2008 World Men's Curling Championship Host city Grand Forks, North Dakota , USA Arena Ralph Engelstad Arena Dates April 4–13, 2008 Attendance 51,731 Winner Canada Curling club Saville SC , Edmonton , Alberta Skip Kevin Martin Third John Morris Second Marc Kennedy Lead Ben Hebert Alternate Adam Enright Coach Jules Owchar Finalist Scotland (David Murdoch )
The 2008 World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 4–13, 2008 at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota in the USA . The 12-team tournament took place in the 11,643 seat hockey arena on the grounds of the University of North Dakota .
Teams [ ]
Australia
Canada
China
Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney
Skip: Hugh Millikin *
Fourth: Ian Palangio
Second: Sean Hall
Lead: Stephen Johns
Alternate: Stephen Hewitt
(*Throws third rocks)
Saville Sports Centre , Edmonton
Skip: Kevin Martin
Third: John Morris
Second: Marc Kennedy
Lead: Ben Hebert
Alternate: Adam Enright
Harbin CC, Harbin
Skip: Wang Fengchun
Third: Liu Rui
Second: Xu Xiaoming
Lead: Zang Jialang
Alternate: Li Dongyan
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
CK Brno, Brno
Skip: Jiří Snítil
Third: Martin Snítil
Second: Jindřich Kitzberger
Lead: Marek Vydra
Alternate: Miloš Hoferka
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
Skip: Johnny Frederiksen
Third: Lars Vilandt
Second: Bo Jensen
Lead: Ulrik Schmidt
Alternate: Mikkel Poulson
Chamonix CC, Chamonix
Skip: Thomas Dufour
Third: Tony Angiboust
Second: Jan Ducroz
Lead: Richard Ducroz
Alternate: Raphael Mathieu
Germany
Norway
Scotland
CC Füssen, Füssen
Skip: Andy Kapp
Third: Andreas Lang
Second: Holger Höhne
Lead: Andreas Kempf
Alternate: Felix Schulze
Snarøen CK, Bærum
Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Torger Nergård
Second: Christoffer Svae
Lead: Havard Vad Petersson
Alternate: Thomas Due
Lockerbie Ice Rink, Lockerbie
Skip: David Murdoch
Third: Graeme Connal
Second: Peter Smith
Lead: Euan Byers
Alternate: Peter Loudon
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Stocksunds CC, Stocksund
Skip: Anders Kraupp
Third: Peder Folke
Second: Björn Brandberg
Lead: Anton Sandström
Alternate: Mats Nyberg
CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen
Skip: Claudio Pescia
Third: Patrick Hürlimann
Second: Pascal Sieber
Lead: Marco Battilana
Alternate: Toni Müller
St. Paul CC, St. Paul & Madison CC, Madison
Skip: Craig Brown
Third: Rich Ruohonen
Second: John Dunlop
Lead: Pete Annis
Alternate: Kevin Kakela
Round robin standings [ ]
Country
Skip
W
L
PF
PA
Ends Won
Ends Lost
Blank Ends
Stolen Ends
Shot Pct.
Canada
Kevin Martin
10
1
87
47
49
37
10
14
87%
Scotland
David Murdoch
8
3
74
54
46
38
20
10
85%
China
Wang Fengchun
7
4
66
65
43
43
18
9
81%
Norway
Thomas Ulsrud
7
4
80
72
52
47
10
11
84%
France
Thomas Dufour
6
5
63
53
42
35
18
11
78%
Australia
Hugh Millikin
5
6
62
64
42
45
20
8
78%
United States
Craig Brown
5
6
65
67
40
44
13
6
81%
Germany
Andy Kapp
5
6
73
72
47
43
17
14
80%
Denmark
Johnny Frederiksen
4
7
64
80
45
50
6
11
78%
Sweden
Anders Kraupp
4
7
61
77
38
49
17
4
79%
Switzerland
Claudio Pescia
3
8
63
78
42
49
15
7
78%
Czech Republic
Jiří Snítil
2
9
61
79
43
48
10
7
75%
Round robin results [ ]
Draw 1 [ ]
April 5, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
6
United States (Brown)
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
1
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
1
X
7
China (Wang)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
2
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Kapp)
0
2
0
2
0
2
3
0
0
0
9
Switzerland (Pescia)
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)
1
0
2
2
0
1
0
1
0
X
7
Scotland (Murdoch)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
X
5
Draw 2 [ ]
April 5, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Pescia)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
1
France (Dufour)
0
0
1
4
1
0
1
0
X
X
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Kraupp)
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
2
6
Australia (Millikin)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
X
3
Canada (Martin)
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
X
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Kapp)
2
0
1
1
3
0
2
1
1
X
11
China (Wang)
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
X
5
Draw 3 [ ]
April 6, 09:00
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
4
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
1
X
10
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
X
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)
1
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
7
United States (Brown)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
6
Draw 4 [ ]
April 6, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
4
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
2
X
10
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
3
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
X
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Wang)
2
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
7
Switzerland (Pescia)
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
0
5
Germany (Kapp)
0
1
0
0
2
0
3
0
1
1
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Kraupp)
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
5
Canada (Martin)
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
2
8
Draw 5 [ ]
April 6, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Brown)
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
2
7
Scotland (Murdoch)
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)
2
0
2
0
0
3
1
0
1
X
9
Sweden (Kraupp)
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
X
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Martin)
2
0
2
0
0
3
2
0
X
X
9
Australia (Millikin)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
3
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
X
X
8
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
X
X
4
Draw 6 [ ]
April 7, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)
0
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
1
7
Germany (Kapp)
1
0
1
0
5
0
2
0
0
0
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
5
France (Dufour)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
2
9
Switzerland (Pescia)
1
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
2
0
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
United States (Brown)
0
1
0
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
1
9
China (Wang)
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
1
0
8
Draw 7 [ ]
April 7, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
0
0
1
0
0
1
X
X
X
X
2
Canada (Martin)
2
3
0
2
1
0
X
X
X
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Kapp)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Wang)
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
3
X
8
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
X
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Pescia)
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
5
Sweden (Kraupp)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
4
Draw 8 [ ]
April 7, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Sweden (Kraupp)
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
5
Norway (Ulsrud)
1
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
7
United States (Brown)
3
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
0
2
1
0
3
0
1
1
8
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Martin)
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
6
Scotland (Murdoch)
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
5
Draw 9 [ ]
April 8, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
X
6
United States (Brown)
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Canada (Martin)
1
0
0
2
0
0
4
0
1
0
1
9
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Kraupp)
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
1
0
X
7
Scotland (Murdoch)
2
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
4
X
11
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
1
1
0
0
4
0
1
0
1
8
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
7
Draw 10 [ ]
April 8, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
2
x
8
China (Wang)
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
x
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
7
Switzerland (Pescia)
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Brown)
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
5
France (Dufour)
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
7
Germany (Kapp)
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
6
Draw 11 [ ]
April 8, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Pescia)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
X
4
Denmark (Frederiksen)
1
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
1
X
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Kapp)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
X
4
Canada (Martin)
3
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
2
X
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Wang)
2
1
0
0
2
0
3
X
X
X
8
Sweden (Kraupp)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
6
Australia (Millikin)
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
4
Draw 12 [ ]
April 9, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Kapp)
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
5
Sweden (Kraupp)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
0
2
X
7
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Pescia)
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
6
Australia (Millikin)
0
1
0
2
0
2
2
0
0
X
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
China (Wang)
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
6
Canada (Martin)
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
Draw 13 [ ]
April 9, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Martin)
1
2
1
1
1
0
X
X
X
X
6
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
X
X
1
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
4
Scotland (Murdoch)
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
X
3
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
1
3
1
0
1
0
0
1
X
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Kraupp)
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
6
United States (Brown)
0
2
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
8
Draw 14 [ ]
April 9, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
1
0
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
X
6
France (Dufour)
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Brown)
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
2
0
X
8
Germany (Kapp)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
X
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
X
3
China (Wang)
0
0
2
0
3
0
0
2
0
X
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
1
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
X
6
Switzerland (Pescia)
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
X
4
Draw 15 [ ]
April 10, 09:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Wang)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
5
Australia (Millikin)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Pescia)
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
6
Canada (Martin)
2
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
France (Dufour)
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
X
5
Sweden (Kraupp)
0
0
4
0
1
0
0
2
0
X
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Germany (Kapp)
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
3
10
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
1
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
1
0
7
Draw 16 [ ]
April 10, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Brown)
2
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
7
Switzerland (Pescia)
0
1
0
2
1
2
0
1
0
1
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Norway (Ulsrud)
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
7
China (Wang)
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
X
5
Germany (Kapp)
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
3
France (Dufour)
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
0
4
X
10
Draw 17 [ ]
April 10, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
X
4
Scotland (Murdoch)
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
X
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Kraupp)
0
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
3
8
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Martin)
3
0
2
0
2
0
0
3
X
X
10
United States (Brown)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Australia (Millikin)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
3
1
0
0
7
Norway (Ulsrud)
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
2
9
Playoffs [ ]
Page playoff system
Semifinal
Gold medal game
1
Canada
6
2
Scotland
7
2
Scotland
3
1
Canada
5
1
Canada
6
4
Norway
4
3
China
5
4
Norway
7
Bronze medal game
3
China
3
4
Norway
8
3 vs 4 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Wang)
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
5
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
3
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
X
7
Player percentages
China
Norway
Zang Jialiang
91%
Havard Vad Petersson
82%
Xu Xiaoming
76%
Christoffer Svae
96%
Wang Fengchun
80%
Torger Nergård
90%
Liu Rui
78%
Thomas Ulsrud
96%
Total
81%
Total
91%
1 vs 2 [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Murdoch)
0
0
2
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
7
Canada (Martin)
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
Player percentages
Scotland
Canada
Euan Byers
96%
Ben Hebert
99%
Peter Smith
78%
Marc Kennedy
88%
Graeme Connal
86%
John Morris
91%
David Murdoch
80%
Kevin Martin
74%
Total
85%
Total
88%
Semifinal [ ]
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Martin)
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
Norway (Ulsrud)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
4
Player percentages
Norway
Canada
Havard Vad Petersson
99%
Ben Hebert
92%
Christoffer Svae
80%
Marc Kennedy
95%
Torger Nergård
84%
John Morris
91%
Thomas Ulsrud
88%
Kevin Martin
94%
Total
88%
Total
93%
Bronze medal game [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Wang)
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
X
3
Norway (Ulsrud)
2
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
1
X
8
Player percentages
China
Norway
Zang Jialiang
92%
Havard Vad Petersson
90%
Xu Xiaoming
85%
Christoffer Svae
89%
Wang Fengchun
85%
Torger Nergård
88%
Liu Rui
68%
Thomas Ulsrud
89%
Total
82%
Total
89%
Gold medal game [ ]
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Martin)
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
X
6
Scotland (Murdoch)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
X
3
Player percentages
Canada
Scotland
Ben Hebert
85%
Euan Byers
95%
Marc Kennedy
95%
Peter Smith
78%
John Morris
95%
Graeme Connal
85%
Kevin Martin
89%
David Murdoch
78%
Total
91%
Total
85%
2008 Ford Men's World Curling Championship Winners
Canada 31st title
Player percentages [ ]
Top five percentages per position during the round robin.
See also [ ]
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