| The National 2008 | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Arena | ExpoCité |
| Dates | December 3–7, 2008 |
| Winner |  Team Middaugh |
| Curling club | St. George's G&CC, Toronto, ON |
| Skip | Wayne Middaugh |
| Third | Jon Mead |
| Second | John Epping |
| Lead | Scott Bailey |
| Finalist |  Team Gushue |
The 2008 edition of The National was held December 3–7, 2008 at the ExpoCité [1] in Quebec City, Quebec. It was the second Grand Slam event of the men's 2008-09 World Curling Tour season.
(Money ranking in parentheses)
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
 Burtnyk (14) | 4 | 1 |
| McEwen (27) | 4 | 1 |
| Middaugh (17) | 4 | 1 |
 Adams (86) | 2 | 3 |
| Howard (1) | 1 | 4 |
 Larway (36) | 0 | 5 |
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
 Martin (2) | 5 | 0 |
| Gushue (4) | 4 | 1 |
 McAulay (24) | 2 | 3 |
 Simmons (42) | 2 | 3 |
 Ménard (30) | 2 | 3 |
 Wang (10) | 0 | 5 |
| Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Stoughton (6) | 5 | 0 |
| Ferbey (3) | 3 | 2 |
| Ferland (137) | 3 | 2 |
| Koe (8) | 2 | 3 |
| Jordison (9) | 1 | 4 |
| Ursel (28) | 1 | 4 |
Playoffs
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Martin | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ferland | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Martin | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Middaugh | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Burtnyk | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Middaugh | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Middaugh | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Gushue | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Stoughton | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Ferbey | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Ferbey | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Gushue | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Gushue (EE) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| McEwen | 4 | |||||||||||||
Final
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Middaugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Gushue  | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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