1998 World Men's Curling Championship Explained

1998 World Men's Curling
Championship
Host City:Kamloops, British Columbia
Arena:Riverside Coliseum
Dates:April 4–12, 1998
Curling Club:St George's G&CC, Toronto, Ontario
Skip:Wayne Middaugh
Third:Graeme McCarrel
Second:Ian Tetley
Lead:Scott Bailey
Alternate:David Carruthers
Coach:Jim Waite
Finalist: (Peja Lindholm)
Prev:1997
Next:1999

The 1998 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1998 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Riverside Coliseum in Kamloops, British Columbia from April 4–12, 1998.

Teams

Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney
Skip: Hugh Millikin
Third: Trevor Schumm
Second: John Theriault
Lead: Stephen Johns
Alternate: Stephen Hewitt
St. George's G&CC, Etobicoke, Ontario
Skip: Wayne Middaugh
Third: Graeme McCarrel
Second: Ian Tetley
Lead: Scott Bailey
Alternate: David Carruthers
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
Skip: Tommy Stjerne
Third: Gert Larsen
Second: Peter Andersen
Lead: Ivan Frederiksen
Alternate: Anders Søderblom
Hyvinkää CC, Hyvinkää
Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Third: Wille Mäkelä
Second: Tommi Häti
Lead: Jari Laukkanen
Alternate: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi
Füssen CC, Füssen
Skip: Roland Jentsch
Third: Uli Sutor
Second: Florian Zörgiebel
Lead: Andreas Kempf
Alternate: Alexander Huchel
Snarøen CC, Oslo
Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Thomas Due
Second: Torger Nergård
Lead: Johan Høstmælingen
Alternate: Rolf Andreas Lauten
St. Martins CC, Perth
Skip: David Smith
Third: Warwick Smith
Second: Peter Smith
Lead: David Hay
Alternate: Mike Hay
Östersunds CK, Östersund
Skip: Peja Lindholm
Third: Tomas Nordin
Second: Magnus Swartling
Lead: Peter Narup
Alternate: Marcus Feldt
Hibbing CC, Hibbing, Minnesota
Skip: Paul Pustovar
Third: Dave Violette
Second: Greg Wilson
Lead: Cory Ward
Alternate: Shawn Rojeski

Round-robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreaker
Country SkipWL
8 1
6 3
5 4
5 4
5 4
4 5
4 5
4 5
2 7
2 7

Round-robin results

Draw 9

Playoffs

Final

References