World Senior Curling Championships

World Senior Curling Championships
Established	2002
2024 host city	Östersund, Sweden
2024 arena	Östersund Arena
Current champions (2023)
Men	Canada (Howard Rajala)
Women	Canada (Sherry Anderson)
Current edition
2024 World Senior Curling Championships

The World Senior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring curlers from around the world who are at least 50 years old. Matches at the World Senior Championships are played in 8 ends played instead of the 10 played in most international events.

The tournament began in 2002 with only 7 men's teams and 4 women's teams but has since expanded.

The 2020 & 2021 event were cancelled on March 14, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1][2]

Results

Men

Year	Host City/Country		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2002	Bismarck, United States		United States Larry Johnson	8–2	Canada Ron Westcott		Sweden Stig Sewik	–	Germany Charlie Kapp
2003	Winnipeg, Canada		Canada Tom Reed	9–3	United States Scott Baird		Scotland Iain Baxter	7–5	Germany Charlie Kapp
2004	Gävle, Sweden		Canada Bas Buckle	8–3	United States Bill Kind		Switzerland Mattias Neuenschwander	8–4	Norway Tormod Andreassen
2005	Greenacres, Scotland		Canada Bas Buckle	5–4	United States David Russell		Switzerland Peter Attinger Jr.	5–2	England D. Michael Sutherland
2006	Copenhagen, Denmark		Canada Les Rogers	9–1	United States Brian Simonson		Sweden Jan Ullsten	12–6	Denmark Johannes Jensen
2007	Edmonton, Canada		Scotland Keith Prentice	6–5	Canada Al Hackner		Sweden Claes Roxin	7–6	United States Geoff Goodland
2008	Vierumäki, Finland		Canada Pat Ryan	8–0	Sweden Per Lindeman		United States David Russell	6–4	Scotland Graeme Adam
2009	Dunedin, New Zealand		Canada Eugene Hritzuk	4–3	United States Paul Pustovar		Scotland Keith Prentice	9–3	Switzerland André Pauli
2010	Chelyabinsk, Russia		United States Paul Pustovar	4–3	Canada Bruce Delaney		Australia Hugh Millikin	4–3	Switzerland André Pauli
2011	St. Paul, United States		Canada Mark Johnson	5–4	United States Geoff Goodland		Australia Hugh Millikin	8–5	Denmark Bent Juul Kristoffersen
2012	Tårnby, Denmark[3]		Ireland Johnjo Kenny	6–5	Canada Kelly Robertson		Sweden Connie Östlund	8–4	Norway Eigil Ramsfjell
2013	Fredericton, Canada[4]		Canada Rob Armitage	6–4	New Zealand Hans Frauenlob		Switzerland Werner Attinger	7–2	Sweden Karl Nordlund
2014	Dumfries, Scotland[5]		Canada Wayne Tallon	7–2	Sweden Connie Östlund		Australia Hugh Millikin	6–3	United States Jeff Wright
2015	Sochi, Russia[6]		United States Lyle Sieg	9–4	Canada Alan O'Leary		New Zealand Hans Frauenlob	6–4	Denmark Ole de Neergaard
2016	Karlstad, Sweden[7]		Sweden Mats Wranå	7–4	Randy Neufeld		Ireland Peter Wilson	7–2	Denmark Ole de Neergaard
2017	Lethbridge, Canada[8]		Sweden Mats Wranå	5–4	Canada Bryan Cochrane		Ireland Peter Wilson	6–3	Germany Uwe Saile
2018	Östersund, Sweden		Canada Wade White	8–2	Sweden Mats Wranå		United States Jeff Wright	7–2	Scotland Gordon Muirhead
2019	Stavanger, Norway		Canada Bryan Cochrane	7–5	Scotland David Smith		Denmark Ulrik Schmidt	7–4	Switzerland Stefan Karnusian
2020	Kelowna, Canada		Cancelled[1][2]				Cancelled
2021			Cancelled[1][2]				Cancelled
2022	Geneva, Switzerland		Canada Wade White	6–3	Czech Republic David Šik		Sweden Mats Wranå	7–3	Germany Andy Kapp
2023	Gangneung, South Korea		Canada Howard Rajala	7–2	Scotland Graeme Connal		Switzerland Christof Schwaller	7–4	United States Joel Larway
2024	Östersund, Sweden

Women

Year	Host City/Country		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2002	Bismarck, United States		Canada Anne Dunn	9–3	Switzerland Erika Müller		United States Nancy Dinsdale	–	Scotland Christine Kerr
2003	Winnipeg, Canada		Canada Nancy Kerr	7–4	Scotland Carolyn Morris		England Joan Reed	8–1	Japan Ayako Takagi
2004	Gävle, Sweden		Canada Anne Dunn	8–5	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl		United States Nancy Dinsdale	7–6	England Joan Reed
2005	Greenacres, Scotland		Scotland Carolyn Morris	9–5	Japan Hatomi Nagaoka		Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	7–4	Canada Anne Dunn
2006	Copenhagen, Denmark		Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	7–3	Canada Joyce Potter		Switzerland Renate Nedkoff	9–6	Ireland Fiona Turnbull
2007	Edmonton, Canada		Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	8–5	Canada Anne Dunn		United States Pam Oleinik	12–8	Scotland Carolyn Morris
2008	Vierumäki, Finland		Canada Diane Foster	10–2	Scotland Kirsty Letton		Switzerland Renate Nedkoff	7–6	Finland Helena Timonen
2009	Dunedin, New Zealand		Canada Pat Sanders	10–1	Switzerland Renate Nedkoff		Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	6–2	Scotland Marion Craig
2010	Chelyabinsk, Russia		Canada Colleen Pinkney	8–4	Switzerland Renate Nedkoff		Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	6–5	United States Sharon Vukich
2011	St. Paul, United States		Canada Christine Jurgenson	9–2	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl		Switzerland Chantal Forrer	5–4	United States Margie Smith
2012	Tårnby, Denmark[3]		Canada Heidi Hanlon	12–2	Scotland Barbara Watt		Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	10–3	New Zealand Wendy Becker
2013	Fredericton, Canada[4]		Canada Cathy King	13–1	Austria Veronika Huber		Sweden Ingrid Meldahl	9–8	Scotland Christine Cannon
2014	Dumfries, Scotland[5]		Scotland Christine Cannon	6–5	Canada Colleen Pinkney		United States Margie Smith	8–3	Sweden Ingrid Meldahl
2015	Sochi, Russia[6]		Canada Lois Fowler	6–2	Italy Fiona Simpson		United States Norma O'Leary	6–4	Sweden Gunilla Arfwidsson Edlund
2016	Karlstad, Sweden[7]		Scotland Jackie Lockhart	5–4	Germany Monika Wagner		Sweden Gunilla Arfwidsson Edlund	10–5	England Judith Dixon
2017	Lethbridge, Canada[8]		Canada Colleen Jones	10–5	Switzerland Cristina Lestander		Scotland Jackie Lockhart	8–5	United States Patti Lank
2018	Östersund, Sweden		Canada Sherry Anderson	5–4	United States Margie Smith		Switzerland Dagmar Frei	5–3	Sweden Anette Norberg
2019	Stavanger, Norway		Canada Sherry Anderson	10–1	Denmark Lene Bidstrup		Switzerland Chantal Forrer	8–3	Scotland Susan Kesley
2020	Kelowna, Canada		Cancelled[1][2]				Cancelled
2021			Cancelled[1][2]				Cancelled
2022	Geneva, Switzerland		Switzerland Cristina Lestander	6–5	United States Margie Smith		Scotland Edith Hazard	6–4	Finland Elina Virtaala
2023	Gangneung, South Korea		Canada Sherry Anderson	8–4	Scotland Jackie Lockhart		Japan Miyuki Kawamura	6–4	Switzerland Monika Gafner
2024	Östersund, Sweden

Medal tables

As of 2023 World Championships

Men Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Canada 13 7 0 20 2  United States 3 6 2 11 3  Sweden 2 3 5 10 4  Scotland 1 2 2 5 5  Ireland 1 0 2 3 6  New Zealand 0 1 1 2 7  Czech Republic 0 1 0 1 8  Switzerland 0 0 4 4 9  Australia 0 0 3 3 10  Denmark 0 0 1 1 Totals (10 entries) 20 20 20 60

Women Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Canada 14 3 0 17 2  Scotland 3 4 2 9 3  Sweden 2 2 6 10 4  Switzerland 1 4 5 10 5  United States 0 2 5 7 6  Japan 0 1 1 2 7  Austria 0 1 0 1  Denmark 0 1 0 1  Germany 0 1 0 1  Italy 0 1 0 1 11  England 0 0 1 1 Totals (11 entries) 20 20 20 60

Overall

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	27	10	0	37
2	Scotland	4	6	4	14
3	Sweden	4	5	11	20
4	United States	3	8	7	18
5	Switzerland	1	4	9	14
6	Ireland	1	0	2	3
7	Denmark	0	1	1	2
	Japan	0	1	1	2
	New Zealand	0	1	1	2
10	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
14	Australia	0	0	3	3
15	England	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		40	40	40	120

References

External links

• World Curling Federation Archived Results