The wheelchair curling competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held from 10 to 17 March 2018 at the Gangneung Gymnasium in Gangneung, South Korea. For the first time, twelve mixed teams will compete at the Winter Paralympics.
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists Mixed Wang HaitaoChen JianxinLiu WeiWang MengZhang Qiang (alternate)Coach: Yue Qingshuang Rune LorentsenJostein StordahlOle Fredrik SyversenSissel LøchenRikke Iversen (alternate)Coach: Peter Dahlman Mark IdesonIna ForrestDennis ThiessenMarie WrightJames Anseeuw (alternate)Coach: Wayne Kiel
Qualification Qualification for the 2018 Paralympics was based on rankings in the 2015, 2016, and 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championships. The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the World Championships. The points are distributed as shown in the table below. The eleven countries with the most points were to qualify for the Pyeongchang Games, while the twelfth slot was reserved for the host country, South Korea. Because the South Korean team placed within the top eleven point-scorers, the twelfth slot was given to the twelfth-ranked team, Sweden.
Final rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Rankings KeyNations qualified for the Paralympic GamesHost nation (automatic qualification)
Country 2015 2016 2017Total 12 12 10 34 1 10 12 23 10 6 7 23 5 4 6 15 6 5 4 15 0 8 5 13 3 0 8 11 0 7 3 10 8 1 1 10 4 3 2 9 7 2 0 9 2 0 0 2 Notes Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship. Under an agreement between the curling federations of those three home nations, only qualification points earned by Scotland count toward the point total for Great Britain.
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip: Mark Ideson Third: Ina Forrest Second: Dennis Thiessen Lead: Marie Wright Alternate: James Anseeuw Coach: Wayne KielSkip: Wang Haitao Third: Chen Jianxin Second: Liu Wei Lead: Wang Meng Alternate: Zhang Qiang Coach: Yue QingshuangFourth: Markku Karjalainen Third: Yrjö Jääskeläinen Second: Vesa Leppänen Skip: Sari Karjalainen Alternate: Riitta Särösalo Coach: Vesa KokkoSkip: Christiane Putzich Third: Harry Pavel Second: Martin Schlitt Lead: Heike Melchior Alternate: Wolf Meissner Coach: Katja SchweizerSkip: Aileen Neilson Third: Hugh Nibloe Second: Gregor Ewan Lead: Bob McPherson Alternate: Angie Malone Coach: Sheila Swan, Kenny MoreSkip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Ole Fredrik Syversen Lead: Sissel Løchen Alternate: Rikke Iversen Coach: Peter DahlmanSkip: Konstantin Kurokhtin Third: Marat Romanov Second: Alexander Shevchenko Lead: Daria Shchukina Alternate: Andrei Meshcheriakov Coach: Anton BatuginFourth: Dušan Pitoňák Skip: Radoslav Ďuriš Second: Peter Zaťko Lead: Monika Kunkelová Alternate: Imrich Lyócsa Coach: Frantisek Pitonak, Pavol PitonakFourth: Cha Jae-goan Third: Jung Seung-won Skip: Seo Soon-seok Lead: Bang Min-ja Alternate: Lee Dong-ha Coach: Beak Jong-chul, Hwang Hyeon-junSkip: Viljo Petersson Dahl Third: Ronny Persson Second: Mats-Ola Engborg Lead: Kicki Ulander Alternate: Zandra Reppe Coach: Peter Narup, Mia BomanSkip: Felix Wagner Third: Claudia Hüttenmoser Second: Marcel Bodenmann Lead: Beatrix Blauel-Thomann Alternate: Hans Burgener Coach: Stephan PfisterSkip: Kirk Black Third: Steve Emt Second: Justin Marshall Lead: Penny Greely Alternate: Meghan Lino Coach: Rusty Schieber, Tony Colacchio
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+9).
Draw 1 Saturday, 10 March, 14:35
Draw 2 Saturday, 10 March, 19:35
Draw 3 Sunday, 11 March, 9:35
Draw 4 Sunday, 11 March, 14:35
Draw 5 Sunday, 11 March, 19:35
Draw 6 Monday, 12 March, 9:35
Draw 7 Monday, 12 March, 14:35
Draw 8 Monday, 12 March, 19:35
Draw 9 Tuesday, 13 March, 9:35
Draw 10 Tuesday, 13 March, 14:35
Draw 11 Tuesday, 13 March, 19:35
Draw 12 Wednesday, 14 March, 9:35
Draw 13 Wednesday, 14 March, 14:35
Draw 14 Wednesday, 14 March, 19:35
Draw 15 Thursday, 15 March, 9:35
Draw 16 Thursday, 15 March, 14:35
Draw 17 Thursday, 15 March, 19:35
Playoffs
Semifinals Friday, 16 March, 15:35
Bronze medal game Saturday, 17 March, 9:35
Gold medal game Saturday, 17 March, 14:35
References
External links PyeongChang Official website International Paralympic Committee PyeongChang website Official Results Book – Wheelchair Curling
2018 Paralympic Winter Games - Curlingzone