2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship

2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship
2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship
Host city	Lohja, Finland
Arena	Kisakallio Sports Institute
Dates	April 10–15, 2021
Winner	United States
Skip	Matthew Thums
Third	Stephen Emt
Second	David Samsa
Lead	Pamela Wilson
Alternate	Batoyun Uranchimeg
Coach	Russell 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Draw 1[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Official website
Results from the World Curling Federation

[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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