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2023 World Men's Curling Championship

The 2023 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 1 to 9 at TD Place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1] Ottawa was selected as the host site in June 2022. It had originally been planned for the city to host the event in 2021, but the event was moved to the "Calgary bubble" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first time Ottawa hosted the men's Worlds.[2]

2023 World Men's
Curling Championship
2023 World Men's Curling Championship
Host cityOttawa, Ontario, Canada
ArenaTD Place Arena
DatesApril 1–9
Attendance75,960
Winner Scotland
Curling clubGogar Park CC, Edinburgh
SkipBruce Mouat
ThirdGrant Hardie
SecondBobby Lammie
LeadHammy McMillan Jr.
AlternateKyle Waddell
CoachMichael Goodfellow
Finalist Canada (Gushue)
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The format for the Championship featured a thirteen team round robin. The top six teams qualified for the playoff round where the top two teams received a bye while the remaining four played the first round.

The event was expected to attract approximately 70,000 fans, which was ultimately exceeded. The Aberdeen Pavilion acted as the "patch" for the event, the site where fans gathered during the event.[3]

The tournament marked the final major event for ice technician Dave Merklinger.[4]

Summary edit

Team Turkey, who were making their debut at the event were no-shows at the opening ceremonies, making an "inauspicious" start to the event.[5] The team would later blame a miscommunication for their absence, believing that the ceremonies were to be held on April 2.[6]

The 1993 World Men's Curling Championship winning Canadian team (Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh and Peter Corner) were honoured in the opening ceremonies.[6]

An ice storm hit Ottawa on April 5, knocking out power in various parts of the city, but not at TD Place.[7] Despite the weather, crowds remained "decent". Rocks were re-textured prior to matches on the day, and Canada skip Brad Gushue indicated that the venue was cooler in the morning, but the ice held up.[8] The most notable event on the 5th was in the draw 12 game between Sweden and Norway, where Swedish skip Niklas Edin made what many were calling one of the greatest or "craziest" shots in curling history, that has been dubbed a "shot heard around the curling world".[9] Down by two in the tenth end, Edin had to throw a rock with an incredible amount of spin, making it curl enough to bump a guarded corner-frozen Norwegian stone at the perfect angle to avoid moving the Swedish rock it was frozen to, while also moving the Norwegian stone far enough to score two. A near-impossible shot, it could have only been made by throwing a "spinner," a rarely thrown shot in the sport. Usually a rock will rotate just a few times during its trajectory, but Edin's rock made over 53.5 rotations according to curling oddsmaker Matt Hall. Throwing a spinner is so rare, laughter could be heard at the arena when Edin released the rock. Edin was successful though, with his shooter rock being the second point, which was confirmed after a measurement. TSN commentator Russ Howard called the shot "the best ... I've ever seen in my life!" World Curling Federation commentator Tyler George said "There's these moments in sports where sometimes the moment is bigger than the result of the game. I will remember that shot for as long as I live." Despite the shot, Team Sweden ended up losing the game in the extra end.[10][11][12]

Turkey won their first ever game at the Men's World Championship in their draw 15 match against New Zealand, defeating the Kiwis 8–5. They followed that up with a second win in draw 16, defeating South Korea 8–3.[13]

Following the round robin portion, the top six team made the playoffs. Switzerland earned the top seed with an 11–1 record, while Scotland earned the second seed with a 10–2 record. Both teams earned a bye to the semifinals. The third seed went to Norway (also 10–2), who played the six seeded Italians (8–4) in a qualification game, while the fourth seeded Canadians (9–3) played the number five ranked Swedes (also 9–3). The winners of the qualification games advanced to the semifinals.[14]

In the qualification games, Canada easily dispatched Sweden 9–1, ending their reign as four-time defending World champions, while Italy eliminated Norway, 8–4. Canada then went on to defeat the number one seeded Swiss in the semifinals 7–5, while Italy lost to Scotland 8–9 in an extra end.[15] Italy nearly won the game in the 10th, as with 12 seconds left on their game clock, skip Joël Retornaz nearly made a long split to score three, but one of their rocks landed a few millimetres from the house, which was confirmed after a measurement.[16]

With their semifinal losses, Italy and Switzerland faced off for the bronze medal. In their match, Switzerland dominated. After leading 3–0 after three, the Swiss stole even more points, including a three-ender in the fifth after Italian skip Joël Retornaz took out his own stone. Italy finally scored in the sixth end, getting a deuce, but Switzerland scored three again in the seventh. Switzerland ended up winning the game 11–3.[17]

In the final, Scotland easily defeated Canada 9–3. The Bruce Mouat rink, representing Scotland won their first World title, and the first since 2009 for their nation. It also completed the medal set for the Mouat team, which won a silver in 2021 and a bronze in 2019. The team struck first blood in the second end scoring a deuce, after Mouat made a double take out. This was followed by a steal of two in the third, when Canada skip Brad Gushue was heavy on a draw against three Scottish counters. This gave the Scots an early 4–0 lead, taking the partisan Canadian crowd out of the game. Scotland kept the pressure on in the fourth, forcing Gushue to hit for a single point. Another costly mistake by Gushue came in the fifth when he was heavy on a tap attempt, which was followed up by a Mouat draw for two to lead 6–1. Canada finally got a two-ender in the sixth, when Scotland played the end safe, with Mouat opting for an easier hit instead of a double. After a blanked seventh, Gushue made another mistake when he was not able to remove a Scottish stone from the house, allowing Mouat to make a hit for three. With the score now 9–3 for Scotland, Canada conceded the game, handing the World Championship to Mouat and company. The Scottish team were in near-perfect form, with all four members curling in the 90s, with their percentage as a team at 96.[18] In total, 5,604 fans attended the final, bringing the total attendance for the week to 75,960.[19][20]

Qualification edit

Thirteen curling federations qualified to participate in the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship. This is the first World Men's Championship appearance for Turkey, being represented by skip Uğurcan Karagöz.

Means of Qualification Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1   Canada
2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships 4   South Korea
  United States
  Japan
  New Zealand
2022 European Curling Championships 8   Scotland
  Switzerland
  Italy
  Sweden
  Norway
  Turkey
  Czech Republic
  Germany
TOTAL 13

Selection of national teams edit

Country Means of Qualification
  Canada Winners of the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier
  Czech Republic Winners of the 2023 Czech Men's Curling Championship
  Germany Selected by national association
  Italy Selected by national association
  Japan Winners of the 2023 Japan Curling Championships
  New Zealand Selected by national association
  Norway Selected by national association
  Scotland Selected by national association
  South Korea Winners of the 2022 Korean Curling Championships
  Sweden Selected by national association
  Switzerland Winners of the 2023 Swiss Men's Curling Championship
  Turkey Selected by national association
  United States Winners of the 2023 United States Men's Curling Championship

Teams edit

The teams were as follows:[21]

  Canada   Czech Republic[22]   Germany   Italy[23]   Japan[24]
St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: E. J. Harnden
Lead: Geoff Walker
Alternate: Ryan Harnden

CC Zbraslav, Zbraslav &
CC Dion, Prague

Skip: Lukáš Klíma
Third: Marek Černovský
Second: Radek Boháč
Lead: Martin Jurík
Alternate: Lukáš Klípa

Baden Hills G&CC &
CC Füssen, Füssen

Skip: Sixten Totzek
Third: Klaudius Harsch
Second: Magnus Sutor
Lead: Dominik Greindl
Alternate: Marc Muskatewitz

Italian Air Force

Skip: Joël Retornaz
Third: Amos Mosaner
Second: Sebastiano Arman
Lead: Mattia Giovanella

SC Karuizawa Club, Karuizawa

Skip: Riku Yanagisawa
Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Second: Takeru Yamamoto
Lead: Satoshi Koizumi
Alternate: Shingo Usui

  New Zealand   Norway[25]   Scotland[26]   South Korea[27]   Sweden
Maniota Curling, Naseby &
Alexandria Curling Rink

Skip: Anton Hood
Third: Ben Smith
Second: Brett Sargon
Lead: Hunter Walker
Alternate: Peter de Boer

Trondheim CK, Trondheim

Skip: Magnus Ramsfjell
Third: Martin Sesaker
Second: Bendik Ramsfjell
Lead: Gaute Nepstad
Alternate: Wilhelm Næss

Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh

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

Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul

Skip: Jeong Byeong-jin
Third: Lee Jeong-jae
Second: Kim Min-woo
Lead: Kim Tae-hwan

Karlstads CK, Karlstad

Skip: Niklas Edin
Third: Oskar Eriksson
Second: Rasmus Wranå
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Daniel Magnusson

  Switzerland[28]   Turkey   United States[29]
CC Genève, Geneva

Fourth: Benoît Schwarz
Skip: Yannick Schwaller
Second: Sven Michel
Lead: Pablo Lachat

Milli Piyango CA, Erzurum

Skip: Uğurcan Karagöz
Third: Muhammet Haydar Demirel
Second: Muhammed Zeki Uçan
Lead: Orhun Yüce
Alternate: Faruk Kavaz

Duluth CC, Duluth &
Madison CC, McFarland

Skip: John Shuster
Third: Chris Plys
Second: Matt Hamilton
Lead: John Landsteiner
Alternate: Colin Hufman

WCF ranking edit

Year to date World Curling Federation order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.[30]

Nation (Skip) Rank Points
  Sweden (Edin) 1 355.8
  Italy (Retornaz) 3 319.8
  Canada (Gushue) 4 315.8
  Scotland (Mouat) 6 305.0
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 7 287.5
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 11 212.3
  United States (Shuster) 15 169.5
  Japan (Yanagisawa) 17 160.8
  South Korea (Jeong) 33 115.1
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 74 47.3
  Germany (Totzek) 86 40.1
  Turkey (Karagöz) 95 36.0
  New Zealand (Hood) 188 11.1

Round robin standings edit

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC
  Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 11 1 – 94 57 49 43 10 9 87.2% 21.08
  Scotland Bruce Mouat 10 2 1–0 93 53 52 37 7 16 84.8% 24.24
  Norway Magnus Ramsfjell 10 2 0–1 83 67 51 40 9 14 84.6% 23.98
  Canada Brad Gushue 9 3 1–0 88 60 47 43 5 6 86.3% 19.70
  Sweden Niklas Edin 9 3 0–1 95 54 57 37 4 17 86.9% 17.33
  Italy Joël Retornaz 8 4 – 90 60 50 38 6 19 86.3% 16.80
  Japan Riku Yanagisawa 5 7 1–0 69 76 45 46 4 9 82.3% 45.60
  United States John Shuster 5 7 0–1 94 91 51 48 2 11 81.3% 35.18
  Germany Sixten Totzek 4 8 – 66 88 45 48 2 8 78.3% 45.55
  Czech Republic Lukáš Klíma 3 9 – 63 89 42 50 7 8 76.8% 33.04
  Turkey Uğurcan Karagöz 2 10 – 52 86 36 50 7 6 75.7% 40.76
  South Korea Jeong Byeong-jin 1 11 1–0 43 94 33 52 8 5 76.1% 50.25
  New Zealand Anton Hood 1 11 0–1 44 99 29 55 9 1 72.9% 51.83
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Country                           Record
4   Canada — 8–3 9–4 10–6 6–3 8–2 6–8 3–6 9–4 8–5 3–8 9–5 9–6 9–3
10   Czech Republic 3–8 — 6–10 4–8 3–9 8–1 6–8 3–9 8–3 3–10 4–7 7–6 8–10 3–9
9   Germany 4–9 10–6 — 2–7 8–5 8–11 3–5 6–8 7–4 2–8 3–7 9–6 4–12 4–8
6   Italy 6–10 8–4 7–2 — 12–5 8–3 8–9 4–7 9–2 2–8 8–4 7–2 11–4 8–4
7   Japan 3–6 9–3 5–8 5–12 — 10–5 4–7 2–9 9–2 6–9 6–7 4–3 6–5 5–7
13   New Zealand 2–8 1–8 11–8 3–8 5–10 — 2–9 4–10 2–8 1–7 5–7 5–8 3–8 1–11
3   Norway 8–6 8–6 5–3 9–8 7–4 9–2 — 5–9 6–2 8–7 4–11 6–4 8–5 10–2
2   Scotland 6–3 9–3 8–6 7–4 9–2 10–4 9–5 — 9–3 4–7 4–7 8–1 10–8 10–2
12   South Korea 4–9 3–8 4–7 2–9 2–9 8–2 2–6 3–9 — 3–8 4–8 3–8 5–11 1–11
5   Sweden 5–8 10–3 8–2 8–2 9–6 7–1 7–8 7–4 8–3 — 5–8 10–3 11–6 9–3
1   Switzerland 8–3 7–4 7–3 4–8 7–6 7–5 11–4 7–4 8–4 8–5 — 8–2 12–9 11–1
11   Turkey 5–9 6–7 6–9 2–7 3–4 8–5 4–6 1–8 8–3 3–10 2–8 — 4–10 2–10
8   United States 6–9 10–8 12–4 4–11 5–6 8–3 5–8 8–10 11–5 6–11 9–12 10–4 — 5–7

Round robin results edit

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).[31]

Draw 1 edit

 
Draw 1

Saturday, April 1, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 3
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Jeong) 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 X X 8
  New Zealand (Hood)   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   4 0 2 1 0 1 X X X X 8
  Germany (Totzek) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Mouat) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 7
  Italy (Retornaz)   0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4

Draw 2 edit

Saturday, April 1, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4
  Turkey (Karagöz)   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   2 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 X 10
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   1 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   2 0 3 1 0 0 2 X X X 8
  New Zealand (Hood) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 1

Draw 3 edit

Sunday, April 2, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 X X 6
  South Korea (Jeong) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Turkey (Karagöz) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1
  Scotland (Mouat)   3 1 2 2 0 0 X X X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 X 7
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Shuster) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
  Sweden (Edin)   2 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 X 11

Draw 4 edit

 
Draw 4

Sunday, April 2, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Mouat) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
  Sweden (Edin)   0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Totzek) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 3
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Zealand (Hood) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
  Canada (Gushue)   2 1 0 2 0 0 3 X X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Jeong)   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
  Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 X X 9

Draw 5 edit

Sunday, April 2, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
  Germany (Totzek) 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6
  United States (Shuster)   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz)   1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 X 7
  Turkey (Karagöz) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 8
  Canada (Gushue)   2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6

Draw 6 edit

Monday, April 3, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin) 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 X 8
  South Korea (Jeong)   1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 8
  United States (Shuster) 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 10

Draw 7 edit

Monday, April 3, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   2 0 3 2 1 0 2 X X X 10
  Turkey (Karagöz) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Zealand (Hood) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   0 1 0 3 0 0 2 3 X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 6
  Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Totzek) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 6
  Scotland (Mouat)   2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 8

Draw 8 edit

Monday, April 3, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Shuster) 0 4 2 3 0 2 X X X X 11
  South Korea (Jeong)   2 0 0 0 3 0 X X X X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz)   1 3 2 0 1 0 X X X X 7
  Germany (Totzek) 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X X X 4
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   0 3 0 3 2 0 3 X X X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Turkey (Karagöz)   1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 7

Draw 9 edit

Tuesday, April 4, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Jeong) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Mouat)   2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 10
  United States (Shuster) 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Yanagisawa)   3 0 4 0 3 0 X X X X 10
  New Zealand (Hood) 0 1 0 1 0 3 X X X X 5

Draw 10 edit

Tuesday, April 4, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Turkey (Karagöz) 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
  Germany (Totzek)   2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
  Canada (Gushue)   1 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
  Sweden (Edin)   2 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Italy (Retornaz)   0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 8
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 9

Draw 11 edit

Tuesday, April 4, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Zealand (Hood) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
  Italy (Retornaz)   1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Shuster)   2 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 X X 10
  Turkey (Karagöz) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Jeong)   0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X 3
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 X 7
  Scotland (Mouat) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 12 edit

 
Niklas Edin was faced with an incredibly difficult shot in the 10th end to score two and force an extra end against Norway. To make the shot, Edin had to throw the stone with an excessive amount of rotation to bump a frozen Norwegian rock leftward without displacing his Swedish rock too far, and then holding the shooter to count as the second point. After making the shot, there was a measurement to confirm Sweden had scored two.

Wednesday, April 5, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 8
  Sweden (Edin) 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Mouat)   1 1 1 1 0 5 X X X X 9
  Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Totzek) 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 8
  New Zealand (Hood)   3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue) 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 4 X X 9
  South Korea (Jeong)   0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4

Draw 13 edit

Wednesday, April 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 3
  Japan (Yanagisawa)   3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 5
  Germany (Totzek) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Turkey (Karagöz) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   3 0 3 2 0 0 X X X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 2 3 3 0 0 3 X X X 11
  United States (Shuster)   1 0 0 0 3 0 0 X X X 4

Draw 14 edit

Wednesday, April 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Jeong)   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3
  Scotland (Mouat) 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 X X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 7
  New Zealand (Hood) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Shuster) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 6
  Canada (Gushue)   0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   1 0 3 0 3 0 3 X X X 10
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3

Draw 15 edit

 
Draw 15

Thursday, April 6, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Totzek) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
  Canada (Gushue)   2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz)   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X X 2
  Sweden (Edin) 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 X X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Yanagisawa)   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 X X 4
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 X X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Zealand (Hood) 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 5
  Turkey (Karagöz)   1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 X X 8

Draw 16 edit

Thursday, April 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 4 12
  United States (Shuster)   1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Turkey (Karagöz)   2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 X X 8
  South Korea (Jeong) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Czech Republic (Klíma)   0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 4
  Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Mouat)   0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 9
  Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 5

Draw 17 edit

 
Draw 17

Thursday, April 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 X X 7
  New Zealand (Hood) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
  Scotland (Mouat)   1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Totzek)   1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 7
  South Korea (Jeong) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Yanagisawa)   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 6
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 7

Draw 18 edit

Friday, April 7, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 3 X X 12
  Japan (Yanagisawa)   1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 X 8
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   2 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 X X 9
  Turkey (Karagöz) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 X X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Shuster)   1 0 3 1 0 2 0 5 X X 12
  Germany (Totzek) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 4

Draw 19 edit

Friday, April 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scotland (Mouat)   1 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 X X 9
  Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Zealand (Hood)   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
  United States (Shuster) 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 8
  Sweden (Edin) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Jeong)   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 2 X X 9

Draw 20 edit

Friday, April 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Turkey (Karagöz) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Germany (Totzek)   1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 8
  Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  New Zealand (Hood)   1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
  Scotland (Mouat) 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Edin)   2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 5
  Canada (Gushue) 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 X X 8

Playoffs edit

Qualification games Semifinals Final
1   Switzerland 5
4   Canada 9 4   Canada 7
5   Sweden 1 4   Canada 3
2   Scotland 9
2   Scotland 9
3   Norway 4 6   Italy 8
6   Italy 8 Bronze medal game
1   Switzerland 11
6   Italy 3

Qualification Games edit

 
Qualification Games

Saturday, April 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ramsfjell)   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 X 8
Player percentages
  Norway   Italy
Gaute Nepstad 89% Mattia Giovanella 93%
Bendik Ramsfjell 72% Sebastiano Arman 72%
Martin Sesaker 79% Amos Mosaner 89%
Magnus Ramsfjell 72% Joël Retornaz 85%
Total 78% Total 85%
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue)   2 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 X X 9
  Sweden (Edin) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Player percentages
  Canada   Sweden
Geoff Walker 98% Christoffer Sundgren 98%
E. J. Harnden 81% Rasmus Wranå 80%
Mark Nichols 92% Oskar Eriksson 77%
Brad Gushue 92% Niklas Edin 69%
Total 91% Total 81%

Semifinals edit

Saturday, April 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
  Canada (Gushue) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 7
Player percentages
  Switzerland   Canada
Pablo Lachat 89% Geoff Walker 91%
Sven Michel 81% E. J. Harnden 93%
Yannick Schwaller 86% Mark Nichols 94%
Benoît Schwarz 80% Brad Gushue 95%
Total 84% Total 93%
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Scotland (Mouat)   1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 9
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 8
Player percentages
  Scotland   Italy
Hammy McMillan Jr. 95% Mattia Giovanella 91%
Bobby Lammie 81% Sebastiano Arman 83%
Grant Hardie 86% Amos Mosaner 89%
Bruce Mouat 81% Joël Retornaz 82%
Total 86% Total 86%

Bronze medal game edit

Sunday, April 9, 11:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller)   0 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 X X 11
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X X 3
Player percentages
  Switzerland   Italy
Pablo Lachat 83% Mattia Giovanella 92%
Sven Michel 80% Sebastiano Arman 78%
Yannick Schwaller 98% Amos Mosaner 77%
Benoît Schwarz 88% Joël Retornaz 52%
Total 87% Total 75%

Final edit

Sunday, April 9, 4:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Gushue) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 3
  Scotland (Mouat)   0 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 X X 9
Player percentages
  Canada   Scotland
Geoff Walker 97% Hammy McMillan Jr. 97%
E. J. Harnden 92% Bobby Lammie 94%
Mark Nichols 81% Grant Hardie 98%
Brad Gushue 78% Bruce Mouat 97%
Total 87% Total 96%

Statistics edit

Player percentages edit

Final Round Robin Percentages

Key
All-Star Team
Leads %
  Geoff Walker 92.0
  Colin Hufman[a] 89.6
  Hammy McMillan Jr. 89.3
  Christoffer Sundgren 89.3
  Gaute Nepstad 88.0
  Mattia Giovanella 87.9
  Kim Tae-hwan 86.9
  Hunter Walker 86.6
  John Landsteiner 86.5
  Pablo Lachat 86.1
  Satoshi Koizumi 85.6
  Dominik Greindl 85.1
  Orhun Yüce 80.1
  Martin Jurík[b] 79.1
  Lukáš Klípa[c] 75.0
Seconds %
  Rasmus Wranå 89.7
  Sven Michel 86.2
  Sebastiano Arman 86.1
  Bendik Ramsfjell 84.8
  Takeru Yamamoto 81.1
  E. J. Harnden 80.8
  Matt Hamilton 79.5
  Bobby Lammie 79.4
  Muhammed Zeki Uçan 78.7
  Radek Boháč 76.3
  Kim Min-woo 74.7
  Magnus Sutor 74.0
  Brett Sargon 70.6
  Faruk Kavaz[d] 63.1
Thirds %
  Yannick Schwaller (Skip) 90.5
  Grant Hardie 87.0
  Amos Mosaner 86.8
  Mark Nichols 84.9
  Oskar Eriksson 83.7
  Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 83.1
  Martin Sesaker 82.5
  Marek Černovský 79.7
  Muhammet Haydar Demirel 79.2
  Chris Plys 78.5
  Klaudius Harsch 78.2
  Lee Jeong-jae 73.6
  Ben Smith 67.9
Skips %
  Brad Gushue 87.6
  Benoît Schwarz (Fourth) 86.1
  Niklas Edin 85.1
  Joël Retornaz 84.5
  Bruce Mouat 83.8
  Magnus Ramsfjell 83.1
  Riku Yanagisawa 79.6
  John Shuster 78.7
  Sixten Totzek 75.7
  Lukáš Klíma 72.4
  Jeong Byeong-jin 69.2
  Uğurcan Karagöz 68.1
  Anton Hood 66.5

Perfect games edit

Minimum 10 shots thrown

Player Team Position Shots Opponent
Grant Hardie   Scotland Third 11   Turkey
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi   Japan Third 12   New Zealand
Benoît Schwarz   Switzerland Fourth 12   Turkey
Christoffer Sundgren   Sweden Lead 14   Czech Republic

Awards edit

The awards and all-star team are as follows:

All-Star Team

Collie Campbell Memorial Award

Final standings edit

Place Team
    Scotland
    Canada
    Switzerland
4   Italy
5   Norway
  Sweden
7   Japan
8   United States
9   Germany
10   Czech Republic
11   Turkey
12   South Korea
13   New Zealand

Based on this year's final standings, the 2023 European Curling Championships will serve as 13th qualification spot at next year's World Men's Curling Championship.[32]

Broadcasters edit

Some of the official broadcasters of the event are as follows:[33]

Country Network
Canada TSN
Europe EuroSport
Japan NHK
South Korea JTBC
Sweden SVT
Switzerland SSR

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Notes edit

  1. ^ Includes one game throwing second rocks; Played in five games
  2. ^ Includes one game throwing second rocks
  3. ^ Played in three games
  4. ^ Includes one game throwing lead rocks; Played in four games

External links edit

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