- Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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Curling
at the XX Olympic Winter GamesDates 13 - 24 February «2002 2010» Men's Curling
at the XX Olympic Winter GamesMedalists Canada Canada Finland Finland United States United States Women's Curling
at the XX Olympic Winter GamesMedalists Sweden Sweden Switzerland Switzerland Canada Canada Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in the town of Pinerolo, Italy from February 13 to February 24. It proved to be the sleeper hit in terms of television ratings in Italy. According to a CBC feature, curling at the 2006 Winter Games drew 5 million viewers, eclipsing ice hockey and figure skating. This, and the success of the Italian men's curling team created a surge of interest in curling within Italy, where there was no previous tradition of the sport and only a few hundred players.
A few days before the 2006 Winter Games began, the IOC confirmed that the curling competition at the 1924 Winter Olympics was an official event, and not a demonstration event as many authoritative sources had previously claimed. However the IOC itself had never done so. This official confirmation was the culmination of an investigative campaign begun by the Glasgow-based newspaper The Herald [1], on behalf of the families of the eight Scots who won the first curling Olympic Gold medal in Chamonix, France in 1924. The winning team was selected by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, Perth, the mother club of curling.
Defending champion skips Rhona Martin of Great Britain & Northern Ireland and Pål Trulsen of Norway returned to defend their gold medals. Joining Martin on the women's side were 2005 World champion Anette Norberg of Sweden, 2002 World Junior champion Cassandra Johnson of the United States of America, two-time world champion Dordi Nordby of Norway, 1996 European champion Mirjam Ott of Switzerland, 2004 Canadian Mixed champion Shannon Kleibrink of Canada, 2005 European Junior Challenge champion Ludmila Privivkova of Russia, three time Pacific Curling champion Ayumi Onodera of Japan, 1994 European champion Dorthe Holm of Denmark, and for the host country, 2003 World Junior bronze medalist Diana Gaspari from Italy.
Joining Trulsen on the men's side was 2001 World Junior Champion Brad Gushue of Canada with the help of two-time World champion Russ Howard calling the shots, former World Junior champion and European champion David Murdoch of Great Britain, two-time European champion Andy Kapp of Germany, 2000 European champion and 2005 European mixed champion Markku Uusipaavalniemi of Finland, 1993 World Championship bronze medalist Pete Fenson of the United States of America, 1997 World Junior champion Ralph Stöckli of Switzerland, three-time Pacific Curling champion Sean Becker of New Zealand, three-time World Champion Peja Lindholm of Sweden, and the host Italian team skipped by Joel Retornaz.
Fixtures and Results Women's: Teams - Standings - Schedule - Percentages
Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Semi-finals - Bronze medal game - Gold medal gameMen's: Teams - Standings - Schedule - Percentages
Draw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Semi-finals - Bronze medal game - Gold medal gameOlympic qualifying External links Women's
Medalists
Gold Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Svärd, and Ulrika Bergman
Sweden (SWE)Silver Mirjam Ott, Binia Beeli, Valeria Spälty, Michèle Moser, and Manuela Kormann
Switzerland (SUI)Bronze Shannon Kleibrink, Amy Nixon, Glenys Bakker, Christine Keshen, and Sandra Jenkins
Canada (CAN)Teams
Standings
Nation Skip W L PF PA Ends
WonEnds
LostBlank
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EndsShot
Pct.Sweden Anette Norberg 7 2 61 54 41 36 14 11 79% Switzerland Mirjam Ott 7 2 74 44 37 32 11 10 75% Canada Shannon Kleibrink 6 3 68 51 39 32 16 10 75% Norway Dordi Nordby 6 3 73 54 45 32 5 16 73% Great Britain Rhona Martin 5 4 55 54 31 35 17 6 76% Russia Ludmila Privivkova 5 4 57 60 41 36 14 11 77% Japan Ayumi Onodera 4 5 53 59 36 35 16 11 72% United States Cassandra Johnson 2 7 58 66 34 38 11 9 73% Denmark Dorthe Holm 2 7 47 69 27 42 12 3 72% Italy Diana Gaspari 1 8 44 79 33 43 9 4 66% Schedule
Draw 1 - Monday, February 13, 1400
Note: hammers denote the team that had the last stone in the first end.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Nordby) 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 1 11 United States (Johnson) 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada (Kleibrink) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 Sweden (Norberg) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 7 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Switzerland (Ott) 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 2 X X 11 Italy (Gaspari) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X 4 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Great Britain (Martin) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 Denmark (Holm) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Draw 2 - Tuesday, February 14, 0900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Russia (Privivkova) 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 7 Japan (Onodera) 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Switzerland (Ott) 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 Great Britain (Martin) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Nordby) 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 4 10 Sweden (Norberg) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final United States (Johnson) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X X 5 Canada (Kleibrink) 5 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 X X 11 Draw 3 - Tuesday, February 14, 1900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Italy (Gaspari) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 7 Denmark (Holm) 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 10 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final United States (Johnson) 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 Japan (Onodera) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada (Kleibrink) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 Russia (Privivkova) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 5 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Nordby) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2 Switzerland (Ott) 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 X X X 9 Draw 4 - Wednesday, February 15, 1400
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden (Norberg) 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 Great Britain (Martin) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Italy (Gaspari) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 Russia (Privivkova) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Japan (Onodera) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 4 Norway (Nordby) 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 X 9 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Denmark (Holm) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 United States (Johnson) 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 8 Draw 5 - Thursday, February 16, 0900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada (Kleibrink) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 Switzerland (Ott) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Japan (Onodera) 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 Denmark (Holm) 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 9 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Russia (Privivkova) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 Great Britain (Martin) 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden (Norberg) 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 8 Italy (Gaspari) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 Draw 6 - Thursday, February 16, 1900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Sweden (Norberg) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 United States (Johnson) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Denmark (Holm) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X X X 2 Switzerland (Ott) 0 3 0 0 1 3 3 X X X 10 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada (Kleibrink) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 10 Norway (Nordby) 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 8 Draw 7 - Friday, February 17, 1400
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final United States (Johnson) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 7 Russia (Privivkova) 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 8 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Norway (Nordby) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 9 Italy (Gaspari) 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Great Britain (Martin) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3 Canada (Kleibrink) 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 X 9 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Switzerland (Ott) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 7 Sweden (Norberg) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 9 Draw 8 - Saturday, February 18, 0900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Great Britain (Martin) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 9 Italy (Gaspari) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Russia (Privivkova) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 Switzerland (Ott) 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden (Norberg) 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 X X 10 Denmark (Holm) 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 X X 5 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Japan (Onodera) 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Canada (Kleibrink) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 Draw 9 - Saturday, February 18, 1900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Japan (Onodera) 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 Sweden (Norberg) 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 8 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Great Britain (Martin) 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 Norway (Nordby) 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 X 8 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Italy (Gaspari) 0 0 0 0 3 0 X X X X 3 United States (Johnson) 0 2 3 2 0 4 X X X X 11 Draw 10 - Sunday, February 19, 1400
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Switzerland (Ott) 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 9 United States (Johnson) 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 8 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Italy (Gaspari) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 X 4 Canada (Kleibrink) 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 X 11 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Great Britain (Martin) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 X 5 Japan (Onodera) 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 X 10 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Russia (Privivkova) 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 9 Denmark (Holm) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 7 Draw 11 - Monday, February 20, 0900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden (Norberg) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 Russia (Privivkova) 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Denmark (Holm) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1 Norway (Nordby) 3 1 0 1 1 2 X X X X 8 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Italy (Gaspari) 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 Japan (Onodera) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 6 Draw 12 - Monday, February 20, 1900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Denmark (Holm) 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 8 Canada (Kleibrink) 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Switzerland (Ott) 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 X X 11 Japan (Onodera) 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 X X 5 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Nordby) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 8 Russia (Privivkova) 2 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 10 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final United States (Johnson) 0 1 0 3 0 0 X X X X 4 Great Britain (Martin) 2 0 4 0 3 1 X X X X 10 Semi-finals - Wednesday, February 22, 1400
1 vs. 4
In a close game, Sweden's Anette Norberg (1) edged out Norway's Dordi Nordby (4). The turning point of the game came in the eighth end when Sweden scored the only steal of the game. From this point on the Swedish team was ahead. Anette Norberg curled 85% while Dordi Nordby struggled, which was the difference in the game.Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden (Norberg) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 Norway (Nordby) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 Player Percentages Sweden Norway Anna Svärd 86% Camilla Holth 71% Cathrine Lindahl 79% Marianne Rørvik 86% Eva Lund 93% Marianne Haslum 79% Anette Norberg 86% Dordi Nordby 68% Total 86% Total 76% 2 vs. 3
In the other semi-final, Canada's Shannon Kleibrink team (3) faced off against Mirjam Ott of Switzerland (2). After Ott scored 3 in the third end getting a split off a rock in front of the house, Kleibrink was unable to mount a come back. The Swiss team managed to keep in the lead for the rest of the game. Mirjam Ott curling 88% in the game ensured victory for the Swiss team, while Shannon Kleibrink struggled at 66%.Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Switzerland (Ott) 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 7 Canada (Kleibrink) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 Player Percentages Switzerland Canada Michèle Moser 74% Christine Keshen 84% Valeria Spälty 70% Glenys Bakker 61% Binia Beeli 70% Amy Nixon 65% Mirjam Ott 88% Shannon Kleibrink 66% Total 75% Total 69% Bronze medal game - Thursday, February 23, 1300
Canada scored four in the first end after Dordi Nordby, the Norwegian skip flopped her rock over on a heavy freeze attempt and was removed by Shannon Kleibrink, the Canadian skip on her last rock. With three other Canadian rocks in the house, Canada scored four. Canada never looked back, scoring four more points in the fifth end en route to an 11-5 thrashing of Norway.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Nordby) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 X X 5 Canada (Kleibrink) 4 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 X X 11 Player Percentages Canada Norway Christine Keshen 83% Camilla Holth 92% Glenys Bakker 73% Marianne Rørvik 70% Amy Nixon 80% Marianne Haslum 72% Shannon Kleibrink 66% Dordi Nordby 56% Total 75% Total 73% Gold medal game - Thursday, February 23, 1730
Sweden held the lead for much of the game, but saw the Swiss team start to claw back late in the game. In the 8th end, a decision by Swedish skip Anette Norberg to hit an unthreatening rock out of the house on her last rock instead of a guard was followed by a great raise of a Swiss rock on to a small corner of the button by Swiss skip Mirjam Ott. This brought the Swiss within one point of a tie. They continued to claw back, and after ten ends the game was tied, so they had to go to another. In the 11th end, the Swiss played a good end, leaving Anette Norberg a difficult double take-out on her last rock to win the gold medal. Norberg was successful, leaving her stone in the house to win the game, and the gold medal, 7-6.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Sweden (Norberg) 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 Switzerland (Ott) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 Player Percentages Sweden Switzerland Anna Svärd 61% Michèle Moser 83% Cathrine Lindahl 82% Valeria Spälty 66% Eva Lund 69% Binia Beeli 80% Anette Norberg 83% Mirjam Ott 85% Total 74% Total 78% Round Robin Final Player percentages
Minimum 6 games. Five best players from each position
Lead Nation % Christine Keshen Canada 81 Lynn Cameron Great Britain 79 Marlene Krause Denmark 79 Ekaterina Galkina Russia 78 Anna Svärd Sweden 78 Second Nation % Nkeirouka Ezekh Russia 79 Valeria Spälty Switzerland 79 Cathrine Lindahl Sweden 78 Mari Motohashi Japan 73 Lene Nielsen Denmark 72 Marianne Rørvik Norway 72 Kelly Wood Great Britain 72 Third Nation % Eva Lund Sweden 80 Marianne Haslum Norway 78 Binia Beeli Switzerland 77 Yumie Hayashi Japan 77 Olga Jarkova Russia 75 Skip Nation % Anette Norberg Sweden 79 Shannon Kleibrink Canada 76 Rhona Martin Great Britain 75 Mirjam Ott Switzerland 75 Dordi Nordby Norway 72 Men's
Medalists
Gold Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Russ Howard, Jamie Korab, and Mike Adam
Canada (CAN)Silver Markku Uusipaavalniemi, Wille Mäkelä, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, and Jani Sullanmaa
Finland (FIN)Bronze Pete Fenson, Shawn Rojeski, Joseph Polo, John Shuster, and Scott Baird
United States (USA)Teams
- * – Calls the game as a skip normally would
- × – The Olympics have recorded the skip as Russ Howard, however the team internally considers that Brad Gushue is skip. It is a team formed by Brad Gushue. [1]
Standings
Locale Skip W L PF PA Ends
WonEnds
LostBlank
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Pct.Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 7 2 53 40 32 31 23 9 78% Canada Brad Gushue 6 3 66 46 47 31 9 23 80% United States Pete Fenson 6 3 66 47 36 33 16 13 80% Great Britain David Murdoch 6 3 59 49 36 31 17 12 81% Norway Pål Trulsen 5 4 57 47 33 32 17 9 78% Switzerland Ralph Stöckli 5 4 56 45 31 34 18 10 76% Italy Joël Retornaz 4 5 47 66 37 38 10 7 70% Germany Andy Kapp 3 6 53 55 34 34 17 12 77% Sweden Peja Lindholm 3 6 45 68 31 40 12 4 78% New Zealand Sean Becker 0 9 37 76 28 41 12 6 69% Schedule
Draw 1 - Monday, February 13, 0900
Note: in the following, the hammers denote the team that has the last stone in the first end.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final New Zealand (Becker) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 Sweden (Lindholm) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 6 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Trulsen) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X X 5 United States (Fenson) 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 5 X X 11 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 Switzerland (Stöckli) 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 X 7 Draw 2 - Monday, February 13, 1900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Germany (Kapp) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 Canada (Gushue) 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 X 10 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 United States (Fenson) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 X 10 New Zealand (Becker) 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 X 5 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 Sweden (Lindholm) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 Draw 3 - Tuesday, February 14, 1400
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Trulsen) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 X 7 Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 2 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Canada (Gushue) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 Sweden (Lindholm) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 8 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Germany (Kapp) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 9 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final United States (Fenson) 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 3 X X 10 New Zealand (Becker) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 4 Draw 4 - Wednesday, February 15, 0900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 New Zealand (Becker) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden (Lindholm) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4 Norway (Trulsen) 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 1 X X 9 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada (Gushue) 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 X 9 Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5 Draw 5 - Wednesday, February 15, 1900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final United States (Fenson) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 6 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 6 Norway (Trulsen) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada (Gushue) 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Germany (Kapp) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 Draw 6 - Thursday, February 16, 1400
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 7 Germany (Kapp) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Switzerland (Stöckli) 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 9 New Zealand (Becker) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final United States (Fenson) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 10 Sweden (Lindholm) 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Trulsen) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 Canada (Gushue) 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6 Draw 7 - Friday, February 17, 0900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X X 3 Norway (Trulsen) 0 2 0 4 0 1 4 X X X 11 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden (Lindholm) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X 4 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 2 X X 11 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Switzerland (Stöckli) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 8 Germany (Kapp) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 Draw 8 - Friday, February 17, 1900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden (Lindholm) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X X 2 Great Britain (Murdoch) 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 X X X 8 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final United States (Fenson) 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 7 Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 8 Canada (Gushue) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 7 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final New Zealand (Becker) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 Draw 9 - Saturday, February 18, 1400
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Germany (Kapp) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 5 United States (Fenson) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 8 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Canada (Gushue) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 6 Italy (Retornaz) 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Switzerland (Stöckli) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 7 Norway (Trulsen) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 Draw 10 - Sunday, February 19, 0900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Trulsen) 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 9 New Zealand (Becker) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Germany (Kapp) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 7 Sweden (Lindholm) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 7 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 8 United States (Fenson) 2 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 Draw 11 - Sunday, February 19, 1900
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 5 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final New Zealand (Becker) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 1 Canada (Gushue) 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 X X X 9 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden (Lindholm) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 X 8 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Trulsen) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 Germany (Kapp) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Draw 12 - Monday, February 20, 1400
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Switzerland (Stöckli) 4 0 1 0 3 2 X X X X 10 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X X 2 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final New Zealand (Becker) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1 Germany (Kapp) 2 0 3 2 2 1 X X X X 10 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada (Gushue) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 United States (Fenson) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 Semi-finals - Wednesday, February 22, 1900
1 vs. 4
In a close game, where both teams played extremely well, the game came down to the last rock of the tenth end. Finland (1) had the hammer, and skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi had to put a rock right on the button to win the game. It was either that or a difficult hit and roll off a British (4) rock in the four-foot frozen to a Finnish rock. British skip David Murdoch had an excellent raise hit and roll to make the freeze on his last rock, but it was no match for Markku's draw—giving Finland the win.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 Player Percentages Finland Great Britain Teemu Salo 84% Euan Byers 89% Kalle Kiiskinen 94% Warwick Smith 89% Wille Mäkelä 78% Ewan MacDonald 89% Markku Uusipaavalniemi 88% David Murdoch 80% Total 86% Total 87% 2 vs. 3
In the other semi-final, Canada (2) outplayed the Americans (3) for most of the game propelling them to victory. The Americans kept it close for most of the game, always within a few points until the ninth end. With Canada having the hammer, USA skip Pete Fenson had a difficult draw to beat out four Canadian stones and get buried but half of the rock was left out in the open. Canada's skip Brad Gushue peeled off Fenson's rock on his last, giving Gushue five points, at which point the American team conceded.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada (Gushue) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 X 11 United States (Fenson) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5 Player Percentages Canada United States Jamie Korab 71% John Shuster 79% Russ Howard 82% Joseph Polo 79% Mark Nichols 94% Shawn Rojeski 63% Brad Gushue 83% Pete Fenson 79% Total 82% Total 75% Bronze medal game - Friday, February 24, 1300
US skip Pete Fenson got the victory after hitting a British stone in the open on his last shot of the game, giving him the only point he needed in the 8-6 victory. The momentum for the Americans began in the third end however, when the Americans scored a three-ender. David Murdoch, the British skip tried to draw to the button on top of two American stones, but was a few inches short, leaving the rock in the open. It was easily tapped out by Fenson giving the Americans three points, and they never trailed after that point, going on to win the country's first Olympic curling medal. The game was interrupted by a streaker wearing a rubber chicken, prompting one of the British players to joke, "Are you Scottish?"[2]
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final United States (Fenson) 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 6 Player Percentages Great Britain United States Euan Byers 94% John Shuster 75% Warwick Smith 85% Joseph Polo 95% Ewan MacDonald 88% Shawn Rojeski 94% David Murdoch 79% Pete Fenson 83% Total 86% Total 87% Gold medal game - Friday, February 24, 1730
After Finland skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi missed an opportunity with the hammer in the 1st end, scoring only two points instead of three (0-2), Canada dominated and scored two points with the hammer in the 2nd end (2-2) before stealing the next two ends with a point in each (4-2). Finland finally won a point with the hammer in the 5th end to reduce the deficit (4-3), but numerous Finnish mistakes led to Canada's scoring six points in the 6th end, which effectively won the match and secured the gold medal (10-3). Brad Gushue of Canada actually had the chance to score an unusual seventh point with the hammer, but his draw shot had too much weight and together with some furious sweeping at the house by the Finland skip, it passed through the house. As it is, six is very unusual as well, and Gushue blamed the miss on nerves.
However, Gushue's miss was of little consequence due to Canada's lead. By this time, Finland wanted to concede, but had to carry on until the 8th end before being allowed to do so. They finished 10-4 with no points in the 7th end and one point in the 8th end. It was Canada's first gold medal in men's curling after winning silver at Nagano in 1998 and Salt Lake City in 2002. School children in Newfoundland and Labrador, where four of the five Canadians are from, had the afternoon off from school to watch the game. Those four Newfoundlanders were the first to ever win a gold medal at the Olympics. Mark Nichols, Canada's third, played phenomenally with a 97% shooting percentage. His raise-triple take-out in the sixth end was a major factor in Canada's scoring the six-point rarity.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 4 Canada (Gushue) 0 2 1 1 0 6 0 0 X X 10 Player Percentages Canada Finland Jamie Korab 88% Teemu Salo 86% Russ Howard 75% Kalle Kiiskinen 80% Mark Nichols 97% Wille Mäkelä 53% Brad Gushue 72% Markku Uusipaavalniemi 57% Total 83% Total 69% Round Robin Final Player percentages
Minimum 6 games. Five best players from each position
Lead Nation % Euan Byers Great Britain 84 Holger Höhne Germany 83 Jamie Korab Canada 83 Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Norway 83 Peter Narup Sweden 82 Second Nation % Warwick Smith Great Britain 85 Magnus Swartling Sweden 81 Joe Polo United States 80 Russ Howard Canada 79 Oliver Axnick Germany 76 Flemming Davanger Norway 76 Third Nation % Shawn Rojeski United States 83 Uli Kapp Germany 80 Ewan MacDonald Great Britain 78 Wille Mäkelä Finland 78 Mark Nichols Canada 77 Skip Nation % Markku Uusipaavalniemi Finland 81 Brad Gushue Canada 77 Ralph Stöckli Switzerland 77 Pål Trulsen Norway 77 David Murdoch Great Britain 76 Olympic Qualifying
Canada
Main article: 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling TrialsThe Canadian Olympic trials took place December 3-11, 2005 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Women
Team W L Kelly Scott 7 2 Shannon Kleibrink 6 3 Stefanie Lawton 6 3 Sherry Middaugh 6 3 Sherry Anderson 5 4 Jennifer Jones 5 4 Jan Betker 4 5 Colleen Jones 3 6 Jo-Ann Rizzo 2 7 Marie-France Larouche 1 8 Tie-Breaker
- Lawton 9-4 Middaugh
Playoffs
- Semi-Final: Kleibrink 5-4 Lawton
- Final: Kleibrink 8-7 Scott
Men
Team W L Brad Gushue 8 1 Jeff Stoughton 7 2 John Morris 6 3 Glenn Howard 5 4 Pat Ryan 5 4 Kevin Martin 4 5 Randy Ferbey 4 5 Shawn Adams 3 6 Mark Dacey 3 6 Jay Peachey 0 9 Playoffs
- Semi-Final: Stoughton 8-6 Morris
- Final: Gushue 8-7 Stoughton
Germany
The German Olympic trials were held on three weekends as part of a triple round-robin with no playoffs. The first weekend was played in Schwenningen on February 20-22 The second in Hamburg on March 3-6 and the third weekend was played in Baden-Hills on March 11-13. Only the men's teams qualified for the Olympics.
Final standings
Team W L Andy Kapp 8 2 Andy Lang 6 5 Christopher Bartsch 5 5 Sebastian Stock 4 6 Christian Baumann 3 8 Switzerland
The Swiss Olympic trials were held March 3-6, 2005 in Bern.
Women
Team W L Mirjam Ott 3 0 Luzia Ebnöther 2 1 Silvana Tirinzoni 1 2 Nicole Strausak 0 3 Playoffs
- 1 vs. 2: (best of 3) Ott 9-3 Ebnöther; Ebnöther 4-5 Ott
- 3 vs. 4: (best of 3) Trinzoni 5-11 Strausak; Strausak 2-8 Trinzoni; Trinzoni 8-9 Strausak
- Semi-final: (best of 3) Ebnöther 3-7 Strausak; Strausak 4-8 Ebnöther; Ebnöther 10-5 Strausak
- Final: (best of 3) Ott 7-4 Ebnöther; Ebnöther 9-3 Ott; Ott 8-7 Ebnöther (EE)
Men
Team W L Ralph Stöckli 4 0 Andreas Schwaller 1 3 Bernhard Wethermann 1 3 Playoffs
- Final: (best of 5) Stöckli 6-8 Schwaller; Schwaller 5-3 Stöckli; Stöckli 7-5 Schwaller; Schwaller 3-8 Stöckli; Stöckli 6-4 Schwaller
United States
The U.S. Olympic trials were held February 19-26, 2005 in McFarland, Wisconsin. They double as the qualifying tournament to the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship and the 2005 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.
Results:Women
Team W L Cassandra Johnson 9 0 Debbie McCormick 8 1 Patti Lank 7 2 Aileen Sormunen 5 4 Amy Wright 5 4 Norma O'Leary 4 5 Caitlin Maroldo 3 6 Lori Karst 2 7 Nancy Richard 1 8 Katie Schmitt 1 8 Tie-breaker
- Sormunen 13-10 Wright
Playoffs
- 3 vs. 4: Lank (3) 9-4 Sormunen (4)
- 1 vs. 2: McCormick (2) 8-6 Johnson (1)
- Semi-final: Johnson 8-7 Lank
- Final: Johnson 5-4 McCormick
Men
Team W L Pete Fenson 7 2 Craig Brown 6 3 Scott Baird 6 3 Brady Clark 6 3 Rich Ruohonen 5 4 Craig Disher 5 4 Greg Eigner 3 6 Jason Larway 3 6 Ben Tucker 3 6 Wes Johnson 1 8 Tie-breaker
- Brown 9-2 Clark
- Brown 11-8 Baird
Playoffs
- 3 vs. 4: Clark (4) 5-4 Baird (3)
- 1 vs. 2: Fenson (1) 9-3 Brown (2)
- Semi-final: Brown 7-6 Clark
- Final: Fenson 7-3 Brown
Japan
The Japanese Olympic trials were held November 23, 2005 in Tokoro, Hokkaidō. Two teams, from Nagano (skipped by Yukako Tsuchiya) and Aomori (skipped by Ayumi Onodera) were eligible, with Aomori having the championship team. Therefore, Nagano had to win two games against Aomori to win, while Aomori needed to win either of the games.
Women
Playoffs
- Game 1: Onodera 5-2 Tsuchiya
- Game 2: Not needed
Other nations
The teams for most of the other nations were selected by a committee, usually by the governing body of the sport in that nation. The countries qualified based on a point system based on World Championship results. Note that these tables show the results of the Scotland team: the Olympics is the only event where Scotland is temporarily re-labelled as "Great Britain". The same point system of 12 points for the winner was used in 2005 World Championships even though the event was expanded to 12 teams from 10.
Men's
Nation 2003 2004 2005 Total Canada 12 8 12 32.0 Norway 8 7 7 22.0 Scotland 4.5 6 10 20.5 Sweden 6 12 2 20.0 Germany 1.5 10 8 19.5 Switzerland 10 4.5 4 18.5 Finland 7 - 5.5 12.5 United States 3 2 5.5 10.5 New Zealand - 4.5 3 7.5 Italy (host) - - 0 0.0 Denmark 4.5 2 0 6.5 France - 2 - 2.0 South Korea 1.5 - - 1.5 Australia - - 1 1.0 Women's
Nation 2003 2004 2005 Total United States 12 7 10 29.0 Canada 10 12 7 29.0 Sweden 8 5 12 25.5 Norway 7 10 8 25.0 Switzerland 6 8 3.5 17.5 Scotland 3 6 5 14.0 Russia 3 - 6 9.0 Japan 3 4 1.5 8.5 Denmark 3 2.5 1.5 7.0 Italy (host) 3 2.5 0 5.5 China - - 3.5 3.5 Finland - 1 0 1.0 References
- ^ Campigotto, Jesse (2006-02-13). "Gushue takes Howard's steady hand". CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2006/02/13/gushue-feature060213.html. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
External links
- 2006 Winter Olympics - Curling
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