1991 World Men's Curling Championship

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1991 World Men's Curling Championship
Host city Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Arena Winnipeg Arena
DatesMarch 23–31, 1991
WinnerFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Curling clubSt. Martins CC, Perth
Skip David Smith
Third Graeme Connal
Second Peter Smith
Lead David Hay
Alternate Mike Hay
FinalistFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Kevin Martin)
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The 1991 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1991 Canada Safeway World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) took place from March 23 to 31 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Contents

Teams

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Avonair CC, Edmonton, Alberta

Skip: Kevin Martin
Third: Kevin Park
Second: Dan Petryk
Lead: Don Bartlett
Alternate: Jules Owchar

Hvidovre CC

Skip: Christian Thune
Third: Niels Siggaard
Second: Henrik Jakobsen
Lead: Lasse Lavrsen
Alternate: Anders Søderblom

Hyvinkää CC

Skip: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi
Third: Jari Laukkanen
Second: Jori Aro
Lead: Marko Poikolainen
Alternate: Juhani Heinonen

Megève CC

Skip: Dominique Dupont-Roc
Third: Claude Feige
Second: Thierry Mercier
Lead: Patrick Philippe
Alternate: Daniel Moratelli

EV Füssen

Skip: Andy Kapp
Third: Florian Zörgiebel
Second: Cristopher Huber
Lead: Michael Schäffer
Alternate: Ulrich Schneider

Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Snarøen CC, Oslo

Skip: Eigil Ramsfjell
Third: Sjur Loen
Second: Niclas Järund
Lead: Morten Skaug
Alternate: Dagfinn Loen

St. Martins CC, Perth

Skip: David Smith
Third: Graeme Connal
Second: Peter Smith
Lead: David Hay
Alternate: Mike Hay

Karlstads CK

Skip: Dan-Ola Eriksson
Third: Sören Grahn
Second: Jonas Sjölander
Lead: Stefan Holmén
Alternate: Håkan Funk

Biel-Touring CC, Biel

Skip: Markus Eggler
Third: Frédéric Jean
Second: Stefan Hofer
Lead: Björn Schröder

Madison CC, Madison, Wisconsin

Skip: Steve Brown
Third: Paul Pustovar
Second: George Godfrey
Lead: Wally Henry
Alternate: Mike Fraboni

Round robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
CountrySkipWL
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kevin Martin 90
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland David Smith 72
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Steve Brown 63
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Eigil Ramsfjell 63
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland Markus Eggler 54
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Dan-Ola Eriksson 45
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andy Kapp 36
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Christian Thune 27
Flag of France.svg  France Dominique Dupont-Roc 27
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Jussi Uusipaavalniemi 18

Round robin results

Draw 1

Sheet AFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Martin)8
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Brown)2
Sheet BFinal
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Smith)6
Flag of France.svg  France (Dupont-Roc)5
Sheet CFinal
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland (Eggler)5
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Ramsfjell)0
Sheet DFinal
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Thune)6
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Eriksson)8
Sheet EFinal
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)4
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Kapp)5

Draw 2

Sheet AFinal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Kapp)6
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Thune)8
Sheet BFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Ramsfjell)6
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Eriksson)3
Sheet CFinal
Flag of France.svg  France (Dupont-Roc)4
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland (Eggler)7
Sheet DFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Martin)7
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)4
Sheet EFinal
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Brown)5
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Smith)6

Draw 3

Sheet AFinal
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Eriksson)5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Martin)7
Sheet BFinal
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Thune)4
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland (Eggler)5
Sheet CFinal
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Smith)7
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Kapp)3
Sheet DFinal
Flag of France.svg  France (Dupont-Roc)8
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Brown)6
Sheet EFinal
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)3
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Ramsfjell)6

Draw 4

Sheet AFinal
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Smith)5
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland (Eggler)8
Sheet BFinal
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Eriksson)7
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)1
Sheet CFinal
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Brown)5
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Thune)2
Sheet DFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Ramsfjell)2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Martin)7
Sheet EFinal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Kapp)6
Flag of France.svg  France (Dupont-Roc)1

Draw 5

Sheet AFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Martin)6
Flag of France.svg  France (Dupont-Roc)5
Sheet BFinal
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)1
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Smith)7
Sheet CFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Ramsfjell)8
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Thune)3
Sheet DFinal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Kapp)6
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland (Eggler)5
Sheet EFinal
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Brown)8
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Eriksson)5

Draw 6

Sheet AFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Martin)7
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Thune)3
Sheet BFinal
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland (Eggler)9
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Eriksson)3
Sheet CFinal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Kapp)2
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Brown)9
Sheet DFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Ramsfjell)2
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Smith)4
Sheet EFinal
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)3
Flag of France.svg  France (Dupont-Roc)5

Draw 7

Sheet AFinal
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland (Eggler)3
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Brown)5
Sheet BFinal
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Thune)5
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)6
Sheet CFinal
Flag of France.svg  France (Dupont-Roc)3
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Ramsfjell)4
Sheet DFinal
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Eriksson)8
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Kapp)4
Sheet EFinal
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Smith)5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Martin)8

Draw 8

Sheet AFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Ramsfjell)6
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Kapp)5
Sheet BFinal
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Brown)9
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)2
Sheet CFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Martin)8
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland (Eggler)7
Sheet DFinal
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Smith)6
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Thune)3
Sheet EFinal
Flag of France.svg  France (Dupont-Roc)4
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Eriksson)7

Draw 9

Sheet AFinal
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Eriksson)4
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Smith)7
Sheet BFinal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Kapp)1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Martin)7
Sheet CFinal
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Thune)7
Flag of France.svg  France (Dupont-Roc)6
Sheet DFinal
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Brown)6
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Ramsfjell)4
Sheet EFinal
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland (Eggler)6
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)4

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5
4 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
2 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 7
2 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4
3 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2

Semifinals

TeamFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Martin)5
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Ramsfjell)3
TeamFinal
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Smith)4
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Brown)2

Final

Team12345678910Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Martin)00000200XX2
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Smith)00120013XX7
1991 Safeway Curling Championship
Flag of Scotland.svg
Scotland
2nd title

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