2015 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament explained

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2015 World Senior Curling Championships
Men's tournament
Host City:Sochi, Russia
Arena:Iceberg Skating Palace
Dates:April 18–25
Winner:
Curling Club:Granite CC, Seattle, Washington
Skip:Lyle Sieg
Third:Tom Violette
Second:Ken Trask
Lead:Steve Lundeen
Alternate:Duane Rutan
Finalist: (Alan O'Leary)

The men's tournament of the 2015 World Senior Curling Championships was held from April 18 to 25 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[1]

Group A

Skip: Alan O'Leary
Third: Andrew Dauphinee
Second: Danny Christianson
Lead: Harold McCarthy
Skip: Matěj Neznal
Third: Richard Hobzik
Second: Roman Hasenöhrl
Lead: Vladimír Zelenka
Alternate: Karel Kubeska
Skip: Bill Gray
Third: Neil Fyfe
Second: David Whyte
Lead: David Hume
Fourth: Mario Bologna
Skip: Danilo Capriolo
Second: Guido Barco
Lead: Paolo Prochet
Alternate: Silvio Dellaia
Skip: Masayasu Sato
Third: Shunichi Fujita
Second: Takahiro Hashimoto
Lead: Shozo Itoh
Skip: Viktor Kim
Third: Almaz Saidvakassov
Second: Roman Kazimirchik
Lead: Nikolay Zhorov
Alternate: Iskander Farizov
Skip: Ansis Regža
Third: Pēteris Šveisbergs
Second: Aivars Purmalis
Lead: Aivars Gulbis
Alternate: Ivars Černajs
Skip: Gordon Muirhead
Third: Norman Brown
Second: David Hay
Lead: Hugh Aitken
Alternate: Michael Hay

Group B

Fourth: Poul-Erik Nielsen
Third: Keld Henriksen
Skip: Ole de Neergaard
Lead: Anders Reck-Magnussen
Skip: John Summers
Third: Charles Jackson
Second: David Sillito
Lead: Andrew Taylor
Skip: Andras Rokusfalvy
Third: Zoltán Palancsa
Second: Janos Miklai
Lead: Gyorgy Kalmar
Alternate: Mihaly Veraszro
Skip: Hans Frauenlob
Third: Dan Mustapic
Second: Lorne De Pape
Lead: Iain Craig
Alternate: Dave Watt
Fourth: Kjell Berk
Third: Stig Arne Gunnestad
Second: Morten Tveit
Skip: Halvard Kverne
Skip: Sergey Narudinov
Third: Oleg Badilin
Second: Mikhail Rivkind
Lead: Yurly Erdukov
Alternate: Aleksander Kolesnikov
Skip: Anders Westerberg
Third: Rickard Bergqvist
Second: Claes Gunnarson
Lead: Lars Ahlberg
Alternate: Anders Kraupp
Skip: Ahmet Şırınkan
Third: Rıfat Nazım Saraçoǧlu
Second: Öner Gülbahçe
Lead: Ahmet Uǧur Nalcioǧlu

Group C

Skip: Hugh Millikin
Third: Wyatt Buck
Second: Tim McMahon
Lead: Rob Gagnon
Alternate: John Anderson
Skip: Kari Meranen
Third: Jaakko Lemettinen
Second: Ari Pitko
Lead: Matti Virtaala
Alternate: Kari Kuskelin
Skip: Pascal Adam
Third: Thierry Donard
Second: Christophe Walter
Lead: Guy Unverzagt
Alternate: Gerard Mergy
Skip: Wolfgang Burba
Third: Joachim Burba
Second: Christoph Möckel
Lead: Matthias Steiner
Fourth: Henryk Skowronski
Skip: Andrzej Janowski
Second: Jaroslaw Czepielinski
Lead: Piotr Sulak
Alternate: Witold Rek
Fourth: Juraj Kurth
Skip: Ondrej Marček
Second: Peter Mocek
Lead: Pavol Trstaň
Skip: Stefan Signer
Third: Jurg Denecke
Second: Gerhard Kurt
Lead: Daniel Grunenfelder
Alternate: Hans Wirz
Skip: Lyle Sieg
Third: Tom Violette
Second: Ken Trask
Lead: Steve Lundeen
Alternate: Duane Rutan

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
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Group A Skip W L
7 0
5 2
4 3
4 3
4 3
2 5
2 5
0 7
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Group B Skip W L
7 0
6 1
4 3
3 4
3 4
3 4
2 5
0 7
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Group C Skip W L
7 0
5 2
5 2
4 3
4 3
2 5
1 6
0 7

Round-robin results

Group A

Saturday, April 18

Draw 18:00

Draw 317:00

Sunday, April 19

Draw 58:00

Draw 612:00

Draw 716:00

Draw 820:00

Monday, April 20

Draw 1116:00

Draw 1220:00

Tuesday, April 21

Draw 1516:00

Wednesday, April 22

Draw 178:00

Draw 2020:00

Thursday, April 23

Draw 2212:00

Draw 2420:00

Group B

Saturday, April 18

Draw 213:15

Draw 317:00

Sunday, April 19

Draw 58:00

Monday, April 20

Draw 1012:00

Draw 1116:00

Tuesday, April 21

Draw 138:00

Draw 1412:00

Wednesday, April 22

Draw 1812:00

Draw 2020:00

Thursday, April 23

Draw 2212:00

Draw 2420:00

Group C

Saturday, April 18

Draw 420:45

Sunday, April 19

Draw 612:00

Monday, April 20

Draw 98:00

Draw 1012:00

Draw 1220:00

Tuesday, April 21

Draw 138:00

Draw 1412:00

Draw 1516:00

Draw 1620:00

Wednesday, April 22

Draw 1916:00

Thursday, April 23

Draw 218:00

Tiebreaker

Friday, April 24, 9:00

Playoffs

Qualification Game

Friday, April 24, 14:00

Quarterfinals

Friday, April 24, 19:00

Semifinals

Saturday, April 25, 8:00

Bronze medal game

Saturday, April 25, 13:00

Gold medal game

Saturday, April 25, 13:00

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015 World Senior Curling Championships – Teams. World Curling Federation. 16 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412063118/http://wscc2015.curlingevents.com/teams. 2015-04-12. dead.