2011 World Senior Curling Championships

2011 World Senior Curling Championships
Host city	St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Arena	Saint Paul Curling Club
Dates	April 15-24, 2011
Men's winner	Canada
Curling club	Thistle CC Edmonton, Alberta
Skip	Mark Johnson
Third	Marvin Wirth
Second	Ken McLean
Lead	Millard Evans
Alternate	Brad Hannah
Finalist	United States (Geoff Goodland)
Women's winner	Canada
Curling club	Juan de Fuca CC Victoria, British Columbia
Skip	Christine Jurgenson
Third	Cheryl Noble
Second	Pat Sanders
Lead	Roselyn Craig
Alternate	Lena West
Finalist	Sweden (Ingrid Meldahl)

2011 World Senior Curling Championships
Tournament
men  women

The 2011 World Senior Curling Championships were held at the Saint Paul Curling Club in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA from April 15 to 24, 2011. The event was held in conjunction with the 2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

Canada swept the seniors event, winning both the men's and women's championships. Canada's Mark Johnson defeated the American hosts skipped by Geoff Goodland in an extra end, stealing a point to win 5-4, while Canada's Christine Jurgenson won a six-end game 9-2 over former world senior champion Ingrid Meldahl and her Swedish rink. The Australian rink under Hugh Millikin won their second consecutive bronze medal by defeating Denmark's Bent Kristoffersen with a tally of 8-5, while the Swiss rink under Chantal Forrer took the bronze medal with a 5-4 after a single in the last end to wrap up a tight game against the American hosts under Margie Smith.

Men

Main article: 2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament

The men's tournament consisted of 21 teams playing in three groups of seven, an increase from last year's tournament, which consisted of 12 teams in two groups of six. The groups played a round-robin tournament within their own groups, and the top eight teams advanced to the quarterfinals and played a single-knockout round to determine the winner. The top eight teams included the top two teams from each group and two of the third-ranked teams among the groups.

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Draw Shot Challenge (team with best moves to playoffs, other two play in qualification game)

Blue Group Skip W L United States Geoff Goodland 6 0 England Michael Sutherland 4 2 Scotland Ken Horton 4 2 Hungary András Rókusfalvy 3 3 Japan Nobuyuki Kato 3 3 France Christophe Lehuenen 1 5 Netherlands Wim Neeleman 0 6

Red Group Skip W L Canada Mark Johnson 6 0 Denmark Bent Kristoffersen 5 1 Germany Klaus Unterstab 4 2 Sweden Per Carlsén 3 3 Finland Timo Kauste 2 4 Czech Republic Petr Slavik 1 5 Italy Danilo Capriolo 0 6

Green Group Skip W L Switzerland Dieter Strub 6 0 Australia Hugh Millikin 5 1 New Zealand Peter Becker 4 2 Ireland Peter Wilson 3 3 Wales Chris Wells 2 4 Russia Sergey Melnikov 1 5 Latvia Pēteris Šveisbergs 0 6

Playoffs

	Qualification Game
	R3	Germany	3
	B3	Scotland	6

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold Medal Match

R1

Canada

9

B3

Scotland

3

R1

Canada

11

G2

Australia

1

G2

Australia

5

B2

England

4

R1

Canada

5

B1

United States

4

G1

Switzerland

4

R2

Denmark

5

R2

Denmark

2

B1

United States

11

B1

United States

6

G3

New Zealand

2

	Bronze Medal Match
	G2	Australia	8
	R2	Denmark	5

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, April 23, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Australia (Millikin)	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	8
Denmark (Kristoffersen)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	5

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, April 23, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Canada (Johnson)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	5
United States (Goodland)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4

2011 World Senior Men's Curling Championship Winner
Canada 7th title

Women

Main article: 2011 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament

The women's tournament consisted of eleven teams playing a round robin tournament. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals and play a single-knockout round to determine the winner.

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Teams	Skip	W	L
Canada	Christine Jurgenson	10	0
United States	Margie Smith	8	2
Switzerland	Chantal Forrer	7	3
Sweden	Ingrid Meldahl	7	3
Scotland	Linda Young	6	4
Czech Republic	Lenka Safranková	4	6
Japan	Eriko Igarashi	4	6
Ireland	Marie O'Kane	3	7
England	Sandra Moorcroft	2	8
New Zealand	Wendy Becker	2	8
Russia	Liudmila Murova	2	8

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Canada	6
	4	Switzerland	5
						1	Canada	9
						3	Sweden	2
	2	United States	5
	3	Sweden	7

	Bronze Medal Match
	4	Switzerland	5
	2	United States	4

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, April 23, 14:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Forrer)	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	5
United States (Smith)	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, April 23, 14:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Jurgenson)	3	0	4	0	0	2	X	X	9
Sweden (Meldahl)	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	2

2011 World Women's Senior Curling Championship Winner
Canada 7th title

References

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