The 2016

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(branded as the 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship presented by Meridian for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 19 to 27 at the Credit Union iPlex in

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. Team

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won the championship 9–6 over Team

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. The playoffs made history for Team

, which had never made the final before.

's win makes this their country's 6th Women's World Championship gold medal, 3rd gold medal in a row, and 4th gold medal in the last 5 years.

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship: * (host country) *One team from the Americas zone ** (given that no challenges in the Americas zone are issued) *Eight teams from the 2015 European Curling Championships ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *Two teams from the

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** **

Teams

WCT ranking

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Order of Merit ranking of national teams (year to date total)

Round robin standings

''Final Round Robin Standings''

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−6).

Draw 1

''Saturday, March 19, 14:00''

Draw 2

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

Draw 3

''Sunday, March 20, 9:00''

Draw 4

''Sunday, March 20, 14:00''

Draw 5

''Sunday, March 20, 19:00''

Draw 6

''Monday, March 21, 9:00''

Draw 7

''Monday, March 21, 14:00''

Draw 8

''Monday, March 21, 19:00''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, March 22, 9:00''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, March 22, 14:00''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, March 22, 19:00''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, March 23, 9:00''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, March 23, 14:00''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, March 23, 19:00''

Draw 15

''Thursday, March 24, 9:00''

Draw 16

''Thursday, March 24, 14:00''

Draw 17

''Thursday, March 24, 19:00''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Friday, March 25, 19:00''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, March 26, 14:00''

Semifinal

''Saturday, March 26, 19:00''

Bronze medal game

''Sunday, March 27, 10:00''

Final

''Sunday, March 27, 15:00''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Final Round Robin Percentages''

Perfect games

References

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External links

* (web archive) {{World championships in 2016 2016 in Canadian curling Ford World Women's Curling World Women's Curling Championship International sports competitions hosted by Canada Curling competitions in Saskatchewan Swift Current Women's curling competitions in Canada Qualification tournaments for the 2018 Winter Olympics March 2016 sports events in Canada 2016 in women's curling Women's sports in Saskatchewan