World_Wheelchair_Curling_Championship
World Wheelchair Curling Championship
International wheelchair curling event
The World Wheelchair Curling Championship is an annual world championship held to determine the world's best team in wheelchair curling. It is held every non-Paralympic year.
| World Wheelchair Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2002 |
| 2024 host city | Gangneung, South Korea |
| 2024 arena | Gangneung Curling Centre |
| 2024 champion |  Norway |
| Current edition | |
Following is a list of medalists:[1]
As of 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
 Russia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Canada | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 |  China | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  Scotland | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 |  Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Sweden | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  South Korea | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 |  Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
| Nation | 2002 | 2004 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2023 | 2024 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bulgaria | 7 | 10 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
 Canada |  |  | 6 | 4 | 4 |  | | 6 | | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | | 5 | | | 17 |
 China | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | | | | 5 | 4 | | 4 | | | | 12 |
 Czech Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | 8 | 11 | 4 |
 Denmark | 9 | 8 | | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | 5 |
 England | 6 | 4 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
 Estonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 10 | – | – | 12 | 3 |
 Finland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
 Germany | – | – | 13 | – | – | | 9 | – | – | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
 Italy | 8 | 6 | 9 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
 Japan | – | – | 13 | 5 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | 4 |
 Latvia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
 Norway | – | 12 | 5 | | | 8 | | 9 | 9 | 10 | | | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | | 16 |
 Poland | – | – | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Russia | – | 9 | 15 | 8 | 10 | – | 4 | | 5 | | | | 7 | | | – | – | 13 |
 Scotland | | | | | 7 | 9 | | 7 | 6 | 8 | – | | | 9 | 6 | | 10 | 16 |
 Slovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | – | 6 | 8 | 10 | – | 7 | 8 |
 South Korea | – | 11 | 7 | 7 | | 7 | 6 | | 10 | – | | 6 | | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
 Sweden | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | | 8 | 8 | | 9 | – | – | – | | | 4 | 4 | 14 |
 Switzerland | | | | | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 12 | – | – | 11 |
 United States | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | – | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
 Wales | – | 13 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Total teams | 9 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
The World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship is a qualifier event for the World Wheelchair Championship. From 2015 to 2018, the top 2 teams qualify for the World Championship. Starting at the 2018 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, the top 3 teams qualify.
Medallists
Following is a list of medallists for the World Wheelchair-B Championship:
For the World Curling Wheelchair Sportsmanship Award all participants are invited to nominate a fellow competitor who, in their view, has best exemplified the traditional values of skill, honesty, fair play, sportsmanship and friendship during a world championship. The award is presented at the closing ceremony. Players cannot vote for a fellow team member.[11]
The number in parentheses after the curler's first and last name indicates which of the several times he was awarded this year.
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- "World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2016 to be held in Lucerne, Switzerland". World Curling Federation. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
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- Pavlyuchik, Alina. "Russia win World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2020 title". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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- "Wheelchair Sportsmanship Award". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2023-07-10. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- The World Championship was not held in 2003, but the award of the prize is nevertheless noted in the source.