# 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event

The qualification event for the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship took place from November 15 to 20, 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic. The event's two top finishers, Germany and China, both qualified to participate in the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship.
The two qualification spots are determined as follows: After the conclusion of the round robin, the top four teams advance to the playoffs. The playoffs follow the first and second rounds of the page playoff system. In the first round, he first seed playing the second and the third seed playing the fourth. In the final round, the loser of 1 v. 2 plays the winner of 3 vs. 4 in the Second Place Game, like in the semifinal of the page playoff system. However, unlike the page playoff system, the winner of 1 vs. 2 and the loser of 3 vs. 4 do not play. The winner of 1 vs. 2 qualifies to the worlds, while the winner of the second place game also qualifies to the worlds.

## Teams

| China | Czech Republic | Denmark | Finland | Germany |
| Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Liu Wei Second: Xu Guangqin Lead: He Jun Alternate: Liu Chunyu Coach: Li Hongchen | Skip: Radek Musílek Third: Radek Pokorný Second: Martin Tluk Lead: Michaela Charvátová Alternate: Petr Gottlieb Coach: Vit Nekovarik | Skip: Kenneth Ørbæk Third: Jørn Kristensen Second: Rosita Jensen Lead: Lars Enemark Alternate: Robert Fezerskov Hansen Coach: Per Christensen | Skip: Vesa Hellman Third: Tuomo Aarnikka Second: Jari Manni Lead: Riitta Särösalo Alternate: Seppo Pihnala Coach: Lauri Ikävalko | Skip: Jens Jäger Third: Marcus Sieger Second: Jens Gäbel Lead: Caren Totzauer Alternate: Astrid Hoer |
| Japan | Poland | Russia | Slovakia | Wales |
| Skip: Yoji Nakajima Third: Katsuo Ichikawa Second: Takashi Hidai Lead: Ayako Saitoh Coaches: Emi Kaneko, Satako Ogawa | Skip: Boguslaw Sondej Third: Andrzej Ferfecki Second: Stefan Chmielorz Lead: Barbara Mazurkiewicz Alternate: Czeslaw Lawrynowicz Coaches: Kazimierz Chec, Arkadiusz Detyniecki | Skip: Marat Romanov Third: Andrey Smirnov Second: Nikolay Melnikov Lead: Oxana Slesarenko Alternate: Mikhail Mokretsov Coach: Alexandra Ryzkova | Skip: Radoslav Duris Third: Dusan Pitonak Second: Branislav Jakubec Lead: Alena Kánová Alternate: Imrich Lyocsa Coach: Pavol Pitonak | Skip: Mike Preston Third: William Bell Second: Allan Young Lead: Marion Harrison Alternate: Valerie Prydderch Coach: John Stone |

## Round robin standings

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Germany | Jens Jäger | 8 | 1 |
| Russia | Marat Romanov | 7 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | Radek Musílek | 7 | 2 |
| China | Wang Haitao | 7 | 2 |
| Denmark | Kenneth Ørbæk | 5 | 4 |
| Japan | Yoji Nakajima | 4 | 5 |
| Finland | Vesa Hellman | 3 | 6 |
| Poland | Boguslaw Sondej | 2 | 7 |
| Wales | Mike Preston | 2 | 7 |
| Slovakia | Radoslav Duris | 0 | 9 |

## Results
### Draw 1

Saturday, November 15, 9:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Czech Republic (Musílek) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Wales (Preston) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Hellman) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Russia (Romanov) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |

### Draw 2

Saturday, November 15, 13:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Poland (Sondej) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Wales (Preston) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Finland (Hellman) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |

### Draw 3

Sunday, November 16, 9:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Russia (Romanov) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Czech Republic (Musílek) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Wales (Preston) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Poland (Sondej) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |

### Draw 4

Sunday, November 16, 13:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Poland (Sondej) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Finland (Hellman) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Romanov) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Draw 5

Sunday, November 16, 18:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Wales (Preston) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Hellman) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Czech Republic (Musílek) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 10 |

### Draw 6

Monday, November 17, 9:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Poland (Sondej) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Finland (Hellman) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Czech Republic (Musílek) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | X | X | 12 |

### Draw 7

Monday, November 17, 13:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Russia (Romanov) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Wales (Preston) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |

### Draw 8

Monday, November 17, 18:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Finland (Hellman) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Czech Republic (Musílek) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Poland (Sondej) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Russia (Romanov) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 |

### Draw 9

Tuesday, November 18, 9:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Poland (Sondej) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Romanov) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | X | 12 |
| Finland (Hellman) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |

### Draw 10

Tuesday, November 18, 13:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Finland (Hellman) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Wales (Preston) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Czech Republic (Musílek) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| Poland (Sondej) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Germany (Jäger) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |

### Draw 11

Tuesday, November 18, 18:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Wales (Preston) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Czech Republic (Musílek) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Russia (Romanov) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |

### Draw 12

Wednesday, November 19, 9:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 4 |
| Czech Republic (Musílek) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
| Russia (Romanov) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Wales (Preston) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 3 |
| Poland (Sondej) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 10 |

### Draw 13

Wednesday, November 19, 13:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Poland (Sondej) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Finland (Hellman) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Romanov) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Wales (Preston) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | X | 11 |
| Czech Republic (Musílek) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Denmark (Ørbæk) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 |

## Playoffs

| Second Place Game | Second Place Game | Second Place Game | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | 1 | Germany Q | 6 |
| | | | 2 | Russia | 5 |
| 2 | Russia | 1 | 2 | Russia | 5 |
| 4 | China Q | 13 | | | |
| 4 | China Q | 13 | 3 | Czech Republic | 2 |
| | | | 4 | China | 11 |

### 1 vs. 2

Thursday, November 20, 11:30
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany (Jäger) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Russia (Romanov) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Germany is qualified to participate in the worlds  Russia moves to Second Place Game

### 3 vs. 4

Thursday, November 20, 11:30
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Czech Republic (Musílek) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 11 |
Russia advances to Second Place Game

### Second Place Game

Thursday, November 20, 15:30 Loser of 1 vs. 2 plays against Winner of 3 vs. 4 for the second qualification spot.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Romanov) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 |
| China (Wang) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | 13 |
China qualifies to participate in the worlds