2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event

2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event

The qualification event for the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship took place from November 15-20 in Prague, Czech Republic. The event's two top finishers (Germany and China) both qualify to participate in the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship.

The two qualification spots are determined as follows: After the conclusion of the round robin, the top four teams advance to the playoffs. The playoffs follow the first and second rounds of the page playoff system. In the first round, he first seed playing the second and the third seed playing the fourth. In the final round, the loser of 1 v. 2 plays the winner of 3 vs. 4 in the Second Place Game, like in the semifinal of the page playoff system. However, unlike the page playoff system, the winner of 1 vs. 2 and the loser of 3 vs. 4 do not play. The winner of 1 vs. 2 qualifies to the worlds, while the winner of the second place game also qualifies to the worlds.

Teams

Round Robin Standings

Results

Draw 1

Saturday, November 15, 9:00

Draw 2

Saturday, November 15, 13:30

Draw 3

Sunday, November 16, 9:00

Draw 4

Sunday, November 16, 13:30

Draw 5

Sunday, November 16, 18:00

Draw 6

Monday, November 17, 9:00

Draw 7

Monday, November 17, 13:30

Draw 8

Monday, November 17, 18:00

Draw 9

Tuesday, November 18, 9:00

Draw 10

Tuesday, November 18, 13:30

Draw 11

Tuesday, November 18, 18:00

Draw 12

Wednesday, November 19, 9:00

Draw 13

Wednesday, November 19, 13:30

Playoffs

	Second Place Game					Semifinals
						1	Germany Q	6
						2	Russia	5
	2	Russia	1
	4	China Q	13
						3	Czech Republic	2
						4	China	11

1 vs. 2

Thursday, November 20, 11:30

Germany is qualified to participate in the worlds
Russia moves to Second Place Game

3 vs. 4

Thursday, November 20, 11:30

Russia advances to Second Place Game

Second Place Game

Thursday, November 20, 15:30 Loser of 1 vs. 2 plays against Winner of 3 vs. 4 for the second qualification spot.

China qualifies to participate in the worlds

External Links

• "2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Results". World Curling Federation. http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship.aspx?id=370.

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