2008 World Senior Curling Championships

2008 World Senior Curling Championships
Host city	Vierumäki, Finland
Arena	Vierumäki Ice Rink
Dates	March 9–15
Men's winner	Canada
Curling club	Thistle Curling Club, Edmonton
Skip	Pat Ryan
Third	Marvin Wirth
Second	Ken Mclean
Lead	Millard Evans
Finalist	Sweden
Women's winner	Canada
Curling club	Lethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge
Skip	Diane Foster
Third	Shirley McPherson
Second	Shirley Kohuch
Lead	Chris Wilson
Finalist	Scotland
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The 2008 World Senior Curling Championships were held from March 9 to 15 at the Vierumäki Ice Rink in Vierumäki, Finland. Teams from Alberta, Canada won both the men's and women's events.

Men

Round-robin standings

Group A Skip W L United States David Russell 7 1 Scotland Graeme Adam 7 1 Finland Mauno Nummila 7 1 Ireland Tony Tierney 5 3 England D. Michael Sutherland 4 4 New Zealand Peter Becker 3 5 Italy Gino Savoi 2 6 Iceland Gisli Kristinsson 1 7 Norway Leif Hald 0 8

Group B Skip W L Canada Pat Ryan 8 0 Sweden Per Lindeman 7 1 Germany Klaus Unterstab 6 2 Switzerland Hugo Jäggi 5 3 Japan Akinori Kashiwagi 4 4 Wales Hugh Meikle 3 5 Russia Aleksander Kolesnikov 2 6 Estonia Leo Jakobson 1 7 Denmark Johannes Jensen 0 8

Tiebreaker

• Scotland 6-5 Finland

Playoffs

	Semi-final					Final
	United States		5
	Sweden		6
						Sweden		0
						Canada		8
	Canada		7
	Scotland		2			Bronze medal
						United States		6
						Scotland		4

Women

Round-robin standings

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Diane Foster	7	2
Scotland	Kirsty Letton	6	3
Finland	Helena Timonen	6	3
Switzerland	Renate Nedkoff	6	3
United States	Pam Oleinik	6	3
Sweden	Ingrid Meldahl	5	4
Ireland	Fiona Turnbull	4	5
Japan	Eriko Igarashi	3	6
England	Glynnice Lauder	2	7
New Zealand	Liz Matthews	0	9

Tiebreaker

• Switzerland 6-5 United States

Playoffs

	Semi-final					Final
	Canada		8
	Switzerland		3
						Canada		10
						Scotland		2
	Scotland		5
	Finland		4			Bronze medal
						Switzerland		7
						Finland		6

External links

• Women's results
• Men's results