Amber Holland (Kronau, CAN) lost
7-5 to
Sweden's Anette Norberg in the Final of the Capital One World Womens Curling Championship, held March 18 - 27, 2011 in Esbjerg, Denmark.
Holland finished 7-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Holland defeated
Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN) 8-6, then went on to lose
9-4 against
Russia's Liudmilla Privivkova. Holland lost
8-5 to
Denmark's Lene Nielsen. Holland lost
7-3 to
Anna Sloan (Lockerbie, SCO) where Holland responded with a
7-5 win over
Norway's Linn Githmark. Holland won
7-4 against
Czech Republic's Anna Kubeskova, then won
7-6 against
Patti Lank (Lewiston, USA) and
7-4 against
Mirjam Ott (Davos, SUI). Holland went on to lose
5-4 against
Sweden's Anette Norberg. Holland responded with a
9-2 win over
Korea's Ji-Sun Kim. Holland won
8-6 against
Germany's Andrea Schopp in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Capital One World Womens Curling Championship, Holland take home
30.000 world rankings points, remaining in 2nd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 24 after improving upon their best so far this season. Holland ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
171.920 points earned so far this season.
