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2008 World Senior Curling Championships

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2008 World Senior Curling Championships
Host cityVierumäki, Finland
ArenaVierumäki Ice Rink
DatesMarch 9–15
Men's winner Canada
Curling clubThistle Curling Club, Edmonton[1]
SkipPat Ryan
ThirdMarvin Wirth
SecondKen Mclean
LeadMillard Evans
Finalist Sweden
Women's winner Canada
Curling clubLethbridge Curling Club, Lethbridge[2]
SkipDiane Foster
ThirdShirley McPherson
SecondShirley Kohuch
LeadChris 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

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Round-robin standings

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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

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Playoffs

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

Women

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Round-robin standings

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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

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Playoffs

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

References

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  1. ^ "Chess on Ice: The Precision Sport of Curling - Northernalbertacurling.com". www.northernalbertacurling.com.
  2. ^ "Senior women" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
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