| 2011 World Senior Curling Championships | |
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| Host city | St. Paul,Minnesota, United States |
| Arena | Saint Paul Curling Club |
| Dates | April 15–24, 2011 |
| Men's winner |  Canada |
| Curling club | Thistle CC Edmonton,Alberta |
| Skip | Mark Johnson |
| Third | Marvin Wirth |
| Second | Ken McLean |
| Lead | Millard Evans |
| Alternate | Brad Hannah |
| Finalist |  United States (Geoff Goodland) |
| Women's winner | Canada |
| Curling club | Juan de Fuca CC Victoria,British Columbia |
| Skip | Christine Jurgenson |
| Third | Cheryl Noble |
| Second | Pat Sanders |
| Lead | Roselyn Craig |
| Alternate | Lena West |
| Finalist |  Sweden (Ingrid Meldahl) |
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| Events at the 2011 World Senior Curling Championships | ||
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| Tournament | ||
| men | women | |
The2011World Senior Curling Championships were held at theSaint Paul Curling Club inSt. Paul,Minnesota, United States from April 15 to 24, 2011. The event was held in conjunction with the2011 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
Canada swept the seniors event, winning both the men's and women's championships. Canada'sMark Johnson defeated the American hosts skipped byGeoff Goodland in an extra end, stealing a point to win 5–4, while Canada'sChristine Jurgenson won a six-end game 9–2 over former world senior championIngrid Meldahl and her Swedish rink. The Australian rink underHugh Millikin won their second consecutive bronze medal by defeating Denmark'sBent Kristoffersen with a tally of 8–5, while the Swiss rink underChantal Forrer took the bronze medal with a 5-4 after a single in the last end to wrap up a tight game against the American hosts underMargie Smith.[1]
The men's tournament consisted of 21 teams playing in three groups of seven, an increase fromlast year's tournament, which consisted of 12 teams in two groups of six. The groups played around-robin tournament within their own groups, and the top eight teams advanced to the quarterfinals and played a single-knockout round to determine the winner. The top eight teams included the top two teams from each group and two of the third-ranked teams among the groups.
Final round-robin standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | |
| Teams to Draw Shot Challenge (team with best moves to playoffs, other two play in qualification game) | |
| Qualification Game | ||||
| R3 |  Germany | 3 | ||
| B3 |  Scotland | 6 | ||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold Medal Match | ||||||||||||
| R1 | Canada | 9 | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Scotland | 3 | ||||||||||||
| R1 | Canada | 11 | ||||||||||||
| G2 |  Australia | 1 | ||||||||||||
| G2 | Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||
| B2 |  England | 4 | ||||||||||||
| R1 | Canada | 5 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | United States | 4 | ||||||||||||
| G1 |  Switzerland | 4 | ||||||||||||
| R2 |  Denmark | 5 | ||||||||||||
| R2 | Denmark | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | United States | 11 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | United States | 6 | ||||||||||||
| G3 |  New Zealand | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Bronze Medal Match | ||||
| G2 | Australia | 8 | ||
| R2 | Denmark | 5 | ||
Saturday, April 23, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
Australia (Millikin) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Denmark (Kristoffersen) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Saturday, April 23, 14:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Canada (Johnson) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| United States (Goodland) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 World Senior Men's Curling Championship Winner |
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 Canada 7th title |
The women's tournament consisted of eleven teams playing a round robin tournament. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals and play a single-knockout round to determine the winner.
Final round-robin standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | |
| Teams | Skip | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Christine Jurgenson | 10 | 0 |
| United States | Margie Smith | 8 | 2 |
| Switzerland | Chantal Forrer | 7 | 3 |
| Sweden | Ingrid Meldahl | 7 | 3 |
| Scotland | Linda Young | 6 | 4 |
 Czech Republic | Lenka Safranková | 4 | 6 |
 Japan | Eriko Igarashi | 4 | 6 |
 Ireland | Marie O'Kane | 3 | 7 |
| England | Sandra Moorcroft | 2 | 8 |
| New Zealand | Wendy Becker | 2 | 8 |
 Russia | Liudmila Murova | 2 | 8 |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Canada | 6 | |||||||
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | |||||||
| 1 | Canada | 9 | |||||||
| 3 | Sweden | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | United States | 5 | |||||||
| 3 | Sweden | 7 | |||||||
| Bronze Medal Match | ||||
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | ||
| 2 | United States | 4 | ||
Saturday, April 23, 14:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland (Forrer) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| United States (Smith) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Saturday, April 23, 14:00
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Jurgenson) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
| Sweden (Meldahl) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| 2011 World Women's Senior Curling Championship Winner |
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Canada 7th title |
