Men's Curling World Championship 2018

The World Curling Championships the men in 2018 (officially 361 ° World Men's Curling Championship in 2018 ) was from March 31 to April 8 in Las Vegas instead. The venue was the Orleans Arena in Paradise .

Unlike in previous years, not 12, but 13 teams took part. At the same time, a new playoff format was introduced, for which the six best teams in the Round Robin qualified. The two winners each made it to the semi-finals. The remaining four teams played for the remaining two semi-finals in two qualifying games, in which the 3rd played against the 6th and the 4th against the 5th. Sweden became world champion with Skip Niklas Edin .

qualification

The following nations qualified to participate:

•  United States (host nation)
• a team from the America Zone
  •  Canada
• the eight best teams of the 2017 European Curling Championship
  •  Germany
  •  Italy
  •  Netherlands
  •  Norway
  •  Russia
  •  Scotland
  •  Sweden
  •  Switzerland
• the three best teams of the Curling Pacific Asia Championship 2017
  •  People's Republic of China
  •  Japan
  •  South Korea

Teams

People's Republic of China	Germany	Italy
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: Ryan Sherrard Alternate: Sebastian Schweizer	ASD Trentino Curling, Cembra Skip: Joël Retornaz Fourth: Amos Mosaner Second: Andrea Pilzer Lead: Daniele Ferrazza Alternate: Fabio Ribotta
Japan	Canada	Netherlands
Sapporo CA, Sapporo Skip: Masaki Iwai Fourth: Go Aoki Second: Ryotaro Shukuya Lead: Yutaka Aoyama Alternate: Koji Nisato	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 CC, Oppdal Skip: Steffen Walstad Third: Markus Høiberg Second: Magnus Nedregotten Lead: Magnus Vågberg Alternate: Steffen Mellemseter	Adamant CC, Saint Petersburg Skip: Alexei Timofejew Third: Sergei Gluchow Second: Artur Raschabow Lead: Evgeni Klimow Alternate: Artjom Schmakow	Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh Skip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr. Alternate: Ross Paterson
Sweden	Switzerland	South Korea
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	Uiseong CC, Uiseong Skip: Kim Chang-min Third: Seong Se-hyeon Second: Kim Min-chan Lead: Lee Ki-bok Alternate: Oh Eun-su
United States
St. Paul CC, Saint Paul Skip: Rich Ruohonen Fourth: Greg Persinger Second: Colin Hufman Lead: Philip Tilker Alternate: Christopher Plys

Round robin final result

key
	Qualified for the playoffs

rank	team	Skip	Victories	Dutch	PF	PA	Ends won	Ends lost	Pointless Ends	Stolen Ends	Hit%.
1	Sweden	Niklas Edin	11	1	79	44	45	40	20th	7th	88%
2	Scotland	Bruce Mouat	11	1	92	53	53	41	11	16	86%
3	Canada	Brad Gushue	9	3	86	55	51	41	11	14th	87%
4th	South Korea	Kim Chang-min	7th	5	84	71	48	48	17th	9	83%
5	Norway	Steffen Walstad	7th	5	78	72	53	44	15th	16	86%
6th	United States	Rich Ruohonen	6th	6th	65	66	48	46	25th	11	84%
7th	Switzerland	Marc Pfister	6th	6th	75	82	53	47	17th	13	81%
8th	Italy	Joël Retornaz	5	7th	79	76	47	48	15th	9	81%
9	Russia	Alexei Timofeev	5	7th	71	85	48	51	16	12	80%
10	Netherlands	Jaap van Dorp	4th	8th	66	77	46	55	17th	5	81%
11	Japan	Masaki Iwai	3	9	60	87	41	51	15th	6th	78%
12	People's Republic of China	Zou Dejia	3	9	60	84	46	51	14th	9	81%
13	Germany	Alexander Baumann	1	11	53	96	41	57	11	4th	78%

Playoffs

Qualifying matches

Semifinals

final

2

Scotland

5

3

Canada

6th

3

Canada

9

6th

United States

4th

3

Canada

3

1

Sweden

7th

1

Sweden

9

4th

South Korea

7th

4th

South Korea

8th

3rd place match

5

Norway

5

4th

South Korea

4th

2

Scotland

11

Qualifying matches

Saturday, April 7th, 8:30 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
South Korea		2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	7th
Norway		0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	5

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

Semifinals

Saturday, April 7th, 1:30 pm

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

Saturday, April 7th, 6:30 pm

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

3rd place match

Sunday, April 8th, 12:00

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Scotland		1	0	3	2	4th	0	1	0	X	X	11
South Korea		0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	4th

final

Sunday, April 8th, 5:00 p.m.

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

Final score

space	country
1	Sweden
2	Canada
3	Scotland
4th	South Korea
5	Norway
6th	United States
7th	Switzerland
8th	Italy
9	Russia
10	Netherlands
11	Japan
12	People's Republic of China
13	Germany

Web links

• worldcurling.org: Official website (English)
• results.worldcurling.org: Results of the World Cup (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sweden win 361º World Men's Curling Championship 2018 , World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 10, 2018