# 2016 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship

The 2016 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship was held from November 4 to 11, 2016 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.
The qualification event is open to any World Curling Federation member nation not already qualified for the 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship.
The event's two top teams, Finland and Scotland, join the host and the top seven finishers from the last World Wheelchair Curling Championship at this season's event in Gangneung, South Korea.

## Teams

| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach |
| Chinese Taipei | Yi-Wei Ye | Ming-Kang Lee | Kuei-Yi Cheng | Yu-Tzu Chen | Hung-Chu Chen | Yao-Hui Chiang, Yeh-Der Lin |
| Czech Republic | Radek Musílek | Stepan Benes | Martin Tluk | Jana Břinčilová | Žaneta Schmuttermeierová | Katerina Urbanova |
| Denmark | Kenneth Ørbæk | Helle Christiansen | Carsten Hansen | Jack Brendle | Tove Hoey | Jorgen Hoj |
| England | Edward Bidgood (fourth) | Gary Logan | Stephen McGarry | Rosemary Lenton (skip) | | Joan Reed |
| Estonia | Viljar Villiste | Andrei Koitmae | Lauri Murasov | Signe Falkenberg | Mait Matas | Erkki Lill, Osku Kuutamo |
| Finland | Markku Karjalainen | Yrjo Jaaskelainen | Sari Karjalainen | Vesa Leppanen | Riitta Särösalo | Vesa Kokko |
| Israel | Oren Iluz | Oshri Abuksis | Shimon Shalom | Adriana Tal Pearl | | Sharon Cohen |
| Italy | Andrea Tabanelli | Egidio Marchese | Emanuele Spelorzi | Rita Dal Monte | Giovanni Fabrizio Ferrero | Roberto Maino |
| Japan | Takashi Sakataya | Kazuhiro Kashiwabara | Tsutomu Iwata | Kana Matsuda | Reiko Abe | Tsutomu Kobayashi |
| Latvia | Polina Rozkova (fourth) | Ojars Briedis (skip) | Ilmars Nicmanis | Sergeys Djacenko | Agris Lasmans | Peteris Sveisbergs |
| Poland | Maciej Karas | Jaroslaw Gosz | Boguslaw Sondej | Agnieszka Kachel | Agata Szymborska | Agnieszka Schroeder, Krzysztof Balcerzak |
| Scotland | Aileen Neilson | Gregor Ewan | Hugh Nibloe | Robert McPherson | Angie Malone | Sheila Swan |
| Slovakia | Radoslav Duris | Dusan Pitonak | Peter Zaťko | Monika Kunkelova | Imrich Lyocsa | Frantisek Pitonak |
| Slovenia | Robert Zerovnik (fourth) | Ziga Bajde (skip) | Joze Klemen | Ziva Hribar | | Gregor Verbinc |
| Sweden | Patrik Kallin | Viljo Petersson-Dahl | Ronny Persson | Kristina Ulander | Zandra Reppe | Mia Boman |
| Turkey | Mesut Gules | Zuleyha Bingol | Kenan Coskun | Turan Akalin | Serpil Arslan | Gokce Ulugay |

## Round robin standings

Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| | Group A | Skip | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | A8 | W | L |
| A1 | Scotland | Aileen Neilson | * | 13:1 | 2:6 | 7:3 | 10:7 | 11:1 | 7:2 | 14:1 | 6 | 1 |
| A2 | Slovakia | Radoslav Ďuriš | 1:13 | * | 9:2 | 8:4 | 9:0 | 12:0 | 5:4 | 11:0 | 6 | 1 |
| A3 | England | Rosemary Lenton | 6:2 | 2:9 | * | 3:8 | 11:3 | 14:1 | 8:6 | 18:0 | 5 | 2 |
| A4 | Sweden | Patrik Kallin | 3:7 | 4:8 | 8:3 | * | 8:2 | 13:0 | 8:2 | 9:2 | 5 | 2 |
| A5 | Slovenia | Ziga Bajde | 7:10 | 0:9 | 3:11 | 2:8 | * | 8:5 | 10:5 | 11:3 | 3 | 4 |
| A6 | Turkey | Mesut Gules | 1:11 | 0:12 | 1:14 | 0:13 | 5:8 | * | 10:4 | 9:1 | 2 | 5 |
| A7 | Italy | Andrea Tabanelli | 2:7 | 4:5 | 6:8 | 2:8 | 5:10 | 4:10 | * | 14:2 | 1 | 6 |
| A8 | Israel | Oren Iluz | 1:14 | 0:11 | 0:18 | 2:9 | 3:11 | 1:9 | 2:14 | * | 0 | 7 |
| | Group B | Skip | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | B8 | W | L |
| B1 | Finland | Markku Karjalainen | * | 9:2 | 5:6 | 7:1 | 7:1 | 12:6 | 8:5 | 14:1 | 6 | 1 |
| B2 | Poland | Maciej Karas | 2:9 | * | 7:4 | 7:6 | 11:3 | 8:2 | 1:10 | 16:0 | 5 | 2 |
| B3 | Estonia | Viljar Villiste | 6:5 | 4:7 | * | 6:9 | 9:6 | 6:7 | 9:7 | 17:4 | 4 | 3 |
| B4 | Japan | Takashi Sakataya | 1:7 | 6:7 | 9:6 | * | 5:10 | 9:2 | 12:0 | 20:1 | 4 | 3 |
| B5 | Czech Republic | Radek Musílek | 1:7 | 3:11 | 6:9 | 10:5 | * | 6:5 | 11:5 | 13:0 | 4 | 3 |
| B6 | Latvia | Ojars Briedis | 6:12 | 2:8 | 7:6 | 2:9 | 5:6 | * | 11:1 | 13:0 | 3 | 4 |
| B7 | Denmark | Kenneth Ørbæk | 5:8 | 10:1 | 7:9 | 0:12 | 5:11 | 1:11 | * | 13:0 | 2 | 5 |
| B8 | Chinese Taipei | Yi-Wei Ye | 1:14 | 0:16 | 4:17 | 1:20 | 0:13 | 0:13 | 0:13 | * | 0 | 7 |

## Tiebreaker

Wednesday, November 9, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Japan (Sakataya) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Estonia (Villiste) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| England (Lenton) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Sweden (Kallin) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |

## Playoffs

| Qualification games | Qualification games | Qualification games | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | A1 | Scotland | 13 | | | |
| B2 | Poland | 2 | A3 | England | 3 | | | |
| A3 | England | 5 | | | | A1 | Scotland | 4 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Finland | 6 |
| | | | B1 | Finland | 8 |
| A2 | Slovakia | 6 | A2 | Slovakia | 2 |
| B3 | Estonia | 2 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | A3 | England | 1 |
| | | | | | | A2 | Slovakia | 9 |

### Qualification games

Wednesday, November 9, 18:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Estonia (Villiste) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| England (Lenton) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Poland (Karas) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |

### Semifinals

Thursday, November 10, 9:30
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | X | X | 13 |
| England (Lenton) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

### Bronze medal game

Thursday, November 10, 14:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| England (Lenton) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Slovakia (Ďuriš) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |

### Final

Thursday, November 10, 14:30
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Karjalainen) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

## Final standings

| Place | Team | Skip | Games | Wins | Losses |
| | Finland | Markku Karjalainen | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| | Scotland | Aileen Neilson | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| | Slovakia | Radoslav Ďuriš | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 4 | England | Rosemary Lenton | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | Poland | Maciej Karas | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Estonia | Viljar Villiste | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Sweden | Patrik Kallin | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | Japan | Takashi Sakataya | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Slovenia | Ziga Bajde | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | Radek Musílek | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | Latvia | Ojars Briedis | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Turkey | Mesut Gules | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Denmark | Kenneth Ørbæk | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Italy | Andrea Tabanelli | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Israel | Oren Iluz | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Chinese Taipei | Yi-Wei Ye | 7 | 0 | 7 |