| 2007 World Men's Curling Championship | |
| Host City: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Arena: | Rexall Place |
| Dates: | March 31 – April 8, 2007 |
| Attendance: | 184,970 |
| Curling Club: | Coldwater & District CC, Coldwater |
| Skip: | Glenn Howard |
| Third: | Richard Hart |
| Second: | Brent Laing |
| Lead: | Craig Savill |
| Alternate: | Steve Bice |
| Coach: | Scott Taylor |
| Finalist: | (Andy Kapp) |
| Prev: | 2006 |
| Next: | 2008 |
The 2007 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from March 31 to April 8. Team Canada skipped by Glenn Howard won the gold medal over Germany's Andy Kapp by a score of 8-3. This was Howard's third world championship, and his first as skip. Kapp claimed the silver for the second time in his career, and Team USA (skipped by Todd Birr) won the bronze medal, the first medal for the USA at the men's world championship since 1993.
The total attendance for the event was 184,970, a world championship record.[1]
Final round-robin standings
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | ||
| Teams to Tiebreaker | ||
| Country | Skip | W | L | PF | PA | Ends Won | Ends Lost | Blank Ends | Stolen Ends | Shot Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Howard | 10 | 1 | 93 | 40 | 51 | 33 | 10 | 16 | 91% | |
| Todd Birr | 8 | 3 | 69 | 57 | 49 | 36 | 22 | 16 | 83% | |
| Ralph Stöckli | 7 | 4 | 73 | 65 | 44 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 84% | |
| 6 | 5 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 41 | 11 | 14 | 83% | ||
| Peja Lindholm | 6 | 5 | 66 | 64 | 43 | 48 | 17 | 8 | 81% | |
| Markku Uusipaavalniemi | 6 | 5 | 72 | 61 | 41 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 83% | |
| 6 | 5 | 71 | 74 | 41 | 44 | 13 | 11 | 77% | ||
| Thomas Ulsrud | 4 | 7 | 61 | 69 | 46 | 44 | 14 | 11 | 84% | |
| 4 | 7 | 59 | 69 | 40 | 42 | 19 | 3 | 83% | ||
| 4 | 7 | 66 | 74 | 45 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 80% | ||
| 4 | 7 | 56 | 85 | 38 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 78% | ||
| Lee Jae-ho | 1 | 10 | 44 | 79 | 29 | 49 | 26 | 6 | 79% | |
March 31, 12:30
March 31, 18:00
April 1, 08:30
April 1, 13:00
April 1, 19:30
April 2, 08:30
April 2, 13:00
April 2, 18:00
April 3, 08:30
April 3, 13:00
April 3, 18:00
April 4, 08:30
April 4, 13:00
April 4, 19:30
April 5, 08:30
April 5, 13:00
April 5, 18:00
April 6, 9:00
| Player Percentages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84% | 83% | |||
| 74% | 74% | |||
| 81% | 75% | |||
| 83% | 84% | |||
| Total | 80% | Total | 79% |
| Player Percentages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88% | 88% | |||
| 64% | 80% | |||
| 94% | 75% | |||
| 88% | 76% | |||
| Total | 83% | Total | 80% |
April 6, 14:00
| Player Percentages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88% | 89% | |||
| 89% | 88% | |||
| 88% | 83% | |||
| 89% | 75% | |||
| Total | 88% | Total | 84% |
April 6, 21:30
| Player Percentages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92% | 85% | |||
| 75% | 86% | |||
| 88% | 95% | |||
| 92% | 53% | |||
| Total | 87% | Total | 79% |
April 6, 21:30
| Player Percentages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91% | 90% | |||
| 90% | 91% | |||
| 85% | 90% | |||
| 84% | 90% | |||
| Total | 88% | Total | 90% |
April 7, 10:30
| Player Percentages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80% | 89% | |||
| 91% | 84% | |||
| 78% | 89% | |||
| 73% | 85% | |||
| Total | 80% | Total | 87% |
April 8, 11:30
| Player Percentages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92% | 91% | |||
| 86% | 78% | |||
| 98% | 72% | |||
| 98% | 80% | |||
| Total | 94% | Total | 80% |
| Leads | % | Seconds | % | Thirds | % | Skips | % | |
| 92 | 90 | 91 | 91 | |||||
| 91 | 85 | 85 | 87 | |||||
| 88 | 85 | 84 | 85 | |||||
| 88 | 84 | 83 | 82 | |||||
| 87 | 83 | 83 | 81 |