Wheelchair curling at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Wheelchair curling
at the XI Paralympic Winter Games
Wheelchair curling; at the XI Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Ice Cube Curling Center
Dates	8–15 March 2014
Competitors	50 from 10 nations
Medalists
	←2010 2018→

Last updated March 11, 2023

Wheelchair curling at the Ice Cube Curling Center, during the 2014 Winter Paralympics CurlingParalympicsSochi2014.jpg — Wheelchair curling at the Ice Cube Curling Center, during the 2014 Winter Paralympics

The wheelchair curling competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held from 8 to 15 March 2014 at the Ice Cube Curling Center in Sochi, Russia. Ten mixed teams competed.

Qualification

Qualification for the 2014 Paralympics was based on rankings in the 2011, 2012, and 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championships.^[1] 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 nine countries with the most points were to qualify for the Sochi Games, while the tenth slot was reserved for the host country, Russia. Because the Russian team placed within the top nine point-scorers, the tenth slot was given to the tenth-ranked team, Finland.

Final rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Standings

Key
	Nations qualified for the Paralympic Games
	Host nation (automatic qualification)

Country	2011	2012	2013	Total
Canada	12	4	12	28
Russia	7	12	6	25
China	6	8	8	22
Sweden	3	5	10	18
Great Britain ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	10	3	5	18
United States	4	6	7	17
South Korea	5	10	2	17
Slovakia	0	7	4	11
Norway	8	2	1	11
Finland	0	0	3	3
Germany	2	0	0	2
Italy	0	1	0	1
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1

↑ 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.

Medal table

* Host nation (Russia)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
2	Russia (RUS)*	0	1	0	1
3	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]^[3]

Canada ^[4]	China	Finland	Great Britain ^[5]	Norway
Skip: Jim Armstrong Third: Dennis Thiessen Second: Ina Forrest Lead: Sonja Gaudet Alternate: Mark Ideson Coach: Joe Rea	Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Zhang Qiang Second: Liu Wei Lead: Xu Guangqin Alternate: He Jun Coach: Li Jianrui	Skip: Markku Karjalainen Third: Sari Karjalainen Second: Vesa Hellman Lead: Tuomo Aarnikka Alternate: Mina Mojtahedi Coach: Osku Kuutamo	Skip: Aileen Neilson Third: Gregor Ewan Second: Bob McPherson Lead: Jim Gault Alternate: Angie Malone Coach: Tony Zummack	Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Anne Mette Samdal Lead: Terje Rafdal Alternate: Sissel Løchen Coach: Ole Ingvaldsen
Russia	Slovakia	South Korea	Sweden ^[6]	United States ^[7]
Skip: Andrei Smirnov Third: Alexander Shevchenko Second: Svetlana Pakhomova Lead: Marat Romanov Alternate: Oksana Slesarenko Coach: Anton Batugin	Skip: Radoslav Ďuriš Third: Branislav Jakubec Second: Dusan Pitoňák Lead: Monika Kunkelová Alternate: Alena Kánová Coach: Frantisek Pitonak	Skip: Kim Myung-jin Third: Kim Jong-pan Second: Seo Soon-seok Lead: Kang Mi-suk Alternate: Yun Hee-keong Coach: Ahn Jae-sung	Skip: Jalle Jungnell Third: Glenn Ikonen Second: Patrik Kallin Lead: Kristina Ulander Alternate: Zandra Reppe Coach: Mats Mabergs	Skip: Patrick McDonald Third: David Palmer Second: Jimmy Joseph Lead: Penny Greely Alternate: Meghan Lino Coach: Steve Brown

Round-robin standings

Final round robin standings
Team	Skip	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Qualification
Russia	Andrei Smirnov	9	8	1	60	38	Playoffs
Canada	Jim Armstrong	9	7	2	66	42
China	Wang Haitao	9	5	4	54	45
Great Britain	Aileen Neilson	9	5	4	53	56
United States	Patrick McDonald	9	4	5	56	52
Slovakia	Radoslav Ďuriš	9	4	5	47	68
Sweden	Jalle Jungnell	9	4	5	59	49
Norway	Rune Lorentsen	9	3	6	47	62
South Korea	Kim Myung-jin	9	3	6	41	74
Finland	Markku Karjalainen	9	2	7	61	58

Source: ^[8]

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Moscow Time (UTC+4).^[9]

Draw 1

Saturday, March 8, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	5
China (Wang)	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	2	3	1	4	X	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	6
Great Britain (Neilson)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	6
United States (McDonald)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	4

Draw 2

Saturday, March 8, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	7
Finland (Karjalainen)	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	5
Russia (Smirnov)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	X	5
South Korea (Kim)	3	0	3	0	2	0	1	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	3
China (Wang)	2	0	3	1	0	0	1	X	7

Draw 3

Sunday, March 9, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	8
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4
Great Britain (Neilson)	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	3
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Russia (Smirnov)	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	X	7

Draw 4

Sunday, March 9, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	7
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	6
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	2	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Neilson)	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	X	8
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	X	4

Draw 5

Monday, March 10, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	5
Russia (Smirnov)	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Canada (Armstrong)	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	6
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	X	8
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	X	4

Draw 6

Monday, March 10, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
Great Britain (Neilson)	0	2	1	2	1	4	2	X	12

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
China (Wang)	0	3	1	0	3	1	3	X	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	6
United States (McDonald)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	8

Draw 7

Tuesday, March 11, 9:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	1	2	0	0	4	0	X	7
Sweden (Jungnell)	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Neilson)	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	4
Finland (Karjalainen)	1	4	0	3	5	0	0	X	13

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	X	7
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	X	4

Draw 8

Tuesday, March 11, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	5
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	3
Great Britain (Neilson)	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	2	2	0	0	1	0	4	X	9
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	1	0	1	3	0	1	1	0	7
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	6

Draw 9

Wednesday, March 12, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	4
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	3	2	0	1	2	0	3	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	0	3	2	0	1	0	4	X	10
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	1	1	1	1	0	2	4	X	10
China (Wang)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	2	2	0	2	0	5	X	11
Great Britain (Neilson)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

Draw 10

Wednesday, March 12, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	3
United States (McDonald)	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	2	0	2	0	0	3	1	X	8
Finland (Karjalainen)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5
Russia (Smirnov)	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	6

Draw 11

Thursday, March 13, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Great Britain (Neilson)	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	1	8
United States (McDonald)	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0
Canada (Armstrong)	3	4	2	3	2	2	X	X	16

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	2	1	1	2	3	0	2	X	11
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1

Draw 12

Thursday, March 13, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Neilson)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	3
China (Wang)	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Ďuriš)	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4
Russia (Smirnov)	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	3
Sweden (Jungnell)	3	0	5	1	2	0	2	X	13

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Karjalainen)	2	5	1	1	3	0	X	X	12
Canada (Armstrong)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Playoffs

Semifinals			Gold medal game

1	Russia	13

4	Great Britain	4
			1	Russia	3

			2	Canada	8
2	Canada	5

3	China	4	Bronze medal game


			4	Great Britain	7

			3	China	3

Semifinals

Saturday, March 15, 9:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	1	3	0	7	1	0	1	X	13
Great Britain (Neilson)	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Armstrong)	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	5
China (Wang)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	4

Bronze medal game

Saturday, March 15, 15:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Neilson)	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	X	7
China (Wang)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	3

Gold medal game

Saturday, March 15, 15:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	3
Canada (Armstrong)	0	1	1	2	1	3	0	X	8

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[2] 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.

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[3] "Paralympic Winter Games 2014 – Team Entry List". World Curling Federation. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2 March 2014.

[4] Teams - XI. Paralympic Winter Games 2014 - World Curling Federation

[5] "Canadian team nominated for Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games". World Curling Federation. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

[6] "Malone completes line-up for Paralympics GB Wheelchair Curling team". World Curling Federation. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

[7] "Sweden names Sochi wheelchair curling team". International Paralympic Committee. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.

[8] "Five athletes nominated to Team USA for 2014 Paralympic Winter Games". World Curling Federation. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

[9] Round robin standings

[10] "2014 Paralympic Winter Games – Schedule of Play". World Curling Federation . Retrieved 12 January 2014.

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