2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Host city	Vierumäki, Finland
Arena	Vierumäki Ice Rink
Dates	March 8–16
Winner	Switzerland
Second	Irene Schori
Lead	Toni Müller
Finalist	Finland

The 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held March 8–16, 2008 in Vierumäki, Finland at the Vierumäki Ice Rink. It was the first mixed doubles world championships organized by the World Curling Federation.

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

Teams

China	Denmark	Finland
Second: Xindi Zhang 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

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: Ildiko 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

Australia	Czech Republic	Spain
Second: Jennifer Thomas Lead: Gerald Chick	Second: Hana Cechova Lead: Radek Zdarsky	Second: Garcia Irantzu Lead: Vez Sergio
France	Latvia	Norway
Second: Helene Grieshaber Lead: Lione Roux	Second: Iveta Staša Lead: Roberts Krusts	Second: Linn Githmark Lead: Tormod Andreasson
Russia	Scotland
Second: Ilona Grishina Lead: Dmitry Abanin	Second: Judith Carr Lead: Dillan A Perras

Not Competing

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

•  Netherlands
•  Ireland
•  Kazakhstan
•  Brazil
•  Germany

Round robin

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

Blue group

Draw 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Draw 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Draw 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Red group

March 13, 12:30

Sheet D	Final
Hungary	4
Canada	7

Playoffs

Semifinal challenge 1

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

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

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

	Bronze medal
	Norway		2
	Sweden		9

Semifinal

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

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

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

• "World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2008". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2010-03-30. 
• "World Curling Mixed Doubles Championships 2008". CurlingRussia.com. Retrieved 2010-03-30. 

See also

• 2008 Brier
• 2008 World Men's Curling Championship
• 2008 World Junior Curling Championships
• 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
• 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

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