2023 World Wheelchair-B
Curling Championship
Host cityLohja, Finland
ArenaKisakallio Sports Institute
DatesNovember 5–10
Winner Slovakia
SkipPeter Zaťko
ThirdRadoslav Ďuriš
SecondDušan Pitoňák
LeadMonika Kunkelová
AlternateAdrian Durcek
Finalist Estonia (Koitmäe)
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The 2023 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship is currently being held from November 5 to 10 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.[1] The top three placing teams will qualify for the 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Gangneung, South Korea.[2]

The Japanese team, skipped by Hiroshi Wachi, were forced to forfeit five games as they only had three players fit to play.[3]

Teams

The teams are as follows:[4]

 Brazil  Denmark  England  Estonia

Skip: Jerónimo Gabriel
Third: Gláuber Santos
Second: Yezza Sousa
Lead: Vilma Miranda
Alternate: Cláudio Magalhães
Coach: Tatiani Tamy Garcia

Skip: Kenneth Ørbæk
Third: Helle Schmidt
Second: Niels Nielsen
Lead: Thomas Pedersen

Skip: Stewart Pimblett
Third: Jason Kean
Second: Karen Aspey
Lead: Julian Mattison
Alternate: George Potts

Skip: Andrei Koitmäe
Third: Ain Villau
Second: Mait Mätas
Lead: Katlin Riidebach
Alternate: Signe Falkenberg

 Finland  Italy  Japan  Poland

Skip: Juha Rajala
Third: Harri Tuomaala
Second: Yrjö Jääskeläinen
Lead: Valeriina Silas
Alternate: Tiia Tallgreen

Skip: Egidio Marchese
Third: Fabrizio Bich
Second: Matteo Ronzani
Lead: Orietta Berto
Alternate: Angela Menardi

Skip: Hiroshi Wachi
Third: Shuichi Iljima
Second: Ayako Saito
Lead: Hiroaki Osaki
Alternate: Yoshiko Iwasawa

Skip: Michał Daszkowski
Third: Łukasz Waszek
Second: Mariusz Włodarski
Lead: Joanna Kozakiewicz
Alternate: Monika Bodych

 Slovakia  Spain   Switzerland

Skip: Peter Zaťko
Third: Radoslav Ďuriš
Second: Dušan Pitoňák
Lead: Monika Kunkelová
Alternate: Adrian Durcek

Skip: Anna Rodríguez
Third: Ángel Gómez
Second: Bertrand Tramont
Lead: Nathalie Noireau
Alternate: Miguel García

Skip: Laurent Kneubühl
Third: Marcel Bodenmann
Second: Eric Décorvet
Lead: Beatrix Blauel
Alternate: Stephanie Combremont

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 EstoniaAndrei Koitmäe822–072523632114146.67
 ItalyEgidio Marchese821–177453626014114.62
 SlovakiaPeter Zaťko820–270404025122116.27
 PolandMichał Daszkowski73–77604231020152.26
 FinlandJuha Rajala641–072464234121105.27
  SwitzerlandLaurent Kneubühl640–174553936217120.80
 EnglandStewart Pimblett461–074593931019134.12
 DenmarkKenneth Ørbæk460–162703634018133.43
 BrazilJerónimo Gabriel28–3184224115152.56
 SpainAnna Rodríguez191–02684194404133.83
 JapanHiroshi Wachi190–194882502157.64
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Country Brazil Denmark England Estonia Finland Italy Japan Poland Slovakia Spain Switzerland Record
9  Brazil — 5–9 4–10 5–9 1–9 1–10 W–L 3–9 1–10 7–6 4–12 2–8
8  Denmark 9–5 — 0–12 7–9 8–5 8–10 9–1 5–11 1–8 10–1 5–8 4–6
7  England 10–4 12–0 — 4–7 6–8 8–11 16–0 2–9 4–9 8–3 4–9 4–6
1  Estonia 9–5 9–7 7–4 — 7–6 8–4 W–L 6–8 11–6 9–4 6–8 8–2
5  Finland 9–1 5–8 8–6 6–7 — 6–4 11–0 7–8 5–6 10–3 5–3 6–4
2  Italy 10–1 10–8 11–8 4–8 4–6 — W–L 11–3 5–4 14–1 8–6 8–2
11  Japan L–W 1–9 0–16 L–W 0–11 L–W — 5–4 L–W L–W 3–8 1–9
4  Poland 9–3 11–5 9–2 8–6 8–7 3–11 4–5 — 5–11 9–2 11–8 7–3
3  Slovakia 10–1 8–1 9–4 6–11 6–5 4–5 W–L 11–5 — 10–3 6–5 8–2
10  Spain 6–7 1–10 3–8 4–9 3–10 1–14 W–L 2–9 3–10 — 3–7 1–9
6   Switzerland 12–4 8–5 9–4 8–6 3–5 6–8 8–3 8–11 5–6 7–3 — 6–4

Round robin results

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

Draw 1

Sunday, November 5, 9:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland (Daszkowski) (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 8
 Finland (Rajala) 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Wachi) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
 England (Pimblett) 4 1 3 6 1 1 X X 16
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 3 2 3 0 4 2 X X 14
 Spain (Rodríguez) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 9
 Denmark (Ørbæk) (has hammer) 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 7

Draw 2

Sunday, November 5, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 6
  Switzerland (Kneubühl) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Rajala) (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
 Estonia (Koitmäe) 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Spain (Rodríguez) 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 6
 Brazil (Gabriel) (has hammer) 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 7

Draw 3

Sunday, November 5, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Gabriel) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 2 3 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland (Daszkowski) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 4 4 X 11
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Wachi) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England (Pimblett) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 4
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 0 2 4 0 2 1 0 X 9

Draw 4

Monday, November 6, 9:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England (Pimblett) (has hammer) 1 1 3 4 2 1 X X 12
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 5
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland (Daszkowski) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
 Japan (Wachi) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 5

Draw 5

Monday, November 6, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 6
 Poland (Daszkowski) (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Spain (Rodríguez) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
 Finland (Rajala) (has hammer) 0 3 3 0 1 0 3 X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 9
 Brazil (Gabriel) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 6
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 8

Draw 6

Monday, November 6, 18:30

Sheet A Final
 Japan (Wachi) (has hammer) L
 Brazil (Gabriel) W
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 8
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England (Pimblett) 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 X 8
 Spain (Rodríguez) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6
 Finland (Rajala) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5

Draw 7

Tuesday, November 7, 9:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 X 7
 Spain (Rodríguez) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England (Pimblett) (has hammer) 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 X 10
 Brazil (Gabriel) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 X 4
Sheet C Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) (has hammer) W
 Japan (Wachi) L

Draw 8

Tuesday, November 7, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Finland (Rajala) 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 8
 England (Pimblett) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) (has hammer) 2 1 2 1 2 0 X X 8
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 2 2 1 3 0 3 X X 11
 Poland (Daszkowski) 0 0 0 0 3 0 X X 3
Sheet D Final
 Japan (Wachi) L
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) W

Draw 9

Tuesday, November 7, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Poland (Daszkowski) 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 11
  Switzerland (Kneubühl) (has hammer) 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Gabriel) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
 Finland (Rajala) (has hammer) 1 3 1 0 1 1 2 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 X 10
 Spain (Rodríguez) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1

Draw 10

Wednesday, November 8, 9:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Rajala) (has hammer) 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 6
 Italy (Marchese) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Spain (Rodríguez) 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 X 4
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Gabriel) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 X 4
  Switzerland (Kneubühl) (has hammer) 0 4 4 1 0 0 3 X 12

Draw 11

Wednesday, November 8, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Gabriel) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) (has hammer) 2 2 2 2 0 1 X X 9
 Japan (Wachi) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Kneubühl) 2 1 4 0 0 2 0 X 9
 England (Pimblett) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Spain (Rodríguez) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2
 Poland (Daszkowski) 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 X 9

Draw 12

Wednesday, November 8, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) (has hammer) 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 8
 Italy (Marchese) 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 4 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 X 7
 England (Pimblett) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland (Daszkowski) (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 X 5
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 0 3 0 0 5 1 2 X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Rajala) 1 3 1 1 3 2 X X 11
 Japan (Wachi) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0

Draw 13

Thursday, November 9, 9:30

Sheet A Final
 Spain (Rodríguez) (has hammer) W
 Japan (Wachi) L
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Gabriel) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3
 Poland (Daszkowski) 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Rajala) 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 5
 Denmark (Ørbæk) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) 4 2 3 0 0 0 2 X 11
 Slovakia (Zaťko) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 X 6

Draw 14

Thursday, November 9, 14:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Kneubühl) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
 Finland (Rajala) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 X 9
 Brazil (Gabriel) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 4 11
 England (Pimblett) 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 8

Draw 15

Thursday, November 9, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England (Pimblett) 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X 2
 Poland (Daszkowski) (has hammer) 2 0 1 2 3 1 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Zaťko) (has hammer) 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 X 10
 Spain (Rodríguez) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 3
Sheet C Final
 Japan (Wachi) L
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) W
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 X 5
  Switzerland (Kneubühl) (has hammer) 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 X 8

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  Estonia 9
4  Poland 2
1  Estonia 4
3  Slovakia 8
2  Italy 2
3  Slovakia 7 Bronze medal game
2  Italy 9
4  Poland 7

Semifinals

Friday, November 10, 9:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 0 1 4 1 3 0 X X 9
 Poland (Daszkowski) 1 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 X 7

Bronze medal game

Friday, November 10, 16:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Marchese) (has hammer) 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 9
 Poland (Daszkowski) 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 7

Gold medal game

Friday, November 10, 16:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (Koitmäe) (has hammer) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 4
 Slovakia (Zaťko) 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 X 8

Final standings

Key
Teams Advance to the 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Slovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Estonia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Italy
4 Poland
5 Finland
6  Switzerland
Place Team
7 England
8 Denmark
9 Brazil
10 Spain
11 Japan

References

  1. ↑ "World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship 2023". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Lohja, Finland signs multi-year deal for World Junior-B and Wheelchair-B events". World Curling Federation. December 19, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Round Robin Session 6 Sheet A" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  4. ↑ "List of Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Draw Schedule". World Curling Federation. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
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