2015 World Men's Curling Championship Explained

2015 World Men's Curling Championship
Size:	280
Host City:	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Arena:	Scotiabank Centre
Dates:	March 28 – April 5, 2015
Attendance:	56,837^[1]
Winner:
Curling Club:	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip:	Niklas Edin
Third:	Oskar Eriksson
Second:	Kristian Lindström
Lead:	Christoffer Sundgren
Finalist:	(Thomas Ulsrud)
Prev:	2014
Next:	2016

The 2015 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 28 to April 5 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It marked the first time that a World Curling Championship had been held in Halifax, and the first time that a World Curling Championship event had been held in the province since the World Junior Curling Championships were held in Dartmouth in 1986.^[2]

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship:

(host country)
One team from the 2015 USA–Brazil Challenge^[3]
- - Eight teams from the 2014 European Curling Championships
    - - (winner of the World Challenge Games)
Two teams from the 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

Teams

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Glencoe CC, CalgarySkip: Pat Simmons Third: John Morris Second: Carter Rycroft Lead: Nolan Thiessen Alternate: Tom Sallows	Harbin CC, HarbinSkip: Zang Jialiang Third: Zou Dejia Second: Ba Dexin Lead: Wang Jinbo Alternate: Zhang Rongrui	CK Brno, BrnoSkip: Jiří Snítil Third: Lukáš Klíma Second: Martin Snítil Lead: Jindřich Kitzberger Alternate: Samuel Mokriš
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Kisakallio CC, LohjaSkip: Aku Kauste Third: Kasper Hakunti Second: Pauli Jäämies Lead: Janne Pitko Alternate: Leo Mäkelä	A.S.D. Trentino Curling, CembraFourth: Amos Mosaner Skip: Joël Retornaz Second: Daniele Ferrazza Lead: Andrea Pilzer Alternate: Sebastiano Arman	Karuizawa CC, Karuizawa Skip: Yusuke Morozumi Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Tetsuro Shimizu Lead: Kosuke Morozumi Alternate: Yuta Matsumura
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Snarøen CC, BærumSkip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Markus Snøve Høiberg	Moskvitch CC, MoscowSkip: Evgeny Arkhipov Third: Alexander Kozyrev Second: Artur Razhabov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Alexey Stukalskiy	Citadel CC, InvernessSkip: Ewan MacDonald Third: Duncan Fernie Second: Ruairidh Greenwood Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: David Murdoch
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Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Kristian Lindström Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Henrik Leek	CC Bern, Bern Skip: Marc Pfister Third: Enrico Pfister Second: Reto Keller Lead: Raphael Märki Alternate: Sven Michel	Duluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Tyler George Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Craig Brown

WCT ranking

World Curling Tour Order of Merit ranking of national teams (year to date total)^[5]

width=275	Country (Skip) !	width=15	Rank !	width=15	Points
(Edin)	7	124.500
(Simmons/Morris)	14	78.000
(Ulsrud)	16	68.355
(Shuster)	21	51.411
(Morozumi)	22	51.348
(Pfister)	29	40.310
(Zang)	30	38.049
(Snítil)	37	28.575
(Retornaz/Mosaner)	52	20.000
(Kauste)	58	18.025
(Arkhipov)	61	17.500
(MacDonald)	98	9.440

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

width=250	Country	width=160	Skip	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=20	Ends Won	width=20	Ends Lost	width=20	Blank Ends	width=20	Stolen Ends	width=20	Shot Pct.
	Thomas Ulsrud	10	1	94	63	52	43	7	12	81%
	Pat Simmons	10	1	85	54	49	35	14	16	85%
	Niklas Edin	8	3	84	59	45	39	10	9	84%
	Aku Kauste	6	5	76	69	52	45	14	16	78%
	John Shuster	6	5	74	71	43	46	13	7	79%
	Yusuke Morozumi	5	6	72	66	45	42	9	11	79%
	Marc Pfister	5	6	60	61	38	41	20	6	79%
	Zang Jialiang	4	7	70	71	50	42	12	15	80%
	Jiří Snítil	4	7	61	84	42	49	13	7	78%
	Joël Retornaz	3	8	49	73	32	44	18	7	75%
	Ewan MacDonald	3	8	56	86	41	51	12	10	79%
	Evgeny Arkhipov	2	9	52	76	37	49	20	8	77%

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3).^[6]

Draw 1

Saturday, March 28, 14:30

Draw 2

Saturday, March 28, 19:30

Draw 3

Sunday, March 29, 9:30

Draw 4

Sunday, March 29, 14:30

Draw 5

Sunday, March 29, 19:30

Draw 6

Monday, March 30, 9:30

Draw 7

Monday, March 30, 14:30

Draw 8

Monday, March 30, 19:30

Draw 9

Tuesday, March 31, 9:30

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 31, 14:30

Draw 11

Tuesday, March 31, 19:30

Draw 12

Wednesday, April 1, 9:30

Draw 13

Wednesday, April 1, 14:30

Draw 14

Wednesday, April 1, 19:30

Draw 15

Thursday, April 2, 9:30

Draw 16

Thursday, April 2, 14:30

Draw 17

Thursday, April 2, 19:30

Tiebreaker

Friday, April 3, 14:30

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Friday, April 3, 19:30

3 vs. 4

Saturday, April 4, 14:30

Semifinal

Saturday, April 4, 19:30

Bronze medal game

Sunday, April 5, 10:00

Final

Sunday, April 5, 16:00

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round robin only

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Leads	%
	90
	86
	85
	84
	83

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Seconds	%
	86
	85
	84
	83
	80

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Thirds	%
	84
	84
	82
	81
	80

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Skips	%
	84
	83
	83
	82
	80

Perfect games

Player	Team	Position	Opponent
		data-sort-value="3"	Third
		data-sort-value="4"	Skip	(semifinal)

References

General

Web site: 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. World Curling Federation.

Specific

Notes and References

Web site: Curling Canada | Sweden heads home with Ford Worlds gold.
Web site: Halifax, Canada to host Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015. 28 January 2014. World Curling Federation. 18 June 2014. 2 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402200402/http://www.worldcurling.org/halifax-canada-to-host-ford-world-mens-curling-championship-in-2015. dead.
Web site: Brazil set to challenge USA for berth in Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20141028001318/http://worldcurling.org/brazil-set-to-challenge-usa-for-berth-in-ford-world-mens-curling-championship-2015. dead. October 28, 2014. 31 July 2014. World Curling Federation. 3 November 2014.
Web site: Craig Brown and Patti Lank move on to finals. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133000/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2015/February/20/Craig-Brown-and-Patti-Lank-move-on-to-finals. dead. September 24, 2015. 20 February 2015. USA Curling. 21 February 2015.
https://www.curlingzone.com/rankings.php?task=week&orderby=ytd&oomid=81&eventyear=2015&week=31 CurlingZone
Web site: 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship Draw Schedule. Canadian Curling Association. 11 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150212073032/http://www.curling.ca/2015worldmen-en/draw-schedule/. 12 February 2015. dead.