1996 World Men's Curling Championship

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1996 World Men's Curling Championships
Host cityHamilton, Ontario, Canada
ArenaCopps Coliseum
DatesMarch 23–31, 1996
Winner Canada
Curling clubCharleswood CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SkipJeff Stoughton
ThirdKen Tresoor
SecondGarry Vandenberghe
LeadSteve Gould
AlternateDarryl Gunnlaugson
Finalist Scotland (Warwick Smith)
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The 1996 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1996 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from March 23–31, 1996.

Teams[]

 Australia  Canada  England  Germany
Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney

Skip: Hugh Millikin
Third: Stephen Johns
Second: Gerald Chick
Lead: Andy Campbell
Alternate: Stephen Hewitt

Charleswood CC, Winnipeg

Skip: Jeff Stoughton
Third: Ken Tresoor
Second: Garry Vandenberghe
Lead: Steve Gould
Alternate: Darryl Gunnlaugson

Wigan CC, Wigan
Haigh CC, Wigan

Skip: Alistair Burns
Third: Andrew Hemming
Second: Neil Hardie
Lead: Stephen Watt
Alternate: Phil Atherton

CC Hamburg

Skip: Johnny Jahr
Third: Sven Goldemann
Second: Andreas Feldenkirchen
Lead: Till Thomsen
Alternate: Dirk Hornung

 Italy  Norway  Scotland  Sweden
Auros, Auronzo

Skip: Claudio Pescia
Third: Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo
Second: Valter Bombassei
Lead: Diego Bombassei
Alternate: Davide Zandiegiacomo

Snarøen CC, Oslo

Skip: Eigil Ramsfjell
Third: Anthon Grimsmo
Second: Jan Thoresen
Lead: Tore Torvbråten
Alternate: Sjur Loen

Airleywight CC, Perth

Skip: Warwick Smith
Third: David Smith
Second: Peter Smith
Lead: David Hay
Alternate: Richard Dickson

Sollefteå CK

Skip: Mikael Hasselborg
Third: Stefan Hasselborg
Second: Hans Nordin
Lead: Peter Eriksson
Alternate: Lars-Åke Nordström

  Switzerland  United States
Lausanne-Olympique CC

Skip: Patrick Hürlimann
Third: Patrik Lörtscher
Second: Daniel Gutknecht
Lead: Diego Perren
Alternate: Stephan Keiser

Superior CC, Wisconsin

Skip: Tim Somerville
Third: Mike Schneeberger
Second: Myles Brundidge
Lead: John Gordon
Alternate: Donald Barcome Jr.

Round robin standings[]

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreakers
Country Skip W L
 Canada Jeff Stoughton 8 1
 Scotland Warwick Smith 7 2
  Switzerland Patrick Hürlimann 6 3
 Norway Eigil Ramsfjell 4 5
 Sweden Mikael Hasselborg 4 5
 England Alistair Burns 4 5
 United States Tim Somerville 4 5
 Italy Claudio Pescia 3 6
 Germany Johnny Jahr 3 6
 Australia Hugh Millikin 2 7

Round robin results[]

Draw 1[]

Sheet A Final
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 5
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 8
Sheet B Final
  Switzerland (Hürlimann) 4
 Scotland (Smith) 6
Sheet C Final
 Germany (Jahr) 7
 Italy (Pescia) 8
Sheet D Final
 England (Burns) 9
 Australia (Millikin) 2
Sheet E Final
 United States (Somerville) 7
 Canada (Stoughton) 9

Draw 2[]

Sheet A Final
 Australia (Millikin) 6
 Scotland (Smith) 9
Sheet B Final
 Canada (Stoughton) 8
 Germany (Jahr) 4
Sheet C Final
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 2
  Switzerland (Hürlimann) 5
Sheet D Final
 Italy (Pescia) 8
 United States (Somerville) 10
Sheet E Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 6
 England (Burns) 5

Draw 3[]

Sheet A Final
 Germany (Jahr) 10
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 3
Sheet B Final
 Italy (Pescia) 8
 England (Burns) 6
Sheet C Final
 Scotland (Smith) 1
 United States (Somerville) 10
Sheet D Final
 Canada (Stoughton) 6
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 5
Sheet E Final
  Switzerland (Hürlimann) 12
 Australia (Millikin) 5

Draw 4[]

Sheet A Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 6
  Switzerland (Hürlimann) 7
Sheet B Final
 United States (Somerville) 5
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 8
Sheet C Final
 Australia (Millikin) 5
 Canada (Stoughton) 11
Sheet D Final
 Scotland (Smith) 10
 Italy (Pescia) 5
Sheet E Final
 England (Burns) 8
 Germany (Jahr) 6

Draw 5[]

Sheet A Final
 Italy (Pescia) 5
 Canada (Stoughton) 7
Sheet B Final
 England (Burns) 7
  Switzerland (Hürlimann) 6
Sheet C Final
 United States (Somerville) 7
 Germany (Jahr) 9
Sheet D Final
 Australia (Millikin) 2
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 7
Sheet E Final
 Scotland (Smith) 9
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 6

Draw 6[]

Sheet A Final
 United States (Somerville) 10
 Australia (Millikin) 3
Sheet B Final
 Scotland (Smith) 3
 Canada (Stoughton) 4
Sheet C Final
 England (Burns) 8
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 11
Sheet D Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 7
 Germany (Jahr) 5
Sheet E Final
 Italy (Pescia) 8
  Switzerland (Hürlimann) 9

Draw 7[]

Sheet A Final
 Scotland (Smith) 6
 England (Burns) 4
Sheet B Final
 Germany (Jahr) 4
 Australia (Millikin) 10
Sheet C Final
 Italy (Pescia) 1
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 9
Sheet D Final
 United States (Somerville) 4
  Switzerland (Hürlimann) 6
Sheet E Final
 Canada (Stoughton) 7
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 5

Draw 8[]

Sheet A Final
  Switzerland (Hürlimann) 6
 Germany (Jahr) 9
Sheet B Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 8
 United States (Somerville) 10
Sheet C Final
 Canada (Stoughton) 6
 England (Burns) 5
Sheet D Final
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 5
 Scotland (Smith) 14
Sheet E Final
 Australia (Millikin) 6
 Italy (Pescia) 9

Draw 9[]

Sheet A Final
 England (Burns) 5
 United States (Somerville) 4
Sheet B Final
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 8
 Italy (Pescia) 6
Sheet C Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 6
 Australia (Millikin) 9
Sheet D Final
  Switzerland (Hürlimann) 7
 Canada (Stoughton) 6
Sheet E Final
 Germany (Jahr) 4
 Scotland (Smith) 6

Tiebreakers[]

Round 1[]

Sheet A Final
 United States (Somerville) 3
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 9
Sheet B Final
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 5
 England (Burns) 4

Round 2[]

Sheet A Final
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 3
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 9

Playoffs[]

  Semi-final     Final
                 
  1  Canada 7  
  4  Norway 1    
      1  Canada 6
      2  Scotland 2
  2  Scotland 5    
  3   Switzerland 4   Bronze medal game
 
3   Switzerland 9
  4  Norway 6

Final[]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Stoughton) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 6
 Scotland (Smith) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
1996 Ford World Curling Championship
Canada
Canada
24th title

References[]

  • "Ford World Curling Championships 1996". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
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