The 2018

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(branded as the 2018

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World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 17–25 at the

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in North Bay,

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. The format of the tournament was changed this year, with 13 teams qualifying for the tournament (as opposed to 12 in previous years), and the top 6 teams from round-robin play will qualify for the playoffs (rather than 4). The playoff system were single-knockout, where the top two teams received a bye while the remaining four played the first round. The event was won by Canada's

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rink from Winnipeg; the second world championship for the 2014 Olympic gold medalists. Off the ice, the event was a success and set an attendance record for a women's world championship held in Canada. Jennifer Jones was complimentary of the fans, saying she had never played in a louder arena.

Qualification

The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship: * (host country) *One team from the Americas zone ** *Eight teams from the 2017 European Curling Championships ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *Three teams from the

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** ** **

Teams

The teams are as follows:

Round robin standings

''Final round robin standings''

WCT ranking

Year to date

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order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in

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Draw 1

''Saturday, March 17, 14:00''

Draw 2

''Saturday, March 17, 19:00''

Draw 3

''Sunday, March 18, 09:00''

Draw 4

''Sunday, March 18, 14:00''

Draw 5

''Sunday, March 18, 19:00''

Draw 6

''Monday, March 19, 09:00''

Draw 7

''Monday, March 19, 14:00''

Draw 8

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

Draw 9

''Tuesday, March 20, 09:00''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, March 20, 14:00''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, March 20, 19:00''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, March 21, 09:00''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, March 21, 14:00''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, March 21, 19:00''

Draw 15

''Thursday, March 22, 09:00''

Draw 16

''Thursday, March 22, 14:00''

Draw 17

''Thursday, March 22, 19:00''

Draw 18

''Friday, March 23, 09:00''

Draw 19

''Friday, March 23, 14:00''

Draw 20

''Friday, March 23, 19:00''

Playoffs

Qualification games

''Saturday, March 24, 09:00''

Semifinal 1

''Saturday, March 24, 14:00''

Semifinal 2

''Saturday, March 24, 19:00''

Bronze medal game

''Sunday, March 25, 10:00''

Gold medal game

''Sunday, March 25, 15:00''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''After round robin; minimum 5 games''

Perfect games

Awards

The awards and all-star team are as follows: All-Star Team *Skip: Anna Hasselborg, Sweden *Third:

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, Sweden *Second: Galina Arsenkina, Russia *Lead:

Sofia Mabergs Bygg Ida Sofia Mabergs (born 9 April 1993) is a Swedish curler from Gävle. She currently plays lead on Team Anna Hasselborg. With the Hasselborg rink, she won the gold medal in women's curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Career Juniors Maberg ...

, Sweden Frances Brodie Sportsmanship Award *

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, Canada

References

External links

* {{World championships in 2018 World Women's Curling Championship 2018 in Canadian curling Curling in Northern Ontario 2018 in Ontario Sport in North Bay, Ontario March 2018 sports events in Canada International curling competitions hosted by Canada Women's curling competitions in Canada 2018 in Canadian women's sports 2018 in women's curling