1996 World Men's Curling Championship Explained

1996 World Men's Curling Championships
Arena:	Copps Coliseum
Host City:	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Dates:	March 23–31, 1996
Curling Club:	Charleswood CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Skip:	Jeff Stoughton
Third:	Ken Tresoor
Second:	Garry Vandenberghe
Lead:	Steve Gould
Alternate:	Darryl Gunnlaugson
Finalist:	(Warwick Smith)
Prev:	1995
Next:	1997

The 1996 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1996 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from March 23–31, 1996.

Teams

Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney Skip: Hugh Millikin Third: Stephen Johns Second: Gerald Chick Lead: Andy Campbell Alternate: Stephen Hewitt	Charleswood CC, Winnipeg Skip: Jeff Stoughton Third: Ken Tresoor Second: Garry Vandenberghe Lead: Steve Gould Alternate: Darryl Gunnlaugson	Wigan CC, Wigan Haigh CC, Wigan Skip: Alistair Burns Third: Andrew Hemming Second: Neil Hardie Lead: Stephen Watt Alternate: Phil Atherton	CC Hamburg Skip: Johnny Jahr Third: Sven Goldemann Second: Andreas Feldenkirchen Lead: Till Thomsen Alternate: Dirk Hornung
Auros, Auronzo Skip: Claudio Pescia Third: Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo Second: Valter Bombassei Lead: Diego Bombassei Alternate: Davide Zandiegiacomo	Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Eigil Ramsfjell Third: Anthon Grimsmo Second: Jan Thoresen Lead: Tore Torvbråten Alternate: Sjur Loen	Airleywight CC, Perth Skip: Warwick Smith Third: David Smith Second: Peter Smith Lead: David Hay Alternate: Richard Dickson	Sollefteå CK Skip: Mikael Hasselborg Third: Stefan Hasselborg Second: Hans Nordin Lead: Peter Eriksson Alternate: Lars-Åke Nordström
Lausanne-Olympique CC Skip: Patrick Hürlimann Third: Patrik Lörtscher Second: Daniel Gutknecht Lead: Diego Perren Alternate: Stephan Keiser	Superior CC, Wisconsin Skip: Tim Somerville Third: Mike Schneeberger Second: Myles Brundidge Lead: John Gordon Alternate: Donald Barcome Jr.

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs
	Teams to tiebreakers

Country	Skip	W	L
		8	1
		7	2
		6	3
		4	5
		4	5
		4	5
		4	5
		3	6
		3	6
		2	7

Round-robin results

Draw 9

Tiebreakers

Round 2

Playoffs

Final

References

• Web site: Ford World Curling Championships 1996 . . 2010-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120401065553/http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship.aspx?id=48 . 2012-04-01 . dead.

External links

• Final on YouTube