and NPC Belarus for Beijing 2022 . International Paralympic Committee . 3 March 2022 . en.
News: Sankar. Vimal. 3 March 2022. Russian athletes removed from wheelchair curling event at Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 March 2022.
Web site: List of Teams. World Curling Federation. 4 March 2022.
Web site: Entry List by NPC - As of THU 3 MAR 2022 - Wheelchair Curling . https://web.archive.org/web/20220304071945/https://world-curling-federation.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pdf-documents/competition-PWG2022/2022-03-03-173831945%20Entry%20List%20by%20NPC.pdf . 2022-03-04 .
Web site: Beijing Results. Paralympic.org. 4 March 2022.
Web site: Wheelchair Curling - Mixed Medals & Rankings. Paralympics. March 10, 2022.

2019	2020	2021	Total
14	9	14	37
6	14	10	30
3	12	8	23
12	4	7	23
9	8	6	23
0	10	12	22
10	7	4	21
4	6	5	15
7	5	3	15
2	0	9	11
8	2	1	11
5	3	0	8

2019	2020	2021	Total
14	9	14	37
6	14	10	30
3	12	8	23
12	4	7	23
9	8	6	23
0	10	12	22
10	7	4	21
4	6	5	15
7	5	3	15
2	0	9	11
8	2	1	11
5	3	0	8

2019	2020	2021	Total
14	9	14	37
6	14	10	30
3	12	8	23
12	4	7	23
9	8	6	23
0	10	12	22
10	7	4	21
4	6	5	15
7	5	3	15
2	0	9	11
8	2	1	11
5	3	0	8