2023 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship

The 2023 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship was held from November 5 to 10 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.^[1] The top three placing teams qualified for the 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Gangneung, South Korea.^[2]

2023 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship
Host city	Lohja, Finland
Arena	Kisakallio Sports Institute
Dates	November 5–10
Winner	Slovakia
Skip	Peter Zaťko
Third	Radoslav Ďuriš
Second	Dušan Pitoňák
Lead	Monika Kunkelová
Alternate	Adrian Durcek
Finalist	Estonia (Koitmäe)
« 2022 2024 »

The Japanese team, skipped by Hiroshi Wachi, were forced to forfeit five games as they only had three players fit to play.^[3]

Teams

The teams are as follows:^[4]

Brazil	Denmark	England	Estonia
Skip: Jerónimo Gabriel Third: Gláuber Santos Second: Yezza Sousa Lead: Vilma Miranda Alternate: Cláudio Magalhães Coach: Tatiani Tamy Garcia	Skip: Kenneth Ørbæk Third: Helle Schmidt Second: Niels Nielsen Lead: Thomas Pedersen	Skip: Stewart Pimblett Third: Jason Kean Second: Karen Aspey Lead: Julian Mattison Alternate: George Potts	Skip: Andrei Koitmäe Third: Ain Villau Second: Mait Mätas Lead: Katlin Riidebach Alternate: Signe Falkenberg
Finland	Italy	Japan	Poland
Skip: Juha Rajala Third: Harri Tuomaala Second: Yrjö Jääskeläinen Lead: Valeriina Silas Alternate: Tiia Tallgreen	Skip: Egidio Marchese Third: Fabrizio Bich Second: Matteo Ronzani Lead: Orietta Berto Alternate: Angela Menardi	Skip: Hiroshi Wachi Third: Shuichi Iljima Second: Ayako Saito Lead: Hiroaki Osaki Alternate: Yoshiko Iwasawa	Skip: Michał Daszkowski Third: Łukasz Waszek Second: Mariusz Włodarski Lead: Joanna Kozakiewicz Alternate: Monika Bodych
Slovakia	Spain	Switzerland
Skip: Peter Zaťko Third: Radoslav Ďuriš Second: Dušan Pitoňák Lead: Monika Kunkelová Alternate: Adrian Durcek	Skip: Anna Rodríguez Third: Ángel Gómez Second: Bertrand Tramont Lead: Nathalie Noireau Alternate: Miguel García	Skip: Laurent Kneubühl Third: Marcel Bodenmann Second: Eric Décorvet Lead: Beatrix Blauel Alternate: Stephanie Combremont

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	DSC
Estonia	Andrei Koitmäe	8	2	2–0	72	52	36	32	1	14	146.67
Italy	Egidio Marchese	8	2	1–1	77	45	36	26	0	14	114.62
Slovakia	Peter Zaťko	8	2	0–2	70	40	40	25	1	22	116.27
Poland	Michał Daszkowski	7	3	–	77	60	42	31	0	20	152.26
Finland	Juha Rajala	6	4	1–0	72	46	42	34	1	21	105.27
Switzerland	Laurent Kneubühl	6	4	0–1	74	55	39	36	2	17	120.80
England	Stewart Pimblett	4	6	1–0	74	59	39	31	0	19	134.12
Denmark	Kenneth Ørbæk	4	6	0–1	62	70	36	34	0	18	133.43
Brazil	Jerónimo Gabriel	2	8	–	31	84	22	41	1	5	152.56
Spain	Anna Rodríguez	1	9	1–0	26	84	19	44	0	4	133.83
Japan	Hiroshi Wachi	1	9	0–1	9	48	8	25	0	2	157.64

Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Country												Record
9	Brazil	—	5–9	4–10	5–9	1–9	1–10	W–L	3–9	1–10	7–6	4–12	2–8
8	Denmark	9–5	—	0–12	7–9	8–5	8–10	9–1	5–11	1–8	10–1	5–8	4–6
7	England	10–4	12–0	—	4–7	6–8	8–11	16–0	2–9	4–9	8–3	4–9	4–6
1	Estonia	9–5	9–7	7–4	—	7–6	8–4	W–L	6–8	11–6	9–4	6–8	8–2
5	Finland	9–1	5–8	8–6	6–7	—	6–4	11–0	7–8	5–6	10–3	5–3	6–4
2	Italy	10–1	10–8	11–8	4–8	4–6	—	W–L	11–3	5–4	14–1	8–6	8–2
11	Japan	L–W	1–9	0–16	L–W	0–11	L–W	—	5–4	L–W	L–W	3–8	1–9
4	Poland	9–3	11–5	9–2	8–6	8–7	3–11	4–5	—	5–11	9–2	11–8	7–3
3	Slovakia	10–1	8–1	9–4	6–11	6–5	4–5	W–L	11–5	—	10–3	6–5	8–2
10	Spain	6–7	1–10	3–8	4–9	3–10	1–14	W–L	2–9	3–10	—	3–7	1–9
6	Switzerland	12–4	8–5	9–4	8–6	3–5	6–8	8–3	8–11	5–6	7–3	—	6–4

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).^[5]

Draw 1

Sunday, November 5, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland (Daszkowski)	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	8
Finland (Rajala)	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Wachi)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0
England (Pimblett)	4	1	3	6	1	1	X	X	16

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Marchese)	3	2	3	0	4	2	X	X	14
Spain (Rodríguez)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Koitmäe)	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	2	9
Denmark (Ørbæk)	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	7

Draw 2

Sunday, November 5, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Zaťko)	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	6
Switzerland (Kneubühl)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Rajala)	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	6
Estonia (Koitmäe)	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Spain (Rodríguez)	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	6
Brazil (Gabriel)	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	7

Draw 3

Sunday, November 5, 18:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brazil (Gabriel)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	1
Italy (Marchese)	2	0	2	1	0	2	3	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland (Daszkowski)	0	1	0	2	0	4	4	X	11
Denmark (Ørbæk)	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Wachi)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	3
Switzerland (Kneubühl)	1	0	2	2	2	0	1	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England (Pimblett)	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	4
Slovakia (Zaťko)	0	2	4	0	2	1	0	X	9

Draw 4

Monday, November 6, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England (Pimblett)	1	1	3	4	2	1	X	X	12
Denmark (Ørbæk)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Marchese)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	5
Slovakia (Zaťko)	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland (Daszkowski)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
Japan (Wachi)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	5

Draw 5

Monday, November 6, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Estonia (Koitmäe)	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	6
Poland (Daszkowski)	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	2	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Spain (Rodríguez)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Finland (Rajala)	0	3	3	0	1	0	3	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Ørbæk)	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	9
Brazil (Gabriel)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Kneubühl)	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	6
Italy (Marchese)	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	8

Draw 6

Monday, November 6, 18:30

Sheet A	Final
Japan (Wachi)	L
Brazil (Gabriel)	W

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Switzerland (Kneubühl)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	8
Estonia (Koitmäe)	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England (Pimblett)	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	X	8
Spain (Rodríguez)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Slovakia (Zaťko)	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
Finland (Rajala)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	5

Draw 7

Tuesday, November 7, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Kneubühl)	0	2	1	0	3	0	1	X	7
Spain (Rodríguez)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England (Pimblett)	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	X	10
Brazil (Gabriel)	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	X	4

Sheet C	Final
Slovakia (Zaťko)	W
Japan (Wachi)	L

Draw 8

Tuesday, November 7, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Finland (Rajala)	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	8
England (Pimblett)	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Zaťko)	2	1	2	1	2	0	X	X	8
Denmark (Ørbæk)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Marchese)	2	2	1	3	0	3	X	X	11
Poland (Daszkowski)	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	X	3

Sheet D	Final
Japan (Wachi)	L
Estonia (Koitmäe)	W

Draw 9

Tuesday, November 7, 18:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Marchese)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	4
Estonia (Koitmäe)	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Poland (Daszkowski)	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	3	11
Switzerland (Kneubühl)	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brazil (Gabriel)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1
Finland (Rajala)	1	3	1	0	1	1	2	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Ørbæk)	1	0	2	2	3	1	1	X	10
Spain (Rodríguez)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	1

Draw 10

Wednesday, November 8, 9:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Rajala)	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	X	6
Italy (Marchese)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Spain (Rodríguez)	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	X	4
Estonia (Koitmäe)	3	1	2	0	0	2	1	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brazil (Gabriel)	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	X	4
Switzerland (Kneubühl)	0	4	4	1	0	0	3	X	12

Draw 11

Wednesday, November 8, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brazil (Gabriel)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1
Slovakia (Zaťko)	2	2	2	1	2	0	1	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Ørbæk)	2	2	2	2	0	1	X	X	9
Japan (Wachi)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Kneubühl)	2	1	4	0	0	2	0	X	9
England (Pimblett)	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Spain (Rodríguez)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	2
Poland (Daszkowski)	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	X	9

Draw 12

Wednesday, November 8, 18:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Ørbæk)	1	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	8
Italy (Marchese)	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	4	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Koitmäe)	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	X	7
England (Pimblett)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland (Daszkowski)	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	X	5
Slovakia (Zaťko)	0	3	0	0	5	1	2	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Rajala)	1	3	1	1	3	2	X	X	11
Japan (Wachi)	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0

Draw 13

Thursday, November 9, 9:30

Sheet A	Final
Spain (Rodríguez)	W
Japan (Wachi)	L

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Brazil (Gabriel)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	3
Poland (Daszkowski)	2	1	0	1	2	0	3	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Finland (Rajala)	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	5
Denmark (Ørbæk)	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Koitmäe)	4	2	3	0	0	0	2	X	11
Slovakia (Zaťko)	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	X	6

Draw 14

Thursday, November 9, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Kneubühl)	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
Finland (Rajala)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Koitmäe)	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	X	9
Brazil (Gabriel)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Marchese)	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	4	11
England (Pimblett)	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	8

Draw 15

Thursday, November 9, 18:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England (Pimblett)	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	2
Poland (Daszkowski)	2	0	1	2	3	1	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Zaťko)	1	1	2	3	0	0	3	X	10
Spain (Rodríguez)	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	X	3

Sheet C	Final
Japan (Wachi)	L
Italy (Marchese)	W

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Ørbæk)	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	X	5
Switzerland (Kneubühl)	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	X	8

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Gold medal game
	1	Estonia	9
	4	Poland	2
						1	Estonia	4
						3	Slovakia	8
	2	Italy	2
	3	Slovakia	7			Bronze medal game
						2	Italy	9
						4	Poland	7

Semifinals

Friday, November 10, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Koitmäe)	0	1	4	1	3	0	X	X	9
Poland (Daszkowski)	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Marchese)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Slovakia (Zaťko)	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	X	7

Bronze medal game

Friday, November 10, 16:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Marchese)	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	1	9
Poland (Daszkowski)	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	7

Gold medal game

Friday, November 10, 16:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Koitmäe)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	4
Slovakia (Zaťko)	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	X	8

Final standings

Key
	Teams Advance to the 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

Place Team  Slovakia  Estonia  Italy 4  Poland 5  Finland 6  Switzerland

Place Team 7  England 8  Denmark 9  Brazil 10  Spain 11  Japan