2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event

2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Event
Host city	Lohja, Finland
Arena	Kisakallio Sports Institute
Dates	November 3–8, 2012
Winner	Norway
Skip	Rune Lorentsen
Third	Jostein Stordahl
Second	Sissel Løchen
Lead	Terje Rafdal
Alternate	Per Fagerhøi
Coach	Per Andreassen
Finalist	Finland (Vesa Hellman)

The qualification event of the 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from November 3 to 8, 2012 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland, which hosted the qualification tournaments for the past two World Wheelchair Curling Championships. The qualification event was open to any World Curling Federation affiliated national team not already qualified. The event's two top finishers, Norway and Finland, will join the top 8 finishers from the last World Wheelchair Curling Championship at this season's event in Sochi, Russia.^[1]

Of the 11 teams that competed, Italy and Norway last competed at the Worlds in 2012, Germany and the Czech Republic in 2011, Switzerland in 2009, Japan in 2008, Denmark in 2007, and Poland in 2005. Finland, Latvia and Turkey never appeared at a World Wheelchair Curling Championship prior to this season, and Turkey made its debut on the world wheelchair curling stage at the qualification event.

After the round robin, Finland, Norway, Italy, and Latvia advanced to the playoffs, where Finland played Norway for a spot in the World Championships and Italy played Latvia for a spot in the second qualifier.^[2] Norway, skipped by Rune Lorentsen, defeated Finland, skipped by Vesa Hellman, with a score of 8–3 to grab the first of two open spots in the World Championships. Finland was relegated to the second qualifier, while Italy, skipped by Paolo Ioriatti, defeated Latvia, skipped by Ojārs Briedis, with a score of 7–4 to advance to the second qualifier. In the Second Place Game, Finland defeated Italy with a score of 9–7 to claim the second spot in the World Championships.^[1]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[3]^[4]

Czech Republic	Denmark	Finland	Germany
Skip: Radek Musílek Third: Martin Tluk Second: Stepan Benes Lead: Michaeola Charvátocá Alternate: Jana Břinčilová Coach: Kateřina Urbanová	Fourth: Kenneth Ørbæk Skip: Preben Nielsen Second: Rosita Jensen Lead: Henrik Harlev Petersen Alternates: Thomas Pedersen, Kasper Poulsen Coach: Per Christensen	Fourth: Markuu Karjalainen Skip: Vesa Hellman Second: Sari Karjalainen Lead: Tuomo Aarnikka Coach: Lauri Ikävalko	Skip: Jens Jäger Third: Caren Totzauer Second: Martin Schlitt Lead: Uwe Raschke Alternate: Christiane Steger Coach: Bernd Weißer
Italy	Japan	Latvia	Norway
Skip: Paolo Ioriatti Third: Gabriele Dallapiccola Second: Sergio Deflorian Lead: Lucrezia Celentano Alternate: Rosanna Menazzi Coach: Giulio Regli	Skip: Shiuchi Iijima Third: Hiroshi Wachi Second: Sadao Ogawa Lead: Ayako Saitoh Alternate: Aki Ogawa Coach: Michiaki Saitoh	Skip: Ojārs Briedis Third: Poļina Rožkova Second: Ilmārs Nicmanis Lead: Aleksandrs Dimbovskis Alternate: Vita Miezite Coach: Artis Zentelis	Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Sissel Løchen Lead: Terje Rafdal Alternate: Per Fagerhøi Coach: Per Andreassen
Poland	Switzerland	Turkey
Skip: Eugeniusz Błaszczak Third: Jarosław Gosz Second: Maciej Karaś Lead: Agnieszka Kachel Alternate: Jacek Wodzyński Coach: Krzysztof Balcerzak	Skip: Felix Wagner Third: Claudia Hüttenmoser Second: Eric Décorvet Lead: Anton Kehrli Alternate: Mireille Gauthey Coach: Stephan Pfister	Skip: Turan Akalın Third: Engin Kurt Second: Savaş Şimşek Lead: Birsen Sapmaz Alternate: Berk Kamanli Coach: Gökçe Ulugay

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[5]

Country	Skip	W	L
Finland	Vesa Hellman	9	1
Italy	Paolo Ioriatti	7	3
Latvia	Ojārs Briedis	7	3
Norway	Rune Lorentsen	7	3
Czech Republic	Radek Musílek	6	4
Germany	Jens Jäger	6	4
Switzerland	Felix Wagner	5	5
Japan	Shiuchi Iijima	4	6
Denmark	Preben Nielsen	2	8
Poland	Eugeniusz Błaszczak	1	9
Turkey	Turan Akalın	1	9

Round Robin Results

All draw times listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+2).^[6]^[7]

Draw 1

Saturday, November 3, 16:00^[8]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Musílek)	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	8
Japan (Iijima)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	4
Latvia (Briedis)	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Hellman)	1	1	2	2	1	4	0	X	11
Turkey (Akalın)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Nielsen)	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	5
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	0	4	2	0	2	2	12

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	7
Italy (Ioriatti)	0	0	3	0	0	5	1	2	11

Draw 2

Sunday, November 4, 9:30^[9]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland (Błasczcak)	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	7
Finland (Hellman)	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	5
Japan (Iijima)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	8
Czech Republic (Musílek)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Turkey (Akalın)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0
Italy (Ioriatti)	1	1	0	5	2	3	X	X	12

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Nielsen)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	5
Switzerland (Wagner)	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	6

Draw 3

Sunday, November 4, 14:00^[10]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Briedis)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	6
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Musílek)	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	4	11
Denmark (Nielsen)	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland (Błasczcak)	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	X	4
Switzerland (Wagner)	3	4	0	0	0	3	1	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	5
Finland (Hellman)	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Iijima)	3	2	1	1	0	3	1	X	11
Turkey (Akalın)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1

Draw 4

Sunday, November 4, 18:30^[11]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Nielsen)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0
Germany (Jäger)	3	1	2	1	1	1	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	3	3	2	0	2	2	1	X	13
Turkey (Akalın)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Ioriatti)	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	X	7
Latvia (Briedis)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
Japan (Iijima)	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Musílek)	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	X	8
Poland (Błasczcak)	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	5

Draw 5

Monday, November 5, 10:30^[12]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	2	3	3	1	1	0	X	10
Turkey (Akalın)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland (Błasczcak)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3
Italy (Ioriatti)	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Nielsen)	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	4
Japan (Iijima)	0	3	0	5	1	1	0	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Briedis)	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	5
Czech Republic (Musílek)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	4	3	0	0	1	X	9
Finland (Hellman)	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	X	4

Draw 6

Monday, November 5, 16:30^[13]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Japan (Iijima)	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5
Italy (Ioriatti)	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Finland (Hellman)	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	7
Switzerland (Wagner)	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	X	7
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland (Błasczcak)	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
Turkey (Akalın)	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	1	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Briedis)	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	5
Denmark (Nielsen)	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	4

Draw 7

Tuesday, November 6, 9:30^[14]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Hellman)	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	8
Czech Republic (Musílek)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Iijima)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	X	4
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Briedis)	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	7
Poland (Błasczcak)	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Italy (Ioriatti)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5
Switzerland (Wagner)	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Turkey (Akalın)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1
Germany (Jäger)	4	2	2	2	3	0	X	X	13

Draw 8

Tuesday, November 6, 14:00^[15]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	2	1	1	5	0	2	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Briedis)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
Germany (Jäger)	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Musílek)	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	7
Italy (Ioriatti)	0	4	1	0	2	3	0	0	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Hellman)	2	1	1	3	0	2	2	X	11
Denmark (Nielsen)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland (Błasczcak)	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	8
Japan (Iijima)	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	5

Draw 9

Tuesday, November 6, 18:30^[16]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Ioriatti)	0	3	0	1	2	2	0	X	9
Denmark (Nielsen)	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Turkey (Akalın)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	3
Czech Republic (Musílek)	3	0	4	0	4	2	0	X	13

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	4
Germany (Jäger)	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	7
Poland (Błasczcak)	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Hellman)	1	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	8
Latvia (Briedis)	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2	7

Draw 10

Wednesday, November 7, 9:30^[17]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	5
Poland (Błasczcak)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Italy (Ioriatti)	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	7
Finland (Hellman)	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Turkey (Akalın)	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5
Denmark (Nielsen)	0	2	2	3	0	2	0	4	13

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Iijima)	1	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	8
Latvia (Briedis)	0	1	0	0	4	3	0	2	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	4
Czech Republic (Musílek)	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	8

Draw 11

Wednesday, November 7, 14:00^[18]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Turkey (Akalın)	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Latvia (Briedis)	0	4	2	1	0	3	X	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Nielsen)	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	X	7
Poland (Błaszczak)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Iijima)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2
Finland (Hellman)	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Musílek)	0	0	0	2	3	2	4	X	11
Germany (Jäger)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Ioriatti)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	X	4
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	X	8

Playoffs

Second Place Game			Semifinals

			1	Finland	3
			2	Norway	8
1	Finland	9
3	Italy	7
			3	Italy	7
			4	Latvia	4

1 vs. 2

Thursday, November 8, 12:00^[19]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Hellman)	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	3
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	1	2	0	0	3	0	X	8

Norway is qualified to participate in the Worlds
Finland moves to Second Place Game

3 vs. 4

Thursday, November 8, 12:00^[19]

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Ioriatti)	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	7
Latvia (Briedis)	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4

Italy advances to Second Place Game

Second Place Game

Thursday, November 8, 16:30^[20]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Hellman)	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	9
Italy (Ioriatti)	0	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	7

Finland qualified to participate in the Worlds

References

General

"2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Event". World Curling Federation.

Specific

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↑ "Day 5 World Wheelchair Championship Qualification". World Curling Federation. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
↑ "2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Event – Teams". World Curling Federation. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
↑ "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Qualification – Teams". Finnish Curling Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
↑ "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification – Standings". Finnish Curling Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
↑ "2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Event – Draw". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
↑ "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification – Games". Finnish Curling Association. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
↑ "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Qualification – Round 2012-11-03 16:00". Finnish Curling Association. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
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↑ "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Qualification – Round 2012-11-06 09:30". Finnish Curling Association. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
↑ "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Qualification – Round 2012-11-06 14:00". Finnish Curling Association. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
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↑ "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Qualification – Round 2012-11-07 09:30". Finnish Curling Association. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
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