The 2015
World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the
Zen-Noh
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World Women's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 14 to 22 at the
Tsukisamu Gymnasium
The Sapporo Tsukisamu Gymnasium (札幌市月寒体育館) is an indoor sporting arena located in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō.
The first floor is a skating rink used for ice hockey games, figure skating and leisure skating throughout the ye ...
in
Sapporo,
Japan. It marks the second time that a world championship has been held in Japan, after the
2007 World Women's Curling Championship in
Aomori.
Qualification
The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship:
* (host country)
*Two teams from the Americas zone
**
** (given that no challenges in the Americas zone are issued)
*Eight teams from the 2014
European Curling Championships
The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December. The tournament also acts as a qualifier for the Wor ...
**
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** (winner of the
World Challenge Games)
*One team from the 2014
Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
**
Teams
WCT ranking
World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world.
History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from John ...
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
Japan Standard Time
, or , is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+09:00). Japan does not observe daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated on several occasions. During World War II, the time zone was often referred to ...
(
UTC+9).
Draw 1
''Saturday, March 14, 14:00''
Draw 2
''Saturday, March 14, 19:00''
Draw 3
''Sunday, March 15, 9:00''
Draw 4
''Sunday, March 15, 14:00''
Draw 5
''Sunday, March 15, 19:00''
Draw 6
''Monday, March 16, 9:00''
Draw 7
''Monday, March 16, 14:00''
Draw 8
''Monday, March 16, 19:00''
Draw 9
''Tuesday, March 17, 9:00''
Draw 10
''Tuesday, March 17, 14:00''
Draw 11
''Tuesday, March 17, 19:00''
Draw 12
''Wednesday, March 18, 9:00''
Draw 13
''Wednesday, March 18, 14:00''
Draw 14
''Wednesday, March 18, 19:00''
Draw 15
''Thursday, March 19, 9:00''
Draw 16
''Thursday, March 19, 14:00''
Draw 17
''Thursday, March 19, 19:00''
Tiebreaker
''Friday, March 20, 9:00''
Playoffs
3 vs. 4
''Friday, March 20, 19:00''
1 vs. 2
''Saturday, March 21, 9:00''
Semifinal
''Saturday, March 21, 17:00''
Bronze medal game
''Sunday, March 22, 9:00''
Final
''Sunday, March 22, 15:00''
Statistics
Top 5 Player percentages
''Final Round Robin Percentages''
Perfect games
References
;General
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External links
* (web archive)
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