2007 World Men's Curling Championship Host city Edmonton, Alberta , Canada Arena Rexall Place Dates March 31 – April 8, 2007 Attendance 184,970[1] Winner Canada Curling club Coldwater & District CC, Coldwater Skip Glenn Howard Third Richard Hart Second Brent Laing Lead Craig Savill Alternate Steve Bice Coach Finalist Germany (Andy Kapp )
The 2007 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta , Canada from March 31 to April 8. Team Canada skipped by Glenn Howard won the gold medal over Germany's Andy Kapp by a score of 8-3. This was Howard's third world championship, and his first as skip. Kapp claimed the silver for the second time in his career, and Team USA (skipped by Todd Birr ) won the bronze medal, the first medal for the USA at the men's world championship since 1993.
The total attendance for the event was 184,970, a world championship record.[1]
Teams [ ]
Australia
Canada
Denmark
Australia Curling Club
Fourth: Ian Palangio
Skip: Hugh Millikin *
Second: Sean Hall
Lead: Mike Woloschuk
Alternate: David Imlah
(*Throws third rocks)
Coldwater & District CC, Coldwater
Skip: Glenn Howard
Third: Richard Hart
Second: Brent Laing
Lead: Craig Savill
Alternate: Steve Bice
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
Skip: Johnny Frederiksen
Third: Lars Vilandt
Second: Bo Jensen
Lead: Kenneth Hertsdahl
Alternate: Ivan Frederiksen
Finland
France
Germany
Oulunkylän Curlinghalli, Helsinki
Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Third: Kalle Kiiskinen
Second: Jani Sullanmaa
Lead: Teemu Salo
Alternate: Jari Rouvinen
Chamonix CC, Chamonix
Skip: Thomas Dufour
Third: Tony Angiboust
Second: Jan Ducroz
Lead: Richard Ducroz
Alternate: Rafi Mathieu
CC Füssen, Füssen
Skip: Andy Kapp
Third: Uli Kapp
Second: Andreas Lang
Lead: Andreas Kempf
Alternate: Holger Höhne
South Korea
Norway
Scotland
Gangwon Docheong , Chuncheon
Skip: Lee Jae-ho
Third: Beak Jong-chul
Second: Yang Se-young
Lead: Kwon Young-il
Alternate: Park Kwon-il
Snarøen CC, Bærum
Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Torger Nergård
Second: Thomas Due
Lead: Jan Thoresen
Alternate: Thomas Løvold
Perth CC, Perth
Skip: Warwick Smith
Third: Craig Wilson
Second: David Smith
Lead: Ross Hepburn
Alternate: Ewan MacDonald
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Östersunds CK, Östersund
Skip: Peja Lindholm
Third: James Dryburgh
Second: Viktor Kjäll
Lead: Anders Eriksson
Alternate: Magnus Swartling
CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen
Skip: Ralph Stöckli
Third: Jan Hauser
Second: Markus Eggler
Lead: Simon Strübin
Alternate: Andreas Schwaller
Caledonian CC, Mankato & Appleton CC, Appleton
Skip: Todd Birr
Third: Bill Todhunter
Second: Greg Johnson
Lead: Kevin Birr
Alternate: Zach Jacobson
Round robin standings [ ]
Final round robin standings
Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Country
Skip
W
L
PF
PA
Ends Won
Ends Lost
Blank Ends
Stolen Ends
Shot Pct.
Canada
Glenn Howard
10
1
93
40
51
33
10
16
91%
United States
Todd Birr
8
3
69
57
49
36
22
16
83%
Switzerland
Ralph Stöckli
7
4
73
65
44
41
20
8
84%
Germany
Andy Kapp
6
5
71
64
51
41
11
14
83%
Sweden
Peja Lindholm
6
5
66
64
43
48
17
8
81%
Finland
Markku Uusipaavalniemi
6
5
72
61
41
42
19
7
83%
France
Thomas Dufour
6
5
71
74
41
44
13
11
77%
Norway
Thomas Ulsrud
4
7
61
69
46
44
14
11
84%
Scotland
Warwick Smith
4
7
59
69
40
42
19
3
83%
Australia
Hugh Millikin
4
7
66
74
45
45
14
8
80%
Denmark
Johnny Frederiksen
4
7
56
85
38
50
9
4
78%
South Korea
Lee Jae-ho
1
10
44
79
29
49
26
6
79%
Round robin results [ ]
Draw 1 [ ]
March 31, 12:30
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Sweden (Lindholm)
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
7
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
0
0
2
1
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
6
United States (Birr)
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
6
Norway (Ulsrud)
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Howard)
0
2
1
0
2
1
1
0
X
X
7
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
X
3
Draw 2 [ ]
March 31, 18:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
1
X
7
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Smith)
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
2
0
6
South Korea (Lee)
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
X
X
X
2
Germany (Kapp)
2
1
1
1
4
1
0
X
X
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
2
9
United States (Birr)
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
6
Draw 3 [ ]
April 1, 08:30
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
4
Sweden (Lindholm)
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Howard)
2
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
X
8
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
X
4
Draw 4 [ ]
April 1, 13:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Lee)
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
France (Dufour)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Birr)
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
7
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
3
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
3
0
7
Switzerland (Stöckli)
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
1
0
3
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Smith)
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
5
Germany (Kapp)
0
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
2
8
Draw 5 [ ]
April 1, 19:30
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
X
3
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
0
2
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
1
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
8
Scotland (Smith)
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
3
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Kapp)
0
0
2
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
7
South Korea (Lee)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Lindholm)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
X
4
Canada (Howard)
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
2
X
8
Draw 6 [ ]
April 2, 08:30
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Howard)
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
3
X
8
Switzerland (Stöckli)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
2
0
2
0
1
0
4
0
0
1
10
Australia (Millikin)
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
3
0
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Lindholm)
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
3
0
X
7
Norway (Ulsrud)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
X
X
X
1
United States (Birr)
0
2
0
2
2
3
X
X
X
X
9
Draw 7 [ ]
April 2, 13:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
4
0
7
Germany (Kapp)
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
X
7
South Korea (Lee)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
2
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Birr)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
France (Dufour)
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
X
6
Scotland (Smith)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
X
2
Draw 8 [ ]
April 2, 18:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Smith)
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
5
Sweden (Lindholm)
0
2
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
0
4
0
1
1
0
1
0
X
X
7
Denmark (Frederiksen)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
3
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Lee)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
X
X
0
Canada (Howard)
2
1
2
0
3
1
0
3
X
X
12
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Kapp)
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
2
7
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
6
Draw 9 [ ]
April 3, 08:30
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Lee)
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
6
Denmark (Frederiksen)
2
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
1
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Kapp)
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
5
Sweden (Lindholm)
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
0
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Smith)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
X
1
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
2
X
X
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
X
X
X
5
Canada (Howard)
2
0
4
0
3
0
3
X
X
X
12
Draw 10 [ ]
April 3, 13:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
6
United States (Birr)
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Howard)
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
X
8
Norway (Ulsrud)
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
X
5
Australia (Millikin)
1
1
0
2
0
2
0
2
1
X
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Lindholm)
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
6
Switzerland (Stöckli)
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
2
7
Draw 11 [ ]
April 3, 18:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
0
2
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
7
France (Dufour)
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
1
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Birr)
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
1
6
Scotland (Smith)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
X
4
Germany (Kapp)
0
1
0
2
0
0
3
1
0
X
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
1
6
South Korea (Lee)
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
2
0
0
7
Draw 12 [ ]
April 4, 08:30
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
X
6
Scotland (Smith)
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
3
France (Dufour)
0
0
0
1
0
3
1
2
0
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
2
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
X
X
7
South Korea (Lee)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Birr)
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
7
Germany (Kapp)
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
6
Draw 13 [ ]
April 4, 13:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Kapp)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
X
3
Canada (Howard)
2
0
2
0
2
0
3
X
X
X
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Lee)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
X
1
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
X
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
5
Sweden (Lindholm)
0
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Smith)
0
4
0
1
0
2
0
4
X
X
11
Denmark (Frederiksen)
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
5
Draw 14 [ ]
April 4, 19:30
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Lindholm)
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
3
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
2
0
1
2
0
1
1
X
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
4
Switzerland (Stöckli)
1
0
2
2
0
2
0
3
X
X
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Howard)
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
6
United States (Birr)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
0
0
3
0
3
0
1
0
0
1
8
Norway (Ulsrud)
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
7
Draw 15 [ ]
April 5, 08:30
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Birr)
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
7
South Korea (Lee)
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
5
Germany (Kapp)
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
5
Scotland (Smith)
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)
1
0
0
3
0
1
1
0
0
X
6
France (Dufour)
0
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
5
X
10
Draw 16 [ ]
April 5, 13:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
4
0
X
9
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
X
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Lindholm)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
5
United States (Birr)
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
4
Switzerland (Stöckli)
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
2
0
X
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Howard)
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
3
X
X
8
Australia (Millikin)
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
3
Draw 17 [ ]
April 5, 18:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
X
X
6
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
0
3
2
0
2
0
3
0
X
X
10
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Smith)
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
5
Canada (Howard)
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
0
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Kapp)
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
5
Denmark (Frederiksen)
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Lee)
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
6
Sweden (Lindholm)
0
2
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
7
Tiebreaker [ ]
Tie breaker 1 [ ]
April 6, 9:00
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
5
Sweden (Lindholm)
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
6
Player Percentages
France
Sweden
Richard Ducroz
84%
Anders Eriksson
83%
Jan Ducroz
74%
Viktor Kjäll
74%
Tony Angiboust
81%
James Dryburgh
75%
Thomas Dufour
83%
Peja Lindholm
84%
Total
80%
Total
79%
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Kapp)
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
8
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
5
Tie breaker 2 [ ]
April 6, 14:00
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Kapp)
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
1
X
8
Sweden (Lindholm)
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
4
Playoffs [ ]
Page playoff system
Semifinal
Final
1
Canada
7
2
United States
2
1
Canada
8
2
United States
4
4
Germany
3
4
Germany
6
3
Switzerland
4
4
Germany
6
1 vs. 2 game [ ]
April 6, 21:30
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Howard)
0
0
1
2
1
0
3
0
X
X
7
United States (Birr)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
X
X
2
Player Percentages
Canada
United States
Craig Savill
92%
Kevin Birr
85%
Brent Laing
75%
Greg Johnson
86%
Richard Hart
88%
Bill Todhunter
95%
Glenn Howard
92%
Todd Birr
53%
Total
87%
Total
79%
3 vs. 4 game [ ]
April 6, 21:30
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
Germany (Kapp)
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
6
Semifinal [ ]
April 7, 10:30
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Birr)
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
4
Germany (Kapp)
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
6
Player Percentages
United States
Germany
Kevin Birr
80%
Holger Höhne
89%
Greg Johnson
91%
Andreas Lang
84%
Bill Todhunter
78%
Uli Kapp
89%
Todd Birr
73%
Andy Kapp
85%
Total
80%
Total
87%
Gold medal game [ ]
April 8, 11:30
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Howard)
4
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
X
X
8
Germany (Kapp)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
X
X
3
2007 Ford World Curling Championship
Canada 30th title
Player percentages [ ]
References [ ]
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