2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

The 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held at the Curling Hall Wetzikon in Wetzikon, Switzerland from February 29 to March 7.[2][3]

2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city	Wetzikon, Switzerland
Arena	Curling Hall Wetzikon[1]
Dates	February 29 – March 7
Winner	Russia
Skip	Konstantin Kurokhtin
Third	Andrei Meshcheriakov
Second	Vitaly Danilov
Lead	Daria Shchukina
Alternate	Anna Karpushina
Finalist	Canada
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In the final, Russia defeated Canada 5–4 with steals in the seventh and eighth ends. It was Russia's fourth gold medal at the Wheelchair Championship. The Canadian team won a medal for the first time since 2013. Sweden stole three in the extra end to defeat defending champions China 5–2 in the bronze medal game.[4][5]

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	1	Switzerland
2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship	8	China  Estonia  Latvia  Norway  Russia  Scotland  Slovakia  South Korea
2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship	3[6]	Canada  Czech Republic  Sweden
TOTAL	12

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[7]

Canada	China	Czech Republic	Estonia
Fourth: Jon Thurston Third: Ina Forrest Second: Dennis Thiessen Skip: Mark Ideson Alternate: Collinda Joseph Coach: Wayne Kiel, Michael Lizmore	Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Chen Jianxin Second: Liu Wei Lead: Wang Meng Alternate: Zhang Mingliang Coach: Li Jianrui	Fourth: Radek Musílek Skip: Dana Selnekovičová Second: Martin Tluk Lead: Jana Břinčilová Alternate: Štěpán Beneš Coach: Vit Nekovarik	Skip: Andrei Koitmae Third: Lauri Murasov Second: Mait Matas Lead: Signe Falkenberg Alternate: Kaitlin Riidebach Coach: Erkki Lill, Sulev Lokk
Latvia	Norway	Russia	Scotland
Skip: Poļina Rožkova Third: Sergejs Djačenko Second: Agris Lasmans Lead: Ojārs Briedis Coach: Arnis Veidemanis, Rihards Jeske	Skip: Jostein Stordahl Third: Ole Fredrik Syversen Second: Geir Arne Skogstad Lead: Sissel Løchen Alternate: Rikke Iversen Coach: Peter Dahlman	Skip: Konstantin Kurokhtin Third: Andrei Meshcheriakov Second: Vitaly Danilov Lead: Daria Shchukina Alternate: Anna Karpushina Coach: Anton Batugin, Sergey Shamov	Skip: Hugh Nibloe Third: Robert McPherson Second: Gary Smith Lead: Charlotte McKenna Alternate: Meggan Dawson-Farrell Coach: Sheila Swan
Slovakia	South Korea	Sweden	Switzerland
Skip: Radoslav Ďuriš Third: Peter Zaťko Second: Dušan Pitoňák Lead: Monika Kunkelová Alternate: Imrich Lyócsa Coach: Frantisek Pitonak	Fourth: Yang Hui-tae Skip: Jung Seung-won Second: Park Kil-woo Lead: Bang Min-ja Alternate: Min Byeong-seok Coach: Kim Joung-yil, Yoon So-min	Skip: Viljo Petersson-Dahl Third: Mats-Ola Engborg Second: Ronny Persson Lead: Kristina Ulander Alternate: Zandra Reppe Coach: Alison Kreviazuk	Skip: Raymond Pfyffer Third: Hans Burgener Second: Françoise Jaquerod Lead: Eric Decorvet Alternate: Adelah Al Roumi Coach: Stephan Pfister, Lukas Haggenmacher

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings[8]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams relegated to 2020 B Championship

Country Skip W L W–L  China Wang Haitao 11 0 –  Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl 9 2 –  Canada Mark Ideson 7 4 –  Norway Jostein Stordahl 6 5 1–0  Russia Konstantin Kurokhtin 6 5 0–1  South Korea Jung Seung-won 5 6 1–0  Latvia Poļina Rožkova 5 6 0–1  Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 4 7 1–0  Scotland Hugh Nibloe 4 7 0–1  Estonia Andrei Koitmae 3 8 2–0   Switzerland Raymond Pfyffer 3 8 1–1  Czech Republic Dana Selnekovičová 3 8 0–2

Round Robin Results

All draws times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).[9]

Draw 1

Saturday, February 29, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Koitmae)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	4
Latvia (Rožkova)	1	4	1	0	4	0	2	X	12

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	X	7
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Kurokhtin)	0	1	2	2	0	3	1	X	9
Scotland (Nibloe)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	X	3

Draw 2

Saturday, February 29, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Jung)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Norway (Stordahl)	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	X	7
Scotland (Nibloe)	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	0	5	0	0	4	0	X	10
Switzerland (Pfyffer)	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	X	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Rožkova)	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	3	8
Estonia (Koitmae)	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	7

Draw 3

Sunday, March 1, 9:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1
Russia (Kurokhtin)	1	0	1	2	0	2	2	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	X	6

Draw 4

Sunday, March 1, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Nibloe)	1	0	2	1	1	2	1	X	8
Switzerland (Pfyffer)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Koitmae)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	2
Norway (Stordahl)	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Rožkova)	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	5
South Korea (Jung)	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	X	7
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	2

Draw 5

Sunday, March 1, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	2	0	4	1	0	1	X	X	8
Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	5
Switzerland (Pfyffer)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Stordahl)	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	7
Russia (Kurokhtin)	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	6
South Korea (Jung)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3

Draw 6

Monday, March 2, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	X	5
Latvia (Rožkova)	3	0	0	2	3	0	2	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
South Korea (Jung)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
China (Wang)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Koitmae)	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	X	6
Scotland (Nibloe)	2	0	2	0	4	0	3	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Pfyffer)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	5
Norway (Stordahl)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3

Draw 7

Monday, March 2, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Kurokhtin)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	4
China (Wang)	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Norway (Stordahl)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Pfyffer)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	4
Canada (Ideson)	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
South Korea (Jung)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	5

Draw 8

Monday, March 2, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	7
Estonia (Koitmae)	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Nibloe)	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Canada (Ideson)	2	0	3	3	0	2	X	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	2	0	1	1	0	4	2	X	10
Latvia (Rožkova)	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4
Russia (Kurokhtin)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	6

Draw 9

Tuesday, March 3, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Pfyffer)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	1
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	2	1	0	2	2	1	1	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Koitmae)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	1
South Korea (Jung)	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Nibloe)	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	X	3
China (Wang)	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	X	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Stordahl)	0	4	1	0	3	0	X	X	8
Latvia (Rožkova)	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	X	3

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 3, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	8
Norway (Stordahl)	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
China (Wang)	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Jung)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3
Russia (Kurokhtin)	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Pfyffer)	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	6
Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	5

Draw 11

Tuesday, March 3, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Nibloe)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	4
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Rožkova)	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Canada (Ideson)	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	6
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Kurokhtin)	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	3	11
Estonia (Koitmae)	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	7

Draw 12

Wednesday, March 4, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Pfyffer)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	3
South Korea (Jung)	3	1	1	0	1	0	5	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Kurokhtin)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	2
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4
Norway (Stordahl)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
Canada (Ideson)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4

Draw 13

Wednesday, March 4, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	X	4
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	3	0	2	2	0	X	X	8
Estonia (Koitmae)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Kurokhtin)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Rožkova)	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	7
Scotland (Nibloe)	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	6

Draw 14

Wednesday, March 4, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Stordahl)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	2
Scotland (Nibloe)	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	5
Latvia (Rožkova)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4
South Korea (Jung)	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Koitmae)	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	7
Switzerland (Pfyffer)	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	6

Draw 15

Thursday, March 5, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Rožkova)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	5
Russia (Kurokhtin)	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
Scotland (Nibloe)	2	0	4	3	1	1	X	X	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Estonia (Koitmae)	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	6
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3

Draw 16

Thursday, March 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Koitmae)	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
China (Wang)	2	0	4	3	0	0	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Stordahl)	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	X	8
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Rožkova)	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Switzerland (Pfyffer)	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Nibloe)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	X	4
South Korea (Jung)	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	X	7

Draw 17

Thursday, March 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Jung)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Pfyffer)	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
Russia (Kurokhtin)	0	1	2	1	3	2	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Stordahl)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	2
China (Wang)	2	2	0	4	1	3	X	X	12

Playoffs

	Qualification games					Semifinals					Final
						1	China	4
	4	Norway	4			5	Russia	9
	5	Russia	6								5	Russia	5
											3	Canada	4
						2	Sweden	2
	3	Canada	5			3	Canada	3
	6	South Korea	4

	Bronze medal game
	1	China	2
	2	Sweden	5

Qualification games

Friday, March 6, 1:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Canada (Ideson)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	5
South Korea (Jung)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Norway (Stordahl)	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	4
Russia (Kurokhtin)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	6

Semifinals

Friday, March 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4
Russia (Kurokhtin)	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	3	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3

Bronze medal game

Saturday, March 7, 10:00 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	5

Final

Saturday, March 7, 2:30 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Kurokhtin)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	5
Canada (Ideson)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4

See also

• 2019 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship

References

1. Gray, Richard (March 6, 2019). "Wetzikon, Switzerland to host World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2020". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
2. "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2020". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
3. "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2020 Official Site". World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
4. Pavlyuchik, Alina. "Russia win World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2020 title". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
5. Pavlyuchik, Alina. "Sweden claim bronze at World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2020". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
6. Pavlyuchik, Alina (December 2, 2019). "Canada win gold at the World Wheelchair-B Curling Championships 2019". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
7. "Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
8. "Results". Retrieved March 2, 2020.
9. "Schedule". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

External links

• Official website