1999 World Women's Curling Championship

The 1999 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 1999 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick from April 3–10, 1999. The event was held in conjunction with the 1999 World Men's Curling Championship. It was the first Women's World Championship to be held in Atlantic Canada.

1999 World Women's Curling Championship
Host city	Saint John, New Brunswick
Arena	Harbour Station
Dates	April 3–10, 1999
Attendance	96,429 (combined men's and women's)[1]
Winner	Sweden
Curling club	Umeå CK
Skip	Elisabet Gustafson
Third	Katarina Nyberg
Second	Louise Marmont
Lead	Elisabeth Persson
Alternate	Margaretha Lindahl
Coach	Mikael Hasselborg
Finalist	United States (Patti Lank)
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Elisabet Gustafson, skip of Team Sweden won a record fourth Women's World Championship (breaking a tie with Canada's Sandra Schmirler). Sweden beat the United States (skipped by Patti Lank) in the final, 8–5. The turning point in the game came in the eighth end when the U.S. made some "crucial mistakes" leading to a steal of four for Sweden. At the time, the game was tied at four. Gustafson cut of Lank's ability to draw to the button, and Lank came up short on her last rock, an attempted draw to bite the eight-foot.^[2] She had to throw the rock wide into an "ever-building frost layer on the edge of the ice", and did not make the rings. Lank believed her rock may have picked as "it just went sideways".^[2] Lank could have made a hit through a narrow port instead, but opted for the draw as she prefers to throw draws.^[3] Gustafson was pregnant at the time, expecting to give birth in July.^[2] It would be Gustafson's last World Championship gold medal, as she would retire from competitive curling after a disappointing showing at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Denmark, skipped by Lene Bidstrup defeated Norway's Dordi Nordby in the bronze medal game, 8–7.

Games were televised in Canada on TSN with the finals on CBC. The playoffs were also shown on Eurosport for the first time, as interest in curling began to rise due to its inclusion in the 1998 Winter Olympics.^[4]

Teams

Canada	Denmark	Finland	Germany	Japan
Mayflower CC, Halifax Skip: Colleen Jones Third: Kim Kelly Second: Mary-Anne Waye Lead: Nancy Delahunt Alternate: Laine Peters	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Lene Bidstrup Third: Malene Krause Second: Susanne Slotsager Lead: Avijaja Petri Alternate: Lilian Frøhling	Hyvinkää CC, Hyvinkää Skip: Anne Eerikäinen Third: Tiina Kautonen Second: Jaana Hämäläinen Lead: Jaana Jokela Alternate: Minna Malinen	SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Natalie Neßler Second: Heike Wieländer Lead: Jane Boake-Cope Alternate: Andrea Stock	Tokoro CC, Tokoro Skip: Akiko Katoh Third: Akemi Niwa Second: Ayumi Onodera Lead: Mika Hori Alternate: Yumie Hayashi
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Snarøen CC, Snarøya Skip: Dordi Nordby Third: Hanne Woods Second: Marianne Haslum Lead: Kristin Tøsse Løvseth Alternate: Marianne Aspelin	Greenacres CC, Howwood Skip: Deborah Knox Third: Isobel Hannen Second: Wendy Bell Lead: Judith Stobbie Alternate: Anne Laird	Umeå CK, Umeå Skip: Elisabet Gustafson Third: Katarina Nyberg Second: Louise Marmont Lead: Elisabeth Persson Alternate: Margaretha Lindahl	Bern CC, Bern Skip: Luzia Ebnöther Third: Nicole Strausak Second: Tanya Frei Lead: Nadia Raspe Alternate: Andrea Stöckli	Madison CC, McFarland Skip: Patti Lank Third: Erika Brown Second: Allison Darragh Lead: Tracy Sachtjen Alternate: Barb Perrella

Round robin standings

Country	Skip	W	L
Sweden	Elisabet Gustafson	8	1
Norway	Dordi Nordby	7	2
United States	Patti Lank	6	3
Denmark	Lene Bidstrup	5	4
Canada	Colleen Jones	4	5
Germany	Andrea Schöpp	4	5
Switzerland	Luzia Ebnöther	4	5
Finland	Anne Eerikäinen	3	6
Japan	Akiko Katoh	3	6
Scotland	Debbie Knox	1	8

Round robin results

Draw 1

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Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Jones)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Knox)	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	6
Germany (Schöpp)	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Katoh)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	5
Denmark (Bidstrup)	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	4
Sweden (Gustafson)	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Eerikäinen)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	3
United States (Lank)	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	X	X	9

Draw 2

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Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Gustafson)	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	8
Germany (Schöpp)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Lank)	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	X	9
Japan (Katoh)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Jones)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	7
Scotland (Knox)	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Bidstrup)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	3	X	10
Finland (Eerikäinen)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	7
Norway (Nordby)	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	8

Draw 3

^[6]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Katoh)	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	9
Canada (Jones)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Denmark (Bidstrup)	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	7
Norway (Nordby)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	7
Finland (Eerikäinen)	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Lank)	1	0	2	0	4	0	2	1	3	X	13
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Knox)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	4
Sweden (Gustafson)	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	3	X	9

Draw 4

^[7]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	1	0	0	3	0	2	3	2	X	X	11
Scotland (Knox)	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Eerikäinen)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Canada (Jones)	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Gustafson)	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	6
United States (Lank)	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	5	5	2	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	14
Denmark (Bidstrup)	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	1	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	X	8
Japan (Katoh)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	X	4

Draw 5

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Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Bidstrup)	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	X	5
United States (Lank)	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	2	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	4	X	X	11
Scotland (Knox)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Eerikäinen)	1	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	X	8
Japan (Katoh)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Gustafson)	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	X	7
Canada (Jones)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	4
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	7

Draw 6

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Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Eerikäinen)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	0
Sweden (Gustafson)	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	X	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	X	9
United States (Lank)	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	X	6
Canada (Jones)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	1	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	X	9
Japan (Katoh)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Bidstrup)	0	2	2	3	1	1	1	X	X	X	10
Scotland (Knox)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1

Draw 7

^[9]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	7
Norway (Nordby)	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Katoh)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	0
Sweden (Gustafson)	3	2	1	2	1	3	X	X	X	X	12

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Bidstrup)	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	X	7
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	X	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Finland (Eerikäinen)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	7
Scotland (Knox)	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Lank)	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	1	2	X	10
Canada (Jones)	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	X	6

Draw 8

^[9]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Knox)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
Japan (Katoh)	2	0	2	0	1	2	1	2	X	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	X	6
Finland (Eerikäinen)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Lank)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	6
Norway (Nordby)	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Jones)	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5
Germany (Schöpp)	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Gustafson)	0	2	0	7	0	3	X	X	X	X	12
Denmark (Bidstrup)	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	3

Draw 9

^[10]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	3	X	X	9
Finland (Eerikäinen)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Jones)	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	9
Denmark (Bidstrup)	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
Sweden (Gustafson)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Scotland (Knox)	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	12
United States (Lank)	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Katoh)	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	9
Germany (Schöpp)	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	8

Playoffs

Brackets

	Semi-final					Final
	1	Sweden	8
	4	Denmark	7
						1	Sweden	8
						3	United States	5
	2	Norway	6
	3	United States	7			Bronze medal
						2	Norway	7
						4	Denmark	8

Semifinal

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Lank)	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	7
Norway (Nordby)	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Gustafson)	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	8
Denmark (Bidstrup)	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	7

Bronze medal game

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	7
Denmark (Bidstrup)	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	8

Final

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Lank)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	5
Sweden (Gustafson)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	X	8