2021 World Men's Curling Championship

2021 World Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Calgary, Canada
Arena	Markin MacPhail Centre
Dates	April 2–11, 2021
Winner	Sweden
Curling club	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip	Niklas Edin
Third	Oskar Eriksson
Second	Rasmus Wranå
Lead	Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate	Daniel Magnusson
Coach	Fredrik Lindberg
Finalist	Scotland (Mouat)
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The 2021 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2021 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) ^[1] was held from April 2 to 11 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Canada. The event was originally to be held in Ottawa, ^[2] but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the championship was moved to Calgary. ^[3] The event was held in a bio-secure bubble at Canada Olympic Park, which also hosted all major Curling Canada championships leading up to the Worlds (including the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, which determined Canada's entrant). All events were held behind closed doors with no spectators. ^{[4] [5]}

The 2021 championship fielded the largest number of teams in the history of the event, with fourteen total. Niklas Edin, skip of Team Sweden, and his third, Oskar Eriksson, won a record fifth career World Championship. The team, which also consisted of Rasmus Wranå and Christoffer Sundgren, won a record third straight championship. They defeated Team Scotland, skipped by Bruce Mouat in the final, 10–5. With the game tied at 5 in the ninth end, Edin made a double take out with the last rock of the end to score five. ^[6] Down by 5 with just one end to go, Team Scotland then conceded the game. Switzerland, skipped by Peter de Cruz, won the bronze medal. ^[7]

The championship served as one of two qualification events for curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The National Olympic Committees representing the top six finishers at the tournament qualified directly to the Olympic tournament. In order of ranking, this included Sweden, Great Britain, Switzerland, the ROC, the United States, and Canada. The remaining teams that had qualified for the 2020 or 2021 World Championships competed in the World Curling Federation's Olympic Qualification Event in December 2021 for the remaining three spots. ^[8]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

On April 9, the World Curling Federation announced that a positive COVID-19 test had been recorded by a player on a non-playoff team, and that the second qualification match between the United States and Switzerland would be therefore be postponed. ^[9] The World Curling Federation postponed all games scheduled for April 10 due to additional positive tests involving a member of a playoff team. ^[10] There were three initial positives from players on non-playoff teams who were tested as part of the exit protocols, and four close contacts were also identified. ^{[11] [12]}

On April 11, following approval by Alberta Health Services (AHS), the World Curling Federation announced that play would resume, with all remaining games being played throughout the day. One playoff team member who had been fully vaccinated initially tested positive, but later tested negative and was cleared to participate in the playoffs. ^{[13] [10]} Enhanced biosecurity protocols were mandated for the remainder of the tournament, including additional tests before and after each game, and requiring masks to be worn on-ice. ^[14] Canadian broadcaster TSN pulled its camera crew for the U.S./Switzerland match, and announced that the game would not be televised due to unspecified "COVID-19 issues"; the game was still broadcast via the WCF host feed. ^[14]

On April 12, all four tests were deemed false positives following an extensive review by health authorities. ^[15] Team USA third Christopher Plys announced on Twitter that he was the playoff-bound curler who had tested positive. ^[16]

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship: ^{[17] [18]}

Pursuant to a December 2020 ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Russia is prohibited from competing under its flag or any national symbols at any Olympic Games or world championships through December 16, 2022, and must compete neutrally. ^[19] The World Curling Federation listed the Russian team as the abbreviation "RCF", for the Russian Curling Federation. ^[20]

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
Americas	1	United States
Europe	8	Sweden   Switzerland   Scotland   Denmark   Italy   Norway   Germany   Netherlands
Pacific-Asia	2	South Korea   Japan
World Rankings	1	RCF
2020 World Qualification Event [18]	1	China
TOTAL	14

World Ranking

The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations. ^[21]

Member Associations	Rank	Points
Sweden	1	89.020
Canada	2	75.980
United States	3	71.029
Switzerland	4	65.196
Scotland	5	52.059
Japan	6	44.118
Norway	7	40.392
South Korea	8	35.343
Italy	9	34.461
Denmark	10	24.520
RCF	11	19.412
Germany	12	18.578
China	13	18.358
Netherlands	14	16.951

Teams

The teams are as follows: ^[22]

Canada	China	Denmark [23]	Germany	Italy
Saville Community SC, Edmonton Skip: Brendan Bottcher Third: Darren Moulding Second: Brad Thiessen Lead: Karrick Martin Alternate: Marc Kennedy [24]	Harbin CC, Harbin Skip: Zou Qiang Third: Tian Jiafeng Second: Wang Zhiyu Lead: Xu Jingtao Alternate: Han Peng	Gentofte CC, Gentofte & Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Fourth: Mikkel Krause Third: Tobias Thune Skip: Mads Nørgård Lead: Kasper Wiksten Alternate: Oliver Rosenkrands Søe	Baden Hills G&CC, Füssen Skip: Sixten Totzek Third: Marc Muskatewitz Second: Joshua Sutor Lead: Dominik Greindl Alternate: Klaudius Harsch	Torino-Pinerolo CC, Pinerolo & Aeronautica Militare Skip: Joël Retornaz Third: Amos Mosaner Second: Sebastiano Arman Lead: Mattia Giovanella Alternate: Fabio Ribotta
Japan [25]	Netherlands [26]	Norway [27]	RCF [28]	Scotland [29]
Tokoro CC, Tokoro Skip: Yuta Matsumura Third: Tetsuro Shimizu Second: Yasumasa Tanida Lead: Shinya Abe Alternate: Kosuke Aita	CC PWA Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer Fourth: Wouter Gösgens Skip: Jaap van Dorp Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Tobias van den Hurk	Oppdal CC, Oppdal Skip: Steffen Walstad Third: Torger Nergård Second: Markus Høiberg Lead: Magnus Vågberg Alternate: Eirik Mjøen	Adamant CC, Saint Petersburg Skip: Sergey Glukhov Third: Evgeny Klimov Second: Dmitry Mironov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Daniil Goriachev	Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh Skip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr. Alternate: Ross Whyte
South Korea [30]	Sweden [31]	Switzerland [32]	United States [33]
Uijeongbu CC, Uijeongbu Skip: Jeong Yeong-seok Third: Kim Jeong-min [a] Second: Park Se-won [a] Lead: Lee Jun-hyung Alternate: Seo Min-guk	Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Daniel Magnusson	CC Genève, Geneva & Interlaken CC, Interlaken Fourth: Benoît Schwarz Third: Sven Michel Skip: Peter de Cruz Lead: Valentin Tanner Alternate: Pablo Lachat	Duluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Chris Plys Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Colin Hufman

WCF ranking

Year to date World Curling Federation order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event. Rankings based on the 2019–20 season. ^[34]

Nation (Skip)	Rank	Points
Canada (Bottcher)	4	347.979
Scotland (Mouat)	5	343.005
Sweden (Edin)	8	304.836
Switzerland (de Cruz)	9	289.136
Japan (Matsumura)	16	202.961
United States (Shuster)	19	181.864
Netherlands (van Dorp)	28	133.398
Italy (Retornaz)	30	130.346
Norway (Walstad)	32	129.878
China (Zou)	42	106.111
RCF (Glukhov)	44	102.341
Germany (Totzek)	88	52.322
Denmark (Nørgård)	122	33.972
South Korea (Jeong)	275	7.268

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC
Sweden	Niklas Edin	11	2	1–0	102	63	59	48	8	13	89%	21.83
RCF	Sergey Glukhov	11	2	0–1	103	73	60	47	3	18	83%	24.41
United States	John Shuster	10	3	–	93	75	55	50	5	11	84%	33.89
Canada	Brendan Bottcher	9	4	1–0	96	75	55	49	12	17	86%	21.02
Scotland	Bruce Mouat	9	4	0–1	95	68	56	48	8	15	87%	19.36
Switzerland	Peter de Cruz	8	5	–	90	72	57	51	6	12	85%	18.25
Italy	Joël Retornaz	7	6	1–0	78	64	46	46	13	13	84%	32.15
Norway	Steffen Walstad	7	6	0–1	91	77	59	50	10	13	82%	25.43
Japan	Yuta Matsumura	6	7	–	74	85	45	54	5	8	83%	36.91
Germany	Sixten Totzek	4	9	–	81	92	50	58	6	11	80%	53.87
Denmark	Mads Nørgård	3	10	–	69	95	44	56	6	9	77%	59.96
Netherlands	Jaap van Dorp	2	11	1–1	66	99	47	53	2	9	81%	33.15
South Korea	Jeong Yeong-seok	2	11	1–1	53	110	39	55	8	4	78%	33.75
China	Zou Qiang	2	11	1–1	58	96	47	56	4	7	80%	42.55

Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Country															Record
4	Canada	—	6–5	7–5	9–6	7–4	8–5	7–6	6–4	7–8	9–6	9–10	7–9	4–6	10–1	9–4
14	China	5–6	—	6–5	4–8	4–7	6–7	2–10	5–9	6–10	1–10	8–5	3–5	4–9	4–5	2–11
11	Denmark	5–7	5–6	—	6–8	4–10	6–10	14–5	6–7	4–7	2–7	4–3	1–9	9–8	3–8	3–10
10	Germany	6–9	8–4	8–6	—	3–9	5–8	5–7	8–6	4–6	8–9	12–5	4–8	5–8	5–7	4–9
7	Italy	4–7	7–4	10–4	9–3	—	2–5	8–4	10–3	7–8	2–7	7–1	6–7	4–3	2–8	7–6
9	Japan	5–8	7–6	10–6	8–5	5–2	—	7–5	2–10	5–10	3–6	10–7	2–7	5–8	5–10	6–7
12	Netherlands	6–7	10–2	5–14	7–5	4–8	5–7	—	4–7	5–8	4–9	4–5	4–10	4–8	4–9	2–11
8	Norway	4–6	9–5	7–6	6–8	3–10	10–2	7–4	—	6–8	6–7	9–2	9–8	10–5	5–6	7–6
2	RCF	8–7	10–6	7–4	6–4	8–7	10–5	8–5	8–6	—	9–2	9–3	7–8	2–8	11–8	11–2
5	Scotland	6–9	10–1	7–2	9–8	7–2	6–3	9–4	7–6	2–9	—	11–4	5–6	7–4	9–10	9–4
13	South Korea	10–9	5–8	3–4	5–12	1–7	7–10	5–4	2–9	3–9	4–11	—	2–10	3–9	3–8	2–11
1	Sweden	9–7	5–3	9–1	8–4	7–6	7–2	10–4	8–9	8–7	6–5	10–2	—	7–8	8–5	11–2
6	Switzerland	6–4	9–4	8–9	8–5	3–4	8–5	8–4	5–10	8–2	4–7	9–3	8–7	—	6–8	8–5
3	United States	1–10	5–4	8–3	7–5	8–2	10–5	9–4	6–5	8–11	10–9	8–3	5–8	8–6	—	10–3

Round-robin results

All times listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00). ^[35]

Draw 1

Friday, April 2, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
RCF (Glukhov)	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	1	0	X	8
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Jeong)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1
Italy (Retornaz)	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	X	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Walstad)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	7
Denmark (Nørgård)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Mouat)	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	6
Canada (Bottcher)	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	9

Draw 2

Friday, April 2, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Totzek)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	X	5
Japan (Matsumura)	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zou)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	4
United States (Shuster)	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Edin)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	7
Switzerland (de Cruz)	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Jeong)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	3
RCF (Glukhov)	2	1	0	3	2	1	0	X	X	X	9

Draw 3

Friday, April 2, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Nørgård)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	2
Scotland (Mouat)	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	X	X	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Matsumura)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	5
Canada (Bottcher)	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	2	0	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zou)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	4
Italy (Retornaz)	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4
Norway (Walstad)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	7

Draw 4

Saturday, April 3, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Sweden (Edin)	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (de Cruz)	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	8
Germany (Totzek)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Mouat)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	X	X	9
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Bottcher)	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	X	7
Denmark (Nørgård)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	X	5

Draw 5

Saturday, April 3, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zou)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	6
RCF (Glukhov)	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Walstad)	4	0	0	1	0	2	2	X	X	X	9
South Korea (Jeong)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Totzek)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	5
United States (Shuster)	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
Sweden (Edin)	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

Draw 6

Saturday, April 3, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Matsumura)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	5
Switzerland (de Cruz)	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	5
Denmark (Nørgård)	0	4	0	5	1	0	4	X	X	X	14

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Walstad)	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	9
China (Zou)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Mouat)	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	5	X	X	11
South Korea (Jeong)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	4

Draw 7

Sunday, April 4, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	3	1	3	0	2	X	X	X	9
Germany (Totzek)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Canada (Bottcher)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4
Switzerland (de Cruz)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
RCF (Glukhov)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	7
Sweden (Edin)	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	3	X	10
Japan (Matsumura)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

Draw 8

Sunday, April 4, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	6
Canada (Bottcher)	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Mouat)	0	4	1	1	0	1	3	X	X	X	10
China (Zou)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Nørgård)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	4
South Korea (Jeong)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	8
Norway (Walstad)	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	9

Draw 9

Sunday, April 4, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (de Cruz)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6
United States (Shuster)	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	4
South Korea (Jeong)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	2
Japan (Matsumura)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
RCF (Glukhov)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	6
Germany (Totzek)	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4

Draw 10

Monday, April 5, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Edin)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	6
Scotland (Mouat)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
RCF (Glukhov)	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	3	X	X	10
Japan (Matsumura)	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	1
Canada (Bottcher)	0	3	1	1	5	0	X	X	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Nørgård)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	5
China (Zou)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Draw 11

Monday, April 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Jeong)	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	10
Canada (Bottcher)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	0	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Totzek)	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	8
Norway (Walstad)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zou)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Netherlands (van Dorp)	3	2	0	2	1	0	2	X	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (de Cruz)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4

Draw 12

Monday, April 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	2	1	1	0	1	0	3	X	X	X	8
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Nørgård)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
Sweden (Edin)	2	1	1	0	4	1	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (de Cruz)	3	1	0	1	0	0	3	X	X	X	8
RCF (Glukhov)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Totzek)	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	8
Scotland (Mouat)	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	2	9

Draw 13

Tuesday, April 6, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	3	X	X	10
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Jeong)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	5
China (Zou)	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Matsumura)	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	2
Norway (Walstad)	2	1	1	2	0	4	X	X	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
RCF (Glukhov)	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	11
United States (Shuster)	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	8

Draw 14

Tuesday, April 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Totzek)	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	8
Denmark (Nørgård)	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Matsumura)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	3
Scotland (Mouat)	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Bottcher)	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	1	0	X	7
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Walstad)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	3	1	X	10
Switzerland (de Cruz)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 15

Tuesday, April 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Bottcher)	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
China (Zou)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	X	7
RCF (Glukhov)	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (de Cruz)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	4
Scotland (Mouat)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)	2	0	2	0	1	3	2	X	X	X	10
South Korea (Jeong)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	2

Draw 16

Wednesday, April 7, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Walstad)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
United States (Shuster)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	5
China (Zou)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Matsumura)	2	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	X	10
Denmark (Nørgård)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Totzek)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5
Netherlands (van Dorp)	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	7

Draw 17

Wednesday, April 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Matsumura)	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	X	7
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Scotland (Mouat)	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	9
United States (Shuster)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	1	0	2	0	5	0	1	1	X	X	10
Norway (Walstad)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Canada (Bottcher)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	7
RCF (Glukhov)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	8

Draw 18

Wednesday, April 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Bottcher)	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	7
Sweden (Edin)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Nørgård)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	9
Switzerland (de Cruz)	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Jeong)	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	5
Germany (Totzek)	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	5	X	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2
Scotland (Mouat)	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	X	7

Draw 19

Thursday, April 8, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
RCF (Glukhov)	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	8
Norway (Walstad)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Jeong)	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	X	7
Japan (Matsumura)	0	4	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	4
Switzerland (de Cruz)	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	X	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zou)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	4
Germany (Totzek)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	X	8

Draw 20

Thursday, April 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zou)	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	6
Japan (Matsumura)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Mouat)	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2
RCF (Glukhov)	1	1	0	4	0	3	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Nørgård)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	3
United States (Shuster)	0	0	2	2	0	4	0	X	X	X	8

Draw 21

Thursday, April 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (de Cruz)	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	X	X	9
South Korea (Jeong)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	X	X	9
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	X	8
Germany (Totzek)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Walstad)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	4
Canada (Bottcher)	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	6

Draw 22

Friday, April 9, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Mouat)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	7
Norway (Walstad)	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Totzek)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	6
Canada (Bottcher)	0	2	0	3	0	2	1	0	1	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Nørgård)	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	4
Italy (Retornaz)	2	0	0	3	0	4	1	X	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (de Cruz)	0	2	0	1	4	1	0	1	X	X	9
China (Zou)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	4

Draw 23

Friday, April 9, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4
Italy (Retornaz)	0	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
RCF (Glukhov)	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	X	7
Denmark (Nørgård)	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	X	X	8
South Korea (Jeong)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Matsumura)	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2
Sweden (Edin)	3	0	2	1	1	0	X	X	X	X	7

Playoffs

	Qualification games					Semifinals					Final
						1	Sweden	11
	3	United States	6			6	Switzerland	3
	6	Switzerland	7								1	Sweden	10
											5	Scotland	5
						2	RCF	3
	4	Canada	3			5	Scotland	5
	5	Scotland	5								Bronze medal game
											6	Switzerland	6
											2	RCF	5

Qualification Game 1

Friday, April 9, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Bottcher)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Scotland (Mouat)	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	X	5

Player percentages
Canada		Scotland
Karrick Martin	90%	Hammy McMillan Jr.	98%
Brad Thiessen	75%	Bobby Lammie	90%
Darren Moulding	79%	Grant Hardie	91%
Brendan Bottcher	89%	Bruce Mouat	96%
Total	83%	Total	94%

Qualification Game 2

Sunday, April 11, 11:00 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	6
Switzerland (de Cruz)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	7

Player percentages
United States		Switzerland
John Landsteiner	83%	Valentin Tanner	95%
Matt Hamilton	68%	Peter de Cruz	80%
Chris Plys	81%	Sven Michel	81%
John Shuster	74%	Benoît Schwarz	84%
Total	76%	Total	85%

Semifinals

Sunday, April 11, 4:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	3	X	X	11
Switzerland (de Cruz)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	3

Player percentages
Sweden		Switzerland
Christoffer Sundgren	73%	Valentin Tanner	97%
Rasmus Wranå	84%	Peter de Cruz	80%
Oskar Eriksson	91%	Sven Michel	77%
Niklas Edin	91%	Benoît Schwarz	69%
Total	85%	Total	80%

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
RCF (Glukhov)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
Scotland (Mouat)	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5

Player percentages
RCF		Scotland
Anton Kalalb	84%	Hammy McMillan Jr.	80%
Dmitry Mironov	74%	Bobby Lammie	95%
Evgeny Klimov	78%	Grant Hardie	93%
Sergey Glukhov	75%	Bruce Mouat	92%
Total	78%	Total	90%

Bronze medal game

Sunday, April 11, 9:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (de Cruz)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6
RCF (Glukhov)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5

Player percentages
Switzerland		RCF
Valentin Tanner	99%	Anton Kalalb	71%
Peter de Cruz	96%	Dmitry Mironov	83%
Sven Michel	89%	Evgeny Klimov	78%
Benoît Schwarz	83%	Sergey Glukhov	74%
Total	92%	Total	76%

Final

Sunday, April 11, 9:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5	X	10
Scotland (Mouat)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Player percentages
Sweden		Scotland
Christoffer Sundgren	93%	Hammy McMillan Jr.	86%
Rasmus Wranå	86%	Bobby Lammie	74%
Oskar Eriksson	92%	Grant Hardie	94%
Niklas Edin	85%	Bruce Mouat	76%
Total	89%	Total	83%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Final round robin percentages

Leads  % Christoffer Sundgren 92.1 Valentin Tanner 91.9 Hammy McMillan Jr. 91.7 Karrick Martin 90.7 Xu Jingtao 89.4

Seconds  % Rasmus Wranå 89.3 Brad Thiessen 86.7 Dmitry Mironov 85.5 Sebastiano Arman 85.4 Bobby Lammie 85.4

Thirds  % Oskar Eriksson 89.1 Grant Hardie 86.2 Amos Mosaner 84.7 Darren Moulding 83.5 Chris Plys 83.4

Skips  % Brendan Bottcher 85.2 Bruce Mouat 85.1 Niklas Edin 84.5 Sergey Glukhov 82.0 John Shuster 81.1

Perfect games

Minimum 10 shots thrown

Player	Team	Position	Shots	Opponent
Lee Jun-hyung	South Korea	Lead	14	RCF
Grant Hardie	Scotland	Third	14	Denmark
Sebastiano Arman	Italy	Second	20	China
Brendan Bottcher	Canada	Skip	12	United States
Christoffer Sundgren	Sweden	Lead	12	Denmark
Tetsuro Shimizu	Japan	Third	18	Denmark
Amos Mosaner	Italy	Third	16	Norway
Bruce Mouat	Scotland	Skip	18	Italy
Valentin Tanner	Switzerland	Lead	16	China
Christoffer Sundgren	Sweden	Lead	10	Japan

Awards

The awards were as follows:

Collie Campbell Memorial Award

• Oskar Eriksson, Sweden

Notes

1. Team South Korea made a lineup change after Draw 6. Second Kim Jeong-min moved to third and third Park Se-won moved to second. They kept this lineup for the remainder of the tournament.

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