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Revision as of 22:27, 4 February 2006

Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in the town of Pinerolo, Italy from February 13 to February 24.

Women's

Teams

Nation Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
 Canada Shannon Kleibrink Amy Nixon Glenys Bakker Christine Keshen Sandra Jenkins
 Denmark Dorthe Holm Denise Dupont Lene Nielsen Malene Krause Maria Poulsen
Template:GBR4 Rhona Martin Kelly Wood Jackie Lockhart Lynn Cameron Deborah Knox
 Italy Diana Gaspari Giulia Lacedelli Rosa Pompanin Violetta Caldart Eleonara Alvera
 Japan Ayumi Onodera Yumie Hayashi Mari Motohashi Moe Meguro Sakurako Terada
 Norway Dordi Nordby Marianne Haslum Marianne Rørvik Camilla Holth Charlotte Hovring
Template:RUS2 Ludmila Privivkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Yana Nekrosova Ekaterina Galkina Olga Jarkova
 Sweden Anette Norberg Eva Lund Cathrine Lindahl Anna Svärd Ulrika Bergman
 Switzerland Mirjam Ott Binia Beeli Valeria Spälty Michèle Moser Manuela Kormann
Template:USA2 Cassandra Johnson Jamie Johnson Jessica Schultz Maureen Brunt Courtney George

Standings

Locale Skip W L PF PA Ends
Won
Ends
Lost
Blank
Ends
Stolen
Ends
Shot
Pct.
 Canada Shannon Kleibrink
 Denmark Dorthe Holm
Template:GBR4 Rhona Martin
 Italy Diana Gaspari
 Japan Ayumi Onodera
 Norway Dordi Nordby
Template:RUS2 Ludmila Privivkova
 Sweden Anette Norberg
 Switzerland Mirjam Ott
Template:USA2 Cassandra Johnson

Men's

Teams

Nation Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
 Canada Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Russ Howard* Jamie Korab Mike Adam
 Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi Wille Mäkelä Kalle Kiiskinen Teemu Salo Jani Sullanmaa
 Germany Andy Kapp Uli Kapp Oliver Axnick Holger Höhne Andreas Kempf
Template:GBR4 David Murdoch Craig Wilson Ewan MacDonald Euan Byers Warwick Smith
 Italy Joel Retornaz Fabio Alvera Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo Antonio Menardi Marco Mariani
 New Zealand Sean Becker Hans Frauenlob Dan Mustapic Lorne De Pape Warren Dobson
 Norway Pål Trulsen Lars Vågberg Flemming Davanger Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Torger Nergård
 Sweden Peja Lindholm Tomas Nordin Magnus Swartling Peter Narup Anders Kraupp
 Switzerland Ralph Stöckli Claudio Pescia Pascal Sieber Marco Battilana Simon Strübin
Template:USA2 Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joseph Polo John Shuster Scott Baird

Standings

Locale Skip W L PF PA Ends
Won
Ends
Lost
Blank
Ends
Stolen
Ends
Shot
Pct.
 Canada Brad Gushue
 Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi
 Germany Andy Kapp
Template:GBR4 David Murdoch
 Italy Joel Retornaz
 New Zealand Sean Becker
 Norway Pål Trulsen
 Sweden Peja Lindholm
 Switzerland Ralph Stöckli
Template:USA2 Pete Fenson

* Calls the game as a skip normally would

Olympic Qualifying

Canada

The Canadian Olympic trials took place December 3-11, 2005 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Women

Team W L
Kelly Scott 7 2
Shannon Kleibrink 6 3
Stefanie Lawton 6 3
Sherry Middaugh 6 3
Sherry Anderson 5 4
Jennifer Jones 5 4
Jan Betker 4 5
Colleen Jones 3 6
Jo-Ann Rizzo 2 7
Marie-France Larouche 1 8

Tie-Breaker

  • Lawton 9-4 Middaugh

Playoffs

  • Semi-Final: Kleibrink 5-4 Lawton
  • Final: Kleibrink 8-7 Scott

Men

Team W L
Brad Gushue 8 1
Jeff Stoughton 7 2
John Morris 6 3
Glenn Howard 5 4
Pat Ryan 5 4
Kevin Martin 4 5
Randy Ferbey 4 5
Shawn Adams 3 6
Mark Dacey 3 6
Jay Peachey 0 9

Playoffs

  • Semi-Final: Stoughton 8-6 Morris
  • Final: Gushue 8-7 Stoughton

Germany

The German olympic trials were held on three weekends as part of a triple round-robin with no playoffs. The first weekend was played in Schwenningen on February 20-22 The second in Hamburg on March 3-6 and the third weekend was played in Baden-Hills on March 11-13. Only the men's teams qualified for the Olympics.

Final standings

Team W L
Andy Kapp 8 2
Andy Lang 6 5
Christopher Bartsch 5 5
Sebastien Stock 4 6
Christian Baumann 3 8

Switzerland

The Swiss Olympic trials were held March 3-6, 2005 in Bern.

Women:

Team W L
Mirjam Ott 3 0
Luzia Ebnöther 2 1
Silvana Trinzoni 1 2
Nicole Strausak 0 3

Playoffs

  • 1 vs. 2: (best of 3) Ott 9-3 Ebnöther; Ebnöther 4-5 Ott
  • 3 vs. 4: (best of 3) Trinzoni 5-11 Strausak; Strausak 2-8 Trinzoni; Trinzoni 8-9 Strausak
  • Semi-final: (best of 3) Ebnöther 3-7 Strausnak; Strausnak 4-8 Ebnöther; Ebnöther 10-5 Strausnak
  • Final: (best of 3) Ott 7-4 Ebnöther; Ebnöther 9-3 Ott; Ott 8-7 Ebnöther (EE)

Men:

Team W L
Ralph Stöckli 4 0
Andreas Schwaller 1 3
Bernhard Wethermann 1 3

Playoffs

  • Final: (best of 5) Stöckli 6-8 Schwaller; Schwaller 5-3 Stöckli; Stöckli 7-5 Schwaller; Schwaller 3-8 Stöckli; Stöckli 6-4 Schwaller

United States

The U.S. Olympic trials were held February 19-26, 2005 in McFarland, Wisconsin. They double as the qualifying tournament to the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship and the 2005 Ford World Women's Curling Championship.
Results:

Women:

Team W L
Cassandra Johnson 9 0
Debbie McCormick 8 1
Patti Lank 7 2
Aileen Sormunen 5 4
Amy Wright 5 4
Norma O'Leary 4 5
Caitlin Maroldo 3 6
Lori Karst 2 7
Nancy Richard 1 8
Katie Schmitt 1 8

Tie-breaker

  • Sormunen 13-10 Wright

Playoffs

  • 3 vs. 4: Lank (3) 9-4 Sormunen (4)
  • 1 vs. 2: McCormick (2) 8-6 Johnson (1)
  • Semi-final: Johnson 8-7 Lank
  • Final: Johnson 5-4 McCormick

Men:

Team W L
Pete Fenson 7 2
Craig Brown 6 3
Scott Baird 6 3
Brady Clark 6 3
Rich Ruohonen 5 4
Craig Disher 5 4
Greg Eigner 3 6
Jason Larway 3 6
Ben Tucker 3 6
Wes Johnson 1 8

Tie-breaker

  • Brown 9-2 Clark
  • Brown 11-8 Baird

Playoffs

  • 3 vs. 4: Clark (4) 5-4 Baird (3)
  • 1 vs. 2: Fenson (1) 9-3 Brown (2)
  • Semi-final: Brown 7-6 Clark
  • Final: Fenson 7-3 Brown

Other nations

The teams for most of the other nations were selected by a committee, usually by the governing body of the sport in that nation. The countries qualified based on a point system based on World Championship results. Note that these table show the results of the Scotland team: the Olympics is the only event where Scotland are temporarily re-labelled as "Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

Men's

Nation 2003 2004 2005 Total
 Canada 12 8 12 32.0
 Norway 8 7 7 22.0
 Scotland 4.5 6 10 20.5
 Sweden 6 12 2 20.0
 Germany 1.5 10 8 19.5
 Switzerland 10 4.5 4 18.5
 Finland 7 - 5.5 12.5
Template:USA2 3 2 5.5 10.5
 New Zealand - 4.5 3 7.5
 Italy (host) - - 0 0.0
 Denmark 4.5 2 0 6.5
 France - 2 - 2.0
 South Korea 1.5 - - 1.5
 Australia - - 1 1.0



Women's

Nation 2003 2004 2005 Total
Template:USA2 12 7 10 29.0
 Canada 10 12 7 29.0
 Sweden 8 5 12 25.5
 Norway 7 10 8 25.0
 Switzerland 6 8 3.5 17.5
 Scotland 3 6 5 14.0
Template:RUS2 3 - 6 9.0
 Japan 3 4 1.5 8.5
 Denmark 3 2.5 1.5 7.0
 Italy (host) 3 2.5 0 5.5
 China - - 3.5 3.5
 Finland - 1 0 1.0