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

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

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, the previous year's silver medallist, in the final with a score of 6–5. Canada's Rachel Homan won the bronze medal after defeating Erika Brown 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'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. 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 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 People's Republic of China, Chinese curling, curler. In 2009, she became the first non Northern American or European ...

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 ...

of Denmark, 2006 European silver medalist Diana Gaspari of Italy, reigning European champion

Anna Sidorova Anna Vladimirovna Sidorova (; born 6 February 1991) is a Russians, Russian Curling, curler. She currently Skip (curling), skips her own team. Sidorova was the skip of the Russian team that won bronze medals at the World Curling Championships, Wo ...

of Russia and four-time World Junior champion Eve Muirhead 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, Erika Brown, who is a two-time world silver medalist. The host Latvian team was skipped by

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who finished last in her lone appearance in 2010. Making their World debuts was Canadian skip Rachel Homan, the 2010 World Junior silver medalist and Japanese skip Satsuki Fujisawa 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

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Final on YouTube
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