2015 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament

2015 World Senior Curling Championships Women's tournament
Host city	Sochi, Russia
Arena	Iceberg Skating Palace
Dates	April 18–25
Winner	Canada
Curling club	Brandon CC, Brandon
Skip	Lois Fowler
Third	Maureen Bonar
Second	Cathy Gauthier
Lead	Allyson Stewart
Finalist	Italy (Fiona Grace Simpson)

The women's tournament of the 2015 World Senior Curling Championships was held from April 18 to 25 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Group A

Czech Republic	Finland	Japan	Russia
Skip: Ivana Kubešková Third: Veronika Neznalová Second: Anna Candrová Lead: Michaela Čiháková Alternate: Michaela Měchurová	Skip: Kirsti Kauste Third: Tuula Merentie Second: Riitta-Liisa Harnalainen Lead: Kristina Nokelainen	Skip: Shizuko Funaki Third: Chizuko Hamadate Second: Katsuko Matsui Lead: Tsuyako Yokouchi	Skip: Tatiana Smirnova Third: Irina Kolesnikova Second: Natalia Ilenkova Lead: Liudmila Murova Alternate: Ekaterina Priemskaja
Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland
Skip: Barbara Gibb Third: Carol Scott Second: Elinor Ritchie Lead: Margaret Archer Alternate: Judith Carr	Skip: Gunilla Arfwidsson Edlund Third: Eva Olofsson Second: Karin Osterberg Lead: Haide Stensson Alternate: Karin Liljegren	Skip: Susan Limena Third: Sandra Zimmermann Second: Monika Kehrli Lead: Lucy Ebner Alternate: Erika Wohlmann

Group B

Canada	England	Italy
Skip: Lois Fowler Third: Maureen Bonar Second: Cathy Gauthier Lead: Allyson Stewart	Skip: Judith Dixon Third: Joan Reed Second: Valerie Saville Lead: Deborah Higgins	Skip: Fiona Grace Simpson Third: Grazia Ferrero Second: Fulvia Tiboldo Lead: Vittoria Santini
New Zealand	Slovakia	United States
Skip: Wendy Becker Third: Elizabeth Matthews Second: Glenys Taylor Lead: Christine Bewick	Fourth: Elena Jančaříková Third: Mária Liptáková Skip: Margita Matuškovičová Lead: Antónia Špiláková	Skip: Norma O'Leary Third: Linda Christensen Second: Mary Shields Lead: Lucy DeVore Alternate: Shelley Dropkin

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Group A Skip W L Sweden Gunilla Arfwidsson Edlund 5 1 Finland Kirsti Kauste 4 2 Switzerland Susan Limena 4 2 Czech Republic Ivana Kubešková 3 3 Scotland Barbara Gibb 3 3 Japan Shizuko Funaki 1 5 Russia Tatiana Smirnova 1 5

Group B Skip W L United States Norma O'Leary 5 0 Canada Lois Fowler 4 1 England Judith Dixon 2 3 Italy Fiona Grace Simpson 2 3 New Zealand Wendy Becker 2 3 Slovakia Margita Matuškovičová 0 5

Round-robin results

Group A

Saturday, April 18

Draw 1 8:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Kauste)	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	8
Switzerland (Limena)	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	7

Draw 3 17:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Funaki)	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	X	7
Scotland (Gibb)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Draw 4 20:45

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnova)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	X	4
Sweden (Edlund)	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	X	9

Sunday, April 19

Draw 7 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Gibb)	1	0	0	4	1	1	2	X	9
Russia (Smirnova)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Edlund)	0	3	2	2	5	2	X	X	14
Finland (Kauste)	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Limena)	0	3	0	2	0	3	0	X	8
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	5

Monday, April 20

Draw 9 8:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	9
Sweden (Edlund)	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnova)	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	1	8
Japan (Funaki)	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Kauste)	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6
Scotland (Gibb)	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	7

Draw 11 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Funaki)	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Finland (Kauste)	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Gibb)	2	0	3	1	0	1	1	1	9
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Edlund)	0	2	2	3	0	1	1	X	9
Switzerland (Limena)	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	4

Tuesday, April 21

Draw 14 12:00

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	7
Japan (Funaki)	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	4

Draw 16 20:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Limena)	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	X	6
Scotland (Gibb)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Kauste)	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	7
Russia (Smirnova)	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	6

Wednesday, April 22

Draw 18 12:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnova)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	2	0	2	1	0	2	3	X	10

Draw 19 16:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Gibb)	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	5
Sweden (Edlund)	3	0	2	1	0	2	0	X	8

Draw 20 20:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Funaki)	1	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	7
Switzerland (Limena)	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	1	9

Thursday, April 23

Draw 21 8:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	5
Finland (Kauste)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	6

Draw 23 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Edlund)	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	5
Japan (Funaki)	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Limena)	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	X	8
Russia (Smirnova)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2

Group B

Saturday, April 18

Draw 2 13:15

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fowler)	1	0	1	1	6	2	X	X	11
Italy (Simpson)	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England (Dixon)	1	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	8
Slovakia (Matuškovičová)	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (O'Leary)	3	1	1	1	0	4	0	X	10
New Zealand (Becker)	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	X	5

Sunday, April 19

Draw 8 20:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Matuškovičová)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	X	5
United States (O'Leary)	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fowler)	1	2	2	0	4	2	X	X	11
New Zealand (Becker)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England (Dixon)	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	X	5
Italy (Simpson)	1	2	0	4	0	2	1	X	10

Tuesday, April 21

Draw 13 8:00

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fowler)	1	0	1	2	0	4	2	X	10
England (Dixon)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

Draw 14 12:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (O'Leary)	2	0	3	0	0	1	3	X	9
Italy (Simpson)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	0	0	1	0	1	5	3	X	10
Slovakia (Matuškovičová)	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	X	5

Wednesday, April 22

Draw 17 8:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	X	6
England (Dixon)	2	0	1	0	6	0	1	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (O'Leary)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	6
Canada (Fowler)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Simpson)	2	1	2	3	0	2	X	X	10
Slovakia (Matuškovičová)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Thursday, April 23

Draw 23 16:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Matuškovičová)	0	1	1	0	0	1	X	X	3
Canada (Fowler)	4	0	0	4	4	0	X	X	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Simpson)	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4
New Zealand (Becker)	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England (Dixon)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
United States (O'Leary)	1	0	3	1	1	1	5	X	12

Tiebreaker

Friday, April 24, 9:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England (Dixon)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	X	3
Italy (Simpson)	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	X	6

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Sweden

2

B2

Canada

5

B2

Canada

11

A3

Switzerland

2

B2

Canada

6

B3

Italy

2

B1

United States

6

A2

Finland

3

B3

Italy

7

B3

Italy

9

	Bronze Medal Game
	A1	Sweden	4
	B1	United States	6

Quarterfinals

Friday, April 24, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Fowler)	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	5
Switzerland (Limena)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Kauste)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	3
Italy (Simpson)	3	0	2	2	0	1	1	X	9

Semifinals

Saturday, April 25, 8:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Edlund)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Canada (Fowler)	3	0	3	0	3	1	1	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (O'Leary)	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	6
Italy (Simpson)	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	7

Bronze medal game

Saturday, April 25, 13:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (O'Leary)	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	6
Sweden (Edlund)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	4

Gold medal game

Saturday, April 25, 13:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Simpson)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Canada (Fowler)	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	X	6

External links

• Official website