WORLD SENIOR CURLING CHAMPIONSHI

WORLD SENIOR CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006
TAARNBY, DENMARK … 3 - 11 MARCH 2006

DAY	DATE	TIME	SHEET A	SHEET B	SHEET C	SHEET D	SHEET E	Official
Friday	03 March	09:00 - 10:15	TRAINING - women: jpn, swe, can, sui, eng - 15 minutes each sheet
		10:30 - 11:45	TRAINING - women: sco, irl, nzl, den - 15 minutes each sheet
		12:00 - 13:15	TRAINING - women: fin, ned, usa & MEN: CAN, USA - 15 min. each sheet
		13:30 - 14:15	OFFICIAL TEAM MEETING - TAARNBY CURLING CLUB
		14:30 - 15:45	TRAINING - MEN: - SUI, ENG, SWE, GER, NOR - 15 minutes each sheet
		16:00 - 17:15	TRAINING - MEN: - SCO, DEN, FIN, IRE, WAL - 15 minutes each sheet
		17:30 - 18:45	TRAINING - MEN: - JPN, ISL, EST - 15 minutes each sheet
		19:45	ON-ICE OPENING CEREMONY
		20:00	WELCOME RECEPTION at the TAARNBY CURLING CLUB

Saturday	04 March	08:30	FIN-DEN	WAL-IRL	X	ISL-EST	X
		12:30	USA-CAN	ENG-SUI	SWE-GER	NOR-SCO	X
		16:30	swe-jpn	eng-sco	sui-can	nzl-irl*	usa-ned*
		20:30	SCO-GER*	X	USA-ENG*	SUI-CAN*	SWE-NOR*

Sunday	05 March	08:30	*usa-irl	*fin-ned	swe-sco*	jpn-sui*	can-eng*
		12:30	X	JPN-ISL*	FIN-WAL*	IRL-DEN*	*nzl-den
		16:30	NOR-SUI*	X	CAN-SCO*	*SWE-ENG	*USA-GER
		20:30	ISL-IRL*	X	DEN-EST*	*JPN-WAL	X

Monday	06 March	10:00	*ENG-SCO	*NOR-USA	X	GER-SUI*	CAN-SWE*
		14:30	*WAL-EST	*ISL-FIN	usa-fin*	irl-den*	DEN-JPN*
		19:00	sco-can*	*jpn-eng	X	X	sui-swe*

Tuesday	07 March	10:00	JPN-FIN*	X	ISL-DEN*	fin-nzl*	*EST-IRL
		14:30	SWE-USA*	*GER-ENG	NOR-CAN*	X	*SCO-SUI
		19:00	X	ned-irl*	X	den-usa*	X

Wednesday	08 March	10:00	GER-NOR*	SCO-SWE*	SUI-USA*	X	ENG-CAN*
		14:30	sui-eng*	nzl-usa*	*den-ned	swe-can*	jpn-sco*
		19:00	X	EST-JPN*	IRL-FIN*	*irl-fin	WAL-DEN*

Thursday	09 March	10:00	*ned-nzl	sco-sui*	eng-swe*	can-jpn*	X
		14:30	*IRL-JPN	X	*WAL-ISL	*EST-FIN	den-fin*
		19:00	*SUI-SWE	CAN-GER*	*ENG-NOR	*SCO-USA	X

Friday	10 March	08:30	swe - sco ( Tie-breaker )
		12:30	Pause
		16:30	Semi-Finals: (MA1 v MB1) (MA2 v MA3) (WA1 v WB1) (WA2 v WA3)

Saturday	11 March	10:00	Bronze Medal Games
		14:00	Gold / Silver Medal Games
		16:30	MEDAL PRESENTATION CEREMONIES - Taarnby Curling Club
		19:00	FAREWELL BANQUET - Ballroom of the Taarnby Bowling Center

* = last stone in the first end; WA, MA & MB must toss for the last stone in the first end of their first game. First named team plays the stones with the dark coloured handles.
						Draft #2 - 30 Dec. 2005

TAARNBY, DENMARK … 3 - 11 MARCH 2006

1. World Curling Federation (WCF) rules apply, unless otherwise indicated below or explained at the Team Meeting (3 March 2006, Taarnby Curling Club, 13:30 hrs.).

2. The Women (13 teams) have been divided into two (2) groups “WA” and “WB”. The teams in each group are listed below. Each group plays a round-robin series. At the end of the round-robin series there must be a clear ranking for the top three teams in WA, and for first place in WB. The playoff format will then be:

The 1^st ranked team in WA will play against the 1^st ranked team in WB, the winner goes to the Gold Medal game and the loser goes to the Bronze medal game. The 2^nd ranked team in WA will play against the 3^rd ranked team in WA, the winner goes to the Gold Medal game and the loser goes to the Bronze medal game.

3. The Men (16 teams) have been divided into two (2) groups “MA” and “MB”. The teams in each group are listed below. Each group plays a round-robin series. At the end of the round-robin series there must be a clear ranking for the top three teams in MA, and for first place in MB. The playoff format will then be:

The 1^st ranked team in MA will play against the 1^st ranked team in MB, the winner goes to the Gold Medal game and the loser goes to the Bronze medal game. The 2^nd ranked team in MA will play against the 3^rd ranked team in MA, the winner goes to the Gold Medal game and the loser goes to the Bronze medal game.

5. The Chief Umpire will determine the schedule and ice for any necessary tiebreaker games as soon as the number of games required and the opponents have been determined. The ice for the playoffs will also be determined by the Chief Umpire.