2016 U18 International Curling Championships

2016 U18 International Curling Championships
Host city	Edmonton, Alberta
Arena	Saville Sports Centre Jasper Place Curling Club
Dates	March 31-April 3
Men's winner	Saskatchewan
Skip	Mitchell Dales
Third	Dustin Mikush
Second	Mitchell Schmidt
Lead	Braden Fleischhacker
Finalist	Quebec (Jesse Mullen)
Women's winner	Manitoba
Skip	Mackenzie Zacharias
Third	Morgan Reimer
Second	Emily Zacharias
Lead	Jenessa Rutter
Finalist	New Brunswick (Justine Comeau)

The 2016 Optimist U18 International Curling Championships were held from March 31 to April 3 at the Saville Sports Centre and Jasper Place Curling Club in Edmonton, Alberta.

Men

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Knockout Round

Pool A Skip W L Saskatchewan Mitchell Dales 5 0 British Columbia Matthew McCrady 4 1 Ontario Tanner Horgan 3 2 Minnesota Riley Fenson 2 3 Japan Taisei Kanai 1 4 New Brunswick Liam Marin 0 5

Pool B Skip W L Quebec Jesse Mullen 4 1 Manitoba Brett Walter 3 2 Alberta Ryan Jacques 3 2 Massachusetts Chase Sinnett 3 2 Wisconsin Michael Elwing 2 3 Northwest Territories Adam Naugler 0 5

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
	1	Saskatchewan	6
	4	Manitoba	5
						1	Saskatchewan	7
						2	Quebec	6
	2	Quebec	6
	3	British Columbia	3

	Bronze Medal Game
	3	British Columbia	8
	4	Manitoba	6

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Saskatchewan (Dales)	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	6
Manitoba (Walter)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Quebec (Mullen)	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	X	6
British Columbia (McCrady)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

Bronze medal game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
British Columbia (McCrady)	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	8
Manitoba (Walter)	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	6

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Saskatchewan (Dales)	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	7
Quebec (Mullen)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	6

Women

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Knockout Round

Pool A Skip W L New Brunswick Justine Comeau 5 0 Japan Ayano Tsuchiya 3 2 Alberta Kayla Skrlik 3 2 Saskatchewan Rachel Erickson 3 2 Northwest Territories Annie Thomas 1 4 Michigan Maya Willertz 0 5

Pool B Skip W L Manitoba Mackenzie Zacharias 5 0 Minnesota Christine McMakin 3 2 Alaska Cora Farrell 2 3 Ontario Kira Brunton 2 3 Quebec Emilia Gagne 2 3 British Columbia Heather Drexel 1 4

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Final
	1	Manitoba	5
	4	Japan	1
						1	Manitoba	3
						2	New Brunswick	2
	2	New Brunswick	6
	3	Minnesota	5

	Bronze Medal Game
	3	Minnesota	4
	4	Japan	9

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Manitoba (Zacharias)	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	X	5
Japan (Tsuchiya)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
New Brunswick (Comeau)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	6
Minnesota (McMakin)	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	5

Bronze medal game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Minnesota (McMakin)	3	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	4
Japan (Tsuchiya)	0	3	0	1	0	5	X	X	9

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Manitoba (Zacharias)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
New Brunswick (Comeau)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	2

External links

• Official website