2017 Men's Curling World Championship

The 2017 Men's Curling World Championship took place April 1-9, 2017 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton , Alberta . The team from Canada around Skip Brad Gushue became world champions . It was the 36th title win for Canada.

qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2017 Men's Curling World Championships:

•  Canada (hosts)
• A team from the America Zone
  •  United States
• Eight teams from the 2016 European Curling Championship
  •  Sweden
  •  Norway
  •  Switzerland
  •  Russia
  •  Germany
  •  Scotland
  •  Italy
  •  Netherlands
• The two best teams of the 2016 Pacific Asian Curling Championship
  •  Japan
  •  People's Republic of China

Teams

People's Republic of China	Germany	Italy
Harbin CC, Harbin Skip: Liu Rui Third: Xu Xiaoming Second: Ba Dexin Lead: Zang Jialiang Alternate: Zou Qiang	Baden Hills G&CC, Rheinmünster Skip: Alexander Baumann Third: Manuel Walter Second: Daniel Herberg Lead: Ryan Sherrard Alternate: Sebastian Schweizer	ASD Trentino Curling, Cembra Fourth: Amos Mosaner Skip: Joël Retornaz Second: Andrea Pilzer Lead: Daniele Ferrazza Alternate: Simone Gonin
Japan	Canada	Netherlands
Karuizawa CC, Karuizawa Skip: Yūsuke Morozumi Third: Tetsurō Shimizu Second: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Lead: Kōsuke Morozumi Alternate: Kosuke Hirata	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	CC PWA Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer Skip: Jaap van Dorp Third: Wouter Gösgens Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Alexander Magan
Norway	Russia	Scotland
Oppdal CK, Oppdal Skip: Steffen Walstad Third: Markus Høiberg Second: Magnus Nedregotten Lead: Alexander Lindström Alternate: Sander Rølvåg	Moskvitch CC, Moscow Skip: Alexej Timofejew Third: Alexey Stukalskiy Second: Timur Gadzhikanov Lead: Artur Razhabov Alternate: Evgeny Klimov	Curl Aberdeen, Aberdeen Skip: David Murdoch Third: Greg Drummond Second: Scott Andrews Lead: Michael Goodfellow Alternate: Ross Paterson
Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Henrik Leek	CC Genève, Geneva Fourth: Benoît Schwarz Third: Claudio Pätz Skip: Peter de Cruz Lead: Valentin Tanner Alternate: Romano Meier	Duluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Tyler George Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Joseph Polo

Round robin

key
	Qualified for the playoffs

Locale	Skip	W.	L.	PF	PA	Ends won	Ends lost	Pointless Ends	Stolen Ends	Hits%
Canada	Brad Gushue	11	0	94	35	45	29	9	11	92%
Sweden	Niklas Edin	9	2	85	52	46	39	10	7th	86%
Switzerland	Peter de Cruz	8th	3	70	58	44	40	15th	10	84%
United States	John Shuster	8th	3	72	56	45	38	9	12	83%
People's Republic of China	Liu Rui	6th	5	72	70	41	43	9	5	83%
Scotland	David Murdoch	6th	5	69	60	47	41	14th	11	86%
Japan	Yūsuke Morozumi	5	6th	68	64	42	44	5	9	81%
Norway	Steffen Walstad	5	6th	64	71	46	41	15th	13	83%
Italy	Joel Retornaz	4th	7th	63	72	38	45	13	7th	79%
Germany	Alexander Baumann	3	8th	51	77	37	47	17th	6th	80%
Netherlands	Jaap van Dorp	1	10	50	89	40	45	12	8th	78%
Russia	Alexei Timofeyev	0	11	47	96	34	51	8th	5	76%

Playoffs

Page playoffs

Semifinals

final

1

Canada

7th

2

Sweden

4th

1

Canada

4th

2

Sweden

6th

2

Sweden

2

3

Switzerland

5

3

Switzerland

11

4th

United States

4th

	3rd place match
	3	Switzerland	7th
	4th	United States	5

1st against 2nd

Friday, April 7th, 7:00 p.m.

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

3rd against 4th

Saturday, April 8th, 2:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Switzerland		2	0	2	2	0	2	0	3	X	X	11
United States		0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	4th

Semifinals

Saturday, April 8th, 7:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
Sweden		0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	6th
Switzerland		0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5

3rd place match

Sunday, April 9th, 12:00 p.m.

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

final

Sunday, April 9th, 6:00 p.m.

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

Web links

• Official website