The 2014

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(branded as

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World Women's Curling Championship 2014 for sponsorship reasons) was held from 15 to 23 March at the

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. In the final, Switzerland, skipped by

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upset the host Canadian team, skipped by

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in a surprise win, 9–5. Canada led 5–3 after the seventh end, but errors made by the team in the eighth end caused the Swiss to score a three-ender, giving the Swiss a 6–5 lead. Canada made more mistakes in the ninth, leading Homan to attempt a very difficult angle raise double takeout on her last, which she missed, giving up another three-ender, the first steal of three the team gave up in the tournament. Canada finished first in the round robin with a 10–1 record, their only loss coming against the same Swiss team. It was the second gold medal for Switzerland in the previous three years.

Qualification

The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2014 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

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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *Two teams from the

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** **

Teams

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

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( UTC−4).

Draw 1

''Saturday, 15 March, 14:30''

Draw 2

''Saturday, 15 March, 19:30''

Draw 3

''Sunday, 16 March, 9:30''

Draw 4

''Sunday, 16 March, 14:30''

Draw 5

''Sunday, 16 March, 19:30''

Draw 6

''Monday, 17 March, 9:30''

Draw 7

''Monday, 17 March, 14:30''

Draw 8

''Monday, 17 March, 19:30''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, 18 March, 9:30''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, 18 March, 14:30''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, 18 March, 19:30''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, 19 March, 9:30''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, 19 March, 14:30''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, 19 March, 19:30''

Draw 15

''Thursday, 20 March, 9:30''

Draw 16

''Thursday, 20 March, 14:30''

Draw 17

''Thursday, 20 March, 19:30''

Tiebreaker

''Friday, 21 March, 14:30''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Friday, 21 March, 19:30''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, 22 March, 9:00''

Semifinal

''Saturday, 22 March, 14:00''

Bronze medal game

''Sunday, 23 March, 12:00''

Final

''Sunday, 23 March, 19:30''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Round robin only''

References

;General * ;Specific

External links

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Final on YouTube
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