2 November 2024
World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship set to qualify three teams for World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2025
The World Wheelchair-B Championship is set to take place this week in Lohja, Finland where three teams will qualify for the World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2025 in Stevenston, Scotland.
This open-entry qualifying event will run from Sunday 3 November until Friday 8 November at the Kisakallio Sports Institute.
11 teams placed in a single group will play a round robin. At the end of the round robin, teams who finish in the top four will advance to the semi-finals. The first-place finisher will face the fourth ranked team in one semi-final, while the second and third ranked teams will play each other in the second semi-final. The winner of these games will advance to the final, while the losers will play for bronze, and the final qualification spot.
Playing schedule
Round robin will begin at 09:30 on Sunday, and finish on Thursday at 18:30. The semi-finals will take place on Friday 8 November at 09:30 with the final and bronze medal game following at 15:30.
The 11 teams competing in the B-Division are: Czechia, England, Spain, Estonia, Finland, Hong Kong China, Japan, Poland, Switzerland, Thailand and United States.
Thailand will be making their debut at a World Curling event.
The three teams who finish on the podium will secure their spot in the World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2025 and join previously qualified: Norway, Canada, China, Sweden, Latvia, Korea, Slovakia, Italy and Scotland (hosts). These teams—with the exception of Scotland who qualify as the host nation—secured their spot based on their results at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship 2024 in Gangneung, Korea.
The Kisakallio Sports Institute is a familiar host of World Curling championships, previously hosting the World Wheelchair-B Championship seven times. Additionally, the inaugural World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Championship also took place there in May 2022.
Following this championship, the venue will be under preparations for the Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2024 from 16-23 November and will be followed by the World Junior-B Curling Championships 2024 from 8–19 December.
All times are EET (Eastern European Time) which is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) +2 hours.
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