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2008 World Senior Curling Championships
Host city Vierumäki, Finland
Arena Vierumäki Ice Rink
DatesMarch 9–15
Men's winner  Canada
Curling club Thistle Curling Club, Edmonton [1]
Skip Pat Ryan
Third Marvin Wirth
Second Ken Mclean
Lead Millard Evans
Finalist  Sweden
Women's winner  Canada
Curling club Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge [2]
Skip Diane Foster
Third Shirley McPherson
Second Shirley Kohuch
Lead Chris Wilson
Finalist  Scotland
«  2007
2009 »

The 2008 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 9 to 15 at the Vierumäki Ice Rink in Vierumäki, Finland. Teams from Alberta, Canada won both the men's and women's events.

Men

Round-robin standings

Group A Skip W L
  United States David Russell 7 1
  Scotland Graeme Adam 7 1
  Finland Mauno Nummila 7 1
  Ireland Tony Tierney 5 3
  England D. Michael Sutherland 4 4
  New Zealand Peter Becker 3 5
  Italy Gino Savoi 2 6
  Iceland Gisli Kristinsson 1 7
  Norway Leif Hald 0 8
Group B Skip W L
  Canada Pat Ryan 8 0
  Sweden Per Lindeman 7 1
  Germany Klaus Unterstab 6 2
  Switzerland Hugo Jäggi 5 3
  Japan Akinori Kashiwagi 4 4
  Wales Hugh Meikle 3 5
  Russia Aleksander Kolesnikov 2 6
  Estonia Leo Jakobson 1 7
  Denmark Johannes Jensen 0 8

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Semi-final Final
      
  United States 5
  Sweden 6
  Sweden 0
  Canada 8
  Canada 7
  Scotland 2 Bronze medal
  United States 6
  Scotland 4

Women

Round-robin standings

Country Skip W L
  Canada Diane Foster 7 2
  Scotland Kirsty Letton 6 3
  Finland Helena Timonen 6 3
  Switzerland Renate Nedkoff 6 3
  United States Pam Oleinik 6 3
  Sweden Ingrid Meldahl 5 4
  Ireland Fiona Turnbull 4 5
  Japan Eriko Igarashi 3 6
  England Glynnice Lauder 2 7
  New Zealand Liz Matthews 0 9

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Semi-final Final
      
  Canada 8
  Switzerland 3
  Canada 10
  Scotland 2
  Scotland 5
  Finland 4 Bronze medal
  Switzerland 7
  Finland 6

References

  1. ^ "Chess on Ice: The Precision Sport of Curling - Northernalbertacurling.com". www.northernalbertacurling.com.
  2. ^ "Senior women" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2008 World Senior Curling Championships
Host city Vierumäki, Finland
Arena Vierumäki Ice Rink
DatesMarch 9–15
Men's winner  Canada
Curling club Thistle Curling Club, Edmonton [1]
Skip Pat Ryan
Third Marvin Wirth
Second Ken Mclean
Lead Millard Evans
Finalist  Sweden
Women's winner  Canada
Curling club Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge [2]
Skip Diane Foster
Third Shirley McPherson
Second Shirley Kohuch
Lead Chris Wilson
Finalist  Scotland
«  2007
2009 »

The 2008 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 9 to 15 at the Vierumäki Ice Rink in Vierumäki, Finland. Teams from Alberta, Canada won both the men's and women's events.

Men

Round-robin standings

Group A Skip W L
  United States David Russell 7 1
  Scotland Graeme Adam 7 1
  Finland Mauno Nummila 7 1
  Ireland Tony Tierney 5 3
  England D. Michael Sutherland 4 4
  New Zealand Peter Becker 3 5
  Italy Gino Savoi 2 6
  Iceland Gisli Kristinsson 1 7
  Norway Leif Hald 0 8
Group B Skip W L
  Canada Pat Ryan 8 0
  Sweden Per Lindeman 7 1
  Germany Klaus Unterstab 6 2
  Switzerland Hugo Jäggi 5 3
  Japan Akinori Kashiwagi 4 4
  Wales Hugh Meikle 3 5
  Russia Aleksander Kolesnikov 2 6
  Estonia Leo Jakobson 1 7
  Denmark Johannes Jensen 0 8

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Semi-final Final
      
  United States 5
  Sweden 6
  Sweden 0
  Canada 8
  Canada 7
  Scotland 2 Bronze medal
  United States 6
  Scotland 4

Women

Round-robin standings

Country Skip W L
  Canada Diane Foster 7 2
  Scotland Kirsty Letton 6 3
  Finland Helena Timonen 6 3
  Switzerland Renate Nedkoff 6 3
  United States Pam Oleinik 6 3
  Sweden Ingrid Meldahl 5 4
  Ireland Fiona Turnbull 4 5
  Japan Eriko Igarashi 3 6
  England Glynnice Lauder 2 7
  New Zealand Liz Matthews 0 9

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Semi-final Final
      
  Canada 8
  Switzerland 3
  Canada 10
  Scotland 2
  Scotland 5
  Finland 4 Bronze medal
  Switzerland 7
  Finland 6

References

  1. ^ "Chess on Ice: The Precision Sport of Curling - Northernalbertacurling.com". www.northernalbertacurling.com.
  2. ^ "Senior women" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

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