2018 World Men's Curling Championship

2018 World Men's Curling Championship
2018 World Men's Curling Championship
Host cityLas Vegas, Nevada
ArenaOrleans Arena
DatesMarch 31 – April 8, 2018
Attendance74,829[1]
Winner Sweden
Curling clubKarlstads CK, Karlstad
SkipNiklas Edin
ThirdOskar Eriksson
SecondRasmus Wranå
LeadChristoffer Sundgren
AlternateHenrik Leek
CoachFredrik Lindberg
Finalist Canada (Brad Gushue)
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The 2018 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 361˚ World Men's Curling Championship 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 31 to April 8, 2018 at Orleans Arena, on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States.

In a rematch of the 2017 gold medal game, the Swedish team led by Niklas Edin beat the defending champion Canadian team led by Brad Gushue 7–3 in the final to win the championship. In the game, Edin led 5–0 after five ends, thanks in part to stealing two in the fourth end when Gushue was light on a draw to the four-foot and another steal in the fifth after a missed runback double. Canada condeded the game after eight ends, and won the silver medal. It was the eighth championship for Sweden, and the third for Edin. Scotland, skipped by Bruce Mouat won the bronze.[2]

Qualification

The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship:

Teams

 Canada  China  Germany[3]  Italy[4]  Japan
Bally Haly G&CC &
St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Geoff Walker
Alternate: Thomas Sallows

Harbin CC, Harbin

Skip: Zou Dejia
Third: Zou Qiang
Second: Xu Jingtao
Lead: Shao Zhilin
Alternate: Ma Yanlong

Baden Hills G&CC, Rheinmünster

Skip: Alexander Baumann
Third: Manuel Walter
Second: Daniel Herberg
Lead: Sebastian Schweizer
Alternate: Ryan Sherrard

A.S.D. Trentino Curling, Cembra

Fourth: Amos Mosaner
Skip: Joël Retornaz
Second: Andrea Pilzer
Lead: Daniele Ferrazza
Alternate: Fabio Ribotta

Sapporo CA, Sapporo

Fourth: Go Aoki
Skip: Masaki Iwai
Second: Ryotaro Shukuya
Lead: Yutaka Aoyama
Alternate: Koji Nisato

 Netherlands[5]  Norway[6]  Russia  Scotland  South Korea
CC PWA Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer

Skip: Jaap van Dorp
Third: Wouter Gösgens
Second: Laurens Hoekman
Lead: Carlo Glasbergen
Alternate: Alexander Magan

Oppdal CC, Oppdal

Skip: Steffen Walstad
Third: Markus Høiberg
Second: Magnus Nedregotten
Lead: Magnus Vågberg
Alternate: Steffen Mellemseter

Adamant CC, Saint Petersburg

Skip: Alexey Timofeev
Third: Sergey Glukhov
Second: Artur Razhabov
Lead: Evgeny Klimov
Alternate: Artem Shmakov

Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh

Skip: Bruce Mouat
Third: Grant Hardie
Second: Bobby Lammie
Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.
Alternate: Ross Paterson

Uiseong CC, Uiseong

Skip: Kim Chang-min
Third: Seong Se-hyeon
Second: Oh Eun-su
Lead: Lee Ki-bok
Alternate: Kim Min-chan

 Sweden[7]  Switzerland  United States
Karlstads CK, Karlstad

Skip: Niklas Edin
Third: Oskar Eriksson
Second: Rasmus Wranå
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Henrik Leek

CC Bern, Bern

Skip: Marc Pfister
Third: Enrico Pfister
Second: Raphael Märki
Lead: Simon Gempeler
Alternate: Jan Hess

St. Paul CC, St. Paul

Fourth: Greg Persinger
Skip: Rich Ruohonen
Second: Colin Hufman
Lead: Philip Tilker
Alternate: Christopher Plys

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L PF PA Ends Won Ends Lost Blank Ends Stolen Ends Shot Pct.
 Sweden Niklas Edin 11 1 79 44 45 40 20 7 88%
 Scotland Bruce Mouat 11 1 92 53 53 41 11 16 86%
 Canada Brad Gushue 9 3 86 55 51 41 11 14 87%
 South Korea Kim Chang-min 7 5 84 71 48 48 17 9 83%
 Norway Steffen Walstad 7 5 78 72 53 44 15 16 86%
 United States Rich Ruohonen 6 6 65 66 48 46 25 11 84%
 Switzerland Marc Pfister 6 6 75 82 53 47 17 13 81%
 Italy Joël Retornaz 5 7 79 76 47 48 15 9 81%
 Russia Alexey Timofeev 5 7 71 85 48 51 16 12 80%
 Netherlands Jaap van Dorp 4 8 66 77 46 55 17 5 81%
 Japan Masaki Iwai 3 9 60 87 41 51 15 6 78%
 China Zou Dejia 3 9 60 84 46 51 14 9 81%
 Germany Alexander Baumann 1 11 53 96 41 57 11 4 78%

WCT ranking

Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.[8]

Nation (Skip) Rank Points
 Sweden (Edin) 1 455.02
 Canada (Gushue) 2 431.42
 Scotland (Mouat) 7 285.29
 South Korea (Kim) 13 238.06
 Norway (Walstad) 16 200.67
 United States (Ruohonen) 21 162.77
 Switzerland (Pfister) 34 114.24
 Germany (Baumann) 42 94.76
 Italy (Retornaz) 49 84.00
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 50 82.52
 China (Zou) 86 45.28
 Russia (Timofeev) 145 21.15
 Japan (Iwai) 682 0.00

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7:00).[9]

Draw 1

Saturday, March 31, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 6
 Germany (Baumann) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
 South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 6
 Switzerland (Pfister) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Timofeev) 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 X 6
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 7

Draw 2

Saturday, March 31, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 4 X X 10
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 United States (Ruohonen) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
 Japan (Iwai) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 X X 7
 Switzerland (Pfister) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X X 3

Draw 3

Sunday, April 1, 08:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Russia (Timofeev) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 7
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 X X X 8
 Germany (Baumann) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Iwai) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 X X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Ruohonen) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6

Draw 4

Sunday, April 1, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 7
 United States (Ruohonen) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 6
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Iwai) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 X 8

Draw 5

Sunday, April 1, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
 Sweden (Edin) 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 2 2 0 2 1 0 X X X X 7
 Switzerland (Pfister) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 9
 Russia (Timofeev) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
 Germany (Baumann) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 5

Draw 6

Monday, April 2, 08:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Japan (Iwai) (has hammer) 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
 Netherlands (van Dorp) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Walstad) 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 7
 United States (Ruohonen) (has hammer) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5

Draw 7

Monday, April 2, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 7
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Pfister) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 7
 Germany (Baumann) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 7
 United States (Ruohonen) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 6

Draw 8

Monday, April 2, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Germany (Baumann) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 8
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Timofeev) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 10
 Norway (Walstad) 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 X 4
 Japan (Iwai) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
 Sweden (Edin) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5

Draw 9

Tuesday, April 3, 08:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Iwai) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
 Russia (Timofeev) (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Baumann) 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 X X 4
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
 Canada (Gushue) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Pfister) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 6
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 10

Tuesday, April 3, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Ruohonen) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 X X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 X X 8
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 2 2 X X X X 9
 Japan (Iwai) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X X 2

Draw 11

Tuesday, April 3, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Pfister) 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 12
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 5
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 X 11
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
 Norway (Walstad) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Baumann) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6
 Russia (Timofeev) 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 8

Draw 12

Wednesday, April 4, 08:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 0 4 0 3 2 0 X X X X 9
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 X X X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Walstad) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 X X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Ruohonen) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 6
 Russia (Timofeev) 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 X X X 7

Draw 13

Wednesday, April 4, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Ruohonen) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 8
 Germany (Baumann) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Switzerland (Pfister) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7
 Russia (Timofeev) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Iwai) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 X X 6
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 4 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
 China (Zou) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5

Draw 14

Wednesday, April 4, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
 Canada (Gushue) 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 X X X 9
 Japan (Iwai) 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 (Baumann) 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 6
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 6
 Switzerland (Pfister) 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8

Draw 15

Thursday, April 5, 08:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Walstad) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 X X X 10
 China (Zou) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 8
 Switzerland (Pfister) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6

Draw 16

Thursday, April 5, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Baumann) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
 Japan (Iwai) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
 United States (Ruohonen) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 X 7
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 7
 Russia (Timofeev) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3

Draw 17

Thursday, April 5, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5
 United States (Ruohonen) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 6
 Norway (Walstad) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Timofeev) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X X X 2
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 X X X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Switzerland (Pfister) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 10
 Japan (Iwai) 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 9

Draw 18

Friday, April 6, 08:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 8
 Switzerland (Pfister) 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 5
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 2 X X 11
 Germany (Baumann) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Ruohonen) 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 7
 China (Zou) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4

Draw 19

Friday, April 6, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Iwai) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Zou) 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 X X X 4
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 X X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 3 9
 Norway (Walstad) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Timofeev) 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 6
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7

Draw 20

Friday, April 6, 18:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 6
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Timofeev) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X X 4
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Pfister) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
 United States (Ruohonen) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Baumann) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X 1
 Canada (Gushue) 1 1 1 2 0 3 X X X X 8

Playoffs

Qualification games Semifinals Final
1  Sweden 9
4  South Korea 7 4  South Korea 8
5  Norway 5 1  Sweden 7
3  Canada 3
2  Scotland 5
3  Canada 6 3  Canada 9
6  United States 4 Bronze medal game
2  Scotland 11
4  South Korea 4

Qualification games

Saturday, April 7, 08:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
 Norway (Walstad) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Player percentages
 South Korea  Norway
Lee Ki-bok 84% Magnus Vågberg 81%
Oh Eun-su 83% Magnus Nedregotten 83%
Seong Se-hyeon 83% Markus Høiberg 73%
Kim Chang-min 85% Steffen Walstad 80%
Total 84% Total 79%
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
 United States (Ruohonen) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
Player percentages
 Canada  United States
Geoff Walker 88% Philip Tilker 80%
Brett Gallant 73% Colin Hufman 79%
Mark Nichols 93% Rich Ruohonen 85%
Brad Gushue 91% Greg Persinger 81%
Total 86% Total 81%

Semifinal 1

Saturday, April 7, 13:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 9
 South Korea (Kim) 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 8
Player percentages
 Sweden  South Korea
Christoffer Sundgren 76% Lee Ki-bok 87%
Rasmus Wranå 84% Oh Eun-su 83%
Oskar Eriksson 97% Seong Se-hyeon 75%
Niklas Edin 83% Kim Chang-min 70%
Total 85% Total 79%

Semifinal 2

Saturday, April 7, 18:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 5
 Canada (Gushue) 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 X 9
Player percentages
 Scotland  Canada
Hammy McMillan Jr. 92% Geoff Walker 79%
Bobby Lammie 82% Brett Gallant 88%
Grant Hardie 86% Mark Nichols 82%
Bruce Mouat 65% Brad Gushue 94%
Total 81% Total 86%

Bronze medal game

Sunday, April 8, 12:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 1 0 3 2 4 0 1 0 X X 11
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X 4
Player percentages
 Scotland  South Korea
Hammy McMillan Jr. 71% Lee Ki-bok 100%
Bobby Lammie 97% Oh Eun-su 85%
Grant Hardie 89% Seong Se-hyeon 65%
Bruce Mouat 92% Kim Chang-min 72%
Total 87% Total 80%

Gold medal game

Sunday, April 8, 17:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 X X 7
 Canada (Gushue) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X X 3
Player percentages
 Sweden  Canada
Christoffer Sundgren 88% Geoff Walker 88%
Rasmus Wranå 92% Brett Gallant 94%
Oskar Eriksson 88% Mark Nichols 91%
Niklas Edin 95% Brad Gushue 80%
Total 91% Total 88%

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round robin only[10]

Leads %
Canada Geoff Walker 91
Scotland Hammy McMillan Jr. 91
Sweden Christoffer Sundgren 90
Norway Magnus Vågberg 90
South Korea Lee Ki-bok 89
Seconds %
Scotland Bobby Lammie 88
Norway Magnus Nedregotten 88
Sweden Rasmus Wranå 87
Canada Brett Gallant 86
South Korea Oh Eun-su 85
Thirds %
Canada Mark Nichols 87
Sweden Oskar Eriksson 86
United States Rich Ruohonen (Skip) 86
Norway Markus Høiberg 85
Scotland Grant Hardie 84
Skips %
Sweden Niklas Edin 90
Canada Brad Gushue 85
United States Greg Persinger (Fourth) 83
Scotland Bruce Mouat 82
Norway Steffen Walstad 82

Perfect games

Player Team Position Opponent
Lee Ki-bok  South Korea Lead  China
Lee Ki-bok  South Korea Lead  Scotland
Evgeny Klimov  Russia Lead  Sweden
Evgeny Klimov  Russia Lead  South Korea
Hammy McMillan Jr.  Scotland Lead  China
Shao Zhilin  China Lead  Scotland
Daniel Herberg  Germany Second  Scotland
Magnus Nedregotten  Norway Second  Scotland
Seong Se-hyeon  South Korea Third  Russia

References

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External links

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