2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event

The qualification event of the 2013 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from November 3 to 8, 2012 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland, which hosted the qualification tournaments for the past two World Wheelchair Curling Championships.

The qualification event was open to any World Curling Federation affiliated national team not already qualified.

After the round robin, Finland, Norway, Italy, and Latvia advanced to the playoffs, where Finland played Norway for a spot in the World Championships and Italy played Latvia for a spot in the second qualifier.

In the Second Place Game, Finland defeated Italy with a score of 9–7 to claim the second spot in the World Championships.

[1] The teams are listed as follows:[3][4] Third: Martin Tluk Second: Stepan Benes Lead: Michaeola Charvátocá Alternate: Jana Břinčilová Coach: Kateřina Urbanová Skip: Preben Nielsen Second: Rosita Jensen Lead: Henrik Harlev Petersen Alternates: Thomas Pedersen, Kasper Poulsen Coach: Per Christensen Skip: Vesa Hellman Second: Sari Karjalainen Lead: Tuomo Aarnikka Coach: Lauri Ikävalko Third: Caren Totzauer Second: Martin Schlitt Lead: Uwe Raschke Alternate: Christiane Steger Coach: Bernd Weißer Third: Gabriele Dallapiccola Second: Sergio Deflorian Lead: Lucrezia Celentano Alternate: Rosanna Menazzi Coach: Giulio Regli Third: Hiroshi Wachi Second: Sadao Ogawa Lead: Ayako Saitoh Alternate: Aki Ogawa Coach: Michiaki Saitoh Third: Poļina Rožkova Second: Ilmārs Nicmanis Lead: Aleksandrs Dimbovskis Alternate: Vita Miezite Coach: Artis Zentelis Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Sissel Løchen Lead: Terje Rafdal Alternate: Per Fagerhøi Coach: Per Andreassen Third: Jarosław Gosz Second: Maciej Karaś Lead: Agnieszka Kachel Alternate: Jacek Wodzyński Coach: Krzysztof Balcerzak Third: Claudia Hüttenmoser Second: Eric Décorvet Lead: Anton Kehrli Alternate: Mireille Gauthey Coach: Stephan Pfister Third: Engin Kurt Second: Savaş Şimşek Lead: Birsen Sapmaz Alternate: Berk Kamanli Coach: Gökçe Ulugay Final round-robin standings[5] All draw times listed in Eastern European Time (UTC+2).