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2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event

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Host city
  
Lohja, Finland

Winner
  
China

Third
  
Liu Wei

Dates
  
November 7–12, 2010

Skip
  
Wang Haitao

Arena
  
Kisakallio Sports Institute

The qualification event for the 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship took place from November 7 to 12, 2010 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland. The event's two top finishers (China and Russia) both qualify to participate in the 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship.

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The two qualification spots are determined as follows: At the conclusion of the round-robin, the top four teams advance to the playoffs. The playoffs follow the first and second rounds of the page playoff system. In the first round, the first seed plays the second and the third seed playing the fourth. In the final round, the loser of 1 v. 2 plays the winner of 3 vs. 4 in the Second Place Game, like in the semifinal of the page playoff system. However, unlike the page playoff system, the winner of 1 vs. 2. The winner of 1 vs. 2 qualifies to the worlds, while the winner of the second place game also qualifies to the worlds.

1 vs. 2

 China is qualified to participate in the worlds
 Italy moves to Second Place Game

3 vs. 4

 Russia advances to Second Place Game

Second Place Game

Loser of 1 vs. 2 plays against Winner of 3 vs. 4 for the second qualification spot.

 Russia qualifies to participate in the worlds

References

2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event Wikipedia