2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event

2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualifying Event
Host city	Prague, Czech Republic
Dates	November 15–20, 2008
Winner	Germany
Skip	Jens Jäger
Third	Marcus Sieger
Second	Jens Gäbel
Lead	Astrid Hoer
Alternate	Caren Totzauer
Finalist	China (Wang Haitao)

The qualification event for the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship took place from November 15 to 20, 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic. The event's two top finishers, Germany and China, both qualified to participate in the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship.

The two qualification spots are determined as follows: After the conclusion of the round robin, the top four teams advance to the playoffs. The playoffs follow the first and second rounds of the page playoff system. In the first round, he first seed playing the second and the third seed playing the fourth. In the final round, the loser of 1 v. 2 plays the winner of 3 vs. 4 in the Second Place Game, like in the semifinal of the page playoff system. However, unlike the page playoff system, the winner of 1 vs. 2 and the loser of 3 vs. 4 do not play. The winner of 1 vs. 2 qualifies to the worlds, while the winner of the second place game also qualifies to the worlds.

Third: Liu Wei
Second: Xu Guangqin
Lead: He Jun
Alternate: Liu Chunyu
Coach: Li Hongchen

Third: Radek Pokorný
Second: Martin Tluk
Lead: Michaela Charvátová
Alternate: Petr Gottlieb
Coach: Vit Nekovarik

Third: Jørn Kristensen
Second: Rosita Jensen
Lead: Lars Enemark
Alternate: Robert Fezerskov Hansen
Coach: Per Christensen

Third: Tuomo Aarnikka
Second: Jari Manni
Lead: Riitta Särösalo
Alternate: Seppo Pihnala
Coach: Lauri Ikävalko

Third: Marcus Sieger
Second: Jens Gäbel
Lead: Caren Totzauer
Alternate: Astrid Hoer

Third: Katsuo Ichikawa
Second: Takashi Hidai
Lead: Ayako Saitoh
Coaches: Emi Kaneko, Satako Ogawa

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