World_Senior_Curling_Championships Knowpia

World Senior Curling Championships
World Senior Curling Championships
Established	2002
2024 host city	Östersund, Sweden
2024 arena	Östersund Arena
Current champions (2023)
Men	Canada ; (Howard Rajala)
Women	Canada ; (Sherry Anderson)
Current edition
	2024 World Senior Curling Championships

The World Senior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring curlers from around the world who are at least 50 years old. Matches at the World Senior Championships are played in 8 ends played instead of the 10 played in most international events.

The tournament began in 2002 with only 7 men's teams and 4 women's teams but has since expanded.

The 2020 & 2021 event were cancelled on March 14, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]^[2]

Results edit

Men edit

Year	Host City/Country	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host City/Country	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2002	Bismarck, United States	United States Larry Johnson	8–2	Canada Ron Westcott	Sweden Stig Sewik	–	Germany Charlie Kapp
2003	Winnipeg, Canada	Canada Tom Reed	9–3	United States Scott Baird	Scotland Iain Baxter	7–5	Germany Charlie Kapp
2004	Gävle, Sweden	Canada Bas Buckle	8–3	United States Bill Kind	Switzerland Mattias Neuenschwander	8–4	Norway Tormod Andreassen
2005	Greenacres, Scotland	Canada Bas Buckle	5–4	United States David Russell	Switzerland Peter Attinger Jr.	5–2	England D. Michael Sutherland
2006	Copenhagen, Denmark	Canada Les Rogers	9–1	United States Brian Simonson	Sweden Jan Ullsten	12–6	Denmark Johannes Jensen
2007	Edmonton, Canada	Scotland Keith Prentice	6–5	Canada Al Hackner	Sweden Claes Roxin	7–6	United States Geoff Goodland
2008	Vierumäki, Finland	Canada Pat Ryan	8–0	Sweden Per Lindeman	United States David Russell	6–4	Scotland Graeme Adam
2009	Dunedin, New Zealand	Canada Eugene Hritzuk	4–3	United States Paul Pustovar	Scotland Keith Prentice	9–3	Switzerland André Pauli
2010	Chelyabinsk, Russia	United States Paul Pustovar	4–3	Canada Bruce Delaney	Australia Hugh Millikin	4–3	Switzerland André Pauli
2011	St. Paul, United States	Canada Mark Johnson	5–4	United States Geoff Goodland	Australia Hugh Millikin	8–5	Denmark Bent Juul Kristoffersen
2012	Tårnby, Denmark^[3]	Ireland Johnjo Kenny	6–5	Canada Kelly Robertson	Sweden Connie Östlund	8–4	Norway Eigil Ramsfjell
2013	Fredericton, Canada^[4]	Canada Rob Armitage	6–4	New Zealand Hans Frauenlob	Switzerland Werner Attinger	7–2	Sweden Karl Nordlund
2014	Dumfries, Scotland^[5]	Canada Wayne Tallon	7–2	Sweden Connie Östlund	Australia Hugh Millikin	6–3	United States Jeff Wright
2015	Sochi, Russia^[6]	United States Lyle Sieg	9–4	Canada Alan O'Leary	New Zealand Hans Frauenlob	6–4	Denmark Ole de Neergaard
2016	Karlstad, Sweden^[7]	Sweden Mats Wranå	7–4	Canada Randy Neufeld	Ireland Peter Wilson	7–2	Denmark Ole de Neergaard
2017	Lethbridge, Canada^[8]	Sweden Mats Wranå	5–4	Canada Bryan Cochrane	Ireland Peter Wilson	6–3	Germany Uwe Saile
2018	Östersund, Sweden	Canada Wade White	8–2	Sweden Mats Wranå	United States Jeff Wright	7–2	Scotland Gordon Muirhead
2019	Stavanger, Norway	Canada Bryan Cochrane	7–5	Scotland David Smith	Denmark Ulrik Schmidt	7–4	Switzerland Stefan Karnusian
2020	Kelowna, Canada	Cancelled^[1]^[2]			Cancelled
2021		Cancelled^[1]^[2]			Cancelled
2022	Geneva, Switzerland	Canada Wade White	6–3	Czech Republic David Šik	Sweden Mats Wranå	7–3	Germany Andy Kapp
2023	Gangneung, South Korea	Canada Howard Rajala	7–2	Scotland Graeme Connal	Switzerland Christof Schwaller	7–4	United States Joel Larway
2024	Östersund, Sweden

Women edit

Year	Host City/Country	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host City/Country	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2002	Bismarck, United States	Canada Anne Dunn	9–3	Switzerland Erika Müller	United States Nancy Dinsdale	–	Scotland Christine Kerr
2003	Winnipeg, Canada	Canada Nancy Kerr	7–4	Scotland Carolyn Morris	England Joan Reed	8–1	Japan Ayako Takagi
2004	Gävle, Sweden	Canada Anne Dunn	8–5	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	United States Nancy Dinsdale	7–6	England Joan Reed
2005	Greenacres, Scotland	Scotland Carolyn Morris	9–5	Japan Hatomi Nagaoka	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	7–4	Canada Anne Dunn
2006	Copenhagen, Denmark	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	7–3	Canada Joyce Potter	Switzerland Renate Nedkoff	9–6	Ireland Fiona Turnbull
2007	Edmonton, Canada	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	8–5	Canada Anne Dunn	United States Pam Oleinik	12–8	Scotland Carolyn Morris
2008	Vierumäki, Finland	Canada Diane Foster	10–2	Scotland Kirsty Letton	Switzerland Renate Nedkoff	7–6	Finland Helena Timonen
2009	Dunedin, New Zealand	Canada Pat Sanders	10–1	Switzerland Renate Nedkoff	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	6–2	Scotland Marion Craig
2010	Chelyabinsk, Russia	Canada Colleen Pinkney	8–4	Switzerland Renate Nedkoff	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	6–5	United States Sharon Vukich
2011	St. Paul, United States	Canada Christine Jurgenson	9–2	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	Switzerland Chantal Forrer	5–4	United States Margie Smith
2012	Tårnby, Denmark^[3]	Canada Heidi Hanlon	12–2	Scotland Barbara Watt	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	10–3	New Zealand Wendy Becker
2013	Fredericton, Canada^[4]	Canada Cathy King	13–1	Austria Veronika Huber	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	9–8	Scotland Christine Cannon
2014	Dumfries, Scotland^[5]	Scotland Christine Cannon	6–5	Canada Colleen Pinkney	United States Margie Smith	8–3	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl
2015	Sochi, Russia^[6]	Canada Lois Fowler	6–2	Italy Fiona Simpson	United States Norma O'Leary	6–4	Sweden Gunilla Arfwidsson Edlund
2016	Karlstad, Sweden^[7]	Scotland Jackie Lockhart	5–4	Germany Monika Wagner	Sweden Gunilla Arfwidsson Edlund	10–5	England Judith Dixon
2017	Lethbridge, Canada^[8]	Canada Colleen Jones	10–5	Switzerland Cristina Lestander	Scotland Jackie Lockhart	8–5	United States Patti Lank
2018	Östersund, Sweden	Canada Sherry Anderson	5–4	United States Margie Smith	Switzerland Dagmar Frei	5–3	Sweden Anette Norberg
2019	Stavanger, Norway	Canada Sherry Anderson	10–1	Denmark Lene Bidstrup	Switzerland Chantal Forrer	8–3	Scotland Susan Kesley
2020	Kelowna, Canada	Cancelled^[1]^[2]			Cancelled
2021		Cancelled^[1]^[2]			Cancelled
2022	Geneva, Switzerland	Switzerland Cristina Lestander	6–5	United States Margie Smith	Scotland Edith Hazard	6–4	Finland Elina Virtaala
2023	Gangneung, South Korea	Canada Sherry Anderson	8–4	Scotland Jackie Lockhart	Japan Miyuki Kawamura	6–4	Switzerland Monika Gafner
2024	Östersund, Sweden

Medal tables edit

As of 2023 World Championships

Men


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	13	7	0	20
2	United States	3	6	2	11
3	Sweden	2	3	5	10
4	Scotland	1	2	2	5
5	Ireland	1	0	2	3
6	New Zealand	0	1	1	2
7	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
8	Switzerland	0	0	4	4
9	Australia	0	0	3	3
10	Denmark	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		20	20	20	60

Women


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	14	3	0	17
2	Scotland	3	4	2	9
3	Sweden	2	2	6	10
4	Switzerland	1	4	5	10
5	United States	0	2	5	7
6	Japan	0	1	1	2
7	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
11	England	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		20	20	20	60

Overall


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	27	10	0	37
2	Scotland	4	6	4	14
3	Sweden	4	5	11	20
4	United States	3	8	7	18
5	Switzerland	1	4	9	14
6	Ireland	1	0	2	3
7	Denmark	0	1	1	2
	Japan	0	1	1	2
	New Zealand	0	1	1	2
10	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
14	Australia	0	0	3	3
15	England	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		40	40	40	120

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2020 cancelled in Kelowna, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Potenteau, Doyle (March 14, 2020). "Coronavirus: World mixed doubles, seniors curling championships in Kelowna cancelled". Global News. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Erzurum Turkey to host World Mixed Doubles Championship 2012". Worldcurling.org. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
^ ^a ^b "Fredericton to Stage 2013 World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships". Canadian Curling Association. 23 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Dumfries, Scotland to stage 2014 World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b "WCF Annual General Assembly 2014 - 7 September". World Curling Federation. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Karlstad, Sweden to host World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2016". World Curling Federation. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Venue confirmed for World Mixed Doubles and Senior Curling Championships 2017". World Curling Federation. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

External links edit

World Curling Federation Archived Results

[MD-1] "World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2020 cancelled in Kelowna, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

[GlobalNews-2] Potenteau, Doyle (March 14, 2020). "Coronavirus: World mixed doubles, seniors curling championships in Kelowna cancelled". Global News. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

[2012location-3] "Erzurum Turkey to host World Mixed Doubles Championship 2012". Worldcurling.org. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-02-18.

[2013location-4] "Fredericton to Stage 2013 World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships". Canadian Curling Association. 23 April 2012.

[2014location-5] "Dumfries, Scotland to stage 2014 World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2014.

[2015location-6] "WCF Annual General Assembly 2014 - 7 September". World Curling Federation. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

[2016location-7] "Karlstad, Sweden to host World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2016". World Curling Federation. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

[2017location-8] "Venue confirmed for World Mixed Doubles and Senior Curling Championships 2017". World Curling Federation. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

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