2006 World Men's Curling Championship

The 2006 World Men's Curling Championship was held April 1–9, 2006 at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch, won the tournament defeating Canada in the final.

2006 World Men's Curling Championship
Host cityLowell, Massachusetts, United States
ArenaTsongas Center at UMass Lowell
DatesApril 1–9, 2006
Winner Scotland
SkipDavid Murdoch
ThirdEwan MacDonald
SecondWarwick Smith
LeadEuan Byers
AlternatePeter Smith
CoachTom Pendreigh
Finalist Canada (Jean-Michel Ménard)
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The Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell was the location of the Championship

Teams edit

  Australia   Canada   Denmark
Australia Curling Club

Skip: Hugh Millikin
Third: Ricky Tasker
Second: Mike Woloschuk
Lead: Stephen Johns
Alternate: Ian Palangio

CC Victoria, Sainte-Foy and
CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald

Skip: Jean-Michel Ménard
Third: François Roberge
Second: Éric Sylvain
Lead: Maxime Elmaleh
Alternate: Jean Gagnon

Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Ulrik Schmidt
Third: Lasse Lavrsen
Second: Carsten Svensgaard
Lead: Joel Ostrowski
Alternate: Kenneth Jørgensen

  Finland   Germany   Ireland
Oulunkylä Curling, Helsinki

Fourth: Kalle Kiiskinen
Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi***
Second: Jani Sullanmaa
Lead: Teemu Salo
Alternate: Jari Rouvinen

EC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf

Skip: Sebastian Stock
Third: Daniel Herberg
Second: Markus Messenzehl
Lead: Patrick Hoffman
Alternate: Bernhard Mayr

ICA National Team

Skip: Douglas Dryburgh
Third: Peter Wilson
Second: Robin Gray
Lead: John Kenny
Alternate: Peter J.D. Wilson

  Japan   Norway   Scotland
Tokoro CC, Tokoro

Skip: Yoshiyuki Ohmiya
Third: Makoto Tsuruga
Second: Tsuyoshi Ryutaki
Lead: Kazuhiko Ikawa
Alternate: Yuji Hirama

Snarøen CC, Bærum

Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Torger Nergård
Second: Thomas Due
Lead: Jan Thoresen
Alternate: Christoffer Svae

Lockerbie CC, Lockerbie

Skip: David Murdoch
Third: Ewan MacDonald
Second: Warwick Smith
Lead: Euan Byers
Alternate: Peter Smith

  Sweden   Switzerland   United States
Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg

Skip: Nils Carlsén
Third: Niklas Edin
Second: Marcus Hasselborg
Lead: Emanuel Allberg
Alternate: Daniel Tenn

CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen

Skip: Ralph Stöckli
Third: Claudio Pescia
Second: Pascal Sieber
Lead: Simon Strübin
Alternate: Marco Battilana

Bemidji CC, Bemidji

Skip: Pete Fenson
Third: Shawn Rojeski
Second: Joseph Polo
Lead: John Shuster
Alternate: Scott Baird

*** Finnish skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi missed the first three games with a wrist injury;[1] Kiiskinen skipped in his place. Markku returned April 3; threw second rocks in the early draw and third stones in the remainder of the competition.

Round-robin standings edit

Scoring for the tournament was done by CurlingZone.com. They calculated the player percentages differently than normal. They used a five-point system with a multiplier for degree of difficulty in shots.

Country Skip W L PF PA Ends
Won
Ends
Lost
Blank
Ends
Stolen
Ends
Shot
Pct.
  Scotland David Murdoch 9 2 82 54 55 40 10 23 86%
  Canada Jean-Michel Ménard 8 3 77 63 52 44 13 13 83%
  Norway Thomas Ulsrud 7 4 75 61 48 44 16 13 79%
  United States Pete Fenson 7 4 67 55 43 40 23 13 82%
  Sweden Nils Carlsén 6 5 80 63 43 46 15 9 83%
  Switzerland Ralph Stöckli 6 5 68 59 47 39 15 18 81%
  Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 6 5 71 66 41 39 14 10 78%
  Denmark Ulrik Schmidt 5 6 68 70 42 46 13 9 79%
  Australia Hugh Millikin 5 6 66 74 47 45 18 12 77%
  Germany Sebastian Stock 4 7 41 62 33 38 18 8 72%
  Japan Yoshiyuki Ohmiya 2 9 40 64 33 46 14 3 72%
  Ireland Douglas Dryburgh 1 10 47 84 38 54 15 6 76%

Round-robin results edit

Draw 1 edit

April 1, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Australia (Millikin) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 8
  Scotland (Murdoch)   2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Stock) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
  Norway (Ulsrud)   0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3
  Switzerland (Stöckli)   0 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 X X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Carlsén) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
  Canada (Ménard)   0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5

Draw 2 edit

April 1, 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 9
  Germany (Stock)   1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6
  Japan (Ohmiya) 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  United States (Fenson) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 6
  Ireland (Dryburgh) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
  Norway (Ulsrud) 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7

Draw 3 edit

April 2, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Canada (Ménard) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 8
  Australia (Millikin)   1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Carlsén)   2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7
  Scotland (Murdoch) 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 9

Draw 4 edit

April 2, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Ohmiya)   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 4
  United States (Fenson) 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 6
  Switzerland (Stöckli)   1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Stock)   0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 7
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt)   2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 X 8
  Ireland (Dryburgh) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 5 edit

April 2, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Murdoch)   0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 7
  Canada (Ménard) 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Fenson)   0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 8
  Denmark (Schmidt) 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ireland (Dryburgh)   2 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 X X 9
  Japan (Ohmiya) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 X X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Australia (Millikin)   0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 X X 4
  Sweden (Carlsén) 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 X X 10

Draw 6 edit

April 3, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Carlsén) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)   1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Ménard)   1 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 X X 8
  Germany (Stock) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Australia (Millikin) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 7
  Switzerland (Stöckli)   0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Murdoch) 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 8
  Norway (Ulsrud)   1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 9

Draw 7 edit

April 3, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Stock) 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 6
  Ireland (Dryburgh)   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
  Japan (Ohmiya)   0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 8
  United States (Fenson)   0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Stöckli) 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 3
  Denmark (Schmidt)   0 2 0 2 0 5 X X X X 9

Draw 8 edit

April 3, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 8
  Australia (Millikin)   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Fenson) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 6
  Scotland (Murdoch)   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Ohmiya) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
  Sweden (Carlsén)   0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ireland (Dryburgh) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 7
  Canada (Ménard)   2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 8

Draw 9 edit

April 4, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Ohmiya)   0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 3
  Scotland (Murdoch) 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ireland (Dryburgh)   1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 4
  Australia (Millikin) 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 3 X X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 6
  Canada (Ménard)   0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Fenson) 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 7
  Sweden (Carlsén)   0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 4

Draw 10 edit

April 4, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Ménard) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
  Norway (Ulsrud)   1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Carlsén) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 9
  Switzerland (Stöckli)   2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Murdoch) 1 1 1 2 3 0 X X X X 8
  Germany (Stock)   0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Australia (Millikin) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)   0 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 9

Draw 11 edit

April 4, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
  United States (Fenson)   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud)   2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7
  Denmark (Schmidt) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 3 X 9
  Ireland (Dryburgh)   1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Stock)   2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 9
  Japan (Ohmiya) 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 8

Draw 12 edit

April 5, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 3 2 0 4 0 3 X X X X 12
  Denmark (Schmidt)   0 0 1 0 2 0 X X X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Stock) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
  United States (Fenson)   2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Stöckli)   1 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 X X 10
  Japan (Ohmiya) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud)   0 2 0 3 0 1 4 X X X 10
  Ireland (Dryburgh) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 1

Draw 13 edit

April 5, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ireland (Dryburgh) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 3
  Sweden (Carlsén)   3 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Ohmiya) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 4
  Canada (Ménard)   2 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Fenson) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4
  Australia (Millikin)   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
  Scotland (Murdoch)   2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 X 7

Draw 14 edit

April 5, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Australia (Millikin)   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
  Germany (Stock) 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Murdoch) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 9
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)   1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Carlsén)   3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8
  Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Ménard) 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 9
  Switzerland (Stöckli)   3 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 10

Draw 15 edit

April 6, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 8
  Japan (Ohmiya)   0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Stöckli) 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 X X X 8
  Ireland (Dryburgh)   0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Stock) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6
  Denmark (Schmidt)   1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)   0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 7
  United States (Fenson) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 5

Draw 16 edit

April 6, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Murdoch)   1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6
  Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Australia (Millikin) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
  Norway (Ulsrud)   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Ménard)   1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Carlsén) 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 X X 8
  Germany (Stock)   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3

Draw 17 edit

April 7, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Fenson)   1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
  Canada (Ménard) 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Schmidt)   1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 8
  Sweden (Carlsén) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Ireland (Dryburgh) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 6
  Scotland (Murdoch)   0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Japan (Ohmiya)   0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6
  Australia (Millikin) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 7

Playoffs edit

Brackets edit

Page playoffsSemifinalFinal
1  Scotland22  Canada4
2  Canada81  Scotland7
1  Scotland6
3  Norway4
3  Norway8
4  United States5

1 vs. 2 game edit

April 7, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Murdoch)   0 0 0 1 0 1 X X X X 2
  Canada (Ménard) 1 3 1 0 3 0 X X X X 8
Player percentages
  Scotland   Canada
Euan Byers 85% Maxime Elmaleh 85%
Warwick Smith 80% Éric Sylvain 89%
Ewan MacDonald 53% François Roberge 83%
David Murdoch 52% Jean-Michel Ménard 89%
Total 67% Total 86%

3 vs. 4 game edit

April 7, 19:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud)   0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 8
  United States (Fenson) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 5
Player percentages
  Norway   United States
Jan Thoresen 79% John Shuster 95%
Thomas Due 83% Joseph Polo 90%
Torger Nergård 85% Shawn Rojeski 79%
Thomas Ulsrud 87% Pete Fenson 76%
Total 84% Total 85%

Semi-final edit

April 8, 13:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Murdoch)   0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 6
  Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Player percentages
  Scotland   Norway
Euan Byers 74% Jan Thoresen 75%
Warwick Smith 73% Thomas Due 68%
Ewan MacDonald 68% Torger Nergård 69%
David Murdoch 75% Thomas Ulsrud 68%
Total 73% Total 70%

Final edit

April 9, 12:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Ménard) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
  Scotland (Murdoch)   1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 7
Player percentages
  Scotland   Canada
Euan Byers 81% Maxime Elmaleh 85%
Warwick Smith 82% Éric Sylvain 76%
Ewan MacDonald 86% François Roberge 72%
David Murdoch 87% Jean-Michel Ménard 76%
Total 84% Total 77%
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Round robin player percentages edit

Leads % Seconds % Thirds % Skips %
  Maxime Elmaleh 89   Warwick Smith 86   Ewan MacDonald 86   David Murdoch 87
  Joel Ostrowski 84   Joe Polo 86   Markku Uusipaavalniemi 85   Thomas Ulsrud 84
  Simon Strübin 84   Eric Sylvain 84   Niklas Edin 83   Jean-Michel Ménard 82
  John Shuster 84   Marcus Hasselborg 84   Claudio Pescia 81   Nils Carlsén 82
  Euan Byers 82   Pascal Sieber 82   Shawn Rojeski 81   Pete Fenson 80

References edit

General
  • "World Men's Curling Championship 2006". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
Specific