# 1990 World Women's Curling Championship

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The 1990 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Rocklundahallen in Västerås, Sweden from April 1–7.
The women's winner was team Norway, skipped by Dordi Nordby. Norway won its first Women's World Championship in Nordby's first season skipping the Norwegian women's team. She defeated Scotland in the final, 4–2, which was skipped by 21 year-old Carolyn Hutchinson. Norway controlled the game, not letting Scotland play the "come around game".
The event was in conjunction with the 1990 World Men's Curling Championship and was televised in Canada on The Sports Network. Had a team gone undefeated, a four-team playoff would not have been necessary.

## Teams

| Canada | Denmark | France | West Germany | Japan |
| Bayview CC, Thornhill Skip: Alison Goring Third: Kristin Turcotte Second: Andrea Lawes Lead: Cheryl McPherson Alternate: Anne Merklinger | Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Helena Blach Third: Malene Krause Second: Lone Kristoffersen Lead: Gitte Larsen | Megève CC, Megève Skip: Brigitte Lamy Third: Paulette Sulpice Second: Jocelyn Lhenry Lead: Guylaine Fratucello Alternate: Annick Mercier | EC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf Skip: Almut Hege-Schöll Third: Suzanne Fink Second: Stefan Rossler Lead: Ina Räderer Alternate: Josefine Einsle | Kitami CC, Kitami Skip: Midori Kudoh Third: Kaori Tatezaki Second: Etsuko Ito Lead: Mayumi Abe Alternate: Mayumi Seguchi |
| Norway | Scotland | Sweden | Switzerland | United States |
| Snarøyen CC, Oslo Skip: Dordi Nordby Third: Hanne Pettersen Second: Mette Halvorsen Lead: Anne Jøtun | Greenacres CC, Howwood Skip: Carolyn Hutchinson Third: Claire Milne Second: Mairi Milne Lead: Tara Brown | Frösö-Oden CK, Östersund Fourth: Helena Svensson Skip: Lotta Giesenfeld Second: Elisabeth Hansson Lead: Annika Lööf Alternate: Lena Mårdberg | Uitikon-Wald CC, Uitikon Skip: Brigitte Leutenegger Third: Gisela Peter Second: Marianne Gutknecht Lead: Karin Leutenegger | Denver CC, Denver Skip: Bev Behnke Third: Dawna Bennett Second: Susan Anschuetz Lead: Pam Finch Alternate: Lisa Schoeneberg |

## Round-robin standings

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Canada | Alison Goring | 8 | 1 |
| Scotland | Carolyn Hutchinson | 6 | 3 |
| Denmark | Helena Blach | 6 | 3 |
| Norway | Dordi Nordby | 6 | 3 |
| West Germany | Almut Hege-Schöll | 5 | 4 |
| Sweden | Lotta Giesenfeld | 5 | 4 |
| Switzerland | Brigitte Leutenegger | 4 | 5 |
| United States | Bev Behnke | 2 | 7 |
| France | Brigitte Lamy | 2 | 7 |
| Japan* | Midori Kudoh | 1 | 8 |
*First Appearance

## Round-robin results
### Draw 1

| Sheet A | Final |
| Switzerland (Leutenegger) | 6 |
| Sweden (Giesenfeld) | 7 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Denmark (Blach) | 9 |
| Japan (Kudoh) | 4 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Norway (Nordby) | 7 |
| France (Lamy) | 1 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| United States (Behnke) | 5 |
| Scotland (Hutchinson) | 9 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| West Germany (Hege-Schöll) | 2 |
| Canada (Goring) | 6 |

### Draw 2

| Sheet A | Final |
| West Germany (Hege-Schöll) | 7 |
| Norway (Nordby) | 2 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| France (Lamy) | 2 |
| Sweden (Giesenfeld) | 7 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Switzerland (Leutenegger) | 8 |
| United States (Behnke) | 3 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Canada (Goring) | 8 |
| Japan (Kudoh) | 4 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Denmark (Blach) | 5 |
| Scotland (Hutchinson) | 8 |

### Draw 3

| Sheet A | Final |
| France (Lamy) | 7 |
| Scotland (Hutchinson) | 6 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Switzerland (Leutenegger) | 3 |
| West Germany (Hege-Schöll) | 7 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Canada (Goring) | 7 |
| Denmark (Blach) | 8 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Sweden (Giesenfeld) | 3 |
| Norway (Dordi Nordby) | 10 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Japan (Kudoh) | 6 |
| United States (Behnke) | 3 |

### Draw 4

| Sheet A | Final |
| United States (Behnke) | 4 |
| Canada (Goring) | 7 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Norway (Nordby) | 3 |
| Denmark (Blach) | 7 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Japan (Kudoh) | 3 |
| Scotland (Hutchinson) | 7 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Switzerland (Leutenegger) | 10 |
| France (Lamy) | 5 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Sweden (Giesenfeld) | 4 |
| West Germany (Hege-Schöll) | 6 |

### Draw 5

| Sheet A | Final |
| Japan (Kudoh) | 7 |
| Switzerland (Leutenegger) | 11 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Sweden (Giesenfeld) | 2 |
| Scotland (Hutchinson) | 7 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| United States (Behnke) | 2 |
| Norway (Nordby) | 7 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| West Germany (Hege-Schöll) | 4 |
| Denmark (Blach) | 8 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Canada (Goring) | 9 |
| France (Lamy) | 3 |

### Draw 6

| Sheet A | Final |
| Sweden (Giesenfeld) | 7 |
| Denmark (Blach) | 3 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Canada (Goring) | 7 |
| Switzerland (Leutenegger) | 6 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| West Germany (Hege-Schöll) | 8 |
| Japan (Kudoh) | 2 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| France (Lamy) | 6 |
| United States (Behnke) | 7 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Scotland (Hutchinson) | 1 |
| Norway (Nordby) | 6 |

### Draw 7

| Sheet A | Final |
| Scotland (Hutchinson) | 6 |
| West Germany (Hege-Schöll) | 5 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Japan (Kudoh) | 2 |
| France (Lamy) | 11 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Denmark (Blach) | 4 |
| Switzerland (Leutenegger) | 7 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Norway (Nordby) | 5 |
| Canada (Goring) | 6 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| United States (Behnke) | 3 |
| Sweden (Giesenfeld) | 6 |

### Draw 8

| Sheet A | Final |
| Norway (Nordby) | 8 |
| Japan (Kudoh) | 3 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| West Germany (Hege-Schöll) | 2 |
| United States (Behnke) | 5 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Sweden (Giesenfeld) | 4 |
| Canada (Goring) | 5 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Scotland (Hutchinson) | 6 |
| Switzerland (Leutenegger) | 4 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| France (Lamy) | 6 |
| Denmark (Blach) | 4 |

### Draw 9

| Sheet A | Final |
| Denmark (Blach) | 6 |
| United States (Behnke) | 2 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Scotland (Hutchinson) | 4 |
| Canada (Goring) | 5 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| France (Lamy) | 4 |
| West Germany (Hege-Schöll) | 12 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Japan (Kudoh) | 3 |
| Sweden (Giesenfeld) | 12 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Norway (Nordby) | 6 |
| Switzerland (Leutenegger) | 3 |

## Tiebreaker

| Team | Final |
| United States (Behnke) | 8 |
| France (Lamy) | 5 |

## Playoffs

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Canada | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Norway | 7 | | | |
| 4 | Norway | 7 | 4 | Norway | 4 |
| | | | 2 | Scotland | 2 |
| 2 | Scotland | 8 | 2 | Scotland | 2 |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | | | |

### Final

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Norway (Nordby) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Scotland (Hutchinson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |