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DeutschWorld Wheelchair Curling Championship
| World Wheelchair Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2002 |
| 2025 host city | Stevenston, Scotland |
| 2025 arena | Auchenharvie Leisure Centre |
| 2024 champion |  Norway |
| Current edition | |
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
[edit]Following is a list of medalists:[1]
All-time medal table
[edit]As of 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
 Russia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Canada | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 |  China | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  Scotland | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 |  Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Sweden | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  South Korea | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 |  Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
Performance timeline
[edit]| Nation | 2002 | 2004 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bulgaria | 7 | 10 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
 Canada |  |  | 6 | 4 | 4 |  | | 6 | | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | | 5 | | | Q | 18 |
 China | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | | | | 5 | 4 | | 4 | | | | Q | 13 |
 Czech Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | 8 | 11 | – | 4 |
 Denmark | 9 | 8 | | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | 5 |
 England | 6 | 4 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 4 |
 Estonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 10 | – | – | 12 | – | 3 |
 Finland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
 Germany | – | – | 13 | – | – | | 9 | – | – | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
 Italy | 8 | 6 | 9 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 10 | 8 | Q | 10 |
 Japan | – | – | 13 | 5 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | Q | 5 |
 Latvia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | Q | 6 |
 Norway | – | 12 | 5 | | | 8 | | 9 | 9 | 10 | | | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | | Q | 17 |
 Poland | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Russia | – | 9 | 15 | 8 | 10 | – | 4 | | 5 | | | | 7 | | | – | – | – | 13 |
| Scotland | | | | | 7 | 9 | | 7 | 6 | 8 | – | | | 9 | 6 | | 10 | Q | 17 |
 Slovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | – | 6 | 8 | 10 | – | 7 | Q | 9 |
 South Korea | – | 11 | 7 | 7 | | 7 | 6 | | 10 | – | | 6 | | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | Q | 16 |
 Sweden | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | | 8 | 8 | | 9 | – | – | – | | | 4 | 4 | Q | 15 |
 Switzerland | | | | | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 12 | – | – | – | 11 |
 United States | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | – | 4 | 6 | 9 | Q | 17 |
 Wales | – | 13 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Total teams | 9 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wheelchair Fair Play Award
[edit]For the World Curling Wheelchair Sportsmanship Award all participants are invited to nominate a fellow competitor who, in their view, has best exemplified the traditional values of skill, honesty, fair play, sportsmanship and friendship during a world championship. The award is presented at the closing ceremony. Players cannot vote for a fellow team member.[11]
The number in parentheses after the curler's first and last name indicates which of the several times he was awarded this year.
World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship
[edit]The World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship is a qualifier event for the World Wheelchair Championship. From 2015 to 2018, the top 2 teams qualify for the World Championship. Starting at the 2018 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, the top 3 teams qualify.
Medallists
[edit]Following is a list of medallists for the World Wheelchair-B Championship:
References
[edit]- ^ Events Wheelchaircurling.com
- ^ Curling Chuncheon City South Korea to host 2012 World Wheelchair Championship International Paralympic Committee (IPC) February 23, 2011
- ^ "WCF President impressed by Sochi 2014 event progress". World Curling Federation. 18 October 2011.
- ^ "Lohja, Finland to host World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2015". World Curling Federation. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2016 to be held in Lucerne, Switzerland". World Curling Federation. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2017". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "worldcurling.org/scotland-awarded-four-international-curling-championships". World Curling Federation. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Pavlyuchik, Alina. "Russia win World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2020 title". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2021". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2023". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ "Wheelchair Sportsmanship Award". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2023-07-10. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ The World Championship was not held in 2003, but the award of the prize is nevertheless noted in the source.