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Curling, Women

Date13 – 23 February 2006
StatusOlympic
LocationPalaghiaccio, Pinerolo
Participants46 from 10 countries
FormatRound-robin pool, followed by single-elimination medal round.

Unusually four different countries had taken the four world championships since the 2002 Winter Olympics and the tournament appeared more open than in the previous two Games. Sweden had completed the double of World and European Championships in 2005 whilst Canada, Norway and the United States all had realistic title hopes.

A disappointing United States team was the main casualty of the early stages as Sweden and Switzerland topped the round-robin stage and progressed into the final with semi-final wins over Canada and Norway respectively. The final ended in a six-all tie at the end of the scheduled ten ends and was decided only when Anette Norberg of Sweden took out two scoring Swiss stones with her last stone of the first extra end.

The success of the Swedish team earned them an unusual invitation – a chance to appear in a music video by the Swedish heavy metal band “Hammerfall”.

The Danish team, the only representatives from that nation in Torino, were afforded extra security as a result of threats connected to the publishing of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in a Copenhagen newspaper.

PosTeamNOCWLPtsForAgt%
1SwedenSWE92187464Gold
2SwitzerlandSUI83168756Silver
3CanadaCAN74148463Bronze
4NorwayNOR65128270
=5Great BritainGBR54105554
=5Russian FederationRUS54105760
7JapanJPN4585360
=8DenmarkDEN2744769
=8United StatesUSA2745866
10ItalyITA1824479

Round-Robin (13 – 20 February 2006)

Round-robin pool. First four qualified for semi-finals.

PosNOCWLPtsForAgt
=1SUI72147444Q
=1SWE72146254Q
=3NOR63127354Q
=3CAN63126851Q
=5RUS54105760
=5GBR54105554
7JPN4585360
=8USA2745866
=8DEN2744769
10ITA1824479

Match #1 13 Feb 14:00NOR 11 – 6USA
Match #2 13 Feb 14:00SWE 7 – 5CAN
Match #3 13 Feb 14:00SUI 11 – 4ITA
Match #4 13 Feb 14:00GBR 3 – 2DEN
Match #5 14 Feb 09:00RUS 7 – 5JPN
Match #6 14 Feb 09:00GBR 5 – 4SUI
Match #7 14 Feb 09:00NOR 10 – 3SWE
Match #8 14 Feb 09:00CAN 11 – 5USA
Match #9 14 Feb 19:00DEN 10 – 7ITA
Match #10 14 Feb 19:00JPN 6 – 5USA
Match #11 14 Feb 19:00CAN 6 – 5RUS
Match #12 14 Feb 19:00SUI 9 – 2NOR
Match #13 15 Feb 14:00SWE 8 – 6GBR
Match #14 15 Feb 14:00ITA 6 – 4RUS
Match #15 15 Feb 14:00NOR 9 – 4JPN
Match #16 15 Feb 14:00USA 8 – 3DEN
Match #17 16 Feb 09:00SUI 6 – 5CAN
Match #18 16 Feb 09:00DEN 9 – 5JPN
Match #19 16 Feb 09:00GBR 10 – 4RUS
Match #20 16 Feb 09:00SWE 8 – 4ITA
Match #21 16 Feb 19:00SWE 5 – 4USA
Match #22 16 Feb 19:00SUI 10 – 2DEN
Match #23 16 Feb 19:00CAN 10 – 8NOR
Match #24 17 Feb 14:00RUS 8 – 7USA
Match #25 17 Feb 14:00NOR 9 – 7ITA
Match #26 17 Feb 14:00CAN 9 – 3GBR
Match #27 17 Feb 14:00SWE 9 – 7SUI
Match #28 18 Feb 09:00GBR 9 – 5ITA
Match #29 18 Feb 09:00SUI 7 – 4RUS
Match #30 18 Feb 09:00SWE 10 – 5DEN
Match #31 18 Feb 09:00JPN 5 – 2CAN
Match #32 18 Feb 19:00SWE 8 – 7JPN
Match #33 18 Feb 19:00NOR 8 – 4GBR
Match #34 18 Feb 19:00USA 11 – 3ITA
Match #35 19 Feb 14:00SUI 9 – 8USA
Match #36 19 Feb 14:00CAN 11 – 4ITA
Match #37 19 Feb 14:00JPN 10 – 5GBR
Match #38 19 Feb 14:00RUS 9 – 7DEN
Match #39 20 Feb 09:00RUS 6 – 4SWE
Match #40 20 Feb 09:00NOR 8 – 1DEN
Match #41 20 Feb 09:00JPN 6 – 4ITA
Match #42 20 Feb 19:00CAN 9 – 8DEN
Match #43 20 Feb 19:00SUI 11 – 5JPN
Match #44 20 Feb 19:00RUS 10 – 8NOR
Match #45 20 Feb 19:00GBR 10 – 4USA

Semi-Finals (22 February 2006 — 14:00)

Single-elimination matches.

Match #1 22 Feb 14:00SWE 5 – 4NOR
Match #2 22 Feb 14:00SUI 7 – 5CAN

Final Round (23 February 2006)

Classification matches.

Match 1/2 23 Feb 17:30SWE 7 – 6SUI
Match 3/4 23 Feb 13:00CAN 11 – 5NOR