2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city	Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Arena	Richmond Curling Centre
Dates	March 4–12
Winner	China
Skip	Wang Haitao
Third	Zhang Shuaiyu
Second	Yang Jinqiao
Lead	Li Nana
Alternate	Zhang Mingliang
Coach	Li Jianrui, Yue Qingshuang
Finalist	Canada (Ideson)
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The 2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from March 4 to 12 at the Richmond Curling Centre in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.^[1] The event was held in conjunction with the 2023 World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:^[2]

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	1	Canada
2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship	7	China  Sweden  United States  Scotland  Norway  Latvia  South Korea
2022 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship	3[3]	Czech Republic  Denmark  Germany  Japan
Emergency Ruling Replacement	1[4]	Italy
TOTAL	12

The teams are listed as follows:^[5]

Canada	China	Czech Republic	Denmark
Fourth: Jon Thurston Third: Ina Forrest Second: Gil Dash Skip: Mark Ideson Alternate: Marie Wright	Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Zhang Shuaiyu Second: Yang Jinqiao Lead: Li Nana Alternate: Zhang Mingliang	Skip: Dana Selnekovičová Third: Martin Tluk Second: Milan Bartůněk Lead: Radek Musílek	Skip: Kenneth Ørbæk Third: Michaell Jensen Second: Niels Nielsen Lead: Sussie Nielsen
Italy	Japan	Latvia	Norway
Skip: Egidio Marchese Third: Fabrizio Bich Second: Sergio de Florian Lead: Orietta Berto Alternate: Angela Menardi	Skip: Takashi Sakataya Third: Kazuhiro Kashiwabara Second: Hiromi Takahashi Lead: Kana Matsuda Alternate: Yoku Akazawa	Fourth: Sergejs Djačenko Third: Agris Lasmans Skip: Ojārs Briedis Lead: Ieva Melle Alternate: Linda Meijere	Skip: Jostein Stordahl Third: Ole Fredrik Syversen Second: Geir Arne Skogstad Lead: Mia Larsen Sveberg Alternate: Ingrid Djupskaas
Scotland	South Korea	Sweden	United States
Fourth: Gregor Ewan Skip: Hugh Nibloe Second: Gary Logan Lead: Joanna Butterfield Alternate: Meggan Dawson-Farrell	Skip: Lee Hyeon-chul Third: Yang Hui-tae Second: Jang Jae-hyuk Lead: Cho Eun-geon Alternate: Min Yeong-nam	Skip: Viljo Petersson-Dahl Third: Ronny Persson Second: Sabina Johansson Lead: Johanna Glennert Alternate: Aasa Lie	Fourth: Matthew Thums Skip: Stephen Emt Second: Shawn Sadowski Lead: Laura Dwyer Alternate: Batoyun Uranchimeg

Final Round Robin Standings^[6]

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	DSC
China	Wang Haitao	10	1	–	75	28	43	25	6	18	105.20
Canada	Mark Ideson	9	2	–	79	43	43	31	1	19	97.25
South Korea	Lee Hyeon-chul	8	3	–	72	47	42	37	3	15	98.78
United States	Stephen Emt	7	4	–	64	60	38	39	2	14	121.25
Sweden	Viljo Petersson-Dahl	6	5	–	65	62	34	38	2	12	127.17
Scotland	Hugh Nibloe	5	6	2–0	57	60	39	38	1	17	141.94
Norway	Jostein Stordahl	5	6	1–1	63	63	40	36	4	16	105.74
Czech Republic	Dana Selnekovičová	5	6	0–2	61	67	40	38	1	11	141.99
Latvia	Ojārs Briedis	4	7	–	50	73	37	43	0	13	160.00
Italy	Egidio Marchese	3	8	–	71	85	39	41	2	16	164.13
Denmark	Kenneth Ørbæk	2	9	1–0	47	90	30	46	1	9	119.66
Japan	Takashi Sakataya	2	9	0–1	51	77	33	46	3	9	124.23

Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Country													Record
2	Canada	—	4–8	8–2	7–3	6–4	7–4	7–6	10–3	8–1	3–7	13–1	6–4	9–2
1	China	8–4	—	7–2	11–2	6–2	7–2	4–3	5–1	9–2	4–7	8–2	6–1	10–1
8	Czech Republic	2–8	2–7	—	11–6	10–6	3–7	5–2	5–9	3–9	6–3	4–7	10–3	5–6
11	Denmark	3–7	2–11	6–11	—	2–7	10–5	6–7	1–9	L–W	1–13	8–7	4–7	2–9
10	Italy	4–6	2–6	6–10	7–2	—	9–10	4–8	15–4	9–6	4–10	3–12	8–11	3–8
12	Japan	4–7	2–7	7–3	5–10	10–9	—	7–8	2–7	2–6	4–6	4–7	4–7	2–9
9	Latvia	6–7	3–4	2–5	7–6	8–4	8–7	—	2–11	6–3	4–6	1–13	3–7	4–7
7	Norway	3–10	1–5	9–5	9–1	4–15	7–2	11–2	—	5–6	6–7	1–5	7–5	5–6
6	Scotland	1–8	2–9	9–3	W–L	6–9	6–2	3–6	6–5	—	4–6	10–1	4–7	5–6
3	South Korea	7–3	7–4	3–6	13–1	10–4	6–4	6–4	7–6	6–4	—	3–6	4–5	8–3
5	Sweden	1–13	2–8	7–4	7–8	12–3	7–4	13–1	5–1	1–10	6–3	—	4–7	6–5
4	United States	4–6	1–6	3–10	7–4	11–8	7–4	7–3	5–7	7–4	5–4	7–4	—	7–4

All draws times are listed in Pacific Time (UTC−08:00).^[7]

Saturday, March 4, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 7  Denmark (Ørbæk) 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 8 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Norway (Stordahl) 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 7  United States (Emt) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final  Canada (Ideson) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 4  China (Wang) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 8

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  South Korea (Lee) 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6  Scotland (Nibloe) 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Japan (Sakataya) 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 X 7  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 3 Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Latvia (Briedis) 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 8  Italy (Marchese) 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4

Saturday, March 4, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  United States (Emt) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 7  Scotland (Nibloe) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final  Italy (Marchese) 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 9  Japan (Sakataya) 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 10 Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1  Norway (Stordahl) 2 0 2 1 3 1 X X 9

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  China (Wang) 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 X 8  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 2 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  South Korea (Lee) 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 6  Latvia (Briedis) 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Canada (Ideson) 3 0 1 3 1 0 X X 8  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2

Sunday, March 5, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Latvia (Briedis) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3  China (Wang) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Scotland (Nibloe) 0 3 2 1 3 1 X X 10  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1 Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 6  South Korea (Lee) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Italy (Marchese) 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 X 7  Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  United States (Emt) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 4  Canada (Ideson) 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Norway (Stordahl) 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 X 7  Japan (Sakataya) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2

Sunday, March 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  South Korea (Lee) 1 0 0 4 0 2 3 X 10  Italy (Marchese) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 X 4 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2  China (Wang) 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 X 7 Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Japan (Sakataya) 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 X 4  United States (Emt) 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 X 7

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Canada (Ideson) 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 7  Latvia (Briedis) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 6 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 X 5  Norway (Stordahl) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Denmark (Ørbæk) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 / L^  Scotland (Nibloe) 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 W ^ Denmark ran out of time, and therefore forfeited the match.[8]

Monday, March 6, 12:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Canada (Ideson) 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 7  Japan (Sakataya) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 4 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  South Korea (Lee) 0 4 1 4 1 3 X X 13  Denmark (Ørbæk) 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1 Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Scotland (Nibloe) 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 3  Latvia (Briedis) 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 X 6

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5  Norway (Stordahl) 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 9 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Italy (Marchese) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2  China (Wang) 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 X 6 Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4  United States (Emt) 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7

Monday, March 6, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Scotland (Nibloe) 1 0 0 3 0 4 1 X 9  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 3 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  United States (Emt) 3 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 11  Italy (Marchese) 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 8 Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Norway (Stordahl) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 3  Canada (Ideson) 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 X 10

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 7  Japan (Sakataya) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 4 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Latvia (Briedis) 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 7  Denmark (Ørbæk) 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 6 Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  China (Wang) 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4  South Korea (Lee) 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7

Tuesday, March 7, 12:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Norway (Stordahl) 4 0 4 0 2 1 X X 11  Latvia (Briedis) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Japan (Sakataya) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2  Scotland (Nibloe) 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  South Korea (Lee) 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Denmark (Ørbæk) 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2  China (Wang) 0 4 3 2 0 2 X X 11 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 5 1 0 0 2 2 X X 10  United States (Emt) 0 0 2 1 0 0 X X 3 Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Italy (Marchese) 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 X 4  Canada (Ideson) 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 X 6

Tuesday, March 7, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  China (Wang) 1 1 0 2 1 1 X X 6  United States (Emt) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 3 1 4 3 2 0 X X 13  Latvia (Briedis) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1 Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Italy (Marchese) 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 6  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 1 10

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Scotland (Nibloe) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1  Canada (Ideson) 1 2 3 0 1 1 X X 8 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final  Norway (Stordahl) 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 6  South Korea (Lee) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 7 Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Japan (Sakataya) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 X 5  Denmark (Ørbæk) 4 0 0 2 2 0 2 X 10

Wednesday, March 8, 12:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Italy (Marchese) 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 4 3 0 2 0 3 X X 12 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Canada (Ideson) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 3  South Korea (Lee) 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 X 7 Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  United States (Emt) 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 X 7  Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 X 4

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Latvia (Briedis) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 X 5 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  China (Wang) 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 7  Japan (Sakataya) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2 Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Scotland (Nibloe) 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 6  Norway (Stordahl) 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 5

Wednesday, March 8, 8:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Japan (Sakataya) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4  South Korea (Lee) 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 X 6  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 3 3 0 0 1 0 4 X 11 Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  China (Wang) 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 X 9  Scotland (Nibloe) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 2

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Norway (Stordahl) 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4  Italy (Marchese) 0 1 2 2 0 3 7 X 15 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Canada (Ideson) 2 3 2 1 0 5 X X 13  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1 Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  United States (Emt) 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 X 7  Latvia (Briedis) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3

Thursday, March 9, 1:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Denmark (Ørbæk) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3  Canada (Ideson) 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 7 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  China (Wang) 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 X 5  Norway (Stordahl) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final  Latvia (Briedis) 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 8  Japan (Sakataya) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 7

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  United States (Emt) 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 5  South Korea (Lee) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Scotland (Nibloe) 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 6  Italy (Marchese) 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 9 Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final  Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4  Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 7

	Qualification games					Semifinals					Final
						1	China	5
	4	United States	3			5	Sweden	2
	5	Sweden	11								1	China	5
											2	Canada	2
						2	Canada	5
	3	South Korea	2			6	Scotland	2
	6	Scotland	6								Bronze medal game
											5	Sweden	4
											6	Scotland	7

Friday, March 10, 1:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Lee)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2
Scotland (Nibloe)	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	X	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Emt)	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	X	3
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	5	1	1	0	4	0	X	X	11

Saturday, March 11, 2:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	X	5
Scotland (Nibloe)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	2

Sunday, March 12, 10:00 am

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Petersson-Dahl)	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
Scotland (Nibloe)	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	X	7

Sunday, March 12, 10:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	5
Canada (Ideson)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2

Place	Team
	China
	Canada
	Scotland
4	Sweden
5	South Korea
6	United States
7	Norway
8	Czech Republic
9	Latvia
10	Italy
11	Denmark
12	Japan

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