2022 World Men's Curling Championship

The 2022 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 2 to April 10 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, United States.[1] Team Sweden, skipped by Niklas Edin, was the defending championship team. The 2022 WMCC trialed the no-tick rule for the first time at a men's tournament at this level.[2][3]

2022 World Men's
Curling Championship
2022 World Men's Curling Championship
Host cityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
ArenaOrleans Arena
DatesApril 2–10, 2022
Winner Sweden
Curling clubKarlstads CK, Karlstad
SkipNiklas Edin
ThirdOskar Eriksson
SecondRasmus Wranå
LeadChristoffer Sundgren
AlternateDaniel Magnusson
CoachFredrik Lindberg
Finalist Canada (Gushue)
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In the final, Team Edin won its fourth straight world title, defeating Canada's Brad Gushue rink 8–6. It was the sixth career World title for Edin, whose team became the first ever to win an Olympic gold and World championship in the same year. In the game, Canada got off to a strong start, leading 3–0 after two. However, Sweden came back, tying it up at three in the fourth end, when Sweden scored a deuce after Gushue's last stone hit a ridge in the ice, and moved the wrong way. Canada was forced to a single in the fifth, and Sweden scored two in the sixth after Gushue missed a double takeout attempt. In the seventh, Gushue was forced to a single despite a crowded house, tying the game at five. In the ninth, with Canada down by one, Gushue missed a blank opportunity, by nosing a Swedish rock, and forcing the team to take one point, tying the game heading into the last end, without hammer. In the last end, with the score tied at six, Canada got off to a bad start when lead Geoff Walker hogged one of his rocks. On his final shot, Gushue missed his last draw against two Swedish stones, giving Sweden the championship. After the game, Gushue complained about the ice conditions, stating "(it was) the worst ice I've ever curled on in a major championship", due in part to there being four "ridges" on the ice. Edin agreed, stating that "(the) game was very tough, difficult conditions to play on."[4]

Italy's team, skipped by Joël Retornaz, won the bronze medal game after defeating the host Americans 13–4.[5]

Qualification edit

The World Curling Federation changed the qualification process for the World Curling Championships beginning in 2022 in key ways, as a transition year to a new qualification format for 2023. As before, the selection process started with the presumption that Europe receives eight entries, with two entries each from the American and Pacific-Asia Zones, but with a reduction of entries from one of the three zones – the zone with the lowest ranked competitor in the previous World Curling Championship.[6] Two additional entries were then determined by the 2022 World Qualification Event, bringing the total to thirteen entries for the championship. The host nation for the championship continues to receive a guaranteed entry as one of the entries in its zone. The Americas Challenge was required as a means of entry for at least one team from the Americas in 2022.[6] No entry was determined by tour-based rankings. Beginning in 2023, this system will be replaced, with all entries determined by two world zones championships. Seven guaranteed entries will come from the European Championship and five guaranteed entries from a Pan Continental Championship, the latter of which will include the America zone and the Pacific-Asia zone. The thirteenth entry will be determined by assessing the aggregate performance of the top five teams in each zone, with an extra entry from the better performing zone.[7]

As a result of these changes, Canada participated in the Americas Challenge in order to qualify for the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship, represented by Team Bottcher, which won the event and qualified Canada as an entry.[8] Though fourteen teams competed at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship, South Korea and China were ranked thirteenth and fourteenth, removing one automatic entry for the Pacific-Asia zone for the 2022 Championships. The remaining entries were determined by the playoffs at the 2022 World Qualification Event.

Means of qualification Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1   United States
2021 Americas Challenge 1   Canada
2021 European Curling Championships 8   Scotland
  Sweden
  Italy
  Norway
  Switzerland
  Denmark
  Czech Republic
  Germany
2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 1   South Korea
2022 World Qualification Event[9] 2 1   RCF
  Netherlands
Emergency Ruling Replacement 1   Finland
TOTAL 13

Russian Participation edit

As part of international sports' reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 28 the World Curling Federation initiated proceedings to remove the Russian Curling Federation from the upcoming Curling Championship. In its statement the WCF said:[10]

The World Curling Federation strongly condemns the military action undertaken by the Russian Government in their invasion of Ukraine and continues to hope for a swift and peaceful resolution to the situation.

On March 4, the World Curling Federation announced the removal of the Russian Curling Federation from the 2022 World Championships.[11] On March 12, they announced that Finland, who placed third in the Qualifying event, would replace the RCF.[12]

Teams edit

The teams are as follows:[13]

  Canada   Czech Republic   Denmark   Finland   Germany
St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Geoff Walker
Alternate: E. J. Harnden

CC Zbraslav, Zbraslav,
CC Dion, Prague,
CC Brno, Brno &
CC Sokol Liboc, Prague

Skip: Lukáš Klíma
Third: Marek Černovský
Second: Radek Boháč
Lead: Jiří Candra
Alternate: Lukáš Klípa

Gentofte CC, Gentofte &
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Tobias Thune
Third: Kasper Wiksten
Second: Oliver Rosenkrands Søe
Lead: Mikkel Krause
Alternate: Daniel Poulsen

Kisakallio CC, Lohja

Skip: Kalle Kiiskinen
Third: Teemu Salo
Second: Leo Ouni
Lead: Paavo Kuosmanen
Alternate: Jermu Pöllänen

Baden Hills G&CC, Füssen

Skip: Sixten Totzek
Third: Marc Muskatewitz
Second: Joshua Sutor
Lead: Dominik Greindl
Alternate: Benjamin Kapp

  Italy   Netherlands   Norway   Scotland[14]   South Korea[15]
Torino-Pinerolo CC, Pinerolo &
Aeronautica Militare

Skip: Joël Retornaz
Third: Amos Mosaner
Second: Sebastiano Arman
Lead: Simone Gonin
Alternate: Mattia Giovanella

CC PWA Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer

Skip: Wouter Gösgens
Third: Jaap van Dorp
Second: Laurens Hoekman
Lead: Carlo Glasbergen
Alternate: Tobias van den Hurk

Trondheim CK, Trondheim

Skip: Magnus Ramsfjell
Third: Martin Sesaker
Second: Bendik Ramsfjell
Lead: Gaute Nepstad
Alternate: Mathias Brænden

Stirling CC, Stirling

Fourth: Ross Paterson
Skip: Kyle Waddell
Second: Duncan Menzies
Lead: Craig Waddell
Alternate: Euan Kyle

Uiseong CC, Uiseong

Fourth: Kim Soo-hyuk
Skip: Kim Chang-min
Second: Seong Se-hyeon
Lead: Kim Hak-kyun
Alternate: Jeon Jae-ik

  Sweden[16]   Switzerland[17]   United States[18]
Karlstads CK, Karlstad

Skip: Niklas Edin
Third: Oskar Eriksson
Second: Rasmus Wranå
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Daniel Magnusson

Bern Zähringer CC, Bern

Skip: Yannick Schwaller
Third: Michael Brunner
Second: Romano Meier
Lead: Marcel Käufeler
Alternate: Simon Gloor

Chaska CC, Chaska

Skip: Korey Dropkin
Third: Joe Polo
Second: Mark Fenner
Lead: Tom Howell
Alternate: Alex Fenson

Rule changes edit

The main rule change between the 2021 and 2022 WMCC is the introduction of the no-tick rule. This will prohibit ticking a stone off of the centre line until after the fifth stone of the end has been thrown. If a stone is ticked off of the centre line before then, it is restored to its position, similar to if a stone is removed from play from the free guard zone.[3]

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC
  Canada Brad Gushue 10 2 100 64 56 45 1 18 85.2% 31.61
  Sweden Niklas Edin 9 3 87 57 50 43 7 11 85.2% 12.09
  Italy Joël Retornaz 8 4 88 80 55 50 6 15 83.1% 41.08
  Scotland Kyle Waddell 7 5 1–0 77 70 56 43 5 19 83.4% 21.15
  United States Korey Dropkin 7 5 0–1 81 69 51 45 8 13 80.5% 31.63
  Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 6 6 1–1 72 69 45 49 7 8 80.6% 18.75
  Germany Sixten Totzek 6 6 1–1 91 83 51 48 5 13 81.6% 29.05
  South Korea Kim Chang-min 6 6 1–1 83 83 51 48 7 14 77.6% 37.70
  Czech Republic Lukáš Klíma 5 7 1–0 73 71 42 48 10 8 78.3% 38.57
  Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 5 7 0–1 77 80 46 53 7 11 80.0% 28.61
  Finland Kalle Kiiskinen 4 8 67 90 44 52 6 9 75.6% 42.41
  Netherlands Wouter Gösgens 3 9 65 98 44 54 5 9 77.3% 39.30
  Denmark Tobias Thune 2 10 49 96 36 49 6 11 75.9% 58.46
Round robin summary table
Pos. Country                           Record
1   Canada 6–4 9–2 8–3 11–7 10–4 9–6 8–7 8–6 10–2 5–7 10–6 6–10 10–2
9   Czech Republic 4–6 9–2 10–4 9–4 5–6 11–5 7–4 0–6 4–10 4–8 5–9 5–7 5–7
13   Denmark 2–9 2–9 6–10 7–10 3–7 7–2 6–10 3–7 7–6 4–11 0–7 2–8 2–10
11   Finland 3–8 4–10 10–6 4–11 7–10 9–8 4–5 5–10 11–4 2–7 6–4 2–7 4–8
7   Germany 7–11 4–9 10–7 11–4 8–11 13–7 10–6 4–6 4–9 2–7 10–3 8–3 6–6
3   Italy 4–10 6–5 7–3 10–7 11–8 9–11 9–6 4–5 5–10 10–8 W–L 8–4 8–4
12   Netherlands 6–9 5–11 2–7 8–9 7–13 11–9 3–8 5–4 8–7 4–7 3–6 3–8 3–9
10   Norway 7–8 4–7 10–6 5–4 6–10 6–9 8–3 7–4 7–3 6–7 3–9 8–10 5–7
4   Scotland 6–8 6–0 7–3 10–5 6–4 5–4 4–5 4–7 6–9 2–8 9–7 9–7 7–5
8   South Korea 2–10 10–4 6–7 4–11 9–4 10–5 7–8 3–7 9–6 7–5 7–9 9–7 6–6
2   Sweden 7–5 8–4 11–4 7–2 7–2 8–10 7–4 7–6 8–2 5–7 7–8 5–3 9–3
6   Switzerland 6–10 9–5 7–0 4–6 3–10 L–W 6–3 9–3 7–9 9–7 8–7 4–7 6–6
5   United States 10–6 7–5 8–2 7–2 3–8 4–8 8–3 10–8 7–9 7–9 3–5 7–4 7–5

Round-robin results edit

All draw times are listed in Pacific Time (UTC−07:00).[19]

Draw 1 edit

Saturday, April 2, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 6
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin) 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 7
  Netherlands (Gösgens)   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Thune) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
  United States (Dropkin)   0 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 X 7

Draw 2 edit

Saturday, April 2, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4
  Scotland (Waddell)   1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue) 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 8
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Kiiskinen) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Totzek)   3 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 X X 13
  Netherlands (Gösgens) 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 X X 7

Draw 3 edit

Sunday, April 3, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 8
  Sweden (Edin)   2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Waddell) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6
  South Korea (Kim)   2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   1 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 X 9
  Germany (Totzek) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Kiiskinen)   0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 X 10
  Denmark (Thune) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 6

Draw 4 edit

Sunday, April 3, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
  Denmark (Thune) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Dropkin) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 7
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Netherlands (Gösgens)   1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6
  Canada (Gushue) 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 8
  Italy (Retornaz) 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 10

Draw 5 edit

Sunday, April 3, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Totzek) 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 X 8
  United States (Dropkin)   0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 X 10
  Finland (Kiiskinen)   2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 X 7
  Scotland (Waddell)   0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 6
  Canada (Gushue) 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 2 X 10

Draw 6 edit

Monday, April 4, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 X 7
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Thune)   1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X 4
  Sweden (Edin) 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 X X 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Totzek) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 X 11
  Finland (Kiiskinen)   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 7 edit

Monday, April 4, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Thune) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
  Scotland (Waddell)   0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Netherlands (Gösgens) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue) 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 X X 10
  Italy (Retornaz)   1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Dropkin) 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 7
  South Korea (Kim)   0 3 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 X 9

Draw 8 edit

Monday, April 4, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Kiiskinen) 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X X X 2
  Sweden (Edin)   0 3 0 0 4 0 X X X X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 X 8
  United States (Dropkin)   0 2 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 X X 9
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 X X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Waddell) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 6
  Germany (Totzek)   1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4

Draw 9 edit

Tuesday, April 5, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 X 8
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4
  Finland (Kiiskinen) 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 2 X X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 9
  Netherlands (Gösgens)   0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 2 11

Draw 10 edit

Tuesday, April 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Waddell)   1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 9
  United States (Dropkin) 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Totzek)   0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 7
  Canada (Gushue) 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 3 X 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz)   0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 X 7
  Denmark (Thune) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   1 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 X X 9

Draw 11 edit

Tuesday, April 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Netherlands (Gösgens)   0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X X 3
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Kiiskinen) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 5
  Scotland (Waddell)   2 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   2 1 1 0 2 0 1 X X X 7
  Germany (Totzek) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X 4
  South Korea (Kim) 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 X X 10

Draw 12 edit

Wednesday, April 6, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   0 2 1 1 2 1 X X X X 7
  Denmark (Thune) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim) 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 X 10
  Italy (Retornaz)   0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Dropkin)   0 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 X 8
  Netherlands (Gösgens) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
  Sweden (Edin)   0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 7

Draw 13 edit

Wednesday, April 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Totzek)   2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 8
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
  United States (Dropkin) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Waddell) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 X 6
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
  Finland (Kiiskinen) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4

Draw 14 edit

Wednesday, April 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
  South Korea (Kim) 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   3 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 X X 11
  Netherlands (Gösgens) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 X X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Kiiskinen)   0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
  Canada (Gushue) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Denmark (Thune) 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 7
  Germany (Totzek)   2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 10

Draw 15 edit

Thursday, April 7, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Dropkin)   2 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 X 10
  Canada (Gushue) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 X 10
  Denmark (Thune) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 W
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 / L^
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Netherlands (Gösgens) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5
  Scotland (Waddell)   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4

^  Switzerland ran out of time, and therefore forfeited the match.[20]

Draw 16 edit

Thursday, April 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   2 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 X X 10
  Finland (Kiiskinen) 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Waddell) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X 2
  Sweden (Edin)   1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Totzek)   1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 10
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 9

Draw 17 edit

Thursday, April 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Thune) 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 X 7
  Netherlands (Gösgens)   0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   3 3 0 1 3 0 X X X X 10
  South Korea (Kim) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Dropkin) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
  Sweden (Edin)   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Italy (Retornaz)   1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 5

Draw 18 edit

Friday, April 8, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 6
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 0 0 0 2 0 1 X X X X 3
  Germany (Totzek)   3 3 1 0 3 0 X X X X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue) 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 8
  Scotland (Waddell)   0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Kiiskinen) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
  United States (Dropkin)   0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 X X 7

Draw 19 edit

Friday, April 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 X 9
  Germany (Totzek) 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Netherlands (Gösgens) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 8
  Finland (Kiiskinen)   3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   1 1 0 4 0 3 X X X X 9
  Denmark (Thune) 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6

Draw 20 edit

Friday, April 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Waddell)   2 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 9
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Dropkin) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 4
  Italy (Retornaz)   0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Netherlands (Gösgens)   1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 8
  South Korea (Kim) 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Thune) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X X 2
  Canada (Gushue)   2 0 3 0 2 2 X X X X 9

Playoffs edit

Qualification games Semifinals Final
1   Canada 8
4   Scotland 4 5   United States 5
5   United States 6 1   Canada 6
2   Sweden 8
2   Sweden 8
3   Italy 10 3   Italy 4
6   Switzerland 4 Bronze-medal game
5   United States 4
3   Italy 13

Qualification games edit

Saturday, April 9, 2:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz)   4 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 X X 10
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 4
Player percentages
  Italy   Switzerland
Simone Gonin 97% Simon Gloor 92%
Sebastiano Arman 91% Romano Meier 56%
Amos Mosaner 98% Michael Brunner 86%
Joël Retornaz 92% Yannick Schwaller 66%
Total 95% Total 75%
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Waddell)   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4
  United States (Dropkin) 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
Player percentages
  Scotland   United States
Craig Waddell 100% Tom Howell 80%
Duncan Menzies 78% Mark Fenner 81%
Kyle Waddell 79% Joe Polo 88%
Ross Paterson 59% Korey Dropkin 71%
Total 79% Total 80%

Semifinals edit

Saturday, April 9, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 8
  United States (Dropkin) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5
Player percentages
  Canada   United States
Geoff Walker 85% Tom Howell 78%
Brett Gallant 74% Mark Fenner 80%
Mark Nichols 75% Joe Polo 79%
Brad Gushue 71% Korey Dropkin 66%
Total 76% Total 76%
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 X 8
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 X 4
Player percentages
  Sweden   Italy
Daniel Magnusson 89% Simone Gonin 90%
Rasmus Wranå 88% Sebastiano Arman 89%
Oskar Eriksson 94% Amos Mosaner 89%
Niklas Edin 88% Joël Retornaz 85%
Total 90% Total 88%

Bronze-medal game edit

Sunday, April 10, 11:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Dropkin) 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X 4
  Italy (Retornaz)   4 0 0 2 1 0 6 0 X X 13
Player percentages
  United States   Italy
Tom Howell 93% Simone Gonin 86%
Mark Fenner 61% Sebastiano Arman 84%
Joe Polo 61% Amos Mosaner 88%
Korey Dropkin 59% Joël Retornaz 77%
Total 68% Total 84%

Final edit

Sunday, April 10, 4:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
  Sweden (Edin) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 8
Player percentages
  Canada   Sweden
Geoff Walker 91% Daniel Magnusson 86%
Brett Gallant 93% Rasmus Wranå 79%
Mark Nichols 80% Oskar Eriksson 69%
Brad Gushue 62% Niklas Edin 78%
Total 82% Total 78%

Statistics edit

Top 5 player percentages edit

Final round robin percentages

Leads %
  Christoffer Sundgren 92.2
  Geoff Walker 89.5
  Simone Gonin 89.0
  Dominik Greindl 88.3
  Craig Waddell 88.1
Seconds %
  Brett Gallant 85.3
  Rasmus Wranå 85.2
  Duncan Menzies 84.4
  Sebastiano Arman 84.3
  Romano Meier 83.3
Thirds %
  Kyle Waddell (Skip) 84.3
  Oskar Eriksson 83.6
  Mark Nichols 83.0
  Marc Muskatewitz 82.5
  Joe Polo 82.1
Skips %
  Brad Gushue 83.7
  Niklas Edin 82.3
  Joël Retornaz 80.2
  Korey Dropkin 77.3
  Ross Paterson (Fourth) 76.6

Perfect games edit

Minimum 10 shots thrown

Player Team Position Shots Opponent
Romano Meier   Switzerland Second 12   Denmark
Kim Hak-kyun   South Korea Lead 12   Canada
Dominik Greindl   Germany Lead 10   Switzerland
Sebastiano Arman   Italy Second 18   United States
Craig Waddell   Scotland Lead 20   United States (qualification game)

Final standings edit

Place Team
    Sweden
    Canada
    Italy
4   United States
5   Scotland
6   Switzerland
7   Germany
8   South Korea
9   Czech Republic
10   Norway
11   Finland
12   Netherlands
13   Denmark

Awards edit

The awards were as follows:

Collie Campbell Memorial Award

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