2023 World Junior-B Curling Championships

2023 World Junior-B Curling Championships
2023 World Junior-B Curling Championships
Host city	Lohja, Finland
Arena	Kisakallio Sports Institute
Dates	December 8–19
Men's winner	Canada
Skip	Johnson Tao
Third	Jaedon Neuert
Second	Zachary Davies
Lead	Adam Naugler
Coach	Skip Wilson
Finalist	United States (Wendling)
Women's winner	China
Skip	Li Ziru
Third	Zhang Jiaqi
Second	Zhang Yujie
Lead	Gao Ya
Alternate	Zhang Yuning
Coach	Li Hongchen
Finalist	Canada (Plett)
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Host cityLohja, Finland

ArenaKisakallio Sports Institute

DatesDecember 8–19

Men's winner Canada

The 2023 World Junior-B Curling Championships were held from December 8 to 19 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland.^[1] Following the decision of the Finnish Curling Association to decline their host spots in both the men's and women's tournaments at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships, four women's (China, Canada, Germany, and Turkey) and four men's teams (Canada, United States, Denmark, and New Zealand) were promoted to the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships.^[2]

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Australia	Austria	Brazil	Canada^[4]	Czech Republic
Skip: Charlie Ryan Third: Thomas Bence Second: Benjamin Wayman Lead: Flynn Colins Alternate: Bailey Ryan	Skip: Matthäus Hofer Third: Johann Karg Second: David Zott Lead: Moritz Jöchl Alternate: Christoph Neumayr	Skip: Vitor Melo Third: Nuno Rodrigues Second: Kyron Suhan Lead: Arthur Camelo	Skip: Johnson Tao Third: Jaedon Neuert Second: Zachary Davies Lead: Adam Naugler	Skip: Vít Chabičovský Third: Ondřej Bodlák Second: Krystof Zdarsky Lead: David Skacha Alternate: Jakub Matějíček
Denmark	England	Hong Kong	Hungary	Japan
Skip: Jacob Schmidt Third: Alexander Qvist Second: Kasper Jurlander Bøge Lead: Johnathan Vilandt Alternate: Nikki Jensen	Skip: Benjamin Holcombe Third: Toby Martin Second: Owen Brackpool Lead: Isaac Blakeley Alternate: Robert Mechem	Skip: Cheng Ching-nam Third: Cheng Ching-him Second: Cheng Ching-kiu Lead: Lai Chung-hei Jonas Alternate: Chung Kwan Chak	Skip: Lőrinc Tatár Third: Raul Karasz Second: Kristof Szarvas Lead: Milan Tueske	Skip: Ryo Aoki Third: Takuto Ouchi Second: Rio Hayashi Lead: Naoki Kanazawa Alternate: Haruto Ouchi
Kazakhstan	Latvia	New Zealand	Poland	Romania
Skip: Aidos Alliyar Third: Ibragim Tastemir Second: Arman Irjanov Lead: Georgiy Skupnevskiy	Skip: Robert Reinis Buncis Third: Kristaps Zass Second: Toms Sondors Lead: Aleksandrs Baranovskis Alternate: Deniss Smirnovs	Skip: Sam Flanagan Third: Willian Becker Second: Darcy Nevill Lead: Hunter Burke Alternate: Jed Nevill	Skip: Antoni Frynia Third: Kacper Mucha Second: Bartlomiej Mosiolek Lead: Jan Witkowski Alternate: Michal Kolano	Skip: Dan Ghergie Fourth: Tudor Pop Third: Toma Matei Felecan Lead: Tudor Mihalca Alternate: Catalin Vancea
Slovenia	South Korea	Spain	Sweden	Turkey
Skip: Ernest Erjavec Bizjak Third: Zan Krapez Second: Jure Marvic Lead: Bor Kelemina	Skip: Kim Dae-hyun Third: Lee Woo-jung Second: Park Seong-min Lead: Kwon Juni Alternate: Shin Eun-jun	Skip: Aleix Raubert Third: Ismael Mingorance Second: Javier Carasa Lead: Eneko Saez de Ocariz Alternate: Oriol Gasto	Skip: Axel Landelius Third: Alexander Palm Second: Olle Moberg Lead: Dante Alexander Alternate: Vilmer Nygren	Skip: Selahttin Eser Third: Mehmet Fatih Bayramoglu Second: Bilal Emre Lead: Yunus Emre Nerse Alternate: Muhammed Taha Zenit
Ukraine	United States
Skip: Eduard Nikolov Third: Yaroslav Shchur Second: Artem Suhak Lead: Vladyslav Koval Alternate: Artem Shlyk	Skip: Wesley Wendling Third: Kevin Tuma Second: Jackson Bestland Lead: Jackson Armstrong Alternate: Caden Hebert

Pos.	Country									Record
6	Australia	—	1–9	4–9	12–3	14–2	1–12	2–6	1–8	2–5
4	Czech Republic	9–1	—	3–6	15–1	19–1	5–2	7–1	4–5	5–2
2	Hungary	9–4	6–3	—	16–1	16–0	3–4	9–3	6–7	5–2
7	Romania	3–12	1–15	1–16	—	10–3	0–17	1–14	0–25	1–6
8	Slovenia	2–14	1–19	0–16	3–10	—	1–10	1–15	1–22	0–7
3	South Korea	12–1	2–5	4–3	17–0	10–1	—	6–2	4–5	5–2
5	Spain	6–2	1–7	3–9	14–1	15–1	2–6	—	4–10	3–4
1	Sweden	8–1	5–4	7–6	25–0	22–1	5–4	10–4	—	7–0

Pos.	Country								Record
4	Austria	—	5–7	6–7	4–1	4–6	11–5	5–9	2–4
3	Canada	7–5	—	3–6	7–2	7–2	11–2	3–6	4–2
1	Japan	7–6	6–3	—	9–2	10–2	8–5	7–3	6–0
6	Kazakhstan	1–4	2–7	2–9	—	5–4	4–9	2–6	1–5
7	Poland	6–4	2–7	2–10	4–5	—	5–6	3–8	1–5
5	Turkey	5–11	2–11	5–8	9–4	6–5	—	2–10	2–4
2	Ukraine	9–5	6–3	3–7	6–2	8–3	10–2	—	5–1

Pos.	Country								Record
5	Brazil	—	3–10	8–6	8–7	4–5	4–10	5–10	2–4
3	Denmark	10–3	—	11–1	9–2	9–2	7–8	3–6	4–2
7	England	6–8	1–11	—	5–9	1–9	1–10	4–10	0–6
6	Hong Kong	7–8	2–9	9–5	—	5–8	4–5	6–8	1–5
4	Latvia	5–4	2–9	9–1	8–5	—	6–5	5–8	4–2
1	New Zealand	10–4	8–7	10–1	5–4	5–6	—	9–7	5–1
2	United States	10–5	6–3	10–4	8–6	8–5	7–9	—	5–1

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Gold medal game

1	Japan	6

8	Denmark	7
			8	Denmark	2

			5	United States	7
4	Hungary	2

5	United States	7
						5	United States	4

						7	Canada	7
3	New Zealand	7

6	Ukraine	5
			3	New Zealand	4	Third place

			7	Canada	7
2	Sweden	4				8	Denmark	7

7	Canada	6				3	New Zealand	5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Hungary (Tatár)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
United States (Wendling)	0	1	2	2	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Aoki)	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	6
Denmark (Schmidt)	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Landelius)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4
Canada (Tao)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	6

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Flanagan)	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	7
Ukraine (Nikolov)	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
New Zealand (Flanagan)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	4
Canada (Tao)	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	2
United States (Wendling)	3	0	0	3	1	0	X	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	7
New Zealand (Flanagan)	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Wendling)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Canada (Tao)	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	7

Australia	Austria	Belgium	Brazil	Canada^[4]
Skip: Holly Douglas Third: Marcy Forge Second: Molly Baker Lead: Sienna Dunmore	Fourth: Teresa Treichl Skip: Astrid Pflügler Second: Emma Müller Lead: Lisa Auer Alternate: Hannah Wittibschlaeger	Skip: Mirte Michiels Third: Frauke Michiels Second: Mona Goubert Lead: Tess Watzeels Alternate: Ziva Watzeels	Skip: Gabriela Farias Third: Isis Regadas Second: Melissa Sampaio Lead: Ana Teódoro	Skip: Myla Plett Third: Alyssa Nedohin Second: Chloe Fediuk Lead: Allie Iskiw
China	Croatia	Czech Republic	Denmark	England
Skip: Li Ziru Third: Zhang Jiaqi Second: Zhang Yujie Lead: Gao Ya Alternate: Zhang Yuning	Skip: Luci Pavelka Third: Paula Princip Second: Jelena Bukvić Lead: Ema Posavec Alternate: Lucija Matani	Skip: Sofie Krupičková Third: Emma Seifriedová Second: Matylda Volfová Lead: Veronika Vašáková Alternate: Klára Baudyšová	Skip: Karolina Jensen Third: Gabriella Qvist Second: Natalie Wiksten Lead: Katrine Schmidt Alternate: Emilie Holtermann	Fourth: Lina Opel Skip: Anna MacDougall Second: Marianna Ward Lead: Helena Kiggell Alternate: Phoenix Davies
Germany	Hungary	Italy	Kazakhstan	Latvia
Fourth: Kim Sutor Skip: Sara Messenzehl Second: Zoé Antes Lead: Joy Sutor Alternate: Carolina Abdel Halim	Skip: Linda Joó Third: Laura Nagy Second: Laura Lauchsz Lead: Hanna Orbán Alternate: Dorina Dencso	Skip: Rebecca Mariani Third: Giorgia Maurino Second: Camilla Gilberti Lead: Lucrezia Grande Alternate: Rachele Scalesse	Skip: Yekterina Kolykhalova Third: Tilsmay Alliyarova Second: Merey Tastemir Lead: Regina Ebauyer Alternate: Yana Ebuayer	Skip: Evelīna Barone Third: Rēzija Ieviņa Second: Veronika Apse Lead: Marija Seliverstova Alternate: Letīcija Ieviņa
Netherlands	New Zealand	Poland	Romania	Slovakia
Skip: Lisenka Bomas Third: Marit van Valkenhoef Second: Anandi Bomas Lead: Linde Nas	Skip: Rachael Pitts Third: Ruby Kinney Second: Olivia Russell Lead: Lucy Neilson Alternate: Tahlia Petersen	Fourth: Paulina Frysz Skip: Magdalena Herman Second: Julia Jawien Lead: Malgorzata Frysz	Skip: Ambra Paslaru Third: Ania Bacali Second: Emma Ganea Lead: Ariana Romaniuc Alternate: Sorena Pop	Skip: Melánia Kováčiková Third: Nina Summernova Second: Paulina Hajduk Lead: Zora Reilly
Slovenia	Spain	Turkey	Ukraine	United States
Fourth: Ema Kavčič Third: Pavla Kavčič Skip: Lana Zaveljcina Lead: Nina Krapež	Fourth: Daniela García Skip: Leyre Torralba Second: Nerea Torralba Lead: Leire Carasa Alternate: Marisol Arias	Fourth: Berfin Şengül Third: İclal Karaman Second: İfayet Şafak Çalıkuşu Skip: İlknur Ürüşan Alternate: Melisa Cömert	Skip: Yaroslava Kalinichenko Third: Diana Mosalenko Second: Anastasiia Kotova Lead: Marharyta Lytvynenko	Skip: Miranda Scheel Third: Sara Olson Second: Allory Johnson Lead: Tessa Thurlow

Pos.	Country								Record
6	Belgium	—	3–12	2–7	5–15	2–16	9–6	2–12	1–5
1	Canada	12–3	—	6–4	7–3	8–7	15–1	7–3	6–0
3	Czech Republic	7–2	4–6	—	3–8	6–5	16–1	3–8	3–3
2	Italy	15–5	3–7	8–3	—	7–4	14–0	10–3	5–1
4	Netherlands	16–2	7–8	5–6	4–7	—	15–1	5–2	3–3
7	Romania	6–9	1–15	1–16	0–14	1–15	—	0–18	0–6
5	Spain	12–2	3–7	8–3	3–10	2–5	18–0	—	3–3

Pos.	Country							Record
6	Australia	—	1–12	6–10	7–11	2–12	6–9	0–5
2	China	12–1	—	8–3	10–2	4–5	7–4	4–1
4	Poland	10–6	3–8	—	10–2	6–8	4–12	2–3
5	Slovenia	11–7	2–10	2–10	—	4–9	4–11	1–4
1	Turkey	12–2	5–4	8–6	9–4	—	7–6	5–0
3	United States	9–6	4–7	12–4	11–4	6–7	—	3–2

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Hungary (Joó)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
China (Li)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Messenzehl)	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	X	8
Latvia (Barone)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Turkey (Ürüşan)	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6
Italy (Mariani)	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	4

Sheet F	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Canada (Plett)	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	8
Denmark (Jensen)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Messenzehl)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	5
China (Li)	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	7

v t e World Curling Championships
Men's	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Women's	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Mixed doubles	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Mixed	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024
Senior	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024 2025
Junior	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024 2025
Junior-B	2016 2017 2018 2019 (Jan) 2019 (Dec) ~~2021~~ 2022 (Jan) 2022 (Dec) 2023 2024
Wheelchair	2002 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024 2025
Wheelchair-B	2015 2016 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024
Wheelchair mixed doubles	2022 2023 2024 2025

Round-Robin standings

Round-Robin results

Draw 1

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Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 11

Draw 12

Draw 13

Draw 14

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

Teams

Round Robin Standings

Round robin results