2008 World Men's Curling Championship

2008 World Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Arena	Ralph Engelstad Arena
Dates	April 4–13, 2008
Attendance	51,731
Winner	Canada
Curling club	Saville SC, Edmonton, Alberta
Skip	Kevin Martin
Third	John Morris
Second	Marc Kennedy
Lead	Ben Hebert
Alternate	Adam Enright
Coach	Jules Owchar
Finalist	Scotland (David Murdoch)
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The 2008 World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 4–13, 2008 at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota in the USA. The 12-team tournament took place in the 11,643 seat hockey arena on the grounds of the University of North Dakota.

Teams

Australia	Canada	China
Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney Skip: Hugh Millikin* Fourth: Ian Palangio Second: Sean Hall Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Stephen Hewitt (*Throws third rocks)	Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton Skip: Kevin Martin Third: John Morris Second: Marc Kennedy Lead: Ben Hebert Alternate: Adam Enright	Harbin CC, Harbin Skip: Wang Fengchun Third: Liu Rui Second: Xu Xiaoming Lead: Zang Jialang Alternate: Li Dongyan
Czech Republic	Denmark	France
CK Brno, Brno Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Martin Snítil Second: Jindřich Kitzberger Lead: Marek Vydra Alternate: Miloš Hoferka	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Johnny Frederiksen Third: Lars Vilandt Second: Bo Jensen Lead: Ulrik Schmidt Alternate: Mikkel Poulson	Chamonix CC, Chamonix Skip: Thomas Dufour Third: Tony Angiboust Second: Jan Ducroz Lead: Richard Ducroz Alternate: Raphael Mathieu
Germany	Norway	Scotland
CC Füssen, Füssen Skip: Andy Kapp Third: Andreas Lang Second: Holger Höhne Lead: Andreas Kempf Alternate: Felix Schulze	Snarøen CK, Bærum Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Havard Vad Petersson Alternate: Thomas Due	Lockerbie Ice Rink, Lockerbie Skip: David Murdoch Third: Graeme Connal Second: Peter Smith Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: Peter Loudon
Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Stocksunds CC, Stocksund Skip: Anders Kraupp Third: Peder Folke Second: Björn Brandberg Lead: Anton Sandström Alternate: Mats Nyberg	CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen Skip: Claudio Pescia Third: Patrick Hürlimann Second: Pascal Sieber Lead: Marco Battilana Alternate: Toni Müller	St. Paul CC, St. Paul & Madison CC, Madison Skip: Craig Brown Third: Rich Ruohonen Second: John Dunlop Lead: Pete Annis Alternate: Kevin Kakela

Round-robin standings

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
Canada	Kevin Martin	10	1	87	47	49	37	10	14	87%
Scotland	David Murdoch	8	3	74	54	46	38	20	10	85%
China	Wang Fengchun	7	4	66	65	43	43	18	9	81%
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	7	4	80	72	52	47	10	11	84%
France	Thomas Dufour	6	5	63	53	42	35	18	11	78%
Australia	Hugh Millikin	5	6	62	64	42	45	20	8	78%
United States	Craig Brown	5	6	65	67	40	44	13	6	81%
Germany	Andy Kapp	5	6	73	72	47	43	17	14	80%
Denmark	Johnny Frederiksen	4	7	64	80	45	50	6	11	78%
Sweden	Anders Kraupp	4	7	61	77	38	49	17	4	79%
Switzerland	Claudio Pescia	3	8	63	78	42	49	15	7	78%
Czech Republic	Jiří Snítil	2	9	61	79	43	48	10	7	75%

Round-robin results

Draw 1

April 5, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	6
United States (Brown)	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	X	7
China (Wang)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	2	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
Switzerland (Pescia)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	7
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	5

Draw 2

April 5, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Pescia)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1
France (Dufour)	0	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	X	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Kraupp)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	6
Australia (Millikin)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Canada (Martin)	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	2	0	1	1	3	0	2	1	1	X	11
China (Wang)	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 3

April 6, 09:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	X	10
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
United States (Brown)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	6

Draw 4

April 6, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin)	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	X	10
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	7
Switzerland (Pescia)	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	5
Germany (Kapp)	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Kraupp)	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Canada (Martin)	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	8

Draw 5

April 6, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Brown)	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	7
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)	2	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	X	9
Sweden (Kraupp)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Martin)	2	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	X	X	9
Australia (Millikin)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	3	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	X	8
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	4

Draw 6

April 7, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	7
Germany (Kapp)	1	0	1	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
France (Dufour)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	9
Switzerland (Pescia)	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
United States (Brown)	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	9
China (Wang)	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	8

Draw 7

April 7, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2
Canada (Martin)	2	3	0	2	1	0	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
Australia (Millikin)	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	3	X	8
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Pescia)	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
Sweden (Kraupp)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	4

Draw 8

April 7, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Kraupp)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	7
United States (Brown)	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin)	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	1	1	8
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Martin)	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	6
Scotland (Murdoch)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5

Draw 9

April 8, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin)	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	6
United States (Brown)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Canada (Martin)	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	9
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Kraupp)	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	X	7
Scotland (Murdoch)	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	X	11

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	8
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	7

Draw 10

April 8, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	x	8
China (Wang)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	x	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7
Switzerland (Pescia)	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Brown)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	5
France (Dufour)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	6

Draw 11

April 8, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Pescia)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	4
Denmark (Frederiksen)	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	4
Canada (Martin)	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	2	1	0	0	2	0	3	X	X	X	8
Sweden (Kraupp)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	6
Australia (Millikin)	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4

Draw 12

April 9, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5
Sweden (Kraupp)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	X	7
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Pescia)	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	6
Australia (Millikin)	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
China (Wang)	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	6
Canada (Martin)	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

Draw 13

April 9, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Martin)	1	2	1	1	1	0	X	X	X	X	6
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4
Scotland (Murdoch)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	3
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Kraupp)	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	6
United States (Brown)	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	8

Draw 14

April 9, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	X	6
France (Dufour)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Brown)	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	8
Germany (Kapp)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	3
China (Wang)	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	6
Switzerland (Pescia)	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	X	4

Draw 15

April 10, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
Australia (Millikin)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Pescia)	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	6
Canada (Martin)	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	X	5
Sweden (Kraupp)	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Germany (Kapp)	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	10
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	7

Draw 16

April 10, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Brown)	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7
Switzerland (Pescia)	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	7
China (Wang)	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	X	5
Germany (Kapp)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
France (Dufour)	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	X	10

Draw 17

April 10, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Scotland (Murdoch)	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Kraupp)	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	8
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Martin)	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	X	X	10
United States (Brown)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Australia (Millikin)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	7
Norway (Ulsrud)	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	9

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Gold medal game
	1	Canada	6								2	Scotland	3
	2	Scotland	7								1	Canada	6
						1	Canada	5
						4	Norway	4
	3	China	5
	4	Norway	7

	Bronze medal game
	3	China	3
	4	Norway	8

3 vs 4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	5
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	X	7

Player percentages
China		Norway
Zang Jialiang	91%	Havard Vad Petersson	82%
Xu Xiaoming	76%	Christoffer Svae	96%
Wang Fengchun	80%	Torger Nergård	90%
Liu Rui	78%	Thomas Ulsrud	96%
Total	81%	Total	91%

1 vs 2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	7
Canada (Martin)	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6

Player percentages
Scotland		Canada
Euan Byers	96%	Ben Hebert	99%
Peter Smith	78%	Marc Kennedy	88%
Graeme Connal	86%	John Morris	91%
David Murdoch	80%	Kevin Martin	74%
Total	85%	Total	88%

Semifinal

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Martin)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4

Player percentages
Norway		Canada
Havard Vad Petersson	99%	Ben Hebert	92%
Christoffer Svae	80%	Marc Kennedy	95%
Torger Nergård	84%	John Morris	91%
Thomas Ulsrud	88%	Kevin Martin	94%
Total	88%	Total	93%

Bronze medal game

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	3
Norway (Ulsrud)	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	X	8

Player percentages
China		Norway
Zang Jialiang	92%	Havard Vad Petersson	90%
Xu Xiaoming	85%	Christoffer Svae	89%
Wang Fengchun	85%	Torger Nergård	88%
Liu Rui	68%	Thomas Ulsrud	89%
Total	82%	Total	89%

Gold medal game

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Martin)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	X	6
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	3

Player percentages
Canada		Scotland
Ben Hebert	85%	Euan Byers	95%
Marc Kennedy	95%	Peter Smith	78%
John Morris	95%	Graeme Connal	85%
Kevin Martin	89%	David Murdoch	78%
Total	91%	Total	85%

2008 Ford Men's World Curling Championship Winners
Canada 31st title

Player percentages

Top five percentages per position during the round robin.

Leads	%	Seconds	%	Thirds	%	Skips	%
Havard Vad Petersson	88	Marc Kennedy	86	John Morris	90	Kevin Martin	87
Ben Hebert	87	Peter Smith	84	Graeme Connal	86	David Murdoch	82
Zang Jialiang	86	Christoffer Svae	84	Liu Rui	83	Thomas Ulsrud	80
Euan Byers	86	Sean Hall	82	Torger Nergård	83	Andy Kapp	80
Peter Annis	86	Holger Höhne	81	Richard Ruohonen	83	Thomas Dufour	78

See also

• 2008 Brier
• 2008 World Junior Curling Championships
• 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
• 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
• 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

References

• "World Men's Curling Championship 2008". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2010-03-27.

External links

• Ralph Engelstad Arena website
• Official Website
• 2008 World Men's Updates