# 2005 World Senior Curling Championships

The 2005 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 19 to 26 at the Greenacres Curling Club in Howwood, Scotland.
Group A of each gender consisted of the best ranked countries from the previous year. The three best teams of the A-groups advanced to the semi-finals as well as the winner of the B-groups. The top ranked team in A played against the top ranked team in B, the winner went on to the gold medal game and the loser went on to the bronze medal game. The 2nd place team in A played against the 3rd place team in A, and the winner went on to the gold medal game and the loser went on to the bronze medal game.

## Men
### Teams

| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Curling club |
| Australia | Lloyd Roberts | Tom Kidd | Jim Oastler | Neil Galbraith | | | |
| Canada | Bas Buckle | Bob Freeman | Gerry Young | Harvey Holloway | | | |
| Denmark | John Hansen | Leif Højbjerg | Peter Gram | Ole Bering | | | |
| England | D. Michael Sutherland | John Brown | John MacDougall | Robin Gemmell | Alan Collette | | |
| Finland | Timo Kauste | Kai Pahl | Yrjö Franssila | Seppo Malinen | Mauno Nummila | Olli Rissanen | |
| France | Maurice Arozamena | Christophe Lehuenen | Jean Porquet | Pierre Perrin | | Irénée Gaudreau | |
| Germany | Klaus Unterstab | Reinhard Oelschläger | Thomas Frey | Joachim Hagen | Werner Pflaum | Elke Unterstab | |
| Iceland | Gisli Kristinsson | Hallgrimur Valsson | Sigurgeir Haraldsson | Agust Hilmarsson | Júlíus Arason | Jón Hansen | |
| Ireland | Tony Tierney | Jim Winning | John Burns | Gordon McIntyre | David McClure | | |
| Italy | Dino Zardini | Enrico Alberti | Roberto Fassina | Valerio Constantini | Angelo Pezzin | | |
| Japan | Satoru Asakawa | Toshiyuki Numati | Yutaka Matsuura | Katsuo Hara | Yoshiji Matsushita | | |
| Netherlands | Rob Boymans | Peter Postma | John Paulissen | Gerrit-Jan Scholten | Joep Waijers | Alie Kramer | |
| New Zealand | Peter Becker | John Campbell | John Allen | John Sanders | | | |
| Norway | Tormod Andreassen | Jan Kolstad | Sverre Sandbakken | Olaf Carlem | | | |
| Scotland | Robert Smellie | Jimmy Barr | Ian Gibb | Harry Johnston | James Stevenson | | |
| Sweden | Jan Lundblad | Sune Halvarson | Lennart Jakobsson | Per Göstas | Åke Näs | | Leksands CK |
| Switzerland | Peter Attinger Jr. | Bernhard Attinger | Mattias Neuenschwander | Jürg Geiler | Simon Roth | | Dübendorf CC |
| United States | David Russell | Bill Rhyme | Mark Swandby | David Carlson | Bill Kind | | |
| Wales | Peter Williams | Scott Lyon | Ray King | Peter Hodgkinson | | | |

### Round robin
#### Group A

| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | United States | * | 6:5 | 5:8 | 4:3 | 5:7 | 8:7 | 8:7 | 8:3 | 7:6 | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | Canada | 5:6 | * | 8:3 | 4:9 | 8:2 | 5:2 | 5:7 | 11:4 | 8:1 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 8:5 | 3:8 | * | 4:8 | 6:7 | 8:3 | 8:6 | 12:6 | 6:5 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Sweden | 3:4 | 9:4 | 8:4 | * | 5:4 | 5:6 | 8:4 | 3:5 | 6:5 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Germany | 7:5 | 2:8 | 7:6 | 4:5 | * | 2:10 | 10:2 | 10:5 | 7:4 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Norway | 7:8 | 2:5 | 3:8 | 6:5 | 10:2 | * | 10:4 | 11:6 | 4:7 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Scotland | 7:8 | 7:5 | 6:8 | 4:8 | 2:10 | 4:10 | * | 10:1 | 9:5 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Denmark | 3:8 | 4:11 | 6:12 | 5:3 | 5:10 | 6:11 | 1:10 | * | 5:4 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Finland | 6:7 | 1:8 | 5:6 | 5:6 | 4:7 | 7:4 | 5:9 | 4:5 | * | 1 | 7 |

#### Group B

| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | England | * | 8:6 | 4:8 | 5:8 | 6:3 | 9:8 | 9:1 | 8:5 | 11:7 | 9:4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Ireland | 6:8 | * | 8:7 | 8:6 | 4:5 | 8:12 | 7:6 | 9:3 | 7:3 | 10:4 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | France | 8:4 | 7:8 | * | 7:5 | 1:11 | 7:2 | 9:5 | 8:3 | 7:5 | 9:10 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy | 8:5 | 6:8 | 5:7 | * | 14:5 | 7:6 | 1:13 | 5:11 | 9:4 | 8:2 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Wales | 3:6 | 5:4 | 11:1 | 5:14 | * | 7:6 | 8:7 | 7:6 | 4:8 | 5:6 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 8:9 | 12:8 | 2:7 | 6:7 | 6:7 | * | 8:4 | 16:0 | 16:3 | 6:4 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Japan | 1:9 | 6:7 | 5:9 | 13:1 | 7:8 | 4:8 | * | 7:3 | 7:6 | 9:3 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 5:8 | 3:9 | 3:8 | 11:5 | 6:7 | 0:16 | 3:7 | * | 7:6 | 8:6 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Iceland | 7:11 | 3:7 | 5:7 | 4:9 | 8:4 | 3:16 | 6:7 | 6:7 | * | 6:5 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Australia | 4:9 | 4:10 | 10:9 | 2:8 | 6:5 | 4:6 | 3:9 | 6:8 | 5:6 | * | 2 | 7 |
    Teams to playoffs
    Teams to tiebreaker

#### Tiebreaker

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Canada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Playoffs

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| A-1 | United States | 4 | | | |
| B-1 | England | 2 | | | |
| B-1 | England | 2 | United States | United States | 4 |
| | | | Canada | Canada | 5 |
| A-2 | Canada | 8 | Canada | Canada | 5 |
| A-3 | Switzerland | 4 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | England | England | 2 |
| | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 5 |
Semi-finals March 25, 19:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| England | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Bronze medal game March 26, 9:30
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| England | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Final March 26, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

### Final standings

| Place | Team | Games played | Wins | Losses |
| | Canada | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| | United States | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| | Switzerland | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | England | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | Sweden | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Germany | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Norway | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Scotland | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Denmark | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Finland | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Ireland | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 12 | France | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 13 | Italy | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 14 | Wales | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 15 | New Zealand | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 16 | Japan | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | Iceland | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 | Australia | 9 | 2 | 7 |

## Women
### Teams

| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Curling club |
| Canada | Anne Dunn | Lindy Marchuk | Gloria Campbell | Fran Todd | Carol Thompson | | |
| England | Joan Reed | Glynnice Lauder | Venetia Scott | Moira Davison | Mary Aitchison | | Glendale CC, Northumberland |
| Finland | Helena Timonen | Mimmi Koivula | Terttu Pakarinen | Kirsti Kauste | Pirjo Hautanen | | |
| Germany | Karin Diekmann | Carola Murek | Brigitte Harmsen | Gisela Horn-Moll | Brigitta Paatz-Neuhaus | Moritz Diekmann | |
| Ireland | Fiona Turnbull | Marie O'Kane | Jane Moira Paterson | Kathleen Nixon | Isobel Fyfe | James Beckett | |
| Italy | Ann Urquhart | Maria-Grazzia Lacedelli | Tea Savoia | Franca Faccin | Mafalda Hauseberger | | |
| Japan | Hatomi Nagaoka | Shigeko Sato | Hiroko Oishi | Emiko Zareo | Noriko Kaneuchi | | |
| Netherlands | Beatrice Miltenburg | Marijke Paulissen-Walschots | Sylvia Van Der Pluijm | Wil Kerkvliet | | | |
| New Zealand | Liz Matthews | Pauline Farra | Christine Bewick | Cathy Fenton | Wendy Becker | | |
| Scotland | Carolyn Morris | Pat Lockhart | Jeanette Johnston | Linda Lesperance | Catherine Edington | Trudie Milne | |
| Sweden | Ingrid Meldahl | Ann-Catrin Kjerr | Inger Berg | Sylvia Malmberg | Birgitta Törn | Gunilla Bergman | Stocksunds CK, Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Renate Nedkoff | Lotti Pieper | Silvia Niederer | Brigitta Keller | | | |
| United States | Anne Wiggins | Jean Murphy | Carol White | Rosemary Morgan | Carolyn MacLeod | Faith Lundgren | |

### Round robin
#### Group A

| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Canada | * | 7:6 | 12:3 | 9:2 | 7:4 | 9:3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Sweden | 6:7 | * | 7:8 | 7:5 | 9:7 | 8:6 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Japan | 3:12 | 8:7 | * | 1:11 | 5:8 | 6:4 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 2:9 | 5:7 | 11:1 | * | 8:7 | 2:10 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | England | 4:7 | 7:9 | 8:5 | 7:8 | * | 8:5 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | United States | 3:9 | 6:8 | 4:6 | 10:2 | 5:8 | * | 1 | 4 |

#### Group B

| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Netherlands | * | 9:6 | 7:6 | 4:7 | 14:1 | 8:5 | 12:2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Scotland | 6:9 | * | 7:2 | 6:4 | 10:1 | 9:5 | 11:1 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Finland | 6:7 | 2:7 | * | 7:2 | 13:1 | 6:5 | 7:3 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Ireland | 7:4 | 4:6 | 2:7 | * | 7:2 | 3:7 | 10:4 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Germany | 1:14 | 1:10 | 1:13 | 2:7 | * | 8:4 | 8:6 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Italy | 5:8 | 5:9 | 5:6 | 7:3 | 4:8 | * | 18:4 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 2:12 | 1:11 | 3:7 | 4:10 | 6:8 | 4:18 | * | 0 | 6 |
    Teams to playoffs
    Teams to tiebreaker

#### Tiebreaker

March 25, 8:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
25 марта, 12:30
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Japan | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | 10 |

### Playoffs

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| A-1 | Canada | 5 | | | |
| B-1 | Scotland | 11 | | | |
| B-1 | Scotland | 11 | Scotland | Scotland | 9 |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 5 |
| A-2 | Sweden | 6 | Japan | Japan | 5 |
| A-3 | Japan | 9 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | Canada | Canada | 4 |
| | | | Sweden | Sweden | 7 |
Semi-finals March 25, 19:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 11 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Bronze medal game March 26, 9:30
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Final March 26, 19:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

### Final standings

| Place | Team | Games played | Wins | Losses |
| | Scotland | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| | Japan | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| | Sweden | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Canada | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | England | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | United States | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Finland | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | Ireland | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Germany | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Italy | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | New Zealand | 6 | 0 | 6 |