2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

Summary

The 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held March 8–15, 2008 in Vierumäki, Finland at the Vierumäki Ice Rink. It was the first mixed doubles world championships organized by the World Curling Federation.

2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Host cityVierumäki, Finland
ArenaVierumäki Ice Rink
DatesMarch 8–15
Winner Switzerland
SecondIrene Schori
LeadToni Müller
Finalist Finland
2009 »

Switzerland scored two perfect ends in Draw 2 against Wales, a rare feat.

Teams edit

Blue group edit

  China   Denmark   Finland

Second: Zhang Xindi
Lead: Li Guangxu

Second: Kirsten Jensen
Lead: Lasse Damm

Second: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi
Lead: Anne Malmi

  New Zealand   Poland   Switzerland

Second: Bridget Becker
Lead: Sean Becker

Second: Agnieszka Ogrodniczek
Lead: Damian Herman

Second: Irene Schori
Lead: Toni Müller

  United States   Wales

Second: Jamie Haskell
Lead: Nate Haskell

Second: Lisa Peters
Lead: Phil Jones

Red group edit

  Canada   England   Estonia

Second: Susan O'Connor
Lead: Dean Ross

Second: Jane Clark
Lead: Steve Amann

Second: Marju Velga
Lead: Jan Anderson

  Hungary   Italy   Japan

Second: Ildikó Szekeres
Lead: György Nagy

Second: Silvia Mingozzi
Lead: Alberto Rostagnotto

Second: Michiko Taira
Lead: Kenji Tomabechi

  Slovakia   Sweden

Second: Barbora Vojtusova
Lead: Stefan Turna

Second: Marie Persson
Lead: Göran Carlsson

Green group edit

  Australia   Czech Republic   Spain

Second: Jennifer Thomas
Lead: Gerald Chick

Second: Hana Cechova
Lead: Radek Zdarsky

Second: Irantzu Garcia
Lead: Sergio Vez

  France   Latvia   Norway

Second: Helene Grieshaber
Lead: Lionel Roux

Second: Iveta Staša
Lead: Roberts Krusts

Second: Linn Githmark
Lead: Tormod Andreassen

  Russia   Scotland

Second: Ilona Grishina
Lead: Dmitry Abanin

Second: Judith Carr
Lead: Dillan A Perras

Not Competing edit

The following teams were initially listed as participating in this event but on February 24, 2008 updated schedule they are not included.

Round robin edit

Blue group Red group Green group
Country W L Country W L Country W L
  Switzerland 7 0   Sweden 5 2   Norway 6 1
  Finland 6 1   Canada 5 2   Czech Republic 5 2
  China 4 3   Hungary 5 2   France 4 3
  New Zealand 4 3   Italy 4 3   Latvia 4 3
  United States 3 4   Estonia 3 4   Australia 3 4
  Denmark 2 5   Japan 3 4   Scotland 3 4
  Poland 2 5   Slovakia 2 5   Russia 2 5
  Wales 0 7   England 1 6   Spain 1 6

Results edit

Blue group edit

Draw 1 edit

March 8, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China   3 0 3 1 0 0 0 X 7
  Denmark 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland   2 0 0 0 2 1 1 X 6
  New Zealand 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Poland 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
  Switzerland   0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States   1 2 1 1 1 0 0 X 6
  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 2

Draw 2 edit

March 8, 2008 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland 0 6 2 1 0 6 X X 15
  Wales   1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Poland 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
  United States   1 1 1 1 0 3 X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark   2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 7
  New Zealand 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China   0 1 0 0 1 2 0 X 4
  Finland 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 X 8

Draw 3 edit

March 9, 2008 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Poland   0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 7
  New Zealand 1 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China   1 1 2 2 2 0 2 X 10
  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
  Finland   1 1 0 2 2 1 X X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
  Switzerland   2 1 3 2 0 2 X X 10

Draw 4 edit

March 10, 2008 12:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland   0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3
  Switzerland 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet B Final
  United States L
  Denmark W
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China   1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 9
  Poland 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Wales 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 8
  New Zealand   0 1 0 5 0 0 2 1 9

Draw 5 edit

March 11, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  United States 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 7
  China   3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1
  Switzerland   2 1 1 1 1 0 3 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 X 6
  Wales   0 1 1 0 1 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Poland 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 8
  Denmark   1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 6

Draw 6 edit

March 11, 2008 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 X 5
  Finland   2 1 0 3 2 0 2 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Wales 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 6
  Poland   4 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  New Zealand 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 7
  China   2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland   3 0 1 0 3 1 0 X 8
  United States 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 4

Draw 7 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  New Zealand   2 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 5
  United States 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland   0 4 0 3 2 1 1 X 11
  China 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Wales 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 6
  Denmark   0 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland   4 0 2 0 4 0 2 X 12
  Poland 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 5

Red group edit

Draw 1 edit

March 8, 2008 12:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada   3 1 0 5 0 2 X X 11
  England 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Estonia 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 7
  Hungary   0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
  Japan   1 3 0 3 0 5 2 X 14
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Slovakia 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 X 8
  Sweden   5 2 2 0 4 0 1 X 14

Draw 2 edit

March 9, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Japan   3 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 6
  Sweden 0 5 0 1 1 0 3 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 9
  Slovakia   3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  England   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
  Hungary 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 X 10
  Estonia   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 3 edit

March 9, 2008 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 7
  Hungary   1 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 7
  Sweden   1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Slovakia 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 3
  Estonia   2 0 2 2 0 1 1 X 8
Sheet D Final
  England L
  Japan W

Draw 4 edit

March 10, 2008 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Estonia 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 7
  Japan   5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Slovakia   1 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 8
  England 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada   2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 6
  Italy 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 3 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden   4 3 0 2 1 0 0 X 10
  Hungary 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 X 5

Draw 5 edit

March 11, 2008 12:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Slovakia 0 2 0 4 0 0 5 0 11
  Canada   3 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 12
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Hungary   1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 8
  Japan 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Estonia   0 3 0 1 4 0 2 0 10
  Sweden 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy 0 2 0 5 0 4 X X 11
  England   1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3

Draw 6 edit

March 12, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  England 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 7
  Estonia   2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden 0 2 0 5 0 1 5 X 13
  Italy   1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Hungary 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 6
  Canada   0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Japan 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
  Slovakia   0 3 1 1 1 0 3 X 9

Draw 7 edit

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Hungary 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 X 8
  Slovakia   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Japan 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
  Canada   1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 5 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden   3 1 2 0 4 2 X X 12
  England 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Estonia 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 8
  Italy   1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 10

Green group edit

Draw 1 edit

March 8, 16:00

Sheet A Final
  Australia 0
  Czech Republic 7
Sheet B Final
  Spain 4
  France 14
Sheet C Final
  Latvia 2
  Norway 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Russia 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
  Scotland   2 0 0 4 0 1 1 X 6

Draw 2 edit

March 9, 12:30

Sheet A Final
  Norway 9
  Scotland   7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Latvia   0 3 1 1 0 1 1 X 7
  Russia 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet C Final
  Czech Republic   7
  France 8
Sheet D Final
  Australia 8
  Spain   1

Draw 3 edit

March 10, 09:00

Sheet A Final
  Latvia 7
  France   3
Sheet B Final
  Australia   6
  Scotland 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Russia   1 4 2 1 3 0 X X 11
  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 3 X X 3
Sheet D Final
  Czech Republic 7
  Norway   9

Draw 4 edit

March 10, 19:30

Sheet A Final
  Spain 7
  Norway   3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Russia 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 7
  Czech Republic   0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 8
Sheet C Final
  Australia   5
  Latvia 7
Sheet D Final
  Scotland   4
  France 7

Draw 5 edit

March 11, 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Russia   1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 7
  Australia 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 6
Sheet B Final
  France   2
  Norway 8
Sheet C Final
  Spain   5
  Scotland 8
Sheet D Final
  Latvia   5
  Czech Republic 6

Draw 6 edit

March 12, 12:30

Sheet A Final
  Czech Republic 9
  Spain   4
Sheet B Final
  Scotland   2
  Latvia 8
Sheet C Final
  France 4
  Australia   7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 7
  Russia   3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6

Draw 7 edit

March 13, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  France   4 0 2 0 2 0 4 X 12
  Russia 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet B Final
  Norway   6
  Australia 7
Sheet C Final
  Scotland 0
  Czech Republic   12
Sheet D Final
  Spain 8
  Latvia 7

Tie break edit

Red group edit

March 13, 12:30

Sheet D Final
  Hungary 4
  Canada 7

Playoffs edit

Semifinal challenge 1 edit

March 14, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada   2 0 3 0 4 1 1 X 11
  Czech Republic 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 3

Semifinal challenge 2 edit

March 14, 2008 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Canada 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 8
  Finland   1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 9

Brackets edit

Semi-final Final
      
  Switzerland 11
  Norway 2
  Switzerland 5
  Finland 4
  Sweden 4
  Finland 6 Bronze medal
  Norway 2
  Sweden 9

Semifinal edit

March 14, 2008 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland   3 3 0 3 1 1 0 X 11
  Norway 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland   2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
  Sweden 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4

Bronze medal game edit

March 15, 2008 12:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 2
  Sweden   3 1 1 0 2 1 1 X 9

Gold medal game edit

March 15, 2008 12:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland   2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
  Finland 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4
2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Winner
 
Switzerland
1st title

References edit

  • "World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2008". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  • "World Curling Mixed Doubles Championships 2008". CurlingRussia.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2010-03-30.

See also edit