2021 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2021 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2021 LGT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held 30 April to 9 May at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta.
| 2021 World Women's Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Arena | Markin MacPhail Centre, Canada Olympic Park |
| Dates | 30 April–9 May 2021 |
| Attendance | 0 (behind closed doors) |
| Winner | Switzerland |
| Curling club | CC Aarau, Aarau & Bern CC, Bern |
| Skip | Silvana Tirinzoni |
| Fourth | Alina Pätz |
| Second | Esther Neuenschwander |
| Lead | Melanie Barbezat |
| Alternate | Carole Howald |
| Coach | Pierre Charette |
| Finalist | RCF (Kovaleva) |
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The event was originally awarded to Schaffhausen, Switzerland. In February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local authorities withdrew permission to host the event. On 5 March 2021, the championship was moved to Calgary. The event was held in a centralized "bubble" at Canada Olympic Park, which also hosted the men's world championship, as well as all major Curling Canada championships leading up to the Worlds. All events were held behind closed doors with no spectators.
Silvana Tirinzoni and her Swiss team defended their title, from 2019 since the 2020 Championship was cancelled, when they defeated Russian Alina Kovaleva (representative of the Russian Curling Federation) in the final, 4–2. During the round-robin against Denmark, the Swiss champions recorded the first eight-ender in World Curling Championship history. The United States, skipped by Tabitha Peterson won the bronze medal, defeating the defending Olympic champion Anna Hasselborg rink from Sweden 9–5 in the bronze medal game.