2018 World Men's Curling Championship
Curling competition at Las Vegas, Nevada
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
Canada
China
Germany [3]
Italy [4]
Japan
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: Zou Dejia
Third: Zou Qiang
Second: Xu Jingtao
Lead: Shao Zhilin
Alternate: Ma Yanlong
Baden Hills G&CC , Rheinmünster
Skip: Alexander Baumann
Third: Manuel Walter
Second: Daniel Herberg
Lead: Sebastian Schweizer
Alternate: Ryan Sherrard
A.S.D. Trentino Curling , Cembra
Fourth: Amos Mosaner
Skip: Joël Retornaz
Second: Andrea Pilzer
Lead: Daniele Ferrazza
Alternate: Fabio Ribotta
Sapporo CA , Sapporo
Fourth: Go Aoki
Skip: Masaki Iwai
Second: Ryotaro Shukuya
Lead: Yutaka Aoyama
Alternate: Koji Nisato
Netherlands [5]
Norway [6]
Russia
Scotland
South Korea
CC PWA Zoetermeer , Zoetermeer
Skip: Jaap van Dorp
Third: Wouter Gösgens
Second: Laurens Hoekman
Lead: Carlo Glasbergen
Alternate: Alexander Magan
Oppdal CC , Oppdal
Skip: Steffen Walstad
Third: Markus Høiberg
Second: Magnus Nedregotten
Lead: Magnus Vågberg
Alternate: Steffen Mellemseter
Adamant CC , Saint Petersburg
Skip: 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 , Uiseong
Skip: Kim Chang-min
Third: Seong Se-hyeon
Second: Oh Eun-su
Lead: Lee Ki-bok
Alternate: Kim Min-chan
Sweden [7]
Switzerland
United States
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
WCT ranking
Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.[8]
Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7:00 ).[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]
Perfect games
References
External links
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