2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

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2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Host cityVierumäki, Finland
ArenaVierumäki Ice Rink
DatesMarch 8–15
Winner Switzerland
SecondIrene Schori
LeadToni Müller
Finalist Finland
2009 »

The 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held March 8–15, 2008 in Vierumäki, Finland at the Vierumäki Ice Rink. It was the first mixed doubles world championships organized by the World Curling Federation.

Switzerland scored two perfect ends in Draw 2 against Wales, a rare feat.

Teams[edit]

Blue group[edit]

 China  Denmark  Finland

Second: Zhang Xindi
Lead: Li Guangxu

Second: Kirsten Jensen
Lead: Lasse Damm

Second: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi
Lead: Anne Malmi

 New Zealand  Poland  Switzerland

Second: Bridget Becker
Lead: Sean Becker

Second: Agnieszka Ogrodniczek
Lead: Damian Herman

Second: Irene Schori
Lead: Toni Müller

 United States  Wales

Second: Jamie Haskell
Lead: Nate Haskell

Second: Lisa Peters
Lead: Phil Jones

Red group[edit]

 Canada  England  Estonia

Second: Susan O'Connor
Lead: Dean Ross

Second: Jane Clark
Lead: Steve Amann

Second: Marju Velga
Lead: Jan Anderson

 Hungary  Italy  Japan

Second: Ildikó Szekeres
Lead: György Nagy

Second: Silvia Mingozzi
Lead: Alberto Rostagnotto

Second: Michiko Taira
Lead: Kenji Tomabechi

 Slovakia  Sweden

Second: Barbora Vojtusova
Lead: Stefan Turna

Second: Marie Persson
Lead: Göran Carlsson

Green group[edit]

 Australia  Czech Republic  Spain

Second: Jennifer Thomas
Lead: Gerald Chick

Second: Hana Cechova
Lead: Radek Zdarsky

Second: Irantzu Garcia
Lead: Sergio Vez

 France  Latvia  Norway

Second: Helene Grieshaber
Lead: Lionel Roux

Second: Iveta Staša
Lead: Roberts Krusts

Second: Linn Githmark
Lead: Tormod Andreassen

 Russia  Scotland

Second: Ilona Grishina
Lead: Dmitry Abanin

Second: Judith Carr
Lead: Dillan A Perras

Not Competing[edit]

The following teams were initially listed as participating in this event but on February 24, 2008 updated schedule they are not included.

Round robin[edit]

Blue group Red group Green group
Country W L Country W L Country W L
 Switzerland 7 0  Sweden 5 2  Norway 6 1
 Finland 6 1  Canada 5 2  Czech Republic 5 2
 China 4 3  Hungary 5 2  France 4 3
 New Zealand 4 3  Italy 4 3  Latvia 4 3
 United States 3 4  Estonia 3 4  Australia 3 4
 Denmark 2 5  Japan 3 4  Scotland 3 4
 Poland 2 5  Slovakia 2 5  Russia 2 5
 Wales 0 7  England 1 6  Spain 1 6

Results[edit]

Blue group[edit]

Draw 1[edit]

March 8, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (has hammer) 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 X 7
 Denmark 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 X 6
 New Zealand 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Poland 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
 Switzerland (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (has hammer) 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 X 6
 Wales 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 2

Draw 2[edit]

March 8, 2008 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland 0 6 2 1 0 6 X X 15
 Wales (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
 United States (has hammer) 1 1 1 1 0 3 X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 7
 New Zealand 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 X 4
 Finland 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 X 8

Draw 3[edit]

March 9, 2008 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Poland (has hammer) 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 7
 New Zealand 1 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (has hammer) 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 X 10
 Wales 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
 Finland (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 2 1 X X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
 Switzerland (has hammer) 2 1 3 2 0 2 X X 10

Draw 4[edit]

March 10, 2008 12:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3
 Switzerland 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet B Final
 United States L
 Denmark W
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (has hammer) 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 9
 Poland 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Wales 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 8
 New Zealand (has hammer) 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 1 9

Draw 5[edit]

March 11, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 United States 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 7
 China (has hammer) 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1
 Switzerland (has hammer) 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 X 6
 Wales (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Poland 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 8
 Denmark (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 6

Draw 6[edit]

March 11, 2008 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 X 5
 Finland (has hammer) 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Wales 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 6
 Poland (has hammer) 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 New Zealand 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 7
 China (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 X 8
 United States 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 4

Draw 7[edit]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 New Zealand (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 5
 United States 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (has hammer) 0 4 0 3 2 1 1 X 11
 China 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Wales 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 6
 Denmark (has hammer) 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (has hammer) 4 0 2 0 4 0 2 X 12
 Poland 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 5

Red group[edit]

Draw 1[edit]

March 8, 2008 12:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (has hammer) 3 1 0 5 0 2 X X 11
 England 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 7
 Hungary (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Japan (has hammer) 1 3 0 3 0 5 2 X 14
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 X 8
 Sweden (has hammer) 5 2 2 0 4 0 1 X 14

Draw 2[edit]

March 9, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 6
 Sweden 0 5 0 1 1 0 3 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 9
 Slovakia (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Hungary 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 X 10
 Estonia (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 3[edit]

March 9, 2008 19:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 7
 Hungary (has hammer) 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 7
 Sweden (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 3
 Estonia (has hammer) 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 X 8
Sheet D Final
 England L
 Japan W

Draw 4[edit]

March 10, 2008 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 7
 Japan (has hammer) 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (has hammer) 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 8
 England 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 6
 Italy 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 3 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (has hammer) 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 X 10
 Hungary 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 X 5

Draw 5[edit]

March 11, 2008 12:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia 0 2 0 4 0 0 5 0 11
 Canada (has hammer) 3 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 12
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Hungary (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 8
 Japan 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Estonia (has hammer) 0 3 0 1 4 0 2 0 10
 Sweden 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy 0 2 0 5 0 4 X X 11
 England (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3

Draw 6[edit]

March 12, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 England 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 7
 Estonia (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden 0 2 0 5 0 1 5 X 13
 Italy (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Hungary 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 6
 Canada (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Slovakia (has hammer) 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 X 9

Draw 7[edit]

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Hungary 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 X 8
 Slovakia (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Japan 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
 Canada (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 5 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Sweden (has hammer) 3 1 2 0 4 2 X X 12
 England 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Estonia 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 8
 Italy (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 10

Green group[edit]

Draw 1[edit]

March 8, 16:00

Sheet A Final
 Australia 0
 Czech Republic 7
Sheet B Final
 Spain 4
 France 14
Sheet C Final
 Latvia 2
 Norway 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
 Scotland (has hammer) 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 X 6

Draw 2[edit]

March 9, 12:30

Sheet A Final
 Norway 9
 Scotland (has hammer) 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia (has hammer) 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 X 7
 Russia 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet C Final
 Czech Republic (has hammer) 7
 France 8
Sheet D Final
 Australia 8
 Spain (has hammer) 1

Draw 3[edit]

March 10, 09:00

Sheet A Final
 Latvia 7
 France (has hammer) 3
Sheet B Final
 Australia (has hammer) 6
 Scotland 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia (has hammer) 1 4 2 1 3 0 X X 11
 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 3 X X 3
Sheet D Final
 Czech Republic 7
 Norway (has hammer) 9

Draw 4[edit]

March 10, 19:30

Sheet A Final
 Spain 7
 Norway (has hammer) 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 7
 Czech Republic (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 8
Sheet C Final
 Australia (has hammer) 5
 Latvia 7
Sheet D Final
 Scotland (has hammer) 4
 France 7

Draw 5[edit]

March 11, 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 7
 Australia 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 6
Sheet B Final
 France (has hammer) 2
 Norway 8
Sheet C Final
 Spain (has hammer) 5
 Scotland 8
Sheet D Final
 Latvia (has hammer) 5
 Czech Republic 6

Draw 6[edit]

March 12, 12:30

Sheet A Final
 Czech Republic 9
 Spain (has hammer) 4
Sheet B Final
 Scotland (has hammer) 2
 Latvia 8
Sheet C Final
 France 4
 Australia (has hammer) 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 7
 Russia (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6

Draw 7[edit]

March 13, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 France (has hammer) 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 X 12
 Russia 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet B Final
 Norway (has hammer) 6
 Australia 7
Sheet C Final
 Scotland 0
 Czech Republic (has hammer) 12
Sheet D Final
 Spain 8
 Latvia 7

Tie break[edit]

Red group[edit]

March 13, 12:30

Sheet D Final
 Hungary 4
 Canada 7

Playoffs[edit]

Semifinal challenge 1[edit]

March 14, 2008 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 4 1 1 X 11
 Czech Republic 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 3

Semifinal challenge 2[edit]

March 14, 2008 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Canada 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 8
 Finland (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 9

Brackets[edit]

Semi-final Final
      
 Switzerland 11
 Norway 2
 Switzerland 5
 Finland 4
 Sweden 4
 Finland 6 Bronze medal
 Norway 2
 Sweden 9

Semifinal[edit]

March 14, 2008 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (has hammer) 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 X 11
 Norway 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (has hammer) 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
 Sweden 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4

Bronze medal game[edit]

March 15, 2008 12:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Norway 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 2
 Sweden (has hammer) 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 X 9

Gold medal game[edit]

March 15, 2008 12:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (has hammer) 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
 Finland 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4
2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Winner
Switzerland
Switzerland
1st title

References[edit]

  • "World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2008". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  • "World Curling Mixed Doubles Championships 2008". CurlingRussia.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2010-03-30.

See also[edit]

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