The qualification event of the 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja , Finland , which hosted the qualification tournaments for the past two World Wheelchair Curling Championships. The qualification event was open to any World Curling Federation affiliated national team not already qualified. The event's two top finishers, Norway and Finland, will join the top 8 finishers from the last World Wheelchair Curling Championship at this season's event in Sochi, Russia.[ 1]
Of the 11 teams that competed, Italy and Norway last competed at the Worlds in 2012, Germany and the Czech Republic in 2011, Switzerland in 2009, Japan in 2008, Denmark in 2007, and Poland in 2005. Finland, Latvia and Turkey never appeared at a World Wheelchair Curling Championship prior to this season, and Turkey made its debut on the world wheelchair curling stage at the qualification event.
After the round robin, Finland, Norway, Italy, and Latvia advanced to the playoffs, where Finland played Norway for a spot in the World Championships and Italy played Latvia for a spot in the second qualifier.[ 2] Rune Lorentsen , defeated Finland, skipped by Vesa Hellman , with a score of 8–3 to grab the first of two open spots in the World Championships. Finland was relegated to the second qualifier, while Italy, skipped by Paolo Ioriatti , defeated Latvia, skipped by Ojārs Briedis , with a score of 7–4 to advance to the second qualifier. In the Second Place Game, Finland defeated Italy with a score of 9–7 to claim the second spot in the World Championships.[ 1]
The teams are listed as follows:[ 3] [ 4]
Round-robin standings
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Final round-robin standings [ 5]
All draw times listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+2 ).[ 6] [ 7]
Saturday, November 3, 16:00 [ 8]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Czech Republic (Musílek)0
0
0
0
3
3
1
1
8
Japan (Iijima) 2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Switzerland (Wagner) 0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
4
Latvia (Briedis)1
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Finland (Hellman)1
1
2
2
1
4
0
X
11
Turkey (Akalın) 0
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
1
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Denmark (Nielsen)
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
5
Norway (Lorentsen) 0
2
0
4
2
0
2
2
12
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Germany (Jäger)
2
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
7
Italy (Ioriatti) 0
0
3
0
0
5
1
2
11
Sunday, November 4, 9:30 [ 9]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Poland (Błasczcak) 0
2
1
0
2
0
2
0
7
Finland (Hellman)2
0
0
4
0
1
0
2
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
EE
Final
Germany (Jäger)
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
5
Japan (Iijima) 1
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Norway (Lorentsen) 2
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
8
Czech Republic (Musílek)
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Turkey (Akalın)
0
0
0
0
0
0
X
X
0
Italy (Ioriatti) 1
1
0
5
2
3
X
X
12
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Denmark (Nielsen)
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
5
Switzerland (Wagner) 1
0
0
3
1
0
1
0
6
Sunday, November 4, 14:00 [ 10]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Latvia (Briedis)1
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
6
Norway (Lorentsen) 0
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Czech Republic (Musílek) 0
0
2
2
0
3
0
4
11
Denmark (Nielsen)
2
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Poland (Błasczcak) 0
0
2
1
1
0
0
X
4
Switzerland (Wagner)3
4
0
0
0
3
1
X
11
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Germany (Jäger)
0
0
0
1
1
0
3
0
5
Finland (Hellman) 1
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
6
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Japan (Iijima) 3
2
1
1
0
3
1
X
11
Turkey (Akalın)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
1
Sunday, November 4, 18:30 [ 11]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Denmark (Nielsen) 0
0
0
0
0
0
X
X
0
Germany (Jäger)3
1
2
1
1
1
X
X
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Norway (Lorentsen) 3
3
2
0
2
2
1
X
13
Turkey (Akalın)
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
X
2
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Italy (Ioriatti)1
0
0
4
1
0
1
X
7
Latvia (Briedis) 0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Switzerland (Wagner)
1
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
Japan (Iijima) 0
0
2
2
0
1
2
1
8
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Czech Republic (Musílek)0
0
1
0
0
4
3
X
8
Poland (Błasczcak) 1
2
0
1
1
0
0
X
5
Monday, November 5, 10:30 [ 12]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Switzerland (Wagner)0
2
3
3
1
1
0
X
10
Turkey (Akalın) 2
0
0
0
0
0
0
X
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Poland (Błasczcak) 1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
3
Italy (Ioriatti)0
1
0
1
0
3
2
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Denmark (Nielsen)
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
4
Japan (Iijima) 0
3
0
5
1
1
0
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Latvia (Briedis) 0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
5
Czech Republic (Musílek)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Norway (Lorentsen)0
1
4
3
0
0
1
X
9
Finland (Hellman) 1
0
0
0
1
2
0
X
4
Monday, November 5, 16:30 [ 13]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
EE
Final
Japan (Iijima) 1
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
5
Italy (Ioriatti)0
0
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
EE
Final
Finland (Hellman) 0
1
0
0
3
0
0
1
2
7
Switzerland (Wagner)
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Germany (Jäger)0
0
3
0
2
1
1
X
7
Norway (Lorentsen) 1
1
0
1
0
0
0
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Poland (Błasczcak)
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
Turkey (Akalın) 0
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
7
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Latvia (Briedis) 1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
5
Denmark (Nielsen)
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
4
Tuesday, November 6, 9:30 [ 14]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Finland (Hellman)1
0
2
1
1
1
0
2
8
Czech Republic (Musílek) 0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Japan (Iijima) 0
0
1
1
0
2
0
X
4
Norway (Lorentsen)2
1
0
0
2
0
2
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Latvia (Briedis) 1
1
1
0
0
4
0
0
7
Poland (Błasczcak)
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
EE
Final
Italy (Ioriatti)
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
5
Switzerland (Wagner) 1
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
6
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Turkey (Akalın)
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
1
Germany (Jäger) 4
2
2
2
3
0
X
X
13
Tuesday, November 6, 14:00 [ 15]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Norway (Lorentsen) 0
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
1
Switzerland (Wagner)0
2
1
1
5
0
2
X
11
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Latvia (Briedis) 1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
Germany (Jäger)0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Czech Republic (Musílek) 2
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
7
Italy (Ioriatti)0
4
1
0
2
3
0
0
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Finland (Hellman) 2
1
1
3
0
2
2
X
11
Denmark (Nielsen)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
1
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Poland (Błasczcak)1
0
0
4
0
0
2
1
8
Japan (Iijima) 0
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
5
Tuesday, November 6, 18:30 [ 16]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Italy (Ioriatti) 0
3
0
1
2
2
0
X
9
Denmark (Nielsen)
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
X
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Turkey (Akalın)
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
X
3
Czech Republic (Musílek) 3
0
4
0
4
2
0
X
13
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Switzerland (Wagner)
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
4
Germany (Jäger) 0
2
1
0
0
1
2
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Norway (Lorentsen) 1
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
7
Poland (Błasczcak)
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
5
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Finland (Hellman) 1
2
0
1
2
1
1
0
8
Latvia (Briedis)
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
2
7
Wednesday, November 7, 9:30 [ 17]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Germany (Jäger) 0
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
5
Poland (Błasczcak)
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
EE
Final
Italy (Ioriatti)
0
2
0
3
0
0
1
1
0
7
Finland (Hellman) 1
0
1
0
3
2
0
0
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Turkey (Akalın) 1
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
5
Denmark (Nielsen)0
2
2
3
0
2
0
4
13
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Japan (Iijima) 1
0
3
1
0
0
3
0
8
Latvia (Briedis)0
1
0
0
4
3
0
2
10
Wednesday, November 7, 14:00 [ 18]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Turkey (Akalın)
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
2
Latvia (Briedis) 0
4
2
1
0
3
X
X
10
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Denmark (Nielsen) 1
0
2
2
0
1
1
X
7
Poland (Błaszczak)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
2
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Japan (Iijima)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
2
Finland (Hellman) 1
1
0
3
0
1
1
X
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Czech Republic (Musílek) 0
0
0
2
3
2
4
X
11
Germany (Jäger)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
X
5
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Italy (Ioriatti)
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
X
4
Norway (Lorentsen) 2
0
2
2
2
0
0
X
8
Norway
Finland (Vesa Hellman)
Italy
Latvia
Czech Republic
Germany
Switzerland
Japan
Denmark
Poland
Turkey