The 2005

World Women's Curling Championship The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...

was held from March 19–27, 2005 at the

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in Paisley, Scotland. The

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was the first since the

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event to be held separately from the

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. The tournament was plagued with problems from the start. Ice conditions were not the best, due to a number of factors, including the arena being located adjacent to a swimming pool. Also,

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, a standard at major events was not used for the first draws, due to a refusal by the organising committee to pay for it. These ice issues led to the postponement of the fourth draw. Also, ticket prices were very expensive, leading to poor attendance numbers. Due to a dispute with volunteers who wanted to be paid, time clocks were not used. This meant that the on-ice umpire was allowed to pull rocks out of a game as a penalty for slow play. This arguably cost the Russian team a loss in one game. In the end, it was

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, skipped by Anette Norberg who won her first championship, and Sweden's first since 1999, with a win in the final over the

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, skipped by Cassandra Johnson.

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, skipped by Dordi Nordby won bronze.

Qualifying

Teams qualified for the World Curling Championship in a series of different tournaments depending on their location. European teams qualified through the Le Gruyère

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, held in

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, December 4–11, 2004. Eight of the twelve qualifying teams (Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Italy, Finland, and Denmark) were selected from Europe. Australian and Asian teams qualified through the

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. Two teams (Japan and China) qualified for the World Curling Championship. The Canadian women's team was selected through the

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. The U.S. team was selected through the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

Teams

The 2005 World Women's Curling Championship was contested between teams from three continents:

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, and

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. The list of teams differed from the Men's Curling Championship. Teams included 1990 and 1991 World Champion Dordi Nordby of Norway and 2001 Silver medalist Anette Norberg of Sweden. Joining them in their 4th trip to the worlds was Olga Jarkova's Russian team, in their 3rd appearance were Yumie Hayashi of Japan and

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, making their 2nd appearance were Mirjam Ott of Switzerland,

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of Denmark,

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of Finland and

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of Scotland. Making their first appearance at the worlds were

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of Canada,

Wang Bingyu Wang Bingyu (; ; born October 7, 1984 in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Bingyu "Betty" Wang) is a Chinese curler. In 2009, she became the first non Northern American or European skip to win a World Championship. Cu ...

of China and Cassandra Johnson of the United States.

Round-robin standings

''*First Appearance''

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''March 19, 2005 10:00''

Draw 2

''March 19, 2005 15:00''

Draw 3

''March 19, 2005 20:00''

Draw 5

''March 20, 2005 14:00''

Draw 6

''March 20, 2005 19:00''

Draw 7

''March 21, 2005 09:30''

Draw 8

''March 21, 2005 14:00''

Draw 9

''March 21, 2005 19:00''

Draw 10

''March 22, 2005 09:30''

Draw 11

''March 22, 2005 14:00''

Draw 12

''March 22, 2005 19:00''

Draw 13

''March 23, 2005 09:30''

Draw 14

''March 23, 2005 14:00''

Draw 15

''March 23, 2005 19:00''

Draw 16

''March 24, 2005 09:30''

Draw 17

''March 24, 2005 14:00''

Draw 4

''March 25, 2005 09:30''
''Originally scheduled for March 20, 2005''

Tie-breaker

''March 25, 2005 14:00''

Page playoffs

For the first time ever, the World championships used the

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where the top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.

Brackets

1 vs. 2 game

''March 26, 2005 09:30''

3 vs. 4 game

''March 26, 2005 14:00''

Semifinal

''March 26, 2005 19:00''

Final

''March 27, 2005 15:00''

Round-robin player percentages

References

* {{World Curling Championships 2005 Women

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