Men's Curling World Championship 1998

Kamloops

Venue: Kamloops, British Columbia , Canada

The venue of the tournament - the Riverside Coliseum

The Curling World Championship for Men 1998 (official: Ford World Men's Curling Championship in 1998 ) was the 40th staging (including Scotch Cup ) World Championships in curling of Lords. It was held from April 4 to 12 of that year in the Canadian city ​​of Kamloops , British Columbia at the Riverside Coliseum .

The World Curling Championships the men was in a round-robin tournament ( round-robin ) between the teams from Scotland , Canada , the United States , Germany , Sweden , Australia , the Switzerland , Denmark , Norway and Finland played out.

The games were scheduled for ten ends .

Host Canada won its 25th world championship title at the 40th men's curling world championship. The final against Sweden ended with a 7-4 victory for the North Americans after 10 ends.

Finland was able to beat Scotland 6: 5 in the bronze medal and celebrate the first medal at a World Cup.

Participating Nations

Australia	Denmark	Germany	Italy	Canada
Sydney Harbor CC , Sydney Skip: Hugh Millikin Third: Trevor Schumm Second: John Theriault Lead: Stephen John's replacement: Stephen Hewitt	Hvidovre CC , Hvidovre Skip: Tommy Stjerne Third: Gert Larsen Second: Peter Andersen Lead: Ivan Frederiksen Substitute: Anders Søderblom	CC Füssen , Füssen Skip: Roland Jentsch Third: Uli Sutor Second: Florian Zörgiebel Lead: Andreas Kempf Substitute: Alexander Huchel Trainer: Keith Wendorf	Hyvinkää CC , Hyvinkää Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Tommi Häti Lead: Jari Laukkanen Substitute: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	St. George's G&CC , Toronto , ON Skip: Wayne Middaugh Third: Graeme McCarrel Second: Ian Tetley Lead: Scott Bailey Substitute: David Carruthers Trainer: Jim Waite
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Snarøen CC , Oslo Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Thomas Due Second: Torger Nergård Lead: Johan Høstmælingen Substitute: Rolf Andreas Lauten	St. Martins CC , Perth Skip: David Smith Third: Warwick Smith Second: Peter Smith Lead: David Hay Substitute: Mike Hay	Östersunds CK , Östersund Skip: Peja Lindholm Third: Tomas Nordin Second: Magnus Swartling Lead: Peter Narup Substitute: Marcus Feldt Trainer: Thomas Norgren	Solothurn-Biber & St. Moritz CC Skip: Christof Schwaller Third: Marc Haudenschild Second: Reto Ziegler Lead: Rolf Iseli Substitute: Robert Hürlimann Trainer: Frédéric Jean	Hibbing CC , Hibbing , MN Skip: Paul Pustovar Third: Dave Violette Second: Greg Wilson Lead: Cory Ward Substitute: Shawn Rojeski Trainer: Bill Tschirhart

Table of Round Robin

key
	Qualified for the play-offs
	Tie breaker

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Canada	9	8th	1
2.	Sweden	9	6th	3
3.	Scotland	9	5	4th
4th	Finland	9	5	4th
5.	Norway	9	5	4th
6th	United States	9	4th	5
7th	Denmark	9	4th	5
8th.	Switzerland	9	4th	5
9.	Australia	9	2	7th
10.	Germany	9	2	7th

Round Robin results

Round 1

Australia	Germany
8th	3

Norway	Scotland
4th	8th

Canada	Sweden
10	6th

Denmark	United States
4th	8th

Switzerland	Finland
3	5

round 2

Norway	Sweden
3	8th

Switzerland	Denmark
5	11

Scotland	Finland
5	6th

Australia	Canada
2	11

United States	Germany
4th	11

Round 3

Switzerland	Canada
7th	8th

Finland	United States
8th	6th

Denmark	Norway
5	3

Germany	Scotland
1	8th

Sweden	Australia
7th	5

Round 4

Norway	Finland
8th	3

Scotland	Australia
7th	4th

Switzerland	Germany
6th	5

United States	Sweden
2	5

Canada	Denmark
5	4th

Round 5

Sweden	Denmark
6th	7th

Germany	Norway
6th	9

Canada	United States
7th	6th

Switzerland	Scotland
9	3

Australia	Finland
5	8th

Round 6

Scotland	United States
7th	8th

Denmark	Australia
2	9

Finland	Germany
8th	3

Canada	Norway
6th	8th

Sweden	Switzerland
5	3

Round 7

Canada	Germany
10	2

United States	Switzerland
9	6th

Norway	Australia
9	8th

Finland	Sweden
2	5

Scotland	Denmark
8th	3

Round 8

Switzerland	Australia
9	3

Finland	Canada
1	8th

Sweden	Scotland
1	4th

Denmark	Germany
3	8th

United States	Norway
7th	8th

Round 9

Finland	Denmark
6th	8th

Sweden	Germany
7th	3

United States	Australia
8th	7th

Switzerland	Norway
6th	2

Canada	Scotland
6th	5

Tie breaker

Finland	Norway
8th	7th

Play-off

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Canada	9
	4th	Finland	2
						1	Canada	7th
						2	Sweden	4th
	2	Sweden	5
	3	Scotland	3
						Game for the bronze medal
						3	Finland	6th
						4th	Scotland	5

Semifinals

Scotland	Sweden
3	5

Finland	Canada
2	9

Game for the bronze medal

Finland	Scotland
6th	5

final

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Sweden		0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4th
Canada		0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	7th

Final score

space	country
1	Canada
2	Sweden
3	Finland
4th	Scotland
5	Norway
6th	United States
7th	Denmark
8th	Switzerland
9	Australia
10	Germany

Web links

• results.worldcurling.org: Results database of the World Curling Federation (English)