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The 2005 World Women's Curling Championship was held from March 19-27, 2005 at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley, Scotland. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event to be held separately from the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.

The tournament was plagued with problems from the start. Ice conditions were not the best, due to a number of factors, including the arena being located adjacent to a swimming pool. Also, de-ionized water, a standard at major events was not used for the first draws, due to a refusal by the organising committee to pay for it. These ice issues led to the postponement of the fourth draw. Also, ticket prices were very expensive, leading to poor attendance numbers. Due to a dispute with volunteers who wanted to be paid, time clocks were not used. This meant that the on-ice umpire was allowed to pull rocks out of a game as a penalty for slow play. This arguably cost the Russian team a loss in one game.

In the end, it was Sweden, skipped by Anette Norberg who won her first championship, and Sweden's first since 1999, with a win in the final over the United States, skipped by Cassandra Johnson. Norway, skipped by Dordi Nordby won bronze.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Standings 3 Results 3.1 Tie-breaker 3.2 Page playoffs 4 Round-robin player percentages, by position 5 Qualifying

The 2005 World Women's Curling Championship was contested between teams from three continents: Asia, Europe, and North America. The list of teams differed from the Men's Curling Championship. Teams included 1990 and 1991 World Champion Dordi Nordby of Norway and 2001 Silver medalist Anette Norberg of Sweden. Joining them in their 4th trip to the worlds was Olga Jarkova's Russian team, in their 3rd appearance were Yumie Hayashi of Japan and Diana Gaspari of Italy, making their 2nd appearance were Mirjam Ott of Switzerland, Madeleine Dupont of Denmark, Kirsi Nykanen of Finland and Kelly Wood of Scotland. Making their first appearance at the worlds were Jennifer Jones of Canada, Wang Bingyu of China and Cassandra Johnson of the United States.

Sweden	Switzerland	Norway
Härnösands CK Skip: Anette Norberg Third: Eva Lund Second: Cathrine Norberg Lead: Anna Bergström Fifth: Ulrika Bergman	CC Bern Skip: Mirjam Ott Third: Binia Beeli Second: Brigitte Schori Lead: Michele Knobel Fifth: Valeria Spälty	Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Dordi Nordby Third: Linn Githmark Second: Marianne Haslum Lead: Camilla Holth
Russia	Scotland	Italy
Moskvitch CC, Moscow Skip: Olga Jarkova* Third: Nkeirouka Ezekh Second: Yana Nekrosova Lead: Ekaterina Galkina Fifth: Ludmila Privivkova	Dun Curling Club Skip: Kelly Wood Third: Lorna Vevers Second: Sheila Swan Lead: Lindsay Wood	New Wave CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Diana Gaspari Third: Giulia Lacedelli Second: Rosa Pompanin Lead: Violetta Caldart Fifth: Eleonora Alvera
Finland	Denmark	Canada
Hyvinkää CC Skip: Kirsi Nykänen* Third: Tiina Kautonen Second: Sari Laakonen Lead: Minna Malinen Fifth: Riikka Louhivuori	Hvidovre CC Skip: Madeleine Dupont Third: Denise Dupont Second: Helle Simonsen Lead: Maria Poulsen Fifth: Helle Simonsen	St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg Skip: Jennifer Jones Third: Cathy Overton-Clapham Second: Jill Officer Lead: Cathy Gauthier
United States	Japan	China
Bemidji CC Skip: Cassandra Johnson Third: Jamie Johnson Second: Jessica Schultz Lead: Maureen Brunt Fifth: Courtney George	Tokoro CC, Hokkaidō Skip: Ayumi Onodera Third: Yumie Hayashi Second: Moe Meguro Lead: Sakurako Terada Fifth: Ai Kobayashi	Harbin CC Skip: Wang Bingyu Third: Liu Yin Second: Yue Qingshuang Lead: Zhou Yan

*Does not throw last rocks. Jarkova threw second rocks and Nykänen throws third rocks.

Locale	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
Sweden	Anette Norberg	11	0	89	53	56	39	11	25	75%
United States	Cassandra Johnson	10	1	89	54	53	38	13	22	76%
Canada	Jennifer Jones	8	3	94	70	48	45	3	21	68%
Norway	Dordi Nordby	7	4	85	55	46	40	11	19	72%
Russia	Olga Jarkova	7	4	78	66	47	45	17	10	70%
Scotland	Kelly Wood	6	5	82	66	53	40	6	23	69%
People's Republic of China	Wang Bingyu	4	7	63	74	42	45	14	13	68%
Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	4	7	74	77	45	48	11	13	72%
Japan	Ayumi Onodera	3	8	67	92	41	48	8	12	66%
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	3	8	52	88	36	50	10	12	63%
Italy	Diana Gaspari	2	9	53	79	39	46	7	12	65%
Finland	Kirsi Nykänen	1	10	48	102	32	55	3	9	58%

Note: scorers count rocks in incomplete ends towards the final score

Draw 1 - March 19, 10:00

• United States 9-8 Scotland
• Canada 6-5 Switzerland (11)
• Italy 5-8 Sweden
• Norway 8-2 Japan

Draw 2 - March 19, 15:00

• Sweden 9-8 Russia (11)
• Japan 5-7 People's Republic of China
• Scotland 10-0 Denmark
• Switzerland 10-9 Finland (11)

Draw 3 - March 19, 20:00

• Finland 2-9 Canada
• Denmark 5-6 United States
• People's Republic of China 2-7 Norway
• Russia 8-7 Italy

Draw 4 - postponed to March 25 at 09:30 due to poor ice conditions

Draw 5 - March 20, 14:00

• Italy 4-6 Japan
• Norway 5-6 Sweden
• United States 10-7 Switzerland
• Canada 3-10 Scotland

Draw 6 - March 20, 19:00

• Denmark 1-12 Norway
• Finland 5-9 Italy
• Russia 8-9 Canada
• People's Republic of China 4-7 United States

Draw 7 - March 21, 09:30

• Russia 4 - 5 United States
• People's Republic of China 1 - 11 Canada
• Denmark 5 - 3 Italy
• Finland 2 - 9 Norway

Draw 8 - March 21, 14:00

• Scotland 5 - 9 Finland
• Switzerland 10 - 5 Denmark
• Sweden 7 - 6 People's Republic of China
• Japan 6 - 8 Russia (11)

Draw 9 - March 21, 19:00

• Canada 5 - 10 Sweden
• United States 12 - 1 Japan
• Norway 8 - 7 Scotland (11)
• Italy 1 - 9 Switzerland

Draw 10 - March 22, 09:30

• Norway 10 - 4 Switzerland
• Italy 1 - 8 Scotland
• Canada 13 - 7 Japan
• United States 4 - 6 Sweden (11)

Draw 11 - March 22, 14:00

• People's Republic of China 2 - 10 Italy
• Russia 8 - 5 Norway
• Finland 4 - 9 United States
• Denmark 3 - 9 'Canada

Draw 12 - March 22, 19:00

• Japan 11 - 10 Denmark
• Sweden 11 - 4 Finland
• Switzerland 6 - 7 Russia
• Scotland 4 - 12 People's Republic of China

Draw 13 - March 23, 09:30

• Scotland 7 - 8 Sweden
• Japan 4 - 12 Switzerland
• Canada 11 - 4 Italy
• Norway 3 - 8 United States

Draw 14 - March 23, 14:00

• United States 10 - 7 Canada
• Denmark 8 - 7 People's Republic of China (11)
• Russia 10 - 1 Finland

Draw 15 - March 23, 19:00

• Italy 4 - 8 Norway
• People's Republic of China 4 - 5 Russia (11)
• Switzerland 4 - 6 Scotland
• Sweden 7 - 5 Japan

Draw 16 - March 24, 09:30

• Finland 4 - 10 Denmark
• Italy 5 - 9 United States
• Canada 11 - 10 Norway (11)

Draw 17 - March 24, 14:00

• Sweden 9 - 3 Switzerland
• Scotland 9 - 8 Japan (11)
• Russia 8 - 4 Denmark
• Finland 6 - 8 People's Republic of China

Draw 4 - March 25, 09:30 (postponed from March 20)

• Switzerland 4 - 10 People's Republic of China
• Scotland 10 - 4 Russia
• Japan 12 - 2 Finland
• Sweden 8 - 1 Denmark

March 25, 14:00

• Russia 2 - 10 Norway

Russia	Norway
Ekaterina Galinka 75% Iana Nekrassova 68% Nkeirouka Ezekh 55% Ludmila Privivkova 46% TOTAL: 61%	Camilla Holth 66% Marianne Haslum 68% Linn Githmark 80% Dordi Nordby 88% TOTAL: 76%

For the first time ever, the World championships used the page playoff system where the top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.

The 1-2 game occurred before the 3-4 game.

1 vs. 2 game - March 26 09:30
After leading the entire game, the Swedes, skipped by Anette Norberg allowed the Americans, skipped by Cassandra Johnson back in the game, and Anette Norberg misses her last shot, giving up a steal of one, and the win for the United States. This gives the U.S. a bye to the finals, while the previously undefeated Swedish team is forced to play the winner of the 3-4 game in the sem-finals.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final x- Sweden (Norberg) 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5  United States (Johnson) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 6

Player percentages:

Sweden	United States
Anna Bergström 73% Cathrine Lindahl 74% Eva Lund 65% Anette Norberg 68% TOTAL: 70%	Maureen Brunt 76% Jessica Schultz 73% Jamie Johnson 70% Cassandra Johnson 75% TOTAL: 73%

3 vs. 4 game - March 26 14:00
After leading 5-2 after five ends, Canada skipped by Jennifer Jones let her lead evaporate, as Norway skipped by Dordi Nordby scores 10 unanswered points, including a steal of 3 in the 9th end to put it away, as Jennifer Jones' last shot against five Norwegian stones was too heavy. The result advances Norway to the semi-final against Sweden while eliminating Canada.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final x- Canada (Jones) 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5  Norway (Nordby) 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 3 12

Player percentages:

Canada	Norway
Cathy Gauthier 79% Jill Officer 86% Cathy Overton-Clapham 68% Jennifer Jones 60% TOTAL: 74%	Camilla Holth 72% Marianne Haslum 68% Linn Githmark 73% Dordi Nordby 64% TOTAL: 69%

Semi-final - March 26 19:00
Three point ends in the first and sixth ends helped give Sweden, skipped by Anette Norberg a berth into the finals in a 10-4 victory of Norway, skipped by Dordi Nordby. With the loss, Nordby and her team win the bronze medal.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final x- Sweden (Norberg) 3 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 X X 10  Norway (Nordby) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X X 4

Player percentages:

Sweden	Norway
Anna Bergström 63% Cathrine Lindahl 75% Eva Lund 92% Anette Norberg 60% TOTAL: 73%	Camilla Holth 53% Marianne Haslum 52% Linn Githmark 50% Dordi Nordby 55% TOTAL: 52%

Final - March 27 15:00
Sweden's skip, Anette Norberg's last shot of the tenth end was an easy hit for a 4 point end giving her a 10-4 victory over the United States, skipped by Cassandra Johnson. The win gives Sweden their first ever women's title since Elisabet Gustafsson won it in 1999.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final x- Sweden (Norberg) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 4 10  United States (Johnson) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4

Player percentages:

Sweden	United States
Anna Bergström 89% Cathrine Lindahl 70% Eva Lund 83% Anette Norberg 78% TOTAL: 80%	Maureen Brunt 88% Jessica Schultz 78% Jamie Johnson 73% Cassandra Johnson 64% TOTAL: 76%

Minimum 8 games at position

Leads

1. Anna Bergström, Sweden 78%
2. Maureen Brunt, U.S. 78%
3. Michele Knobel, Switz. 77%
4. Ekaterina Galkina, Russia 76%
5. Lindsay Wood, Scotland 76%
6. Zhou Yan, P.R.C. 76%

Seconds

1. Jessica Schultz, U.S. 78%
2. Cathrine Lindahl, Sweden 76%
3. Brigitte Schori, Switz. 74%
4. Marianne Haslum, Norway 70%
5. Iana Nekrassova, Russia 69%
6. Liu Yin, P.R.C. 69%

Thirds

1. Jamie Johnson, U.S. 75%
2. Linn Githmark, Norway 74%
3. Eva Lund, Sweden 73%
4. Nkeirouka Ezekh, Russia 69%
5. Lorna Vevers, Scotland 69%

Skips

1. Anette Norberg, Sweden 74%
2. Cassandra Johnson, U.S. 74%
3. Dordi Nordby, Norway 70%
4. Jennifer Jones, Canada 68%
5. Kelly Wood, Scotland 68%
6. Mirjam Ott, Switz. 68%

Teams qualified for the World Curling Championship in a series of different tournaments depending on their location.

European teams qualified through the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2004, held in Sofia, Bulgaria, December 4-11, 2004. Eight of the twelve qualifying teams (Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Italy, Finland, and Denmark) were selected from Europe.

Australian and Asian teams qualified through the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships in Chuncheon, South Korea. Two teams (Japan and China) qualified for the World Curling Championship.

The Canadian women's team was selected through the 2005 Scott Tournament of Hearts. The U.S. team was selected through the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.