# 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

The 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from March 4 to 11 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea. Norway won a third title after winning over Russia, who defeated Norway during the 2016 championship final.

## Qualification

* South Korea (host country)
* Top seven teams from the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
** Norway
** Russia
** Switzerland
** China
** United States
** Canada
** Germany
* Two teams from the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship
** Finland
** Scotland
* ^ Because South Korea, one of the top seven teams in the 2016 world championship, already qualified as the host country, Germany who ranked 8th in the competition additionally qualified.

### Qualification event

Finland and Scotland qualified for the World Championship from the qualifying event held during November 2016 in Lohja, Finland.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Canada | China | Finland | Germany | Norway |
| Skip: Jim Armstrong Third: Ina Forrest Second: Marie Wright Lead: Mark Ideson Alternate: Ellis Tull Coach: Wayne Kiel | Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Liu Wei Second: Chen Jianxin Lead: Xu Guangqin Alternate: Zhang Mingliang Coach: Li Jianrui | Skip: Markku Karjalainen Third: Yrjo Jaaskelainen Second: Sari Karjalainen Lead: Vesa Leppanen Alternate: Riitta Sarosalo Coach: Vesa Kokko | Skip: Christiane Putzich Third: Harry Pavel Second: Martin Schlitt Lead: Heike Melchior Alternate: Christoph Gemmer Coach: Bernd Weisser | Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Ole Fredrik Syversen Lead: Sissel Løchen Alternate: Rikke Iversen Coach: Peter Dahlman |
| Russia | Scotland | South Korea | Switzerland | United States |
| Skip: Andrey Smirnov Third: Konstantin Kurokhtin Second: Alexander Shevchenko Lead: Daria Shchukina Alternate: Marat Romanov Coach: Anton Batugin | Skip: Aileen Neilson Third: Gregor Ewan Second: Hugh Nibloe Lead: Robert McPherson Alternate: Angie Malone Coach: Sheila Swan | Skip: Kim Jong-pan Third: Seo Soon-seok Second: Cha Jae-goan Lead: Cho Min-kyong Alternate: Lee Dong-ha Coach: Beak Jong-chul | Skip: Felix Wagner Third: Marcel Bodenmann Second: Claudia Hüttenmoser Lead: Beatrix Blaül Alternate: Hans Burgener Coach: Stephan Pfister | Skip: Stephen Emt Third: Kirk Black Second: Jimmy Joseph Lead: Penny Greely Alternate: Justin Marshall Coach: Steve Brown |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
* Teams to Relegation Game
* Teams Relegated to 2017 B-Championship
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Russia | Andrey Smirnov | 8 | 1 |
| Scotland | Aileen Neilson | 6 | 3 |
| China | Wang Haitao | 6 | 3 |
| Norway | Rune Lorentsen | 5 | 4 |
| Canada | Jim Armstrong | 5 | 4 |
| South Korea | Kim Jong-pan | 4 | 5 |
| United States | Stephen Emt | 3 | 6 |
| Switzerland | Felix Wagner | 3 | 6 |
| Germany | Christiane Putzich | 3 | 6 |
| Finland | Markku Karjalainen | 2 | 7 |

## Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09).

### Draw 1

Saturday, March 04, 9:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 15 |
| Germany (Putzich) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Draw 2

Saturday, March 04, 15:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| United States (Emt) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 3

Sunday, March 05, 10:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Seo) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Germany (Putzich) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Wanger) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Emt) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |

### Draw 4

Sunday, March 05, 15:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| South Korea (Seo) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Emt) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Putzich) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |

### Draw 5

Monday, March 06, 10:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | X | X | 13 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Emt) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| South Korea (Seo) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |

### Draw 6

Monday, March 06, 15:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Germany (Putzich) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | X | 10 |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |

### Draw 7

Tuesday, March 07, 10:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| South Korea (Seo) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Putzich) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | 7 |
| United States (Emt) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Canada (Ideson) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |

### Draw 8

Tuesday, March 07, 15:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Germany (Putzich) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Cha) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| United States (Black) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

### Draw 9

Wednesday, March 08, 10:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Germany (Putzich) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 10

Wednesday, March 08, 15:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Cha) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| United States (Black) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 10 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |

### Draw 11

Thursday, March 09, 10:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Black) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Putzich) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Seo) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 1 |

### Draw 12

Thursday, March 09, 15:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Putzich) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | X | 9 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (Emt) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Norway (Stordahl) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |

### Tiebreaker

Friday, March 10, 10:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Stordahl) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Norway advances to the playoffs

### Relegation Game

Friday, March 10, 10:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 |
| Germany (Putzich) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 3 |
Germany lost the relegation game, but because the host Scotland and additional eight teams who placed second to ninth from this competition were invited to the 2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Germany still qualified for the 2019 championship as the ninth-place team.

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Russia | 4 | | | | 1 | Russia | 3 |
| 2 | Scotland | 2 | | | | 4 | Norway | 8 |
| | | | 2 | Scotland | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Norway | 7 | | | |
| 3 | China | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Norway | 6 | | | | | | |
| Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| 2 | Scotland | 9 |
| 3 | China | 5 |

### 1 vs. 2

Friday, March 10, 15:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |

### 3 vs. 4

Friday, March 10, 15:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |

### Semifinal

Saturday, March 11, 10:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |

### Bronze medal game

Saturday, March 11, 15:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

### Gold medal game

Saturday, March 11, 15:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
* 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
* Norway 3rd title