2017 World Men's Curling Championship
Men's Curling Championship
The 2017 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was a curling event that was held from April 1 to 9 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton , Alberta .
Canada won the title for the 36th time overall and the second consecutive year. Like Rachel Homan 's team at the women's tournament, Brad Gushue and his teammates finished with a perfect 13–0 record, which included defeating eventual runner-up Niklas Edin of Sweden three times.[2] Switzerland won the bronze medal.
With the win, Gushue became the first skip in the history of the sport to win the world junior title, the Olympic gold medal, and the world men's title, and Canada became the first country ever to be in simultaneous possession of Olympic and World championships in both men's and women's curling.
Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship:
Teams
Canada
China
Germany
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: Liu Rui
Third: Xu Xiaoming
Second: Ba Dexin
Lead: Zang Jialiang
Alternate: Zou Qiang
Baden Hills G&CC , Rheinmünster
Skip: Alexander Baumann
Third: Manuel Walter
Second: Daniel Herberg
Lead: Ryan Sherrard
Alternate: Sebastian Schweizer
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
A.S.D. Trentino Curling , Cembra
Fourth: Amos Mosaner
Skip: Joël Retornaz
Second: Andrea Pilzer
Lead: Daniele Ferrazza
Alternate: Simone Gonin
Karuizawa CC , Karuizawa
Skip: Yusuke Morozumi
Third: Tetsuro Shimizu
Second: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Lead: Kosuke Morozumi
Alternate: Kosuke Hirata
CC PWA Zoetermeer , Zoetermeer
Skip: Jaap van Dorp
Third: Wouter Gösgens
Second: Laurens Hoekman
Lead: Carlo Glasbergen
Alternate: Alexander Magan
Norway
Russia
Scotland
Oppdal CK , Oppdal
Skip: Steffen Walstad
Third: Markus Høiberg
Second: Magnus Nedregotten
Lead: Alexander Lindström
Alternate: Sander Rølvåg
Moskvitch CC , Moscow
Skip: Alexey Timofeev 1
Third: Alexey Stukalskiy 1
Second: Timur Gadzhikanov
Lead: Artur Razhabov
Alternate: Evgeny Klimov
Curl Aberdeen , Aberdeen
Skip: David Murdoch
Third: Greg Drummond
Second: Scott Andrews
Lead: Michael Goodfellow
Alternate: Ross Paterson
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Karlstads CK , Karlstad
Skip: Niklas Edin
Third: Oskar Eriksson
Second: Rasmus Wranå
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Henrik Leek
CC Genève , Geneva
Fourth: Benoît Schwarz
Third: Claudio Pätz
Skip: Peter de Cruz
Lead: Valentin Tanner
Alternate: Romano Meier
Duluth CC , Duluth
Skip: John Shuster
Third: Tyler George
Second: Matt Hamilton
Lead: John Landsteiner
Alternate: Joe Polo
Notes
^ Stuklaskiy threw skip stones during Draws 1, 3 and 17 while Timofeev threw third stones.
WCT ranking
Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.[4]
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
Round-robin results
All times listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6 ).[5]
Draw 1
Saturday, April 1, 14:00
Draw 2
Saturday, April 1, 19:00
Draw 3
Sunday, April 2, 9:00
Draw 4
Sunday, April 2, 14:00
Draw 5
Sunday, April 2, 19:00
Draw 6
Monday, April 3, 9:00
Draw 7
Monday, April 3, 14:00
Draw 8
Monday, April 3, 19:00
Draw 9
Tuesday, April 4, 9:00
Draw 10
Tuesday, April 4, 14:00
Draw 11
Tuesday, April 4, 19:00
Draw 12
Wednesday, April 5, 9:00
Draw 13
Wednesday, April 5, 14:00
Draw 14
Wednesday, April 5, 19:00
Draw 15
Thursday, April 6, 9:00
Draw 16
Thursday, April 6, 14:00
Draw 17
Thursday, April 6, 19:00
Playoffs
1 vs. 2
Friday, April 7, 19:00
3 vs. 4
Saturday, April 8, 14:00
Semifinal
Saturday, April 8, 19:00
Bronze medal game
Sunday, April 9, 12:00
Gold medal game
Sunday, April 9, 18:00
2017 World Men's Curling Championship winner
Canada 36th title
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages
Round robin only
Perfect games
Round Robin only
Awards
The awards and all-star team are as follows:
All-Star Team [6]
Collie Campbell Memorial Award
References
General
Specific
External links
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