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2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship

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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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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]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Décorvet) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 4 2 2 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Suzuki) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Hungary (Beke) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Japan (Suzuki) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Czech Republic (Selnekovičová) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (Thums) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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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