title: 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
text: # 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
  
  The 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 17 to 24 at the Sollefteå Curling Club in Sollefteå, Sweden.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  * Sweden (Host country)
  * Top seven finishers from the 2005 World Wheelchair Curling Championship (not including host):
     * Scotland
     * Denmark
     * Switzerland
     * Norway
     * Canada
     * South Korea
     * United States
  * Top teams from qualifying event:
     * Russia
     * Japan
  
  ### Qualification event
  
  Two teams outside of the top finishers, Russia and Japan, qualified from a qualifying event held in November 2007 in Inverness, Scotland.
  
  ## Teams
  
  | Canada | Denmark | Japan | Norway | Russia |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Skip: Chris Daw Third: Gerry Austgarden Second: Gary Cormack Lead: Sonja Gaudet Alternate: Ina Forrest Coach: Joe Rea | Skip: Kenneth Ørbæk Third: Sussie Pedersen Second: Jørn Kristensen Lead: Ingerlise Jensen Alternate: Bjarne Jensen Coach: Per Christensen | Skip: Yoji Nakajima Third: Katsuo Ichikawa Second: Takashi Hidai Lead: Ayako Saitoh Alternate: Seiji Uchida Coach: Kumiko Ogihara | Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Geir Arne Skogstad Second: Jostein Stordahl Lead: Lene Tystad Alternate: Trine Fissum Coach: Thoralf Hognestad | Skip: Nikolay Melnikov Third: Andrey Smirnov Second: Valeriy Chepilko Lead: Oxana Slesarenko Alternate: Victor Ershov Coach: Oleg Narinyan |
  | Scotland | South Korea | Sweden | Switzerland | United States |
  | Skip: Michael McCreadie Third: Aileen Neilson Second: James Sellar Lead: Angie Malone Alternate: James Elliott Coach: Archie Bogie | Skip: Kim Hak-sung Third: Kim Myung-jin Second: Cho Yang-hyun Lead: Kang Mi-suk Alternate: Ham Dong-hee Coach: Kim Chang-gyu | Skip: Roger Westergren Third: Kenneth Nilsson Second: Gert Erlandsson Lead: Anna Hammarlind Alternate: Kristina Ulander Coach: Mikael Löfvenius | Skip: Manfred Bolliger Third: Erwin Lauper Second: Cesare Cassani Lead: Madeleine Wildi Alternate: Claudia Tosse Coach: Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe | Skip: James Pierce Third: Augusto Perez Second: James Joseph Lead: Danelle Libby Alternate: Mark Taylor Coach: James Griebsch |
  
  ## Round-robin standings
  
  Key :
  
  * Teams to Playoffs
  * Teams to Tiebreakers
  
  | Country | Skip | W | L |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Canada | Chris Daw | 6 | 3 |
  | Scotland | Michael McCreadie | 6 | 3 |
  | Switzerland | Manfred Bolliger | 5 | 4 |
  | Norway | Rune Lorentsen | 5 | 4 |
  | Japan | Yoji Nakajima | 5 | 4 |
  | United States | James Pierce | 5 | 4 |
  | South Korea | Kim Hak-sung | 4 | 5 |
  | Russia | Nikolay Melnikov | 3 | 6 |
  | Denmark | Kenneth Ørbæk | 3 | 6 |
  | Sweden | Roger Westergren | 3 | 6 |
  
  ## Round-robin results
  
  ### Draw 1
  
  Saturday, February 17, 13:30
  
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
  | Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Russia (Melnikov) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | Scotland (McCreadie) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
  | United States (Pierce) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
  | Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
  | Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
  
  ### Draw 2
  
  Saturday, February 17, 19:30
  
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Canada (Daw) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
  | Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
  | South Korea (Kim) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Scotland (McCreadie) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | Switzerland (Bolliger) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
  | Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | United States (Pierce) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
  | Sweden (Westergren) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
  
  ### Draw 3
  
  Sunday, February 18, 13:30
  
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United States (Pierce) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
  | Russia (Melnikov) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Canada (Daw) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
  | Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
  | Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Scotland (McCreadie) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
  | Denmark (Ørbæk) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
  
  ### Draw 4
  
  Sunday, February 18, 19:30
  
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Switzerland (Bolliger) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
  | Canada (Daw) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
  | Scotland (McCreadie) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
  | Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Russia (Melnikov) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
  | Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
  | Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
  | Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  
  ### Draw 5
  
  Monday, February 19, 13:30
  
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Denmark (Ørbæk) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
  | Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
  | United States (Pierce) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
  | Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Norway (Lorentsen) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
  | Sheet D | Final |
  | Canada (Daw) | 2 |
  | Russia (Melnikov) | 9 |
  
  ### Draw 6
  
  Monday, February 19, 19:30
  
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Scotland (McCreadie) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
  | Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Sweden (Westergren) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
  | Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | United States (Pierce) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  
  ### Draw 7
  
  Tuesday, February 20, 13:30
  
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
  | Canada (Daw) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Switzerland (Bolliger) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
  | Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Russia (Melnikov) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
  | Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
  
  ### Draw 8
  
  Tuesday, February 20, 19:30
  
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
  | Canada (Daw) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Scotland (McCreadie) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
  | United States (Pierce) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 8 |
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
  | Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
  | Sweden (Westergren) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
  
  ### Draw 9
  
  Wednesday, February 21, 13:30
  
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
  | United States (Pierce) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
  | Russia (Melnikov) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
  | Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
  | Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | Scotland (McCreadie) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
  
  ### Draw 10
  
  Wednesday, February 21, 19:30
  
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Russia (Melnikov) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Denmark (Ørbæk) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | Japan (Nakajima) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
  | United States (Pierce) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | Canada (Daw) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
  | Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Switzerland (Bolliger) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
  | Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  
  ### Draw 11
  
  Thursday, February 22, 10:00
  
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | South Korea (Kim) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
  | Scotland (McCreadie) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 |
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
  | Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
  | Denmark (Ørbæk) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
  | Russia (Melnikov) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
  | Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Canada (Daw) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
  
  ### Draw 12
  
  Thursday, February 22, 15:00
  
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
  | Russia (Melnikov) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Canada (Daw) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
  | Scotland (McCreadie) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
  | United States (Pierce) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
  | South Korea (Kim) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
  
  ## Tiebreakers
  
  ### Fourth place classification
  
  The winners move on to the playoffs semifinals.
  
  Friday, February 23, 9:00
  
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
  | United States (Pierce) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | Japan (Nakajima) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
  | Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
  
  ### Eighth place classification
  
  Friday, February 23, 9:00
  
  | Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Denmark (Ørbæk) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 9 |
  | Sweden (Westergren) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 |
  
  Friday, February 23, 19:00
  
  | Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Denmark (Ørbæk) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | Russia (Melnikov) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
  
  ## Playoffs
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Scotland | 2 | | | |
  | 4 | Switzerland | 6 | | | |
  | 4 | Switzerland | 6 | Switzerland | Switzerland | 4 |
  | | | | Norway | Norway | 5 |
  | 3 | Canada | 7 | Norway | Norway | 5 |
  | 2 | Norway | 8 | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
  | | | | Scotland | Scotland | 7 |
  | | | | Canada | Canada | 4 |
  
  ### Semifinal
  
  Friday, February 24, 19:00
  
  | Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Scotland (McCreadie) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | Switzerland (Bolliger) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
  | Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | EE | Final |
  | Canada (Daw) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
  | Norway (Lorentsen) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
  
  ### Bronze medal game
  
  Saturday, February 24, 10:00
  
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Scotland (McCreadie) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
  | Canada (Daw) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
  
  ### Gold medal game
  
  Saturday, February 24, 14:00
  
  | Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Switzerland (Bolliger) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
  | Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
  
  * 2007 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
  * Norway 1st title
  