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
Host city	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Arena	Orleans Arena
Dates	April 2–10, 2022
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	Canada (Gushue)
« 2021 2023 »

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Draw 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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

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

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

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

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

Top 5 player percentages

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

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

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

The awards were as follows:

Collie Campbell Memorial Award

• Simone Gonin, Italy

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External links

• Results from the World Curling Federation