The 2008 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 9 to 15 at the Vierumäki Ice Rink in Vierumäki, Finland. Teams from Alberta, Canada won both the men's and women's events.
| 2008 World Senior Curling Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Vierumäki, Finland |
| Arena | Vierumäki Ice Rink |
| Dates | March 9–15 |
| Men's winner |  Canada |
| Curling club | Thistle Curling Club, Edmonton[1] |
| Skip | Pat Ryan |
| Third | Marvin Wirth |
| Second | Ken Mclean |
| Lead | Millard Evans |
| Finalist |  Sweden |
| Women's winner | Canada |
| Curling club | Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge[2] |
| Skip | Diane Foster |
| Third | Shirley McPherson |
| Second | Shirley Kohuch |
| Lead | Chris Wilson |
| Finalist |  Scotland |
« 2007 2009 » | |
Men
editRound-robin standings
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Tiebreaker
editPlayoffs
edit| Semi-final | Final | ||||||||
 United States
| 5 | ||||||||
| Sweden
| 6 | ||||||||
| Sweden
| 0 | ||||||||
| Canada
| 8 | ||||||||
| Canada
| 7 | ||||||||
| Scotland
| 2 | Bronze medal | |||||||
| United States
| 6 | ||||||||
| Scotland
| 4 | ||||||||
Women
editRound-robin standings
edit| Country | Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada |
Diane Foster | 7 | 2 |
| Scotland |
Kirsty Letton | 6 | 3 |
 Finland |
Helena Timonen | 6 | 3 |
 Switzerland |
Renate Nedkoff | 6 | 3 |
| United States |
Pam Oleinik | 6 | 3 |
| Sweden |
Ingrid Meldahl | 5 | 4 |
 Ireland |
Fiona Turnbull | 4 | 5 |
 Japan |
Eriko Igarashi | 3 | 6 |
 England |
Glynnice Lauder | 2 | 7 |
 New Zealand |
Liz Matthews | 0 | 9 |
Tiebreaker
editPlayoffs
edit| Semi-final | Final | ||||||||
| Canada
| 8 | ||||||||
| Switzerland
| 3 | ||||||||
| Canada
| 10 | ||||||||
| Scotland
| 2 | ||||||||
| Scotland
| 5 | ||||||||
| Finland
| 4 | Bronze medal | |||||||
| Switzerland
| 7 | ||||||||
| Finland
| 6 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Chess on Ice: The Precision Sport of Curling - Northernalbertacurling.com". www.northernalbertacurling.com.
- ^ "Senior women" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-27.