2016 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2016 World Women's Curling Championship was held from March 19 to 27 at the Credit Union iPlex in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
Team Switzerland won the championship 9–6 over Team Japan. The playoffs made history for Team Japan, which had never made the final before.
Switzerland's win makes this their country's 6th Women's World Championship gold medal, 3rd gold medal in a row, and 4th gold medal in the last 5 years.
Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship:- One team from the Americas zone
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- Eight teams from the 2015 European Curling Championships
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- Two teams from the 2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
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Teams
WCT ranking
World Curling Tour Order of Merit ranking of national teamsRound robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings| Locale | Skip | W | L | PF | PA | Ends Won | Ends Lost | Blank Ends | Stolen Ends | Shot Pct. |
| Binia Feltscher | 9 | 2 | 69 | 55 | 44 | 41 | 21 | 10 | 84% | |
| Satsuki Fujisawa | 9 | 2 | 81 | 48 | 45 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 87% | |
| Anna Sidorova | 8 | 3 | 71 | 47 | 45 | 34 | 18 | 15 | 82% | |
| Chelsea Carey | 8 | 3 | 74 | 56 | 44 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 84% | |
| Eve Muirhead | 7 | 4 | 71 | 61 | 46 | 40 | 13 | 13 | 85% | |
| Erika Brown | 6 | 5 | 64 | 58 | 45 | 40 | 20 | 8 | 84% | |
| Kim Ji-sun | 5 | 6 | 66 | 75 | 40 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 82% | |
| Lene Nielsen | 5 | 6 | 68 | 73 | 43 | 47 | 14 | 9 | 81% | |
| Margaretha Sigfridsson | 4 | 7 | 66 | 68 | 44 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 81% | |
| Daniela Driendl | 3 | 8 | 40 | 59 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 79% | |
| Oona Kauste | 1 | 10 | 44 | 60 | 28 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 75% | |
| Federica Apollonio | 1 | 10 | 36 | 57 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 77% |