2004 World Women's Curling Championship

The 2004 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2004 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at the Gavlerinken in Gävle, Sweden from April 17–25, 2004. The tournament was held in conjunction with the 2004 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2004 World Senior Curling Championships. It was the last event held in conjunction with the men's tournament, the last to be held before the adoption of the page playoff system (before it was later replaced in 2018), and the last event to feature just ten teams.[1]

2004 World Women's Curling Championship
Host cityGävle, Sweden
ArenaGavlerinken
DatesApril 17–25, 2004
Winner Canada
Curling clubMayflower CC, Halifax, Nova Scotia
SkipColleen Jones
ThirdKim Kelly
SecondMary-Anne Arsenault
LeadNancy Delahunt
AlternateMary Sue Radford
CoachKen Bagnell
Finalist Norway (Dordi Nordby)
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In the final, Canada's Colleen Jones rink won their second World Championship, defeating Norway's Dordi Nordby in the final, 8–4 in front of 1,500 spectators. Jones, who had won the silver medal in 2003 decided to opt for a more offensive strategy in 2004, which helped her success. She also greatly out-curled Nordby, 89% to 49%.[2]

Switzerland's Luzia Ebnöther won the bronze medal, defeating the US's Patti Lank rink in the third place game, 10–5.

Teams

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  Canada   Denmark   Finland   Italy   Japan
Mayflower CC, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Skip: Colleen Jones
Third: Kim Kelly
Second: Mary-Anne Arsenault
Lead: Nancy Delahunt
Alternate: Mary Sue Radford

Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Madeleine Dupont
Third: Denise Dupont
Second: Helle Simonsen
Lead: Maria Poulsen
Alternate: Lene Nielsen

Hyvinkää CC, Hyvinkää

Skip: Kirsi Nykänen*
Fourth: Tiina Kautonen
Second: Sari Laakkonen
Lead: Minna Malinen
Alternate: Riikka Louhivuori
(*Throws third rocks)

New Wave CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo

Skip: Diana Gaspari
Third: Giulia Lacedelli
Second: Rosa Pompanin
Lead: Violetta Caldart
Alternate: Chiara Olivieri

Kitami CC, Kitami

Skip: Shinobu Aota
Third: Yukari Okazaki
Second: Eriko Minatoya
Lead: Kotomi Ishizaki
Alternate: Mari Motohashi

  Norway   Scotland   Sweden   Switzerland   United States
Snarøen CC, Oslo

Skip: Dordi Nordby
Third: Linn Githmark
Second: Marianne Haslum
Lead: Camilla Holth
Alternate: Marianne Rørvik

Laurencekirk CC, Aberdeen

Skip: Jackie Lockhart
Third: Sheila Swan
Second: Katriona Fairweather
Lead: Anne Laird
Alternate: Kelly Wood

Härnösands CK, Härnösand

Skip: Anette Norberg
Third: Eva Lund
Second: Cathrine Norberg
Lead: Anna Bergström
Alternate: Ulrika Bergman

CC Bern, Bern

Skip: Luzia Ebnöther
Third: Carmen Küng
Second: Tanya Frei
Lead: Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe
Alternate: Laurence Bidaud

Niagara Falls CC, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Skip: Patti Lank
Third: Erika Brown
Second: Nicole Joraanstad
Lead: Natalie Nicholson
Alternate: Barb Perrella

Round robin standings

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Country Skip W L
  Norway Dordi Nordby 7 2
  Canada Colleen Jones 6 3
  Switzerland Luzia Ebnöther 6 3
  United States Patti Lank 5 4
  Scotland Jackie Lockhart 5 4
  Sweden Anette Norberg 5 4
  Japan Shinobu Aota 4 5
  Italy Diana Gaspari 3 6
  Denmark Madeleine Dupont 3 6
  Finland Kirsi Nykänen 1 8

Round robin results

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Draw 1

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April 17, 2004 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Canada (Jones)   0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Gaspari) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
  Norway (Nordby)   0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Aota)   0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 9
  Sweden (Norberg) 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 12
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 10
  Finland (Nykänen)   1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Lockhart) 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 7
  United States (Lank)   1 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 9

Draw 2

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April 17, 2004 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Nykänen)   2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 8
  Norway (Nordby) 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Lank) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 9
  Japan (Aota)   1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Ebnöther)   2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
  Italy (Gaspari) 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Norberg)   0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6
  Scotland (Lockhart) 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Jones)   0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 6
  Denmark (Dupont) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 8

Draw 3

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April 18, 2004 12:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Aota)   1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Norberg) 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 7
  Denmark (Dupont)   0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Norway (Nordby)   0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 7
  Scotland (Lockhart) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Lank)   0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 X 10
  Canada (Jones) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Gaspari)   0 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 10
  Finland (Nykänen) 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 8

Draw 4

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4/18/2004 20:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Jones)   0 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 X X 8
  Italy (Gaspari) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Lockhart)   2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 7
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Nykänen) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1
  United States (Lank)   2 1 2 3 3 0 X X X X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Nordby)   0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5
  Sweden (Norberg) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Dupont)   0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4
  Japan (Aota) 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 X X 9

Draw 5

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April 19, 2004 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Norberg)   0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 X 8
  United States (Lank) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Dupont) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 X X 3
  Italy (Gaspari)   2 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Lockhart) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5
  Japan (Aota) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Nykänen)   2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 11
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Nordby)   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
  Canada (Jones) 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 7

Draw 6

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April 20, 2004 08:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Scotland (Lockhart)   1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6
  Finland (Nykänen) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Nordby) 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 8
  United States (Lank)   0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Dupont)   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Jones) 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 7
  Japan (Aota)   1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Norberg)   0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 X 9
  Italy (Gaspari) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2

Draw 7

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April 20, 2004 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Nordby)   2 1 0 4 0 0 2 X X X 9
  Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Japan (Aota) 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 7
  Finland (Nykänen)   1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Norberg)   0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 8
  Canada (Jones) 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Lockhart)   1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 X X 8
  Italy (Gaspari) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Lank) 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 5
  Switzerland (Ebnöther)   1 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 X 9

Draw 8

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April 21, 2004 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Gaspari)   2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 7
  Japan (Aota) 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Jones)   1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
  Scotland (Lockhart) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Lank)   0 3 0 3 0 3 0 1 X X 10
  Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Ebnöther)   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
  Norway (Nordby) 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 X X X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Nykänen)   0 2 1 0 0 0 X X X X 3
  Sweden (Norberg) 1 0 0 3 3 3 X X X X 10

Draw 9

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April 22, 2004 08:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Denmark (Dupont)   0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
  Scotland (Lockhart) 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Switzerland (Ebnöther)   0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
  Sweden (Norberg) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Jones)   1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 X 11
  Finland (Nykänen) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Gaspari)   0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 7
  United States (Lank) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Aota)   0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 6
  Norway (Nordby) 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 7

Tiebreakers

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Tiebreaker 1

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April 22, 2004 17:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Norberg) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 7
  Scotland (Lockhart)   1 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 9
Player Percentages
  Sweden   Scotland
Anette Norberg 61% Jackie Lockhart 79%
Eva Lund 93% Kelly Wood 78%
Cathrine Norberg 68% Katriona Fairweather 60%
Anna Bergström 78% Anne Laird 61%
Total 75% Total 64%

Tiebreaker 2

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April 23, 2004 09:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Lank)   1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
  Scotland (Lockhart) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Player Percentages
  United States   Scotland
Patti Lank 69% Jackie Lockhart 89%
Erika Brown 80% Kelly Wood 81%
Nicole Joraanstad 74% Katriona Fairweather 65%
Natalie Nicholson 75% Anne Laird 71%
Total 72% Total 71%

Playoffs

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Brackets

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Semifinals Final
      
4   United States 7
1   Norway 8
1   Norway 4
2   Canada 8
3   Switzerland 6
2   Canada 8 Bronze medal
3   Switzerland 10
4   United States 5

Semifinals

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April 23, 2004 19:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  United States (Lank) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 7
  Norway (Nordby)   1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 8
Player Percentages
  United States   Norway
Patti Lank 68% Dordi Nordby 65%
Erika Brown 80% Linn Githmark 69%
Nicole Joraanstad 78% Marianne Haslum 68%
Natalie Nicholson 80% Camilla Holth 65%
Total 77% Total 67%
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6
  Canada (Jones)   0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 8
Player Percentages
  Switzerland   Canada
Luzia Ebnöther 60% Colleen Jones 71%
Carmen Küng 66% Kim Kelly 75%
Tanya Frei 81% Mary-Anne Arsenault 65%
Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe 88% Nancy Delahunt 89%
Total 74% Total 75%

Bronze medal game

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April 24, 2004 09:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Ebnöther) 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 X 10
  United States (Lank)   1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 5
Player Percentages
  Switzerland   United States
Luzia Ebnöther 79% Patti Lank 61%
Carmen Küng 72% Erika Brown 51%
Tanya Frei 75% Nicole Joraanstad 61%
Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe 68% Natalie Nicholson 68%
Total 74% Total 60%

Gold medal game

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April 24, 2004 17:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Nordby)   0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
  Canada (Jones) 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 8
Player Percentages
  Norway   Canada
Dordi Nordby 49% Colleen Jones 89%
Linn Githmark 81% Kim Kelly 75%
Marianne Haslum 83% Mary-Anne Arsenault 84%
Camilla Holth 85% Nancy Delahunt 83%
Total 80% Total 83%

Player percentages

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Leads % Seconds % Thirds % Skips %
  Maria Poulsen 86   Mary-Anne Arsenault 79   Erika Brown 75   Anette Norberg 75
  Anna Bergström 83   Marianne Haslum 76   Linn Githmark 74   Colleen Jones 73
  Kotomi Ishizaki 80   Helle Simonsen 75   Yukari Okazaki 74   Patti Lank 72
  Natalie Nicholson 79   Cathrine Norberg 74   Eva Lund 74   Jackie Lockhart 72
  Nancy Delahunt 78   Katriona Fairweather 72   Denise Dupont 72   Shinobu Aota 71

References

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  1. ^ "Jones not satisfied with World Championship gold". Vancouver Sun. April 26, 2004. p. 41. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Greatest rink in curling history?". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. April 26, 2004. p. 9. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

Sources

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