2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event

The qualification event of the 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from November 1 to 6, 2014 at the Lillehammer Curling Club in Lillehammer, Norway.[1][2] The qualification event was open to any World Curling Federation member nation not already qualified for the World Championship. The event's two top finishers, Norway and Germany, will join the top eight finishers from the last World Wheelchair Curling Championship at this season's event in Lohja, Finland.

2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Event
Host city	Lillehammer, Norway
Arena	Lillehammer Curling Club
Dates	November 1–6, 2014
Winner	Norway
Skip	Rune Lorentsen
Third	Jostein Stordahl
Second	Sissel Løchen
Lead	Terge Rafdal
Alternate	Ole Fredrik Syversen
Coach	Per Andreassen
Finalist	Germany (Jens Jäger)

This event would have marked the first appearance of Israel at an international wheelchair curling event, but Israel was deemed ineligible to play due to an inability to meet classification criteria.

Teams

Bulgaria	Czech Republic	Denmark	Germany
Skip: Ivan Shopov Third: Svetozar Kirov Second: Pavel Savov Lead: Joanna Koldova Alternate: Neli Sabeva Coach: Nikolay Runtov	Skip: Radek Musílek Third: Martin Tluk Second: Stepan Benes Lead: Jana Břinčilová Alternate: Žaneta Schmuttermeierová Coach: Kateřina Urbanová	Skip: Preben Granhøj Nielsen Third: Henrik Harlev Second: Helena Skovgaard Lead: Rene Graff Coach: Kasper Poulsen	Skip: Jens Jäger Third: Christiane Putzich Second: Martin Schlitt Lead: Heike Melchior Alternate: Robert Hering Coach: Bernd Weisser
Israel	Italy	Japan	Latvia
Did not start Skip: Tzipi Zipper Third: David Drai Second: Shachar Levi Lead: Albert Zohar	Fourth: Egidio Marchese Skip: Emanuele Spelorzi Second: Sergio Deflorian Lead: Angela Menardi Alternate: Rita Dal Monte Coach: Roberto Maino	Skip: Takashi Sakataya Third: Kazuhiro Kashiwabara Second: Tsutomu Iwata Lead: Kana Matsuda Alternate: Sanae Aso Coach: Tsutomu Kobayashi	Skip: Ojārs Briedis Third: Poļina Rožkova Second: Ilmārs Nicmanis Lead: Agris Lasmans Alternate: Sergejs Černiševs Coach: Artis Zentelis
Norway	Slovenia	South Korea	Switzerland
Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Sissel Løchen Lead: Terje Rafdal Alternate: Ole Fredrik Syversen Coach: Per Andreassen	Skip: Robert Zerovnik Third: Ziga Badje Second: Milan Zlobko Lead: Mojca Burger Alternate: Ziva Hribar Coach: Gregor Verbinc	Skip: Kim Jong-pan Third: Seo Soon-seok Second: Jung Seung-won Lead: Yun Hee-kyeong Alternate: Yang Hui-tae Coach: Shin Kyung-yong	Skip: Felix Wagner Third: Eric Decorvet Second: Claudia Hüttenmoser Lead: Ivo Hasler Alternate: Mireille Gauthey Coach: Stephan Pfister

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Red Group Skip W L  Latvia Ojārs Briedis 3 1  South Korea Kim Jong-pan 3 1  Japan Takashi Sakataya 2 2  Czech Republic Radek Musílek 2 2  Denmark Preben Nielsen 0 4

Blue Group Skip W L  Norway Rune Lorentsen 5 0  Germany Jens Jäger 4 1  Italy Emanuele Spelorzi 3 2   Switzerland Felix Wagner 2 3  Slovenia Robert Zerovnik 1 4  Bulgaria Ivan Shopov 0 5

Round robin results

Draw 1

Saturday, November 1, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Sakataya)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	4
Czech Republic (Musílek)	4	0	2	3	0	2	0	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	2	0	1	2	3	0	X	X	8
Denmark (Nielsen)	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	2

Draw 2

Sunday, November 2, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	2	3	0	2	1	4	1	X	13
Slovenia (Zerovnik)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Bulgaria (Shopov)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2
Norway (Lorentsen)	5	6	0	2	2	0	4	X	19

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

Draw 3

Sunday, November 2, 16:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Briedis)	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	9
Czech Republic (Musílek)	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	1	8

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

Draw 4

Monday, November 3, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Bulgaria (Shopov)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1
Switzerland (Wagner)	7	2	1	3	0	4	X	X	17

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Spelorzi)	2	0	1	0	2	5	2	X	12
Slovenia (Zerovnik)	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	4
Norway (Lorentsen)	3	0	2	0	0	2	3	X	10

Draw 5

Monday, November 3, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Nielsen)	0	2	0	0	3	0	X	X	5
Latvia (Briedis)	5	0	4	1	0	3	X	X	13

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Sakataya)	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	5
South Korea (Kim)	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	6

Draw 6

Monday, November 3, 18:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	8
Italy (Spelorzi)	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Jäger)	6	4	2	4	1	2	X	X	19
Bulgaria (Shopov)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovenia (Zerovnik)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	2	3	4	1	1	3	X	14

Draw 7

Tuesday, November 4, 10:00

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	X	7
Czech Republic (Musílek)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	X	4

Draw 8

Tuesday, November 4, 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Spelorzi)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	4
Germany (Jäger)	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	1	9
Switzerland (Wagner)	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Bulgaria (Shopov)	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	X	4
Slovenia (Zerovnik)	3	0	0	2	0	2	4	X	11

Draw 9

Wednesday, November 5, 10:00

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Latvia (Briedis)	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	6
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4

Draw 10

Wednesday, November 5, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovenia (Zerovnik)	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	6
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	6	0	2	0	2	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Wagner)	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	7
Germany (Jäger)	1	0	3	0	0	4	1	0	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Spelorzi)	4	3	3	0	1	1	X	X	12
Bulgaria (Shopov)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1

Playoffs

	Second Place Game					Semifinals
						R1	Latvia	1
						B1	Norway	8
	R1	Latvia	5
	B2	Germany	6
						R2	South Korea	6
						B2	Germany	7

R1 vs. B1

Thursday, November 6, 10:00

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

 Norway advances to World Championship.
 Latvia goes to Second Place Game.

R2 vs. B2

Thursday, November 6, 10:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
South Korea (Kim)	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	6
Germany (Jäger)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	7

 Germany advances to Second Place Game.

Second Place Game

Thursday, November 6, 15:00

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

 Germany advances to World Championship.

References

1. "World Curling Federation announce hosts for 2014-15 events". World Curling Federation. 4 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
2. "World Wheelchair Curling Qualification event begins November 1". World Curling Federation. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

External links

• Official website

• Results from the World Curling Federation