2018 World Men's Curling Championship Explained
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
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Bally Haly G&CC &
St. John's CC, St. John'sSkip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Geoff Walker
Alternate: Thomas Sallows | Harbin CC, HarbinSkip: Zou Dejia
Third: Zou Qiang
Second: Xu Jingtao
Lead: Shao Zhilin
Alternate: Ma Yanlong | Baden Hills G&CC, RheinmünsterSkip: Alexander Baumann
Third: Manuel Walter
Second: Daniel Herberg
Lead: Sebastian Schweizer
Alternate: Ryan Sherrard | A.S.D. Trentino Curling, CembraFourth: Amos Mosaner
Skip: Joël Retornaz
Second: Andrea Pilzer
Lead: Daniele Ferrazza
Alternate: Fabio Ribotta | Sapporo CA, SapporoFourth: Go Aoki
Skip: Masaki Iwai
Second: Ryotaro Shukuya
Lead: Yutaka Aoyama
Alternate: Koji Nisato |
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CC PWA Zoetermeer, ZoetermeerSkip: Jaap van Dorp
Third: Wouter Gösgens
Second: Laurens Hoekman
Lead: Carlo Glasbergen
Alternate: Alexander Magan | Oppdal CC, OppdalSkip: Steffen Walstad
Third: Markus Høiberg
Second: Magnus Nedregotten
Lead: Magnus Vågberg
Alternate: Steffen Mellemseter | Adamant CC, Saint PetersburgSkip: 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, UiseongSkip: Kim Chang-min
Third: Seong Se-hyeon
Second: Oh Eun-su
Lead: Lee Ki-bok
Alternate: Kim Min-chan |
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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
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| align=left | | align=left | | 11 | 1 | 79 | 44 | 45 | 40 | 20 | 7 | 88% | | align=left | | align=left | | 11 | 1 | 92 | 53 | 53 | 41 | 11 | 16 | 86% | | align=left | | align=left | | 9 | 3 | 86 | 55 | 51 | 41 | 11 | 14 | 87% | | align=left | | align=left | | 7 | 5 | 84 | 71 | 48 | 48 | 17 | 9 | 83% | | align=left | | align=left | | 7 | 5 | 78 | 72 | 53 | 44 | 15 | 16 | 86% | | align=left | | align=left | | 6 | 6 | 65 | 66 | 48 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 84% | | align=left | | align=left | | 6 | 6 | 75 | 82 | 53 | 47 | 17 | 13 | 81% | | align=left | | align=left | | 5 | 7 | 79 | 76 | 47 | 48 | 15 | 9 | 81% | | align=left | | align=left | | 5 | 7 | 71 | 85 | 48 | 51 | 16 | 12 | 80% | | align=left | | align=left | | 4 | 8 | 66 | 77 | 46 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 81% | | align=left | | align=left | | 3 | 9 | 60 | 87 | 41 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 78% | | align=left | | align=left | | 3 | 9 | 60 | 84 | 46 | 51 | 14 | 9 | 81% | | align=left | | align=left | | 1 | 11 | 53 | 96 | 41 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 78% | |
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WCT ranking
Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.[8]
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| (Edin) | 1 | 455.02 |
| (Gushue) | 2 | 431.42 |
| (Mouat) | 7 | 285.29 |
| (Kim) | 13 | 238.06 |
| (Walstad) | 16 | 200.67 |
| (Ruohonen) | 21 | 162.77 |
| (Pfister) | 34 | 114.24 |
| (Baumann) | 42 | 94.76 |
| (Retornaz) | 49 | 84.00 |
| (van Dorp) | 50 | 82.52 |
| (Zou) | 86 | 45.28 |
| (Timofeev) | 145 | 21.15 |
| (Iwai) | 682 | 0.00 | |
Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time .[9]
Draw 1
Saturday, March 31, 13:30
Draw 2
Saturday, March 31, 18:30
Draw 3
Sunday, April 1, 08:30
Draw 4
Sunday, April 1, 13:30
Draw 5
Sunday, April 1, 18:30
Draw 6
Monday, April 2, 08:30
Draw 7
Monday, April 2, 13:30
Draw 8
Monday, April 2, 18:30
Draw 9
Tuesday, April 3, 08:30
Draw 10
Tuesday, April 3, 13:30
Draw 11
Tuesday, April 3, 18:30
Draw 12
Wednesday, April 4, 08:30
Draw 13
Wednesday, April 4, 13:30
Draw 14
Wednesday, April 4, 18:30
Draw 15
Thursday, April 5, 08:30
Draw 16
Thursday, April 5, 13:30
Draw 17
Thursday, April 5, 18:30
Draw 18
Friday, April 6, 08:30
Draw 19
Friday, April 6, 13:30
Draw 20
Friday, April 6, 18:30
Playoffs
Qualification games
Saturday, April 7, 08:30
Semifinal 1
Saturday, April 7, 13:30
Semifinal 2
Saturday, April 7, 18:30
Bronze medal game
Sunday, April 8, 12:00
Gold medal game
Sunday, April 8, 17:00
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages
Round robin only[10]
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Perfect games
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Sweden's Edin wins world curling championship with 7-3 win over Canada's Gushue . Vancourier.com . 2018-04-08 . 2018-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180409235018/http://www.vancourier.com/sweden-s-edin-wins-world-curling-championship-with-7-3-win-over-canada-s-gushue-1.23260007 . 2018-04-09 . dead .
- News: Canada's Gushue has to settle for silver at men's world curling championship . 2022-04-03 . CTV . 2022-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403210733/https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/canada-s-gushue-has-to-settle-for-silver-at-men-s-world-curling-championship-1.3876738 . live .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2018-02-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180210005944/http://www.curling-verband.de/news/3avvkx.html . 2018-02-10 . dead .
- Web site: dettaglio-squadra-naz - FISG - Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio . Fisg.it . 2018-04-22 . 2020-07-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200724185140/https://www.fisg.it/web/dettaglio-squadra-naz/?id=16 . live .
- Web site: Nederland Wint Goud op WCT Moscow Classic (nieuws) - Nederlandse Curling Bond . Curling.nl . 2018-04-22 . 2018-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180206073621/http://www.curling.nl/nieuws/75-nederland-wint-goud-op-wct-moscow-classic.html . live .
- Web site: Flamboyant Ulsrud back on the medal trail - Olympic News . Olympic.org . 2018-02-04 . 2018-04-22 . 2018-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180206131743/https://www.olympic.org/news/flamboyant-ulsrud-back-on-the-medal-trail . live .
- Web site: Gold Rush Continues. 2018-03-01. 2018-03-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180301104304/https://www.lasvegascurling.rocks/gold-rush-continues. live.
- Web site: CurlingZone . 2020-08-13 . 2020-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200919055751/https://www.curlingzone.com/rankings.php?task=week&orderby=ytd&oomid=82&eventyear=2017&week=31 . live .
- Web site: Official Draw. World Curling Federation. February 5, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180323075909/http://www.worldcurling.org/wmcc2018/schedule. March 23, 2018. dead.
- Web site: WMCC2018: Shot Success Percentage by Position . World Curling Federation . 25 March 2023 . 2 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220402045801/http://odf2.worldcurling.co/data/CUR_WMCC2018P/Men%27s_Teams/C84C~Shot_Success_Percentage_by_Position.pdf . live .
