2017 World Men's Curling Championship Explained

2017 World Men's Curling Championship
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Host City:	Edmonton, Alberta
Arena:	Northlands Coliseum
Dates:	April 1–9, 2017
Attendance:	85,214^[1]
Curling Club:	Bally Haly G&CC & St. John's CC, St. John's
Skip:	Brad Gushue
Third:	Mark Nichols
Second:	Brett Gallant
Lead:	Geoff Walker
Alternate:	Thomas Sallows
Coach:	Jules Owchar
Finalist:	(Niklas Edin)
Prev:	2016
Next:	2018

The 2017 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was a curling event that was held from April 1 to 9 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.

Canada won the title for the 36th time overall and the second consecutive year. Like Rachel Homan's team at the women's tournament, Brad Gushue and his teammates finished with a perfect 13–0 record, which included defeating eventual runner-up Niklas Edin of Sweden three times.^[2] Switzerland won the bronze medal.

With the win, Gushue became the first skip in the history of the sport to win the world junior title, the Olympic gold medal, and the world men's title, and Canada became the first country ever to be in simultaneous possession of Olympic and World championships in both men's and women's curling.

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship:

(host country)
One team from the Americas zone
- (winner of the 2017 Americas Challenge)^[3]
Eight teams from the 2016 European Curling Championships
- - - - (winner of the World Challenge Games)
Two teams from the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

Teams

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Bally Haly G&CC & St. John's CC, St. John'sSkip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Brett Gallant Lead: Geoff Walker Alternate: Thomas Sallows	Harbin CC, HarbinSkip: Liu Rui Third: Xu Xiaoming Second: Ba Dexin Lead: Zang Jialiang Alternate: Zou Qiang	Baden Hills G&CC, RheinmünsterSkip: Alexander Baumann Third: Manuel Walter Second: Daniel Herberg Lead: Ryan Sherrard Alternate: Sebastian Schweizer
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A.S.D. Trentino Curling, CembraFourth: Amos Mosaner Skip: Joël Retornaz Second: Andrea Pilzer Lead: Daniele Ferrazza Alternate: Simone Gonin	Karuizawa CC, KaruizawaSkip: Yusuke Morozumi Third: Tetsuro Shimizu Second: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Lead: Kosuke Morozumi Alternate: Kosuke Hirata	CC PWA Zoetermeer, ZoetermeerSkip: Jaap van Dorp Third: Wouter Gösgens Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Alexander Magan
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Oppdal CK, Oppdal Skip: Steffen Walstad Third: Markus Høiberg Second: Magnus Nedregotten Lead: Alexander Lindström Alternate: Sander Rølvåg	Moskvitch CC, MoscowSkip: Alexey Timofeev Third: Alexey Stukalskiy Second: Timur Gadzhikanov Lead: Artur Razhabov Alternate: Evgeny Klimov	Curl Aberdeen, Aberdeen Skip: David Murdoch Third: Greg Drummond Second: Scott Andrews Lead: Michael Goodfellow Alternate: Ross Paterson
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Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Henrik Leek	CC Genève, GenevaFourth: Benoît Schwarz Third: Claudio Pätz Skip: Peter de Cruz Lead: Valentin Tanner Alternate: Romano Meier	Duluth CC, DuluthSkip: John Shuster Third: Tyler George Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Joe Polo

Notes

Stuklaskiy threw skip stones during Draws 1, 3 and 17 while Timofeev threw third stones.

WCT ranking

Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.^[4]

width=265	Nation (Skip) !	width=15	Rank !	width=15	Points
(Edin)	1	500.42
(Gushue)	2	482.53
(de Cruz)	12	234.12
(Murdoch)	14	203.56
(Walstad)	15	198.38
(Liu)	24	153.89
(Shuster)	25	150.18
(Morozumi)	36	108.28
(van Dorp)	54	79.45
(Baumann)	63	61.56
(Timofeev)	66	57.94
(Retornaz)	178	14.81

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

width=140	Locale	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.
	Brad Gushue	11	0	94	35	45	29	9	11	92%	14.26
		9	2	85	52	46	39	10	7	86%	16.12
	Peter de Cruz	8	3	70	58	44	40	15	10	84%	27.09
	John Shuster	8	3	72	56	45	38	9	12	83%	30.65
	Liu Rui	6	5	72	70	41	43	9	5	83%	26.37
	David Murdoch	6	5	69	60	47	41	14	11	86%	29.73
	Yusuke Morozumi	5	6	68	64	42	44	5	9	81%	36.85
	Steffen Walstad	5	6	64	71	46	41	15	13	83%	44.51
	Joel Retornaz	4	7	63	72	38	45	13	7	79%	67.42
	Alexander Baumann	3	8	51	77	37	47	17	6	80%	47.66
	Jaap van Dorp	1	10	50	89	40	45	12	8	78%	46.20
	Alexey Timofeev	0	11	47	96	34	51	8	5	76%	51.71

Round-robin results

All times listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6).^[5]

Draw 1

Saturday, April 1, 14:00

Draw 2

Saturday, April 1, 19:00

Draw 3

Sunday, April 2, 9:00

Draw 4

Sunday, April 2, 14:00

Draw 5

Sunday, April 2, 19:00

Draw 6

Monday, April 3, 9:00

Draw 7

Monday, April 3, 14:00

Draw 8

Monday, April 3, 19:00

Draw 9

Tuesday, April 4, 9:00

Draw 10

Tuesday, April 4, 14:00

Draw 11

Tuesday, April 4, 19:00

Draw 12

Wednesday, April 5, 9:00

Draw 13

Wednesday, April 5, 14:00

Draw 14

Wednesday, April 5, 19:00

Draw 15

Thursday, April 6, 9:00

Draw 16

Thursday, April 6, 14:00

Draw 17

Thursday, April 6, 19:00

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Friday, April 7, 19:00

3 vs. 4

Saturday, April 8, 14:00

Semifinal

Saturday, April 8, 19:00

Bronze medal game

Sunday, April 9, 12:00

Gold medal game

Sunday, April 9, 18:00

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round robin only

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Leads	%
	92
	91
	90
	88
	87

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Seconds	%
	92
	89
	87
	85
Peter de Cruz (Skip)	85

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Thirds	%
	90
	87
	86
	83
	83

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Skips	%
	93
	85
	84
	84
Benoît Schwarz (Fourth)	83

Perfect games

Round Robin only

Player	Position	Shots	Opponent
	data-sort-value="4"	Skip	–
	data-sort-value="1"	Lead	–
	data-sort-value="1"	Lead	–
Brad Gushue	data-sort-value="4"	Skip	–
	data-sort-value="3"	Third	–
	data-sort-value="1"	Lead	–
	data-sort-value="2"	Second	–
Brett Gallant	data-sort-value="2"	Second	–
	data-sort-value="4"	Skip	–
	data-sort-value="1"	Lead	–

Awards

The awards and all-star team are as follows:

All-Star Team^[6]

Skip: Brad Gushue, Canada
Third: Mark Nichols, Canada
Second: Brett Gallant, Canada
Lead: Geoff Walker, Canada

Collie Campbell Memorial Award

Carlo Glasbergen, Netherlands

References

General

Web site: 2017 World Men's Curling Championship. World Curling Federation. 2017-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20161104035921/http://www.worldcurling.org/wmcc2017. 2016-11-04. dead.

Specific

Notes and References

Web site: Curling Canada | Canada completes perfect run with Ford Worlds gold.
Web site: Canada tops Sweden for world curling gold. 9 April 2017. TSN.
Web site: Brazil to challenge USA for world championship berths. https://web.archive.org/web/20160825165725/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2016/August/24/Brazil-to-challenge-USA-for-world-championship-berths. dead. August 25, 2016.
https://www.curlingzone.com/rankings.php?task=week&orderby=ytd&oomid=81&eventyear=2017&week=31 CurlingZone
Web site: Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2017 – Draw Schedule. World Curling Federation. 1 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170411040102/http://worldcurling.org/wmcc2017/schedule. 11 April 2017. dead.
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