# 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

The 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 21 to 28 at the Eiszentrum Luzern in Lucerne, Switzerland.

## Qualification

* Switzerland (host country)
* Top seven teams from the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
** Russia
** China
** Finland
** Slovakia
** United States
** Canada
** Germany
* Two teams from the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship
** Norway
** South Korea

### Qualification event

Norway and South Korea qualified for the World Championship from the qualifying event held in November 2015 in Lohja, Finland.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach |
| Canada | Jim Armstrong | Ina Forrest | Dennis Thiessen | Mark Ideson | Sonja Gaudet | Wayne Kiel |
| China | Sun Yulong (fourth) | Yu Xinyue | Chen Jianxin (skip) | Xu Lichun | Chen Tao | Ru Xia |
| Finland | Markku Karjalainen | Sari Karjalainen | Yrjo Jaaskelainen | Tuomo Aarnikka | Riitta Sarosalo | Lauri Ikävalko |
| Germany | Jens Jäger | Christiane Putzich | Martin Schlitt | Heike Melchior | Harry Pavel | Bernd Weisser |
| Norway | Rune Lorentsen | Jostein Stordahl | Ole Fredrik Syversen | Sissel Løchen | Jan-Erik Hansen | Peter Dahlman |
| Russia | Andrey Smirnov | Konstantin Kurokhtin | Svetlana Pakhomova | Alexander Shevchenko | Marat Romanov | Anton Batugin |
| Slovakia | Radoslav Ďuriš | Dusan Pitoňák | Peter Zaťko | Monika Kunkelová | Imrich Lyócsa | František Pitoňák |
| South Korea | Yang Hui-tae | Jung Seung-won | Seo Soon-seok | Bang Min-ja | Cha Jae-goan | Beak Jong-chul |
| Switzerland | Felix Wagner | Eric Decorvet | Claudia Hüttenmoser | Beatrix Blaül | Marcel Bodenmann | Stephan Pfister |
| United States | Patrick McDonald | Steven Emt | Jimmy Joseph | Penny Greely | Justin Marshall | Steve Brown |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
* Teams Relegated to 2016 B-Championship
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Norway | Rune Lorentsen | 7 | 2 |
| Russia | Andrey Smirnov | 7 | 2 |
| Switzerland | Felix Wagner | 7 | 2 |
| South Korea | Yang Hui-tae | 5 | 4 |
| China | Chen Jianxin | 4 | 5 |
| United States | Patrick McDonald | 4 | 5 |
| Canada | Jim Armstrong | 3 | 6 |
| Germany | Jens Jäger | 3 | 6 |
| Slovakia | Radoslav Ďuriš | 3 | 6 |
| Finland | Markku Karjalainen | 2 | 7 |

## Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01).

### Draw 1

Sunday, February 21, 16:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 10 |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 1 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | X | X | 12 |

### Draw 2

Monday, February 22, 10:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Chen) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| South Korea (Yang) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | X | 11 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |

### Draw 3

Monday, February 22, 15:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 11 |
| China (Chen) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Yang) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | X | 11 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |

### Draw 4

Tuesday, February 23, 10:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| South Korea (Yang) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| China (Chen) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

### Draw 5

Tuesday, February 23, 15:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 |
| China (Chen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| South Korea (Yang) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
| United States (McDonald) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 11 |

### Draw 6

Wednesday, February 24, 10:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Chen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| South Korea (Yang) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |

### Draw 7

Wednesday, February 24, 15:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Yang) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 9 |

### Draw 8

Thursday, February 25, 10:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Yang) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Chen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |

### Draw 9

Thursday, February 25, 15:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | X | 10 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Yang) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 8 |
| China (Chen) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |

### Draw 10

Friday, February 26, 10:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| South Korea (Yang) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 11

Friday, February 26, 15:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | X | 8 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| China (Chen) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| United States (McDonald) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |

### Draw 12

Saturday, February 27, 9:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Chen) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | X | 13 |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |

### Tiebreaker

Saturday, February 27, 14:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
Slovakia is relegated to the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Norway | 3 | | | | 2 | Russia | 7 |
| 2 | Russia | 5 | | | | 1 | Norway | 4 |
| | | | 1 | Norway | 7 | | | |
| | | | 4 | South Korea | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4 | | | | | | |
| 4 | South Korea | 6 | | | | | | |
| Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| 3 | Switzerland | 5 |
| 4 | South Korea | 6 |

### 1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 27, 19:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

### 3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 27, 19:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| South Korea (Yang) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |

### Semifinal

Sunday, February 28, 10:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| South Korea (Yang) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Bronze medal game

Sunday, February 28, 15:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Wagner) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| South Korea (Yang) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |

### Gold medal game

Sunday, February 28, 15:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 |
* 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
* Russia 3rd title