2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship

The 2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship was held from April 10 to 15, 2021 in Lohja, Finland. The top three placing teams qualified for the 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Beijing, China.[1][2] The United States won the gold medal, defeating the previously undefeated Switzerland 4–3 in the final. Italy took the bronze medal and final berth at the 2021 World Championship with an 8–4 win over Germany in the bronze medal game.[3]

2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship
Host cityLohja, Finland
ArenaKisakallio Sports Institute
DatesApril 10–15, 2021
Winner United States
SkipMatthew Thums
ThirdStephen Emt
SecondDavid Samsa
LeadPamela Wilson
AlternateBatoyun Uranchimeg
CoachRussell Schieber
Finalist Switzerland (Décorvet)
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Teams

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The teams are as follows:[4]

  Czech Republic   Estonia   Finland   Germany   Hungary

Skip: Dana Selnekovičová
Third: Martin Tluk
Second: Milan Bartůněk
Lead: Jana Břinčilová
Alternate: Radek Coufal

Skip: Andrei Koitmäe
Third: Ain Villau
Second: Mait Mätas
Lead: Signe Falkenberg
Alternate: Katlin Riidebach

Fourth: Pekka Pälsynaho
Skip: Juha Rajala
Second: Teemu Klasila
Lead: Riitta Särösalo
Alternate: Ritva Lampinen

Skip: Christiane Putzich
Third: Burkhard Möller
Second: Wolf Meißner
Lead: Melanie Spielmann
Alternate: Christoph Gemmer

Fourth: Péter Barkóczi
Skip: Viktor Beke
Second: Anikó Sasadi
Lead: Rita Sárai

  Italy   Japan   Switzerland   Turkey   United States

Fourth: Egidio Marchese
Third: Orietta Berto
Second: Fabrizio Bich
Skip: Angela Menardi
Alternate: Matteo Ronzani

Skip: Hidenori Suzuki
Third: Yuri Muramatsu
Second: Haruo Matsuhashi
Lead: Ayako Saitoh
Alternate: Hiromi Takahashi

Skip: Eric Décorvet
Third: Hans Burgener
Second: Françoise Jaquerod
Lead: Laurent Kneubühl
Alternate: Patrick Delacrétaz

Fourth: Züleyha Bingöl
Third: Kenan Coşkun
Second: Turan Akalın
Skip: Savaş Şimşek
Alternate: Serdal Pamaz

Skip: Matthew Thums
Third: Stephen Emt
Second: David Samsa
Lead: Pamela Wilson
Alternate: Batoyun Uranchimeg

Round-robin standings

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Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Team Skip W L W–L DSC
  Switzerland Eric Décorvet 9 0 131.95
  Italy Angela Menardi 7 2 1–0 130.93
  United States Matthew Thums 7 2 0–1 151.50
  Germany Christiane Putzich 6 3 1–0 136.95
  Estonia Andrei Koitmäe 6 3 0–1 142.70
  Finland Juha Rajala 4 5 150.58
  Czech Republic Dana Selnekovičová 2 7 1–1 133.30
  Turkey Savaş Şimşek 2 7 1–1 134.38
  Japan Hidenori Suzuki 2 7 1–1 134.43
  Hungary Viktor Beke 0 9 124.98

Round-robin results

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All draw times are listed in Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).[5]

Draw 1

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Saturday, April 10, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Hungary (Beke)   0 1 1 0 0 0 3 X 5
  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 1 0 0 3 5 3 0 X 12
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Décorvet)   1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 7
  Germany (Putzich) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 5

Draw 2

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Saturday, April 10, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Japan (Suzuki)   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2
  United States (Thums) 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Rajala)   0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3
  Estonia (Koitmäe) 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Turkey (Şimşek) 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 X 5
  Italy (Menardi)   2 4 1 0 1 0 0 X 8

Draw 3

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Sunday, April 11, 9:30 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Turkey (Şimşek) 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 X 9
  Hungary (Beke)   0 3 0 2 0 0 0 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
  Japan (Suzuki) 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 5
  Switzerland (Décorvet)   1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Estonia (Koitmäe)   1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
  United States (Thums) 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 X 5

Draw 4

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Sunday, April 11, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Rajala)   0 3 2 2 0 3 X X 10
  Turkey (Şimşek) 2 0 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany (Putzich)   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
  United States (Thums) 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Estonia (Koitmäe) 0 3 1 1 1 2 X X 8
  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)   1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Décorvet)   1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 5
  Italy (Menardi) 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4

Draw 5

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Sunday, April 11, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
  Germany (Putzich)   0 3 1 2 0 1 1 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Rajala) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
  Italy (Menardi)   0 1 1 0 4 2 2 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Japan (Suzuki)   2 0 0 4 1 0 1 X 8
  Hungary (Beke) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 6

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Monday, April 12, 9:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Rajala)   0 2 0 1 2 2 2 X 9
  Japan (Suzuki) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany (Putzich)   1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 6
  Estonia (Koitmäe) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (Thums) 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 7
  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)   3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6

Draw 7

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Monday, April 12, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy (Menardi) 0 1 3 2 2 2 X X 10
  Japan (Suzuki)   0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Turkey (Şimşek) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
  United States (Thums)   0 3 0 1 0 1 1 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Décorvet) 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 6
  Hungary (Beke)   1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5

Draw 8

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Monday, April 12, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Décorvet) 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 X 9
  Estonia (Koitmäe)   0 1 0 0 3 0 2 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Hungary (Beke)   1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
  Finland (Rajala) 0 4 0 3 3 0 2 X 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy (Menardi)   0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 5
  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany (Putzich) 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 5
  Turkey (Şimşek)   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4

Draw 9

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Tuesday, April 13, 9:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy (Menardi) 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 8
  Hungary (Beke)   4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Décorvet) 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 X 8
  Turkey (Şimşek)   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)   0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
  Finland (Rajala) 3 0 0 3 3 4 X X 13

Draw 10

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Tuesday, April 13, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany (Putzich)   2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6
  Finland (Rajala) 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Japan (Suzuki)   0 4 0 0 2 0 1 2 9
  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Hungary (Beke) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
  United States (Thums)   1 0 4 0 1 0 1 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy (Menardi) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
  Estonia (Koitmäe)   0 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 4

Draw 11

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Tuesday, April 13, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (Thums) 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
  Switzerland (Décorvet)   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Estonia (Koitmäe) 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 X 5
  Turkey (Şimşek)   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
  Japan (Suzuki)   2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
  Germany (Putzich) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 8

Draw 12

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Wednesday, April 14, 9:30 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (Thums) 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
  Italy (Menardi)   1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová)   1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
  Switzerland (Décorvet) 0 1 1 2 3 2 X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Hungary (Beke)   3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
  Germany (Putzich) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 6

Draw 13

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Wednesday, April 14, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany (Putzich)   0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
  Italy (Menardi) 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 X 9
  Turkey (Şimşek)   0 1 1 1 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (Thums)   0 1 0 3 1 0 0 X 5
  Finland (Rajala) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Estonia (Koitmäe)   0 2 0 0 0 3 1 X 6
  Japan (Suzuki) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2

Draw 14

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Wednesday, April 14, 6:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Estonia (Koitmäe)   2 4 0 1 2 0 2 X 11
  Hungary (Beke) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Turkey (Şimşek) 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 X 10
  Japan (Suzuki)   0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Rajala) 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 5
  Switzerland (Décorvet)   1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 8

Playoffs

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Semifinals Final
      
1   Switzerland 8
4   Germany 2
1   Switzerland 3
3   United States 4
2   Italy 5
3   United States 6 Bronze medal game
4   Germany 4
2   Italy 8

Semifinals

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Thursday, April 15, 10:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Décorvet)   0 1 0 0 1 2 4 X 8
  Germany (Putzich) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
  Italy (Menardi)   1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5
  United States (Thums) 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 6

Bronze medal game

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Thursday, April 15, 3:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany (Putzich) 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 X 4
  Italy (Menardi)   0 1 1 1 0 4 1 X 8

Final

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Thursday, April 15, 3:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Décorvet)   0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
  United States (Thums) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4

References

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  1. ^ "World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship 2021". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Gray, Richard (April 7, 2021). "International wheelchair curling returns to Lohja, Finland". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  3. ^ Jiri Snitil (April 15, 2021). "United States win World Wheelchair-B Championship gold". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  5. ^ "Schedule". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
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