The 2013

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(branded as the Titlis Glacier Mountain World Women's Curling Championship 2013 for sponsorship reasons) was held at the

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from March 16 to 24. It marked the first time that

has hosted the World Women's Championship. This event was also a qualifying event for the

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, awarding points to countries based on performance at the worlds. Scotland's

Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the bro ...

won the event, becoming the youngest skip to ever win the women's curling championship at 22 years of age. She edged Sweden's

Margaretha Sigfridsson Margaretha Sigfridsson (born 28 January 1976) is a Swedish curler who in 2009 was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame. Curling career Early career Sigfridsson skipped the Swedish team at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championship ...

, the previous year's silver medallist, in the final with a score of 6–5. Canada's

Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Can ...

won the bronze medal after defeating

Erika Brown Erika Lynn Brown (born January 25, 1973) is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed. Career As a 15-year-old, Brown represent the United States at the 1988 Winte ...

of the United States with a score of 8–6.

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship: * (host country) *Two teams from the Americas zone ** ** (given that no challenges in the Americas zone were issued) *Seven teams from the 2012 European Curling Championships ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *Two teams from the 2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships ** **

Teams

With

Mirjam Ott Mirjam Ott (born 27 January 1972 in Bern, Switzerland) is a retired Swiss curler who lives in Laax, Switzerland. She is the 2012 World Curling Champion skip. She is the skip (captain) of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in se ...

's Swiss rink losing in the Swiss Championships, there was no defending team at the 2013 Women's Worlds. Representing Switzerland instead was 1999 World Junior champion

Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is currently the reigning women's world champion skip having won the last three championships, in 2019, 2021 and . Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 ...

. Returning from the 2012 World championships was the

rink, who won silver in 2012 as well as in 2002 and 2009. The team was selected by the Swedish Curling Association, despite losing to

Anette Norberg Anette Norberg (born 12 November 1966) is a retired Swedish curler from Härnösand. She and her team were the Olympic women's curling champions in 2006 and 2010. After winning the 2006 Women's Curling tournament in Turin over Mirjam Ott's Sw ...

in the Swedish final, feeling that they would be a better representative. Also returning from 2012 was 2009 World Champion

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. ...

of China, 2-time European bronze medalist

Lene Nielsen Lene Nielsen (born 31 August 1986 in Hvidovre) is a Danish curler. She was the skip of the 2014 Danish Olympic Curling Team. Career Nielsen played in her first international events in 2004, as an alternate for the Madeleine Dupont rink. Even th ...

of Denmark, 2006 European silver medalist

Diana Gaspari Diana Gaspari (born 6 May 1984 in Innichen (San Candido)) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo. She currently coaches the Italian junior men's team. Gaspari started playing curling in 1996. She plays in fourth position as a skip and is ...

of Italy, reigning European champion Anna Sidorova of Russia and four-time World Junior champion

of Scotland. Also, two-time world champion

Andrea Schöpp Andrea Schöpp (born 27 February 1965) is a German curler from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She lectures part-time in statistics at the University of Munich. Career Schöpp is a two-time World champion ( and ), seven-time European champion (, , , ...

of Germany, whose team represented Germany in 2012 is also returning, having missed the 2012 tournament due to a leg injury. Making her seventh appearance at the Worlds is U.S. skip,

, who is a two-time world silver medalist. The host Latvian team was skipped by

Iveta Staša-Šaršūne Iveta Staša-Šaršūne (born June 9, 1976) is a Latvian curler from Riga, Latvia. Career Staša-Šaršūne skipped the Latvian team at three World Women's Curling Championships. At the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift ...

who finished last in her lone appearance in 2010. Making their World debuts was Canadian skip

, the 2010 World Junior silver medalist and Japanese skip

Satsuki Fujisawa is a Japanese curler from Kitami, Hokkaido. As a skip, she has won the Japanese national championship six times. Fujisawa skipped the bronze medal-winning Japanese team at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and the silver medal-winning team at t ...

who is a two-time Pacific Junior champion. The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in

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Draw 1

''Saturday, March 16, 14:00''

Draw 2

''Saturday, March 16, 19:00''

Draw 3

''Sunday, March 17, 9:00''

Draw 4

''Sunday, March 17, 14:00''

Draw 5

''Sunday, March 17, 19:00''

Draw 6

''Monday, March 18, 8:30''

Draw 7

''Monday, March 18, 13:30''

Draw 8

''Monday, March 18, 18:30''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, March 19, 8:30''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, March 19, 13:30''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, March 19, 18:30''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, March 20, 8:30''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, March 20, 13:30''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, March 20, 18:30''

Draw 15

''Thursday, March 21, 8:30''

Draw 16

''Thursday, March 21, 13:30''

Draw 17

''Thursday, March 21, 18:30''

Tiebreakers

''Friday, March 22, 9:00'' ''Friday, March 22, 14:00''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Friday, March 22, 19:00''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, March 23, 14:00''

Semifinal

''Saturday, March 23, 19:00''

Bronze medal game

''Sunday, March 24, 9:00''

Gold medal game

''Sunday, March 24, 14:00''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Round robin only''

References

;General * ;Specific

External links

* {{2012–13 curling season

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