# 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

The 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 21–28 at the Vancouver Paralympic Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In the final
Teams participating in the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship earned qualification points from this event for the Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver in 2010.

## Qualification

* Canada (Host country)
* Top seven finishers from the 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship (not including host):
** South Korea
** Norway
** United States
** Italy
** Sweden
** Scotland
** Switzerland
* Top teams from qualifying event:
** Germany
** China

### Qualification event

Two teams outside of the top finishers qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic.

## Teams

| Canada | China | Germany | Italy | South Korea |
| Skip: Jim Armstrong Third: Darryl Neighbour Second: Ina Forrest Lead: Chris Sobkowicz Alternate: Sonja Gaudet Coach: Joe Rea | Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Liu Wei Second: Xu Guangqin Lead: He Jun Alternate: Liu Chunyu Coach: Li Hongchen | Skip: Jens Jäger Third: Marcus Sieger Second: Jens Gäbel Lead: Caren Totzauer Alternate: Astrid Hoer Coach: Helmar Erlewein | Skip: Andrea Tabanelli Third: Egidio Marchese Second: Emanuele Spelorzi Lead: Lucrezia Celentano Alternate: Gabriele Dallapiccola Coach: Mauro Maino | Skip: Kim Hak-sung Third: Park Kil-woo Second: Kim Myung-jin Lead: Cho Yang-hyun Alternate: Kang Mi-suk Coach: Hong Jun-pyo |
| Norway | Scotland | Sweden | Switzerland | United States |
| Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Geir Arne Skogstad Second: Jostein Stordahl Lead: Anne Mette Samdal Alternate: Lene Tystad Coach: Thoralf Hognestad | Skip: Michael McCreadie Third: Aileen Neilson Second: Tom Killin Lead: James Sellar Alternate: Rosemary Lenton Coaches: Tom Pendreigh, Sheila Swan | Skip: Jalle Jungnell Third: Glenn Ikonen Second: Patrik Burman Lead: Anette Wilhelm Coaches: Thomas Wilhelm, Patrik Kihlström | Skip: Manfred Bollinger Third: Martin Bieri Second: Daniel Meyer Lead: Anton Kehrli Alternate: Melanie Villars Coaches: Anton Ruesser, Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe | Skip: Augusto Perez Third: James Pierce Second: James Joseph Lead: Jacqueline Kapinowski Alternate: Patrick McDonald Coach: Steve Brown |

## Round robin standings

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Germany | Jens Jäger | 7 | 2 |
| Sweden | Jalle Jungnell | 6 | 3 |
| Canada | Jim Armstrong | 5 | 4 |
| United States | Augusto Perez | 5 | 4 |
| China | Wang Haitao | 4 | 5 |
| Italy | Andrea Tabanelli | 4 | 5 |
| South Korea | Kim Hak-sung | 4 | 5 |
| Norway | Rune Lorentsen | 4 | 5 |
| Scotland | Michael McCreadie | 4 | 5 |
| Switzerland | Manfred Bollinger | 2 | 7 |

## Results
### Draw 1

Saturday, February 21, 12:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Bollinger) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| United States (Perez) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (McCreadle) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | X | 10 |

### Draw 2

Saturday, February 21, 12:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | X | 10 |
| Switzerland (Bollinger) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 10 |

### Draw 3

Sunday, February 22, 12:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (McCreadle) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 6 |
| United States (Perez) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Bollinger) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |

### Draw 4

Sunday, February 22, 18:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (McCreadle) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Perez) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 |

### Draw 5

Monday, February 23, 12:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Bollinger) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | X | 11 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Perez) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 11 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 11 |
| Scotland (McCreadle) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | X | 8 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Draw 6

Monday, February 23, 18:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | 12 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Switzerland (Bollinger) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| United States (Perez) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |

### Draw 7

Tuesday, February 24, 12:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Scotland (McCreadle) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| United States (Perez) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 8

Tuesday, February 24, 18:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Perez) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Switzerland (Bollinger) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | X | 11 |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 9 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Scotland (McCreadle) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |

### Draw 9

Wednesday, February 25, 12:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (McCreadle) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 10 |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Switzerland (Bollinger) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |

### Draw 10

Wednesday, February 25, 18:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Bollinger) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Scotland (McCreadle) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Perez) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 |

### Draw 11

Thursday, February 26, 9:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |

### Draw 12

Thursday, February 26, 14:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| United States (Perez) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Bollinger) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (McCreadle) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |

## Ranking Tiebreakers
### Round 1

Thursday, February 26, 20:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (McCreadle) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 10 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Round 2

Friday, February 27, 9:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| China (Wang) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Round 3

Friday, February 27, 14:30
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
| 1 | Germany | 6 | | | | 2 | Sweden | 2 |
| 2 | Sweden | 7 | | | | 4 | Canada | 9 |
| | | | 1 | Germany | 4 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Canada | 10 | | | |
| 3 | United States | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Canada | 9 | | | | | | |
| Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| 1 | Germany | 6 |
| 3 | United States | 4 |

### 1 vs. 2

Friday, February 27, 20:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |

### 3 vs. 4

Friday, February 27, 20:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Perez) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | X | 9 |

### Semifinal

Saturday, February 28, 9:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Bronze medal game

Saturday, February 28, 14:30
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| United States (Perez) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

### Gold medal game

Saturday, February 28, 14:30
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
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