2006 World Men's Curling Championship Host city Lowell, Massachusetts , United States Arena Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell Dates April 1–9, 2006 Winner Scotland Skip David Murdoch Third Ewan MacDonald Second Warwick Smith Lead Euan Byers Alternate Peter Smith Coach Tom Pendreigh Finalist Canada (Jean-Michel Ménard )
The Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell was the location of the Championship
The 2006 World Men's Curling Championship was held April 1–9, 2006 at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts , United States . Scotland , skipped by David Murdoch , won the tournament defeating Canada in the final.
Teams [ ]
Australia
Canada
Denmark
Skip: Hugh Millikin
Third: Ricky Tasker
Second: Mike Woloschuk
Lead: Stephen Johns
Alternate : Ian Palangio
, Sainte-Foy and , Saint-Romuald
Skip: Jean-Michel Ménard
Third: François Roberge
Second: Éric Sylvain
Lead: Maxime Elmaleh
Alternate: Jean Gagnon
, Hvidovre
Skip: Ulrik Schmidt
Third: Lasse Lavrsen
Second: Carsten Svensgaard
Lead: Joel Ostrowski
Alternate: Kenneth Jørgensen
Finland
Germany
Ireland
, Helsinki
Fourth: Kalle Kiiskinen
Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi ***
Second: Jani Sullanmaa
Lead: Teemu Salo
Alternate: Jari Rouvinen
EC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf
Skip: Sebastian Stock
Third: Daniel Herberg
Second: Markus Messenzehl
Lead: Patrick Hoffman
Alternate: Bernhard Mayr
National Team
Skip: Douglas Dryburgh
Third: Peter Wilson
Second: Robin Gray
Lead: John Kenny
Alternate: Peter J.D. Wilson
Japan
Norway
Scotland
Tokoro CC , Tokoro
Skip: Yoshiyuki Ohmiya
Third: Makoto Tsuruga
Second: Tsuyoshi Ryutaki
Lead: Kazuhiko Ikawa
Alternate: Yuji Hirama
, Bærum
Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Torger Nergård
Second: Thomas Due
Lead: Jan Thoresen
Alternate: Christoffer Svae
, Lockerbie
Skip: David Murdoch
Third: Ewan MacDonald
Second: Warwick Smith
Lead: Euan Byers
Alternate: Peter Smith
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg
Skip: Nils Carlsén
Third: Niklas Edin
Second: Marcus Hasselborg
Lead: Emanuel Allberg
Alternate: Daniel Tenn
CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen
Skip: Ralph Stöckli
Third: Claudio Pescia
Second: Pascal Sieber
Lead: Simon Strübin
Alternate: Marco Battilana
Bemidji CC , Bemidji
Skip: Pete Fenson
Third: Shawn Rojeski
Second: Joseph Polo
Lead: John Shuster
Alternate: Scott Baird
*** Finnish skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi missed the first three games with a wrist injury;[1] Kiiskinen skipped in his place. Markku returned April 3; threw second rocks in the early draw and third stones in the remainder of the competition.
Round robin standings [ ]
Scoring for the tournament was done by CurlingZone.com . They calculated the player percentages differently than normal. They used a five-point system with a multiplier for degree of difficulty in shots.
Country
Skip
W
L
PF
PA
Ends Won
Ends Lost
Blank Ends
Stolen Ends
Shot Pct.
Scotland
David Murdoch
9
2
82
54
55
40
10
23
86%
Canada
Jean-Michel Ménard
8
3
77
63
52
44
13
13
83%
Norway
Thomas Ulsrud
7
4
75
61
48
44
16
13
79%
United States
Pete Fenson
7
4
67
55
43
40
23
13
82%
Sweden
Nils Carlsén
6
5
80
63
43
46
15
9
83%
Switzerland
Ralph Stöckli
6
5
68
59
47
39
15
18
81%
Finland
Markku Uusipaavalniemi
6
5
71
66
41
39
14
10
78%
Denmark
Ulrik Schmidt
5
6
68
70
42
46
13
9
79%
Australia
Hugh Millikin
5
6
66
74
47
45
18
12
77%
Germany
Sebastian Stock
4
7
41
62
33
38
18
8
72%
Japan
Yoshiyuki Ohmiya
2
9
40
64
33
46
14
3
72%
Ireland
Douglas Dryburgh
1
10
47
84
38
54
15
6
76%
Round robin results [ ]
Draw 1 [ ]
April 1, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
8
Scotland (Murdoch)
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
1
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Stock)
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
5
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
3
Switzerland (Stöckli)
0
1
0
0
3
3
0
3
X
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Carlsén)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
4
Canada (Ménard)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
5
Draw 2 [ ]
April 1, 16:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)
0
3
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
2
9
Germany (Stock)
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Schmidt)
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
6
Japan (Ohmiya)
0
1
3
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
United States (Fenson)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
6
Ireland (Dryburgh)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
2
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
8
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
7
Draw 3 [ ]
April 2, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Canada (Ménard)
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
8
Australia (Millikin)
1
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
1
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Carlsén)
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
7
Scotland (Murdoch)
0
2
2
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
9
Draw 4 [ ]
April 2, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Ohmiya)
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
4
United States (Fenson)
0
2
0
3
0
3
0
1
X
X
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
6
Switzerland (Stöckli)
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Stock)
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
7
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Schmidt)
2
0
3
0
0
1
1
0
1
X
8
Ireland (Dryburgh)
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
4
Draw 5 [ ]
April 2, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
7
Canada (Ménard)
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Fenson)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
2
8
Denmark (Schmidt)
0
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ireland (Dryburgh)
2
0
2
4
0
1
0
0
X
X
9
Japan (Ohmiya)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
X
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
X
X
4
Sweden (Carlsén)
3
0
4
0
0
2
0
1
X
X
10
Draw 6 [ ]
April 3, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Carlsén)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Ménard)
1
0
0
2
0
2
1
2
X
X
8
Germany (Stock)
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
X
X
3
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Australia (Millikin)
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
7
Switzerland (Stöckli)
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
0
8
Norway (Ulsrud)
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
3
0
1
9
Draw 7 [ ]
April 3, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Stock)
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
6
Ireland (Dryburgh)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
Japan (Ohmiya)
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
2
2
8
United States (Fenson)
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
X
X
3
Denmark (Schmidt)
0
2
0
2
0
5
X
X
X
X
9
Draw 8 [ ]
April 3, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Schmidt)
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
2
2
8
Australia (Millikin)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Fenson)
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
1
1
6
Scotland (Murdoch)
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Ohmiya)
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
3
Sweden (Carlsén)
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ireland (Dryburgh)
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
2
7
Canada (Ménard)
2
0
1
1
0
2
0
2
0
0
8
Draw 9 [ ]
April 4, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Ohmiya)
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
X
3
Scotland (Murdoch)
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
2
1
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ireland (Dryburgh)
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
X
X
4
Australia (Millikin)
0
2
1
0
3
1
0
3
X
X
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Denmark (Schmidt)
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
0
6
Canada (Ménard)
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Fenson)
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
X
7
Sweden (Carlsén)
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
X
4
Draw 10 [ ]
April 4, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Ménard)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
5
Norway (Ulsrud)
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Carlsén)
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
3
0
0
9
Switzerland (Stöckli)
2
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
1
1
1
2
3
0
X
X
X
X
8
Germany (Stock)
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
X
X
1
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
5
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
0
1
0
3
2
1
0
1
0
1
9
Draw 11 [ ]
April 4, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
3
United States (Fenson)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
7
Denmark (Schmidt)
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
2
3
X
9
Ireland (Dryburgh)
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
X
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Stock)
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
9
Japan (Ohmiya)
0
2
0
2
0
1
2
1
0
0
8
Draw 12 [ ]
April 5, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
3
2
0
4
0
3
X
X
X
X
12
Denmark (Schmidt)
0
0
1
0
2
0
X
X
X
X
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Stock)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
X
X
1
United States (Fenson)
2
0
0
4
0
0
0
1
X
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)
1
0
3
0
0
3
1
2
X
X
10
Japan (Ohmiya)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
2
0
3
0
1
4
X
X
X
10
Ireland (Dryburgh)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
X
X
1
Draw 13 [ ]
April 5, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ireland (Dryburgh)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
X
3
Sweden (Carlsén)
3
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Ohmiya)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
X
4
Canada (Ménard)
2
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Fenson)
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
4
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Schmidt)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
X
3
Scotland (Murdoch)
2
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
X
7
Draw 14 [ ]
April 5, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
4
Germany (Stock)
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
3
9
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Carlsén)
3
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
8
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Ménard)
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
0
9
Switzerland (Stöckli)
3
0
1
0
1
2
0
2
0
1
10
Draw 15 [ ]
April 6, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
1
0
0
1
4
0
1
0
1
8
Japan (Ohmiya)
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)
1
0
2
1
3
0
1
X
X
X
8
Ireland (Dryburgh)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
X
X
X
2
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Stock)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
6
Denmark (Schmidt)
1
0
1
0
2
0
3
0
0
0
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
1
7
United States (Fenson)
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
5
Draw 16 [ ]
April 6, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
6
Switzerland (Stöckli)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
Norway (Ulsrud)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Ménard)
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
6
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Carlsén)
0
2
3
0
1
0
0
2
X
X
8
Germany (Stock)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
3
Draw 17 [ ]
April 7, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Fenson)
1
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
6
Canada (Ménard)
0
3
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
1
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Schmidt)
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
1
0
8
Sweden (Carlsén)
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Ireland (Dryburgh)
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
6
Scotland (Murdoch)
0
3
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Japan (Ohmiya)
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
6
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
1
0
1
7
Playoffs [ ]
Brackets [ ]
Page playoffs
Semifinal
Final
1
Scotland
2
2
Canada
8
2
Canada
4
1
Scotland
6
1
Scotland
7
3
Norway
4
3
Norway
8
4
United States
5
1 vs. 2 game [ ]
April 7, 14:00
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
0
0
0
1
0
1
X
X
X
X
2
Canada (Ménard)
1
3
1
0
3
0
X
X
X
X
8
3 vs. 4 game [ ]
April 7, 19:00
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
3
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
1
8
United States (Fenson)
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
5
Player percentages
Norway
United States
Jan Thoresen
79%
John Shuster
95%
Thomas Due
83%
Joseph Polo
90%
Torger Nergård
85%
Shawn Rojeski
79%
Thomas Ulsrud
87%
Pete Fenson
76%
Total
84%
Total
85%
Semi-final [ ]
April 8, 13:00
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
6
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
Final [ ]
April 9, 12:30
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Ménard)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
4
Scotland (Murdoch)
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
7
2006 Ford World Curling Championship
Scotland 4th title
Round robin player percentages [ ]
References [ ]
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