Men's Curling World Championship 2016

The 2016 men's curling world championship took place in Basel from April 2 to 10, 2016 . The venue was the St. Jakobshalle .

qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2016 Men's Curling World Championships:

•  Switzerland (host nation)
• two teams from the America Zone
  •  Canada
  •  United States
• seven teams of the 2015 European Curling Championship
  •  Denmark
  •  Germany
  •  Finland
  •  Norway
  •  Russia
  •  Scotland
  •  Sweden
• the two best teams of the 2015 Pacific Asian Curling Championship
  •  Japan
  •  South Korea

Teams

Denmark	Germany	Finland
Hvidovre Curling Club, Hvidovre Skip: Rasmus Stjerne Third: Johnny Frederiksen Second: Mikkel Poulsen Lead: Troels Harry Substitute: Oliver Dupont	Baden Hills G&CC, Rheinmünster Skip: Alexander Baumann Third: Manuel Walter Second: Marc Muskatewitz Lead: Sebastian Schweizer Replacement: Daniel Rothballer	Kisakallio CC , Lohja Skip: Aku Kauste Third: Kasper Hakunti Second: Pauli Jäämies Lead: Janne Pitko Substitute: Kalle Kiiskinen
Japan	Canada	Norway
Karuizawa CC , Karuizawa Skip: Yūsuke Morozumi Third: Tetsurō Shimizu Second: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Lead: Kōsuke Morozumi Substitute: Yasumasa Tanida	The Glencoe Club , Calgary Skip: Kevin Koe Third: Marc Kennedy Second: Brent Laing Lead: Ben Hebert Substitute: Scott Pfeifer	Snarøen CC , Oslo Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Petersson Substitute: Markus Høiberg
South Korea	Russia	Scotland
Gangwon Curling , Gangwon-do Skip: Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Kim Tae-hwan Second: Park Jong-duk Lead: Nam Yoon-ho Substitute: Yoo Min-hyeon	Adamant CC, Saint Petersburg Skip: Alexej Tselusow Third: Artjom Schmakow Second: Roman Kutosow Lead: Alexej Timofejew Substitute: Aleksandr Kosyrew	Curl Aberdeen, Aberdeen Skip: Tom Brewster Third: Glen Muirhead Second: Ross Paterson Lead: Hammy McMillan, Jr. Substitute: Scott Andrews
Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Kristian Lindström Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Substitute: Henrik Leek	CC Adelboden , Adelboden Skip: Sven Michel Third: Marc Pfister Second: Enrico Pfister Lead: Simon Gempeler Substitute: Raphael Märki	Duluth CC , Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Tyler George Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Substitute: Kroy Nernberger

Round robin

key
	Qualified for the playoffs

rank	team	Skip	W.	L.	PF	PA	Ends won	Ends lost	Pointless Ends	Stolen Ends	Hits%
1	Canada	Kevin Koe	10	1	81	42	47	29	23	12	88%
2	Denmark	Rasmus Stjerne	8th	3	82	56	50	36	15th	13	84%
3	Japan	Yosuke Morozumi	8th	3	69	59	40	39	18th	6th	85%
4th	United States	John Shuster	8th	3	81	67	47	44	11	9	83%
5	Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	7th	4th	70	56	42	41	16	8th	85%
6th	Sweden	Niklas Edin	6th	5	64	60	44	40	19th	9	86%
7th	Scotland	Tom Brewster	5	6th	66	60	39	36	33	7th	86%
8th	Finland	Aku Kauste	5	6th	67	64	46	38	11	11	82%
9	Switzerland	Sven Michel	4th	7th	67	74	39	45	17th	6th	81%
10	Russia	Alexei Tselusow	2	9	43	83	31	46	16	4th	78%
11	South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	2	9	57	86	36	52	12	3	79%
12	Germany	Alexander Baumann	1	10	40	80	29	44	19th	3	77%

Playoffs

	Page playoffs					Semifinals					final
	1	Canada	5
	2	Denmark	3								1	Canada	5
						2	Denmark	9
											2	Denmark	3
						4th	United States	3
	3	Japan	4th
	4th	United States	5

1st against 2nd

Friday, April 8th, 7pm

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

3rd against 4th

Saturday, April 9, 2:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Japan		0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4th
United States		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	5

Semifinals

Saturday, April 9th, 7:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Denmark		2	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	X	X	9
United States		0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	3

3rd place match

Sunday 10 April at 10:00 a.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Japan		0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	6th
United States		3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	8th

final

Sunday, April 10th, 3pm

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

Web links

• Official website