2025 World Men's Curling Championship

2025 World Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Arena	Mosaic Place
Dates	March 29 – April 6
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The 2025 World Men's Curling Championship (66th) (branded as the 2025 BKT Tires World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be held from March 29 to April 6 at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. ^[1] It will be the fourth World Men's Championship held in Saskatchewan and the third World Championship held in Moose Jaw, succeeding the 1979 World Junior Curling Championships and the 1983 Pioneer Life World Women's Curling Championship. ^[2]

The format for the Championship will feature a thirteen team round robin. The top six teams will qualify for the playoff round where the top two teams received a bye while the remaining four played in the qualification round to qualify for the semifinals. ^[3]

Qualification

Thirteen curling federations qualified to participate in the 2025 World Men's Curling Championship. Of note, Austria qualified for the first time since 2002, ^[4] while China returned for the first time since 2021. ^[5]

Means of Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	1	Canada
2024 Pan Continental Curling Championships	4	China   Japan   United States   South Korea
2024 European Curling Championships	8	Germany   Scotland   Norway   Switzerland   Sweden   Italy   Austria   Czech Republic
TOTAL	13

Teams

The teams are as follows: ^[6]

Austria [7]	Canada	China [8]	Czech Republic [9]	Germany [10]
Kitzbühel CC, Kitzbühel Skip: Mathias Genner Third: Jonas Backofen Second: Martin Reichel Lead: Florian Mavec Alternate: Johann Karg	Skip: Third: Second: Lead: Alternate:	CSO Curling Club, Beijing Skip: Xu Xiaoming Third: Fei Xueqing Second: Wang Zhiyu Lead: Li Zhichao Alternate: Ye Jianjun	CC Zbraslav, Prague Skip: Lukáš Klíma Third: Marek Černovský Second: Martin Jurík Lead: Lukáš Klípa Alternate: Radek Boháč	CC Füssen, Füssen Skip: Marc Muskatewitz Third: Benjamin Kapp Second: Felix Messenzehl Lead: Johannes Scheuerl Alternate: Mario Trevisiol
Italy [11]	Japan [12]	Norway [13]	Scotland [14]	South Korea [15]
Trentino CC, Cembra Skip: Joël Retornaz Third: Amos Mosaner Second: Sebastiano Arman Lead: Mattia Giovanella Alternate: Alberto Zisa	SC Karuizawa Club, Karuizawa Skip: Riku Yanagisawa Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Takeru Yamamoto Lead: Satoshi Koizumi Alternate:	Trondheim CK, Trondheim Skip: Magnus Ramsfjell Third: Martin Sesaker Second: Bendik Ramsfjell Lead: Gaute Nepstad Alternate: Willhelm Næss	Curl Edinburgh, Edinburgh Skip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr. Alternate: Kyle Waddell	Uiseong CC, Uiseong Skip: Lee Jae-beom Third: Kim Hyo-jun Second: Pyo Jeong-min Lead: Kim Eun-bin Alternate: Kim Jin-hun
Sweden [16]	Switzerland [17]	United States
Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Daniel Magnusson	CC Genève, Geneva Fourth: Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel Skip: Yannick Schwaller Second: Sven Michel Lead: Pablo Lachat Alternate: Tom Winkelhausen	Duluth CC, Duluth Skip: Korey Dropkin Third: Thomas Howell Second: Andrew Stopera Lead: Mark Fenner Alternate:

Round robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC
Austria	Mathias Genner	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Canada		0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
China	Xu Xiaoming	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Czech Republic	Lukáš Klíma	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Germany	Marc Muskatewitz	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Italy	Joël Retornaz	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Japan	Riku Yanagisawa	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Norway	Magnus Ramsfjell	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Scotland	Bruce Mouat	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
South Korea	Lee Jae-beom	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Sweden	Niklas Edin	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
Switzerland	Yannick Schwaller	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00
United States	Korey Dropkin	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	%	0.00

Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Country														Record
1	Austria	—	D19	D11	D16	D6	D13	D8	D18	D2	D14	D5	D3	D9	0–0
1	Canada	D19	—	D15	D14	D2	D11	D1	D12	D7	D4	D9	D17	D20	0–0
1	China	D11	D15	—	D13	D8	D5	D16	D10	D20	D18	D2	D7	D3	0–0
1	Czech Republic	D16	D14	D13	—	D3	D6	D9	D4	D8	D1	D17	D19	D11	0–0
1	Germany	D6	D2	D8	D3	—	D16	D11	D5	D18	D10	D13	D14	D19	0–0
1	Italy	D13	D11	D5	D6	D16	—	D19	D8	D10	D2	D18	D15	D1	0–0
1	Japan	D8	D1	D16	D9	D11	D19	—	D17	D3	D12	D4	D6	D14	0–0
1	Norway	D18	D12	D10	D4	D5	D8	D17	—	D13	D15	D20	D1	D7	0–0
1	Scotland	D2	D7	D20	D8	D18	D10	D3	D13	—	D5	D15	D12	D16	0–0
1	South Korea	D14	D4	D18	D1	D10	D2	D12	D15	D5	—	D7	D20	D17	0–0
1	Sweden	D5	D9	D2	D17	D13	D18	D4	D20	D15	D7	—	D10	D12	0–0
1	Switzerland	D3	D17	D7	D19	D14	D15	D6	D1	D12	D20	D10	—	D4	0–0
1	United States	D9	D20	D3	D11	D19	D1	D14	D7	D16	D17	D12	D4	—	0–0

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Time (UTC−05:00). ^{[3] [18]}

Draw 1

Saturday, March 29, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Lee)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Dropkin)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Draw 2

Saturday, March 29, 7:00 pm

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Genner)											0
Scotland (Mouat)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
Canada											0

Draw 3

Sunday, March 30, 9:00 am

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Genner)											0
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0

Draw 4

Sunday, March 30, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Dropkin)											0
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada											0
South Korea (Lee)											0

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

Draw 5

Sunday, March 30, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

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

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

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

Draw 6

Monday, March 31, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0
Japan (Yanagisawa)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
Austria (Genner)											0

Draw 7

Monday, March 31, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0
China (Xu)											0

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Lee)											0
Sweden (Edin)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0
United States (Dropkin)											0

Draw 8

Monday, March 31, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Genner)											0
Japan (Yanagisawa)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Mouat)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Draw 9

Tuesday, April 1, 9:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yanagisawa)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Dropkin)											0
Austria (Genner)											0

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

Draw 10

Tuesday, April 1, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
South Korea (Lee)											0

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

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

Draw 11

Tuesday, April 1, 7:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Genner)											0
China (Xu)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yanagisawa)											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
United States (Dropkin)											0

Draw 12

Wednesday, April 2, 9:00 am

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0
Canada											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Lee)											0
Japan (Yanagisawa)											0

Draw 13

Wednesday, April 2, 2:00 pm

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
Austria (Genner)											0

Draw 14

Wednesday, April 2, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yanagisawa)											0
United States (Dropkin)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Canada											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Genner)											0
South Korea (Lee)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Draw 15

Thursday, April 3, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0
South Korea (Lee)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada											0
China (Xu)											0

Draw 16

Thursday, April 3, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Austria (Genner)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
Japan (Yanagisawa)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Dropkin)											0
Scotland (Mouat)											0

Draw 17

Thursday, April 3, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0
Canada											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Lee)											0
United States (Dropkin)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0
Japan (Yanagisawa)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Draw 18

Friday, April 4, 9:00 am

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Lee)											0
China (Xu)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Genner)											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Draw 19

Friday, April 4, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Dropkin)											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada											0
Austria (Genner)											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yanagisawa)											0
Italy (Retornaz)											0

Draw 20

Friday, April 4, 7:00 pm

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

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0
South Korea (Lee)											0

Playoffs

	Qualification games					Semifinals					Final
						1
	4
	5
						2
	3
	6										Bronze medal game

Qualification Games

Saturday, April 5, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Player percentages
Total		Total

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Player percentages
Total		Total

Semifinals

Saturday, April 5, 3:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Player percentages
Total		Total

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Player percentages
Total		Total

Bronze medal game

Sunday, April 6, 9:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Player percentages
Total		Total

Final

Sunday, April 6, 3:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Player percentages
Total		Total

Final standings

Place	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

National playdowns

• 2025 Montana's Brier
• 2024 Korean Curling Championships
• 2025 United States Men's Curling Championship

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External links

• Results from the World Curling Federation