Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
| Wheelchair curling at the XII Paralympic Winter Games |
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| Venue | Gangneung Gymnasium | |||||||||
| Dates | 10–17 March | |||||||||
| Competitors | 60 from 12 nations | |||||||||
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 China
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 Norway
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 Canada
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The wheelchair curling competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics will be held from 10 to 17 March 2018 at the Gangneung Gymnasium in Gangneung, South Korea. For the first time, twelve mixed teams will compete at the Winter Paralympics.
Qualification for the 2018 Paralympics was based on rankings in the 2015, 2016, and 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championships. The qualification points are allotted based on the nations' final rankings at the World Championships. The points are distributed as shown in the table below. The eleven countries with the most points were to qualify for the Pyeongchang Games, while the twelfth slot was reserved for the host country, South Korea. Because the South Korean team placed within the top eleven point-scorers, the twelfth slot was given to the twelfth-ranked team, Sweden.
The teams are listed as follows:
Skip: Mark Ideson
Third: Ina Forrest
Second: Dennis Thiessen
Lead: Marie Wright
Alternate: James Anseeuw
Skip: Wang Haitao
Third: Chen Jianxin
Second: Liu Wei
Lead: Wang Meng
Alternate: Zhang Qiang
Fourth: Markku Karjalainen
Third: Yrjö Jääskeläinen
Second: Vesa Leppänen
Skip: Sari Karjalainen
Alternate: Riitta Särösalo
Skip: Christiane Putzich
Third: Harry Pavel
Second: Martin Schlitt
Lead: Heike Melchior
Alternate: Wolf Meissner
Skip: Aileen Neilson
Third: Hugh Nibloe
Second: Gregor Ewan
Lead: Bob McPherson
Alternate: Angie Malone
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