The 2011
World Wheelchair Curling Championship
The World Wheelchair Curling Championship is an annual world championship held to determine the world's best team in wheelchair curling. It is held every non-Paralympic year.
Medalists
Following is a list of medalists:
All-time medal table
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was held in
Prague
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Czech Republic
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from February 22 - March 1, 2011.
Ten mixed gender teams competed for four playoff spots. In the final,
Canada
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Jim Armstrong defeated
Scotland
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Aileen Neilson
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in the final in 7 ends. Teams also gained qualification points from this event for the
2014 Winter Paralympic Games
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in
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.
Qualification
* (Host country)
* Top seven finishers from the
2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
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* Top teams from
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Qualification event
Two teams outside of the top seven finishers qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2010 in
Lohja
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Finland
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.
Teams
The teams are as listed below:
Standings
''Final round-robin standings''
Results
''All times local (
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WWhCC - Results
, curling.cz
Draw 1
''Tuesday, February 22, 9:30am''
Draw 2
''Tuesday, February 22, 2:30pm''
Draw 3
''Wednesday, February 23, 9:30am''
Draw 4
''Wednesday, February 23, 2:30pm''
Draw 5
''Thursday, February 24, 9:30am''
Draw 6
''Thursday, February 24, 2:30pm''
Draw 7
''Friday, February 25, 9:30am''
Draw 8
''Friday, February 25, 2:30pm''
Draw 9
''Saturday, February 26, 9:30am''
Draw 10
''Saturday, February 26, 2:30pm''
Draw 11
''Sunday, February 27, 9:30am''
Draw 12
''Sunday, February 27, 2:30pm''
Challenge Games
''Monday, February 28, 9:30am''
''Monday, February 28, 2:30pm''
Playoffs
1 vs. 2
''Monday, February 28, 2:30pm''
3 vs. 4
''Monday, February 28, 2:30pm''
Semifinal
''Tuesday, March 1, 9:30am''
Bronze-medal game
''Tuesday, March 1, 2:30pm''
Gold-medal game
''Tuesday, March 1, 2:30pm''
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament.
References
External links
Official site
Official Event Information
by World Curling Federation
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World Wheelchair Curling Championship, 2011
World Wheelchair Curling Championship
International curling competitions hosted by the Czech Republic
World Wheelchair Curling Championship
The World Wheelchair Curling Championship is an annual world championship held to determine the world's best team in wheelchair curling. It is held every non-Paralympic year.
Medalists
Following is a list of medalists:
All-time medal table
...
World Wheelchair Curling Championship
The World Wheelchair Curling Championship is an annual world championship held to determine the world's best team in wheelchair curling. It is held every non-Paralympic year.
Medalists
Following is a list of medalists:
All-time medal table
...