The 2009 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held in

Gangneung Gangneung (; ) is a list of cities in South Korea, municipal city in Gangwon, South Korea, Gangwon province, on the east coast of South Korea. It has a population of 213,658 (as of 2017).Gangneung City (2003)Population & Households. Retrieved Ja ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

from March 21 to 29. China, skipped by

Wang Bingyu Wang Bingyu (; ; born October 7, 1984, in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Bingyu "Betty" Wang) is a People's Republic of China, Chinese curling, curler. In 2009, she became the first non Northern American or European ...

won its first World Women's Championship, and the first for an Asian team, defeating Sweden's

Anette Norberg Anette Charlotte Norberg (born 12 November 1966) is a 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 ...

rink in the final, 8–6. China scored the game's first deuce in the fourth end when Wang made a hit and role to take a 3–1 lead. Sweden was forced to a single in the fifth after Norberg made a hit and roll to the four-foot. China scored another two points in the sixth, which was followed up by a Swedish deuce in seven, thanks to Wang wrecking on her last, and Norberg drawing for the second point. China took a 7–4 lead after eight after Wang made a hit and stick for two, followed up by a Norberg draw for two in the 9th. In the final end, with Sweden down 7–6, Norberg drew to the four foot to lie two on her final shot. China had hammer though, and on her last rock, Wang made a double takout on the two Swedish rocks to win the game. After to losing to Canada in the round robin, China won 12 straight games en route to the championship. There were over 1,500 spectators in attendance for the final. Denmark won the bronze medal, defeating Canada 7–6 in the third place match.

Qualification

* (Host country) * (Defending champion) * ( Pacific champion) * (Americas region) * Top 8 finishers from the 2008 European Curling Championships: ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** - winner of challenge series vs

Teams

Round robin standings

Round robin results

''All times local (UTC +9 or Korean Standard Time)''

Draw 1

''March 21, 2009''

Draw 2

''March 21, 2009''

Draw 3

''March 22, 2009''

Draw 4

''March 22, 2009''

Draw 5

''March 22, 2009''

Draw 6

''March 23, 2009''

Draw 7

''March 23, 2009''

Draw 8

''March 23, 2009''

Draw 9

''March 24, 2009''

Draw 10

''March 24, 2009''

Draw 11

''March 24, 2009''

Draw 12

''March 25, 2009''

Draw 13

''March 25, 2009''

Draw 14

''March 25, 2009''

Draw 15

''March 26, 2009 1000''

Draw 16

''March 26, 2009 1500''

Draw 17

''March 26, 2009 2000''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''March 27, 2009 2000''

3 vs. 4

''March 28, 2009 1400''

Semifinal

''March 28, 2009 1900''

Bronze medal game

''March 29, 2009 1000''

Gold medal game

''March 29, 2009 1500''

Player percentages

Top five percentages per position during the round robin.

External links

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2009 Mount TitliS World Women'S Curling ChampionShip World Women's Curling Championship Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship, 2009 Sports competitions in Gangneung Women's curling competitions in South Korea International curling competitions hosted by South Korea 2009 in South Korean women's sport March 2009 sports events in Asia