2006 World Women's Curling Championship

The 2006 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held March 18–26 at the Canada Games Arena in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.

2006 World Women's Curling Championship
Host city	Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
Arena	Canada Games Arena
Dates	March 18–26, 2006
Winner	Sweden
Curling club	Härnösands CK
Skip	Anette Norberg
Third	Eva Lund
Second	Cathrine Lindahl
Lead	Anna Svärd
Alternate	Ulrika Bergman
Coach	Stefan Hasselborg
Finalist	United States (Debbie McCormick)
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Sweden, skipped by Anette Norberg, fresh off winning a gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics, defeated the United States, skipped by Debbie McCormick in the final, 10–9. Norberg won the game by making a draw in the 10th end.^[1] It was the second of three world championships for Norberg.

Teams

Canada	China	Denmark
Kelowna CC, Kelowna Skip: Kelly Scott Third: Jeanna Schraeder Second: Sasha Carter Lead: Renee Simons Alternate: Michelle Allen	Harbin CC, Harbin Skip: Wang Bingyu Third: Yue Qingshuang Second: Liu Yin Lead: Zhou Yan Alternate: Sun Yue	Tårnby CC, Tårnby Skip: Madeleine Dupont Third: Camilla Jensen Second: Denise Dupont Lead: Angelina Jensen** Alternate: Charlotte Hedegård
Germany	Italy	Japan
SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Monika Wagner Second: Anna Hartelt Lead: Marie Rotter Alternate: Tina Tchatschke	New Wave CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Diana Gaspari Third: Giulia Lacedelli Second: Rosa Pompanin Lead: Violetta Caldart Alternate: Arianna Lorenzi	Karuizawa CC, Karuizawa Skip: Yukako Tsuchiya Third: Junko Sonobe Second: Tomoko Sonobe Lead: Chiemi Kameyama Alternate: Mitsuki Satoh
Netherlands	Norway	Scotland
CC Utrecht, Utrecht Skip: Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon Third: Ellen van der Cammen Second: Margrietha Voskuilen Lead: Erika Doornbos Alternate: Idske de Jong	Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Dordi Nordby Third: Marianne Haslum Second: Camilla Holth Lead: Charlotte Hovring Alternate: Kristin Skaslien	Dun CC, Montrose & Stirling Ice Rink Sports Club, Stirling Skip: Kelly Wood Third: Lorna Vevers Second: Kim Brewster Lead: Lindsay Wood Alternate: Kerry Barr
Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Härnösands CK, Härnösand Skip: Anette Norberg Third: Eva Lund Second: Cathrine Lindahl Lead: Anna Svärd Alternate: Ulrika Bergman	Dübendorf CC, Dübendorf Skip: Silvana Tirinzoni Third: Sandra Attinger Second: Anna Neuenschwander Lead: Esther Neuenschwander Alternate: Carmen Schäfer	Madison CC, Madison Skip: Debbie McCormick Third: Allison Pottinger Second: Nicole Joraanstad Lead: Natalie Nicholson Alternate: Caitlin Maroldo

** Angelina Jensen skipped the Danish team until she suffered a miscarriage and had to return to Denmark.^[2] Fourth Madeleine Dupont was given skipping duties following Jensen's departure.

Round robin standings

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
Sweden	Anette Norberg	10	1	93	51	53	43	8	14	85%
United States	Debbie McCormick	10	1	92	48	56	33	11	26	84%
Germany	Andrea Schöpp	8	3	83	63	49	47	12	12	73%
Canada	Kelly Scott	7	4	77	63	47	44	14	12	81%
China	Wang Bingyu	6	5	71	58	45	47	16	7	78%
Denmark	Angelina Jensen	6	5	81	79	51	47	7	17	73%
Norway	Dordi Nordby	5	6	72	64	45	46	12	12	74%
Scotland	Kelly Wood	4	7	59	83	44	46	13	9	76%
Italy	Diana Gaspari	4	7	66	73	51	40	17	19	72%
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	3	8	49	82	36	52	10	6	73%
Japan	Yukako Tsuchiya	3	8	59	72	40	51	15	7	75%
Netherlands	Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon	0	11	37	103	34	55	11	5	68%

Round robin results

Draw 1

March 18, 14:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
Norway (Nordby)	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	8
Germany (Schöpp)	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Tsuchiya)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Canada (Scott)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
United States (McCormick)	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	2	X	X	8

Draw 2

March 18, 21:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Scott)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4
Sweden (Norberg)	0	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Wood)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	7
Italy (Gaspari)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (Leibbrandt-Demmon)	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Denmark (Jensen)	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	3	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Tsuchiya)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	5
Germany (Schöpp)	0	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	X	9

Draw 3

March 19, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (McCormick)	2	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	8
China (Wang)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Norway (Nordby)	0	1	0	2	3	0	2	X	X	X	8

Draw 4

March 19, 13:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	X	7
Netherlands (Leibbrandt-Demmon)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Canada (Scott)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	X	9
Japan (Tsuchiya)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Wood)	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
Denmark (Jensen)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	2	10

Draw 5

March 19, 18:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	5
United States (McCormick)	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (Leibbrandt-Demmon)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	3
Scotland (Wood)	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Jensen)	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	7
Italy (Gaspari)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	8
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	X	4

Draw 6

March 20, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	8
Japan (Tsuchiya)	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (McCormick)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5
Sweden (Norberg)	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	5
Canada (Scott)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	4
Germany (Schöpp)	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	8

Draw 7

March 20, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	8
Denmark (Jensen)	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Tsuchiya)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4
Italy (Gaspari)	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	7
Netherlands (Leibbrandt-Demmon)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Scott)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	7
Scotland (Wood)	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	6

Draw 8

March 20, 18:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Wood)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
China (Wang)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	4	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (Leibbrandt-Demmon)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4
Norway (Nordby)	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	6
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Jensen)	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	X	2
United States (McCormick)	1	2	3	0	3	0	X	X	X	X	9

Draw 9

March 21, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	7
Norway (Nordby)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Jensen)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
China (Wang)	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Wood)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	3
United States (McCormick)	0	2	0	3	0	5	1	X	X	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (Leibbrandt-Demmon)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	9

Draw 10

March 21, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (McCormick)	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	6
Germany (Schöpp)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Canada (Scott)	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5
Sweden (Norberg)	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Japan (Tsuchiya)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4

Draw 11

March 21, 18:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Scott)	0	5	1	4	0	3	X	X	X	X	13
Netherlands (Leibbrandt-Demmon)	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	9
Scotland (Wood)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Tsuchiya)	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
Denmark (Jensen)	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	3	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	3	X	X	10
Italy (Gaspari)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	3

Draw 12

March 22, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Tsuchiya)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	5
Scotland (Wood)	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	3	X	13
Netherlands (Leibbrandt-Demmon)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Scott)	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	8
Italy (Gaspari)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	8
Denmark (Jensen)	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	6

Draw 13

March 22, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Jensen)	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	9
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	7
United States (McCormick)	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (Leibbrandt-Demmon)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3
China (Wang)	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	3	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Wood)	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	3
Norway (Nordby)	0	3	0	4	0	3	X	X	X	X	10

Draw 14

March 22, 19:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5
Japan (Tsuchiya)	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3
Germany (Schöpp)	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	3	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (McCormick)	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	6
Canada (Scott)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2

Draw 15

March 23, 10:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	8
Italy (Gaspari)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Scott)	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	9
Denmark (Jensen)	0	2	0	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	11

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Scotland (Wood)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Tsuchiya)	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	1	X	X	8
Netherlands (Leibbrandt-Demmon)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Draw 16

March 23, 13:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (Leibbrandt-Demmon)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
United States (McCormick)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	3	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Wood)	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	5
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Jensen)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	6
Norway (Nordby)	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	3	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	6
China (Wang)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	9

Draw 17

March 23, 18:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Nordby)	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	8
Canada (Scott)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	5
Germany (Schöpp)	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	2	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (McCormick)	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	1	12
Japan (Tsuchiya)	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Sweden (Norberg)	2	0	3	1	0	0	4	X	X	X	10

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Sweden	8								1	Sweden	10
	2	United States	5								2	United States	9
						2	United States	8
						4	Canada	7
	3	Germany	4
	4	Canada	8

1 vs. 2 game

March 24, 13:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (McCormick)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	5
Sweden (Norberg)	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	8

Player Percentages
United States		Sweden
Natalie Nicholson	88%	Anna Svärd	77%
Nicole Joraanstad	73%	Cathrine Lindahl	83%
Allison Pottinger	66%	Eva Lund	84%
Debbie McCormick	76%	Anette Norberg	77%
Total	76%	Total	80%

3 vs. 4 game

March 24, 19:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Scott)	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	8
Germany (Schöpp)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

Player Percentages
Canada		Germany
Renee Simons	85%	Marie-Therese Rotter	76%
Sasha Carter	79%	Anna Hartelt	71%
Jeanna Schraeder	86%	Monika Wagner	80%
Kelly Scott	79%	Andrea Schöpp	74%
Total	82%	Total	75%

Semifinal

March 25, 09:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Scott)	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	7
United States (McCormick)	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	8

Player Percentages
United States		Canada
Natalie Nicholson	84%	Renee Simons	81%
Nicole Joraanstad	78%	Sasha Carter	74%
Allison Pottinger	75%	Jeanna Schraeder	84%
Debbie McCormick	73%	Kelly Scott	75%
Total	77%	Total	78%

Final

March 26, 10:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	10
United States (McCormick)	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	9

Player Percentages
United States		Sweden
Natalie Nicholson	88%	Anna Svärd	86%
Nicole Joraanstad	80%	Cathrine Lindahl	76%
Allison Pottinger	83%	Eva Lund	79%
Debbie McCormick	75%	Anette Norberg	76%
Total	81%	Total	79%

Round-robin player percentages

Leads	%	Seconds	%	Thirds	%	Skips	%
Natalie Nicholson	87	Cathrine Lindahl	84	Eva Lund	85	Anette Norberg	85
Anna Svärd	86	Nicole Joraanstad	83	Jeanna Schraeder	82	Debbie McCormick	83
Renee Simons	85	Yue Qingshuang	78	Allison Pottinger	82	Kelly Scott	81
Esther Neuenschwander	81	Sasha Carter	77	Liu Yin	80	Andrea Schöpp	78
Violetta Caldart	80	Kim Brewster	76	Marianne Haslum	75	Wang Bingyu	76