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.^[1] Norway won a third title after winning over Russia, who defeated Norway during the 2016 championship final.

2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city	Gangneung, South Korea
Arena	Gangneung Curling Centre
Dates	March 4–11
Winner	Norway
Skip	Rune Lorentsen
Third	Jostein Stordahl
Second	Ole Fredrik Syversen
Lead	Sissel Løchen
Alternate	Rikke Iversen
Finalist	Russia (Andrey Smirnov)
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Qualification

•  South Korea (host country) ^[a]
• Top seven teams from the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
  •  Norway
  •  Russia
  •  Switzerland
  •  China
  •  United States
  •  Canada
  •  Germany ^[a]
• Two teams from the 2016 World Wheelchair Curling B-Championship
  •  Finland
  •  Scotland

1. ^
   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:^[2]

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).^[3][4]

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					Semifinal					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
	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