2009 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2009 World Women's Curling Championship was held in Gangneung, South Korea from March 21 to 29.
China, skipped by Wang Bingyu won its first World Women's Championship, and the first for an Asian team, defeating Sweden's Anette Norberg rink in the final, 8–6. China scored the game's first deuce in the fourth end when Wang made a hit and role to take a 3–1 lead. Sweden was forced to a single in the fifth after Norberg made a hit and roll to the four-foot. China scored another two points in the sixth, which was followed up by a Swedish deuce in seven, thanks to Wang wrecking on her last, and Norberg drawing for the second point. China took a 7–4 lead after eight after Wang made a hit and stick for two, followed up by a Norberg draw for two in the 9th. In the final end, with Sweden down 7–6, Norberg drew to the four foot to lie two on her final shot. China had hammer though, and on her last rock, Wang made a double takeout on the two Swedish rocks to win the game. After to losing to Canada in the round robin, China won 12 straight games en route to the championship. There were over 1,500 spectators in attendance for the final.
Denmark won the bronze medal, defeating Canada 7–6 in the third place match.
Qualification
- Top 8 finishers from the 2008 European Curling Championships:
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Round robin results
''All times local ''Draw 1
''March 21, 2009''Draw 2
''March 21, 2009''Draw 3
''March 22, 2009''Draw 4
''March 22, 2009''Draw 5
''March 22, 2009''Draw 6
''March 23, 2009''Draw 7
''March 23, 2009''Draw 8
''March 23, 2009''Draw 9
''March 24, 2009''Draw 10
''March 24, 2009''Draw 11
''March 24, 2009''Draw 12
''March 25, 2009''Draw 13
''March 25, 2009''Draw 14
''March 25, 2009''Draw 15
''March 26, 2009 1000''Draw 16
''March 26, 2009 1500''Draw 17
''March 26, 2009 2000''Playoffs
1 vs. 2
''March 27, 2009 2000''3 vs. 4
''March 28, 2009 1400''Semifinal
''March 28, 2009 1900''Bronze medal game
''March 29, 2009 1000''Gold medal game
''March 29, 2009 1500''Player percentages
Top five percentages per position during the round robin.| Leads | % | Seconds | % | Thirds | % | Skips | % |
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