The event was originally awarded to Schaffhausen, Switzerland. In February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local authorities withdrew permission to host the event. On 5 March 2021, the championship was moved to Calgary. The event was held in a centralized "bubble" at Canada Olympic Park, which also hosted the men's world championship, as well as all major Curling Canada championships leading up to the Worlds. All events were held behind closed doors with no spectators.[2][3]
Silvana Tirinzoni and her Swiss team defended their title, from 2019 since the 2020 Championship was cancelled, when they defeated Russian Alina Kovaleva (representing "RCF") in the final, 4–2. [4] During the round-robin against Denmark, the Swiss champions recorded the first eight-ender in World Curling Championship history.[5][6] The United States, skipped by Tabitha Peterson won the bronze medal, defeating the defending Olympic champion Anna Hasselborg rink from Sweden 9–5 in the bronze medal game.[7]
Summary
The World Women's Curling Championship is the first event of the qualification process for curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing; the National Olympic Committees representing the teams who finish in the top six will qualify directly to the Olympic tournament. The remaining teams that had qualified for the 2020 or 2021 World Women's Curling Championship, and have not yet qualified for the Olympics, will compete in the Olympic Qualification Event in December 2021 for the remaining three spots. If the team representing China (who already qualified as host nation) finishes in the top six, the sixth direct qualification spot from the world championship will be held over to the Olympic Qualification Event.[8]
During Draw 9 on Sunday, 2 May, Team Switzerland, skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni, scored a rare eight-ender (in which all eight of the team's rocks ended up scoring) in the seventh end of their game against Denmark's Madeleine Dupont.[9] Already sitting seven, Swiss fourth Alina Pätz just needed a draw to the full twelve–foot or better for the eighth point.[10] Denmark immediately conceded, with the final score of the match being 13–4. It was the first eight-ender scored in World Curling Championships history (men or women).[6]
Switzerland and RCF were the top two teams after the round robin, finishing with 12–1 and 11–2 records, respectively. After the round robin, Switzerland defeated the United States 7–3, and RCF defeated Sweden 8–7 to get to the final.[7]
The United States, skipped by Tabitha Peterson won the bronze medal, defeating the defending Olympic champion Anna Hasselborg rink from Sweden 9–5 in the bronze medal game. The Americans took control of the game after scoring five points in the seventh end.[11] It was the first medal for the U.S. since 2006.[7]
Silvana Tirinzoni and her Swiss team defended their title, from 2019 since the 2020 Championship was cancelled, when they defeated Russian Alina Kovaleva (representing "RCF") in the final, 4–2. In the final, RCF started the game off well without hammer, forcing Switzerland to a single point in the first end, as Switzerland faced two RCF rocks on their last stone, and chose a hit and stick to score one. After blanking the second end, Kovaleva missed a draw for two in the third end, settling for one point, and tying the game. Switzerland took a 3–1 lead in the fourth end after their last thrower, Alina Pätz made a double take-out for two points. RCF then blanked the next three ends, before being forced to a single point in the eighth, with Kovaleva making a tap-up against several Swiss rocks. Switzerland then blanked the ninth end to retain last rock advantage in the 10th and final end.[12] They did not need to throw their last however, as Switzerland won the game after Kovaleva came up short on her final shot in the 10th end, a freeze attempt on a Swiss shot rock.[11] Tirinzoni is only the fifth skip, and first Swiss, to win back-to-back Women's Championships. Switzerland has won six of the last nine Women's Championships.[13] The cancelling of the 2020 World Championships allowed Team Tirinzoni to win back to back World Championships, as they had lost the 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship to Elena Stern, thus not qualifying for Worlds that year.[7]
Switzerland's fourth stone thrower Alina Pätz won the Frances Brodie Award for sportsmanship.[7]
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Re-location to Calgary
The event was originally scheduled to be held 20–28 March 2021 at the Curlinghalle Schaffhausen[14] in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.[15] On 8 February 2021 the World Curling Federation (WCF) announced that the tournament had been cancelled, as permission to host an international sporting event had been withdrawn by local health authorities due to concerns surrounding SARS-CoV-2 variants.[16]
On 1 March 2021, it was reported that Curling Canada had made a proposal to re-locate the event to Calgary, Alberta, using the same "bubble" that has been established for the World Men's Championship and all other major national championships this season.[17] On 5 March, the WCF officially announced that the World Women's Championship would be re-located to Calgary, and rescheduled to 30 April—9 May 2021.[18]
Positive tests, suspension of television coverage
Prior to the competition, two members of the German team tested positive for COVID-19. The team was barred from the first day of practice, 28 April.[19] On 29 April, the WCF announced that the three remaining players on the German team would be allowed to continue to represent their country as a three-player team.[20]
On 2 May, several members of the host broadcast crew of the event tested positive for COVID-19, which resulted in the postponement of the morning draw in order to allow additional testing of players and staff. None of the players were among those who tested positive,[21] while the broadcast staff had been based out of a different hotel than players.[22] Play resumed with the afternoon session, but all television broadcasts from the tournament were suspended through at least the morning session on 7 May.[21][23] The postponed matches were rescheduled to the evening session of 7 May.[24] Due to further positive tests among members of the host broadcasting crew, World Curling extended the suspension of broadcasting through the afternoon of 7 May, with the hope that television broadcasting would resume in time for the playoff rounds.[22] Television coverage ultimately resumed on the morning of May 7 with Alberta Health approving a proposal which minimal staff involvement for the remaining three days of the event.[25]
Qualification
14 curling federations qualified to participate in the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship.[26][27] This was the first World Women's Championship appearance for Estonia, who was represented by skip Marie Turmann.[28] Pursuant to a December 2020 ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport due to the Russian doping scandal, Russia is prohibited from competing under its flag or any national symbols at any Olympic Games or world championships through 16 December 2022, and therefore competed neutrally.[29] The team is therefore representing the Russian Curling Federation (RCF).[30]
Means of Qualification
Vacancies
Qualified
Planned Host Nation
1
Switzerland
Americas
2
Canada United States
Europe
7
Sweden Scotland RCF Germany Czech Republic Denmark Estonia
Pacific-Asia
2
China Japan
World Rankings
1
South Korea
2020 World Qualification Event[27]
1
Italy
TOTAL
14
World Ranking
The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.[31]
Year to date World Curling Federation order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event. Rankings based on the 2019–20 season.[47]
Nation (Skip)
Rank
Points
Sweden (Hasselborg)
1
467.461
Canada (Einarson)
2
420.070
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
7
331.193
Scotland (Muirhead)
9
283.984
United States (Peterson)
10
245.428
RCF (Kovaleva)
12
237.658
South Korea (Kim)
14
216.662
Japan (Yoshimura)
15
202.510
China (Han)
26
149.539
Germany (Jentsch)
30
135.678
Italy (Constantini)
76
46.404
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
79
45.753
Estonia (Turmann)
98
32.190
Denmark (Dupont)
NR
0.000
Round robin standings
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country
Skip
W
L
W–L
PF
PA
EW
EL
BE
SE
S%
DSC
Switzerland
Silvana Tirinzoni
12
1
–
112
56
54
41
10
12
87%
19.47
RCF
Alina Kovaleva
11
2
–
98
77
64
49
6
17
83%
24.88
Sweden
Anna Hasselborg
10
3
–
95
62
56
45
10
14
84%
42.86
Denmark
Madeleine Dupont
8
5
–
91
90
58
50
2
16
77%
48.31
United States
Tabitha Peterson
7
6
2–0
86
80
55
53
7
13
80%
38.40
Canada
Kerri Einarson
7
6
1–1
89
73
57
48
6
20
82%
39.50
South Korea
Kim Eun-jung
7
6
0–2
85
88
52
59
10
7
78%
24.18
Scotland
Eve Muirhead
6
7
1–1
88
89
62
55
4
16
81%
55.39
Germany
Daniela Jentsch
6
7
1–1
82
94
52
58
8
8
77%
58.78
China
Han Yu
6
7
1–1
68
79
44
54
4
6
79%
59.06
Japan
Sayaka Yoshimura
5
8
–
85
81
57
55
6
12
81%
51.74
Czech Republic
Anna Kubešková
3
10
–
57
97
40
60
6
6
75%
72.72
Italy
Stefania Constantini
2
11
–
70
100
52
54
6
13
74%
63.07
Estonia
Marie Turmann
1
12
–
71
111
46
68
7
6
71%
55.17
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.
Country
Record
6
Canada
—
6–4
9–2
10–8
10–4
2–6
10–4
5–7
7–8
6–5
8–4
5–6
5–8
6–7
7–6
10
China
4–6
—
7–2
5–14
10–3
5–7
6–4
5–2
4–8
7–6
1–7
7–5
4–9
3–6
6–7
12
Czech Republic
2–9
2–7
—
5–6
8–7
8–9
7–5
2–9
7–5
5–6
4–7
3–7
1–9
3–11
3–10
4
Denmark
8–10
14–5
6–5
—
9–6
7–6
9–5
4–9
5–7
9–5
6–4
3–9
4–13
7–6
8–5
14
Estonia
4–10
3–10
7–8
6–9
—
11–9
5–11
6–9
6–8
5–8
6–8
4–7
5–9
3–5
1–12
9
Germany
6–2
7–5
9–8
6–7
9–11
—
6–10
7–6
4–8
6–7
10–9
1–6
3–8
8–7
6–7
13
Italy
4–10
4–6
5–7
5–9
11–5
10–6
—
2–8
5–8
6–9
6–7
5–9
2–9
5–7
2–11
11
Japan
7–5
2–5
9–2
9–4
9–6
6–7
8–2
—
5–6
5–10
8–9
5–7
5–10
7–8
5–8
2
RCF
8–7
8–4
5–7
7–5
8–6
8–4
8–5
6–5
—
9–8
8–7
10–8
6–8
7–3
11–2
8
Scotland
5–6
6–7
6–5
5–9
8–5
7–6
9–6
10–5
8–9
—
4–8
4–7
6–10
10–6
6–7
7
South Korea
4–8
7–1
7–4
4–6
8–6
9–10
7–6
9–8
7–8
8–4
—
8–6
2–10
5–11
7–6
3
Sweden
6–5
5–7
7–3
9–3
7–4
6–1
9–5
7–5
8–10
7–4
6–8
—
8–3
10–4
10–3
1
Switzerland
8–5
9–4
9–1
13–4
9–5
8–3
9–2
10–5
8–6
10–6
10–2
3–8
—
6–5
12–1
5
United States
7–6
6–3
11–3
6–7
5–3
7–8
7–5
8–7
3–7
6–10
11–5
4–10
5–6
—
7–6
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00).[48]
Draw 1
Friday, 30 April, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
2
3
X
10
South Korea (Kim)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Constantini)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
5
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Kovaleva)
2
0
2
0
0
3
1
0
X
X
8
Germany (Jentsch)
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
X
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Peterson)
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
6
Scotland (Muirhead)
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
3
10
Draw 2
Friday, 30 April, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Dupont)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
4
Japan (Yoshimura)
1
0
1
0
4
0
1
0
2
X
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Einarson)
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
5
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Estonia (Turmann)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
3
China (Han)
2
0
3
0
0
3
0
2
X
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Constantini)
0
0
0
1
0
1
X
X
X
X
2
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
0
3
1
0
5
0
X
X
X
X
9
Draw 3
Friday, 30 April, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Jentsch)
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
2
0
8
United States (Peterson)
1
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Yoshimura)
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
X
5
Scotland (Muirhead)
1
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
3
X
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Einarson)
0
3
0
3
1
0
2
X
X
X
9
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Kim)
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
7
RCF (Kovaleva)
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
3
8
Draw 4
Saturday, 1 May, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
X
7
Estonia (Turmann)
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Han)
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
X
X
X
5
Denmark (Dupont)
1
1
0
4
3
0
5
X
X
X
14
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Peterson)
0
3
0
0
1
3
0
2
2
X
11
South Korea (Kim)
0
0
1
2
0
0
2
0
0
X
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
7
Germany (Jentsch)
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
6
Draw 5
Saturday, 1 May, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Einarson)
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
X
5
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
3
2
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Kovaleva)
1
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
1
X
8
Italy (Constantini)
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Dupont)
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
3
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
4
X
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
1
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
8
Estonia (Turmann)
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
2
0
7
Draw 6
Saturday, 1 May, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Yoshimura)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
2
China (Han)
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
X
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Kim)
0
3
0
3
1
0
1
0
1
0
9
Germany (Jentsch)
3
0
1
0
0
2
0
3
0
1
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Kovaleva)
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
3
0
1
8
Canada (Einarson)
3
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Peterson)
1
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
1
X
7
Italy (Constantini)
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
X
5
Draw 8
Sunday, 2 May, 2:30 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Kim)
0
2
1
0
3
0
1
0
1
X
8
Scotland (Muirhead)
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Peterson)
1
0
1
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
7
Canada (Einarson)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Jentsch)
0
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
X
6
Italy (Constantini)
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
5
2
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Estonia (Turmann)
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
6
RCF (Kovaleva)
1
1
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
1
8
Draw 9
Sunday, 2 May, 7:30 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Han)
1
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
X
7
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
X
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Kim)
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
7
Italy (Constantini)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
2
Japan (Yoshimura)
1
0
1
4
0
2
1
X
X
X
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
2
0
0
2
1
0
8^
X
X
X
13
Denmark (Dupont)
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
X
X
X
4
^First Eight-ender scored in World Curling Championships history.
Draw 10
Monday, 3 May, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Estonia (Turmann)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
3
United States (Peterson)
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
1
0
2
2
0
1
1
0
3
X
10
Japan (Yoshimura)
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
X
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
1
X
7
Scotland (Muirhead)
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Jentsch)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
2
X
6
Canada (Einarson)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
2
Draw 11
Monday, 3 May, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Constantini)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
X
6
Scotland (Muirhead)
2
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
1
X
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Dupont)
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
RCF (Kovaleva)
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Einarson)
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
2
1
X
8
South Korea (Kim)
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Han)
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
X
7
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
X
2
Draw 12
Monday, 3 May, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
7
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Germany (Jentsch)
2
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
9
Estonia (Turmann)
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
2
2
11
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Han)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
X
X
4
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
1
0
2
0
3
0
2
1
X
X
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Dupont)
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
1
7
United States (Peterson)
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
6
Draw 13
Tuesday, 4 May, 9:30 am[49]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Estonia (Turmann)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
X
6
South Korea (Kim)
1
0
3
0
2
0
2
0
0
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Constantini)
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
X
4
Canada (Einarson)
0
3
1
0
1
0
2
0
3
X
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Yoshimura)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
5
RCF (Kovaleva)
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
X
X
3
Sweden (Hasselborg)
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
4
X
X
8
Draw 14
Tuesday, 4 May, 2:30 pm[49]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Dupont)
0
1
0
1
2
0
2
0
1
0
7
Germany (Jentsch)
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Japan (Yoshimura)
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
7
United States (Peterson)
0
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
6
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Kovaleva)
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
1
X
8
China (Han)
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
X
4
Draw 15
Tuesday, 4 May, 7:30 pm[49]
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
5
Canada (Einarson)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
X
X
1
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
0
0
2
4
3
0
X
X
X
X
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Han)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
X
3
United States (Peterson)
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
X
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Estonia (Turmann)
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
X
5
Italy (Constantini)
1
0
2
2
1
0
1
1
3
X
11
Draw 16
Wednesday, 5 May, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Kovaleva)
1
2
0
0
5
0
2
0
0
X
10
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
0
2
1
0
4
0
1
0
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Estonia (Turmann)
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
X
4
Canada (Einarson)
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
4
X
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
Japan (Yoshimura)
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
6
Germany (Jentsch)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
1
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Dupont)
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
2
0
6
South Korea (Kim)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
4
Draw 17
Wednesday, 5 May, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Japan (Yoshimura)
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
8
South Korea (Kim)
0
2
0
1
0
4
0
1
0
0
1
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Peterson)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
X
4
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
2
0
3
1
0
2
0
2
X
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
7
RCF (Kovaleva)
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
6
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
0
2
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
2
10
Draw 18
Wednesday, 5 May, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
1
8
Estonia (Turmann)
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Jentsch)
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
7
China (Han)
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Constantini)
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
X
5
Denmark (Dupont)
2
1
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
X
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
X
X
X
3
United States (Peterson)
0
3
0
2
1
0
5
X
X
X
11
Draw 19
Thursday, 6 May, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
1
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
1
X
8
RCF (Kovaleva)
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
X
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Constantini)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
X
2
Japan (Yoshimura)
0
0
2
0
1
1
2
0
2
X
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Kim)
0
0
1
0
1
3
0
1
1
X
7
China (Han)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
1
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Einarson)
0
5
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
X
10
Denmark (Dupont)
3
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
X
8
Draw 20
Thursday, 6 May, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Einarson)
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
5
Japan (Yoshimura)
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Peterson)
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
5
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Jentsch)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
X
1
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
2
0
0
1
2
0
1
X
X
6
Draw 21
Thursday, 6 May, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Han)
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
1
0
X
6
Italy (Constantini)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
1
0
6
South Korea (Kim)
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Estonia (Turmann)
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
6
Denmark (Dupont)
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
1
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Kovaleva)
0
2
0
0
3
1
0
1
0
2
9
Scotland (Muirhead)
1
0
1
2
0
0
3
0
1
0
8
Draw 22
Friday, 7 May, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Peterson)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
3
RCF (Kovaleva)
3
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
X
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Dupont)
0
3
1
0
0
2
0
2
1
X
9
Scotland (Muirhead)
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
X
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Jentsch)
0
2
1
4
0
1
1
0
0
0
9
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
1
2
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Han)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
X
4
Canada (Einarson)
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
X
6
Draw 23
Friday, 7 May, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Kim)
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
X
7
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
3
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
X
X
8
Germany (Jentsch)
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
3
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
0
4
2
0
0
2
0
1
X
9
Italy (Constantini)
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
X
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Yoshimura)
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
3
1
9
Estonia (Turmann)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
6
Draw 7
Friday, 7 May, 7:00 pm – originally scheduled for Sunday, 2 May, 9:00 am.
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (Kubešková)
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
5
Denmark (Dupont)
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Muirhead)
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
6
China (Han)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
1
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
1
0
3
0
0
2
0
2
1
X
9
Estonia (Turmann)
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
X
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
1
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
1
7
Japan (Yoshimura)
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
5
Playoffs
Qualification games
Semifinals
Final
1
Switzerland
7
4
Denmark
7
5
United States
3
5
United States
8
1
Switzerland
4
2
RCF
2
2
RCF
8
3
Sweden
8
3
Sweden
7
Bronze medal game
6
Canada
3
5
United States
9
3
Sweden
5
Qualification Games
Saturday, 8 May, 9:00 am
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)
1
0
2
0
2
0
2
1
X
X
8
Canada (Einarson)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
3
Player percentages
Sweden
Canada
Sofia Mabergs
91%
Briane Meilleur
72%
Agnes Knochenhauer
92%
Shannon Birchard
83%
Sara McManus
91%
Val Sweeting
84%
Anna Hasselborg
92%
Kerri Einarson
81%
Total
91%
Total
80%
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Dupont)
1
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
7
United States (Peterson)
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
3
0
1
8
Player percentages
Denmark
United States
My Larsen
86%
Tara Peterson
91%
Denise Dupont
79%
Becca Hamilton
80%
Mathilde Halse
51%
Nina Roth
80%
Madeleine Dupont
78%
Tabitha Peterson
73%
Total
73%
Total
81%
Semifinal 1
Saturday, 8 May, 3:00 pm
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
1
0
2
0
0
1
2
0
1
X
7
United States (Peterson)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
3
Player percentages
Switzerland
United States
Melanie Barbezat
85%
Tara Peterson
88%
Esther Neuenschwander
90%
Becca Hamilton
81%
Silvana Tirinzoni
79%
Nina Roth
85%
Alina Pätz
91%
Tabitha Peterson
68%
Total
86%
Total
80%
Semifinal 2
Saturday, 8 May, 7:30 pm
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Kovaleva)
0
1
0
4
1
0
1
0
1
0
8
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
1
7
Player percentages
RCF
Sweden
Ekaterina Kuzmina
76%
Sofia Mabergs
86%
Galina Arsenkina
90%
Agnes Knochenhauer
69%
Yulia Portunova
89%
Sara McManus
75%
Alina Kovaleva
78%
Anna Hasselborg
73%
Total
83%
Total
76%
Bronze medal game
Sunday, 9 May, 8:30 am
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Peterson)
0
0
0
1
1
0
5
0
2
X
9
Sweden (Hasselborg)
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
X
5
Player percentages
United States
Sweden
Tara Peterson
94%
Sofia Mabergs
78%
Becca Hamilton
83%
Agnes Knochenhauer
83%
Nina Roth
90%
Sara McManus
79%
Tabitha Peterson
78%
Anna Hasselborg
72%
Total
86%
Total
78%
Final
Sunday, 9 May, 1:00 pm
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
RCF (Kovaleva)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
Player percentages
Switzerland
RCF
Melanie Barbezat
91%
Ekaterina Kuzmina
88%
Esther Neuenschwander
84%
Galina Arsenkina
85%
Silvana Tirinzoni
88%
Yulia Portunova
81%
Alina Pätz
79%
Alina Kovaleva
78%
Total
86%
Total
83%
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages
Final Round Robin Percentages[50]
Key
All-Star Team
Leads
%
Melanie Barbezat
91.1
Briane Meilleur
87.2
Sofia Mabergs
86.9
Tara Peterson
84.5
Yumie Funayama
84.1
Ežen Kolčevská
84.1
Seconds
%
Esther Neuenschwander
86.0
Galina Arsenkina
85.7
Agnes Knochenhauer
85.0
Shannon Birchard
84.6
Becca Hamilton
80.2
Thirds
%
Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip)
86.3
Kaho Onodera
83.7
Sara McManus
81.9
Yulia Portunova
81.8
Vicky Wright
81.7
Skips
%
Alina Pätz (Fourth)
84.9
Anna Hasselborg
81.1
Alina Kovaleva
80.4
Eve Muirhead
79.2
Tabitha Peterson
77.9
Perfect games
Minimum 10 shots thrown
Player
Team
Position
Shots
Opponent
Melanie Barbezat
Switzerland
Lead
12
Italy
Alina Pätz
Switzerland
Fourth
12
Czech Republic
Sofia Mabergs
Sweden
Lead
20
RCF
Anna Hasselborg
Sweden
Skip
16
Germany
Notes
^ a bFomm and Abbes are presumed to be the curlers who tested positive for COVID-19 and were therefore barred from participating
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