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The 2008 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 2 to 9 at the Eishalle Sursee in Sursee, Switzerland.

Qualification

Qualification event

Two teams outside of the top finishers, Sweden and Italy, qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2007 in Inverness, Scotland.

Teams

 Canada  Italy  Japan  Norway  Russia
Fourth: Darryl Neighbour

Skip: Gerry Austgarden
Second: Ina Forrest
Lead: Sonja Gaudet
Alternate: Gary Cormack
Coach: Joe Rea

Skip: Andrea Tabanelli

Third: Egidio Marchese
Second: Gabriele Dallapiccola
Lead: Lucrezia Celentano
Alternate: Danilo Destro
Coach: Mauro Maino

Skip: Yoji Nakajima

Third: Katsuo Ichikawa
Second: Takashi Hidai
Lead: Ayako Saitoh
Alternate: Mari Yamazaki
Coach: Kumiko Ogihara

Skip: Rune Lorentsen

Third: Jostein Stordahl
Second: Geir Arne Skogstad
Lead: Lene Tystad
Alternate: Anne Mette Samdal
Coach: Thoralf Hognestad

Skip: Andrey Smirnov

Third: Nikolay Melnikov
Second: Marat Romanov
Lead: Oxana Slesarenko
Alternate: Oleg Makarov
Coach: Efim Zhidelev

 Scotland  South Korea  Sweden  Switzerland  United States
Skip: Michael McCreadie

Third: Aileen Neilson
Second: Tom Killin
Lead: James Sellar
Alternate: Rosemary Lenton
Coach: Tom Pendreigh

Skip: Kim Hak-sung

Third: Kim Myung-jin
Second: Cho Yang-hyun
Lead: Kang Mi-suk
Alternate: Ham Dong-hee
Coach: Kwon Young-il

Skip: Jalle Jungnell

Third: Glenn Ikonen
Second: Bernt Sjöberg
Lead: Kristina Ulander
Alternate: Anna Hammarlind
Coach: Olle Brudsten

Skip: Manfred Bolliger

Third: Erwin Lauper
Second: Cesare Cassani
Lead: Madeleine Wildi
Alternate: Therese Kämpfer
Coach: Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe

Fourth: James Pierce

Skip: Augusto Perez
Second: James Joseph
Lead: Jacqueline Kapinowski Alternate: Bob Prenoveau
Coach: Steve Brown

Round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Country Skip W L
 South Korea Kim Hak-sung 7 2
 Canada Gerry Austgarden 6 3
 Norway Rune Lorentsen 6 3
 United States Augusto Perez 5 4
 Italy Andrea Tabanelli 5 4
 Sweden Jalle Jungnell 4 5
 Scotland Michael McCreadie 3 6
 Switzerland Manfred Bolliger 3 6
 Japan Yoji Nakajima 3 6
 Russia Andrey Smirnov 3 6

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Saturday, February 2, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Switzerland (Bolliger) 0 2 0 4 1 0 7
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 0 1 5
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) (has hammer) 1 1 2 1 1 1 7
 Canada (Austgarden) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) 0 2 0 0 0 1 3
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 2 0 2 3 2 0 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 United States (Perez) (has hammer) 2 1 0 3 1 3 10
 Japan (Nakajima) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2

Draw 2

Monday, February 3, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 United States (Perez) 0 1 0 0 2 0 3
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Austgarden) (has hammer) 1 4 0 1 2 X 8
 Japan (Nakajima) 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Switzerland (Bolliger) 0 2 2 2 2 0 8
 Russia (Smirnov) (has hammer) 4 0 0 0 0 3 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) 0 2 0 0 3 4 9
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 0 0 0 0 X 0
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 1 3 2 2 X 9

Draw 3

Monday, February 3, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 3 0 0 3 0 7
 Japan (Nakajima) 0 0 1 2 0 1 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Scotland (McCreadie) 2 2 1 0 2 1 8
 Russia (Smirnov) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) (has hammer) 2 2 0 4 0 0 8
 United States (Perez) 0 0 2 0 1 1 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Austgarden) (has hammer) 0 1 3 0 1 0 5
 Switzerland (Bolliger) 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) 0 2 0 0 1 1 4
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 1 0 3 1 0 0 5

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 4, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
 Sweden (Jungnell) 2 1 0 1 2 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) 1 0 4 1 1 0 7
 Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 2 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 2 0 1 2 0 0 5
 Japan (Nakajima) 0 1 0 0 2 1 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
 United States (Perez) 0 2 0 2 2 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 Russia (Smirnov) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4
 Canada (Austgarden) 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 8

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 4, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) (has hammer) 2 0 2 2 0 1 7
 United States (Perez) 0 3 0 0 2 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 1 0 2 1 0 4
 Canada (Austgarden) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 0 2 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 3
 South Korea (Kim) 2 0 1 1 0 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 0 3
 Russia (Smirnov) 0 2 2 2 0 2 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 Japan (Nakajima) 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 7
 Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 6

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 5, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Japan (Nakajima) 0 1 2 0 3 0 6
 Russia (Smirnov) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 1 0 0 3 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Austgarden) 1 1 2 1 2 X 7
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 X 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Sweden (Jungnell) (has hammer) 0 2 2 0 1 0 5
 Italy (Tabanelli) 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
 United States (Perez) 2 2 2 0 1 2 9

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 5, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 1 3 0 0 0 4
 Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 2 2 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Japan (Nakajima) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 X 2
 Scotland (McCreadie) 0 2 1 1 5 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 1 X 6
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 United States (Perez) 0 0 0 1 3 0 4
 Canada (Austgarden) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 0 2 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 2 0 4 1 0 8
 Italy (Tabanelli) 0 0 2 0 0 2 4

Draw 8

Thursday, February 6, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 Canada (Austgarden) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
 United States (Perez) (has hammer) 0 0 2 2 1 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Japan (Nakajima) 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
 Italy (Tabanelli) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 4 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Scotland (McCreadie) 2 0 0 0 4 0 6
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 0 1 4 3 0 1 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Switzerland (Bolliger) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 X 1
 Sweden (Jungnell) 3 1 3 0 1 X 8

Draw 9

Thursday, February 6, 15:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Russia (Smirnov) 2 0 1 1 0 1 5
 Italy (Tabanelli) (has hammer) 0 3 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 United States (Perez) (has hammer) 3 1 3 0 0 2 9
 Switzerland (Bolliger) 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Japan (Nakajima) (has hammer) 1 0 5 0 0 2 8
 Sweden (Jungnell) 0 2 0 1 3 0 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Austgarden) 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
 Scotland (McCreadie) (has hammer) 1 0 1 2 1 0 5

Tiebreaker

Thursday, February 7, 13:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 1 0 4
 United States (Perez) 0 0 1 3 0 2 6

Playoffs

Page playoff systemSemifinalGold Medal Game
1 South Korea71 South Korea3
2 Canada23 Norway5
2 Canada5
3 Norway6
3 Norway5
4 United States3
Bronze Medal Game
   
2  Canada 1
4  United States 8

1 vs. 2 Game

Friday, February 8, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 4 X 7
 Canada (Austgarden) 0 1 0 1 0 X 2

3 vs. 4 Game

Friday, February 8, 10:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Norway (Lorentsen) (has hammer) 0 3 0 1 0 1 5
 United States (Perez) 1 0 1 0 1 0 3

Semifinal

Friday, February 8, 15:30

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Austgarden) (has hammer) 3 0 1 1 0 0 5
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 2 0 0 2 2 6

Bronze medal game

Saturday, February 9, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 Final
 Canada (Austgarden) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
 United States (Perez) 0 0 2 2 4 X 8

Gold medal game

Saturday, February 9, 11:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 EE Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 5
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