The 2019 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2019 LGT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from 16 to 24 March at the Silkeborg Sportscenter in Silkeborg, Denmark.
Qualification The following nations qualified to participate in the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship: (host country) Two teams from the Americas zone
Six teams from the 2018 European Curling ChampionshipsAs the zone with the automatically qualifying host country and the lowest-placed team in the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship, the European zone loses two guaranteed berths.
Two teams from the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
Two teams from the 2019 World Qualification Event
Notes
Teams The teams are as follows: The Glencoe Club, Calgary Skip: Chelsea Carey Third: Sarah Wilkes Second: Dana Ferguson Lead: Rachelle Brown Alternate: Jill OfficerHarbin CC, Harbin Fourth: Wang Rui Skip: Mei Jie Second: Yao Mingyue Lead: Ma Jingyi Alternate: Zhang Lijun Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Madeleine Dupont Third: Denise Dupont Second: Julie Høgh Lead: Lina Knudsen Alternate: Gabriella QvistÅland Curling, Eckerö Skip: Oona Kauste Third: Eszter Juhász Second: Maija Salmiovirta Lead: Lotta Immonen Alternate: Marjo HippiCC Füssen, Füssen Skip: Daniela Jentsch Third: Emira Abbes Second: Klara-Hermine Fomm Lead: Analena Jentsch Alternate: Mia HöhneKaruizawa CC, Karuizawa Fourth: Ikue Kitazawa Third: Chiaki Matsumura Skip: Seina Nakajima Lead: Hasumi Ishigooka Alternate: Emi ShimizuChuncheon CC, Chuncheon Skip: Kim Min-ji Third: Kim Hye-rin Second: Yang Tae-i Lead: Kim Su-jinJelgavas KK, Jelgava Skip: Iveta Staša-Šaršūne Third: Santa Blumberga Second: Ieva Krusta Lead: Evelīna Barone Alternate: Tīna SiliņaAdamant CC, Saint Petersburg Skip: Alina Kovaleva Third: Anastasia Bryzgalova Second: Galina Arsenkina Lead: Ekaterina Kuzmina Alternate: Uliana VasilyevaDumfries Curling, Dumfries Skip: Sophie Jackson Third: Naomi Brown Second: Mili Smith Lead: Sophie Sinclair Alternate: Lauren GraySundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg Skip: Anna Hasselborg Third: Sara McManus Second: Agnes Knochenhauer Lead: Sofia Mabergs Alternate: Johanna Heldin CC Aarau, Aarau Fourth: Alina Pätz Skip: Silvana Tirinzoni Second: Esther Neuenschwander Lead: Melanie Barbezat Alternate: Marisa WinkelhausenFour Seasons CC, Blaine Skip: Jamie Sinclair Third: Sarah Anderson Second: Taylor Anderson Lead: Monica Walker Alternate: Vicky Persinger Notes Team Scotland's alternate Lauren Gray threw skip stones during Draws 4, 5, 7 and 8 as their skip Sophie Jackson had a back and knee injury.
WCT ranking Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.CurlingZone
Nation (Skip) Rank Points (Hasselborg) 2 414.259 (Tirinzoni) 4 382.473 (Carey) 6 307.215 (Kovaleva) 11 218.129 (Kim) 14 200.786 (Nakajima) 26 147.937 (Jentsch) 28 134.55 (Mei) 34 123.048 (Sinclair) 36 118.046 (Jackson) 65 59.901 (Kauste) 84 48.474 (Staša-Šaršūne) 134 18.751 (Dupont) 152 14.526
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to playoffs CountrySkipWL Anna Hasselborg 11 1 – 92 60 50 41 7 11 85% 22.30 Kim Min-ji 9 3 1–0 89 74 52 49 5 15 78% 57.45 Alina Kovaleva 9 3 0–1 91 74 55 44 6 13 83% 35.55 Silvana Tirinzoni 8 4 – 84 71 49 46 8 15 81% 38.22 Mei Jie 7 5 – 95 78 49 48 9 9 80% 41.20 Seina Nakajima 6 6 2–0 81 77 48 52 3 10 79% 43.87 Jamie Sinclair 6 6 1–1 88 85 53 53 4 16 76% 50.91 ^ Chelsea Carey 6 6 0–2 73 81 44 51 11 7 81% 34.95 Daniela Jentsch 5 7 – 83 90 51 49 5 10 73% 62.05 Sophie Jackson 4 8 – 69 87 45 49 12 8 79% 35.64 Madeleine Dupont 3 9 1–0 67 85 48 51 4 12 76% 64.18 Oona Kauste 3 9 0–1 68 90 45 52 7 10 73% 57.01 Iveta Staša-Šaršūne 1 11 – 70 98 50 54 3 10 73% 51.13 ^ This was the first time the Canadian women's team failed to reach the playoffs at the World Championships in twenty years.
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Central European Standard Time (UTC+1:00).
Draw 1 Saturday, 16 March, 14:00
Draw 2 Saturday, 16 March, 19:30
^Finland ran out of time, and therefore forfeited the match.
Draw 3 Sunday, 17 March, 09:00
Draw 4 Sunday, 17 March, 14:00
Draw 5 Sunday, 17 March, 19:00
Draw 6 Monday, 18 March, 09:00
Draw 7 Monday, 18 March, 14:00
Draw 8 Monday, 18 March, 19:00
Draw 9 Tuesday, 19 March, 09:00
Draw 10 Tuesday, 19 March, 14:00
Draw 11 Tuesday, 19 March, 19:00
Draw 12 Wednesday, 20 March, 09:00
Draw 13 Wednesday, 20 March, 14:00
Draw 14 Wednesday, 20 March, 19:00
Draw 15 Thursday, 21 March, 09:00
Draw 16 Thursday, 21 March, 14:00
Draw 17 Thursday, 21 March, 19:00
Draw 18 Friday, 22 March, 09:00
^Highest-scoring end of the event.
Draw 19 Friday, 22 March, 14:00
^U.S. skip Jamie Sinclair was unable to play in this draw due to an injury sustained when she fell at the conclusion of her team's game earlier that day. Vice-skip Sarah Anderson moved-up to skip and alternate Vicky Persinger played vice. Anderson's twin sister Taylor played her usual position of second as did lead Monica Walker.
Draw 20 Friday, 22 March, 19:00
Playoffs
Qualification games Saturday, 23 March, 9:00
Semifinal 1 Saturday, 23 March, 14:00
Semifinal 2 Saturday, 23 March, 19:00
Bronze medal game Sunday, 24 March, 10:00
Final Sunday, 24 March, 16:00
Final standings KeyZone loses one guaranteed berth in 2020 World Championship PlaceTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages Final round robin percentages; minimum 9 games Leads % Sofia Mabergs 88 Melanie Barbezat 86 Sophie Sinclair 86 Ekaterina Kuzmina 84 Ma Jingyi 84 Monica Walker 84 Seconds % Galina Arsenkina 86 Agnes Knochenhauer 86 Dana Ferguson 82 Seina Nakajima (skip) 82 Esther Neuenschwander 82 Thirds % Sara McManus 87 Sarah Wilkes 83 Anastasia Bryzgalova 82 Mei Jie (skip) 82 Chiaki Matsumura 80 Silvana Tirinzoni (skip) 80 Skips % Anna Hasselborg 80 Alina Kovaleva 78 Daniela Jentsch 77 Kim Min-ji 76 Chelsea Carey 75 Alina Pätz (Fourth) 75 Wang Rui (Fourth) 75
Awards The awards and all-star team are as follows:
All-Star Team Skip: Anna Hasselborg, Sweden Third: Sara McManus, Sweden Second: Galina Arsenkina, Russia Lead: Sofia Mabergs, Sweden
Frances Brodie Sportsmanship Award Wang Rui, China
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