2023 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship


The 2023 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship was held from November 5 to 10 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland. The top three placing teams qualified for the 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Gangneung, South Korea.
The Japanese team, skipped by Hiroshi Wachi, were forced to forfeit five games as they only had three players fit to play.

Teams

The teams are as follows:

Skip: Jerónimo Gabriel
Third: Gláuber Santos
Second: Yezza Sousa
Lead: Vilma Miranda
Alternate: Cláudio Magalhães
Coach: Tatiani Tamy Garcia

Skip: Kenneth Ørbæk
Third: Helle Schmidt
Second: Niels Nielsen
Lead: Thomas Pedersen

Skip: Stewart Pimblett
Third: Jason Kean
Second: Karen Aspey
Lead: Julian Mattison
Alternate: George Potts

Skip: Andrei Koitmäe
Third: Ain Villau
Second: Mait Mätas
Lead: Katlin Riidebach
Alternate: Signe Falkenberg

Skip: Juha Rajala
Third: Harri Tuomaala
Second: Yrjö Jääskeläinen
Lead: Valeriina Silas
Alternate: Tiia Tallgreen

Skip: Egidio Marchese
Third: Fabrizio Bich
Second: Matteo Ronzani
Lead: Orietta Berto
Alternate: Angela Menardi

Skip: Hiroshi Wachi
Third: Shuichi Iljima
Second: Ayako Saito
Lead: Hiroaki Osaki
Alternate: Yoshiko Iwasawa

Skip: Michał Daszkowski
Third: Łukasz Waszek
Second: Mariusz Włodarski
Lead: Joanna Kozakiewicz
Alternate: Monika Bodych

Skip: Peter Zaťko
Third: Radoslav Ďuriš
Second: Dušan Pitoňák
Lead: Monika Kunkelová
Alternate: Adrian Durcek

Skip: Anna Rodríguez
Third: Ángel Gómez
Second: Bertrand Tramont
Lead: Nathalie Noireau
Alternate: Miguel García

Skip: Laurent Kneubühl
Third: Marcel Bodenmann
Second: Eric Décorvet
Lead: Beatrix Blauel
Alternate: Stephanie Combremont

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings
CountrySkip
Andrei Koitmäe822–072523632114146.67
Egidio Marchese821–177453626014114.62
Peter Zaťko820–270404025122116.27
Michał Daszkowski7377604231020152.26
Juha Rajala641–072464234121105.27
Laurent Kneubühl640–174553936217120.80
Stewart Pimblett461–074593931019134.12
Kenneth Ørbæk460–162703634018133.43
Jerónimo Gabriel283184224115152.56
Anna Rodríguez191–02684194404133.83
Hiroshi Wachi190–194882502157.64

Pos.CountryRecord
92–8
84–6
74–6
18–2
56–4
28–2
111–9
47–3
38–2
101–9
66–4

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern European Summer Time.

Draw 1

''Sunday, November 5, 9:30''

Draw 2

''Sunday, November 5, 14:00''

Draw 3

''Sunday, November 5, 18:30''

Draw 4

''Monday, November 6, 9:30''

Draw 5

''Monday, November 6, 14:00''

Draw 6

''Monday, November 6, 18:30''

Draw 7

''Tuesday, November 7, 9:30''

Draw 8

''Tuesday, November 7, 14:00''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, November 7, 18:30''

Draw 10

''Wednesday, November 8, 9:30''

Draw 11

''Wednesday, November 8, 14:00''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, November 8, 18:30''

Draw 13

''Thursday, November 9, 9:30''

Draw 14

''Thursday, November 9, 14:00''

Draw 15

''Thursday, November 9, 18:30''

Playoffs

Semifinals

''Friday, November 10, 9:30''

Bronze medal game

''Friday, November 10, 16:00''

Gold medal game

''Friday, November 10, 16:00''

Final standings