World Wheelchair Curling Qualification 2008 in Prague

November 18, 2008

PRAGUE – The qualifying competition for the 2009 World Wheelchair Curling Championship is underway in Prague, Czech Republic, with 10 teams competing. The top two teams advance to the Worlds in Vancouver in February 2009, which also serves as the 2010 Paralympics Test Event.

The teams are playing a round robin, then 1 versus 2 (winner qualifies in first). The  1 vs 2 loser plays the winner of 3 vs 4 and the winner of that game also qualifies (in second place).

Information and coverage can be obtained from:

ww.curling.cz – click on the link beside the event crest for live line scores. Clicking on the team name provides the names of the athletes.

www.curlingpromo.cz/a – click  on “menu: webcams” for live scoring and webcams showing each sheet.

                                                                                                                                              WCF photos by Jan Povysil