The 2021 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2021 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons)[1] Canada Olympic Park in Calgary , Canada . The event was originally to be held in Ottawa ,[2] COVID-19 pandemic , the championship was moved to Calgary.[3] bio-secure bubble at Canada Olympic Park, which also hosted all major Curling Canada championships leading up to the Worlds (including the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier , which determined Canada's entrant). All events were held behind closed doors with no spectators.[4] [5]
The 2021 championship fielded the largest number of teams in the history of the event, with fourteen total. Niklas Edin , skip of Team Sweden, and his third, Oskar Eriksson , won a record fifth career World Championship. The team, which also consisted of Rasmus Wranå and Christoffer Sundgren , won a record third straight championship. They defeated Team Scotland, skipped by Bruce Mouat in the final, 10–5. With the game tied at 5 in the ninth end, Edin made a double take out with the last rock of the end to score five.[6] Peter de Cruz , won the bronze medal.[7]
The championship served as one of two qualification events for curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing; the National Olympic Committees representing the top six finishers at the tournament qualified directly to the Olympic tournament. In order of ranking, this included Sweden , Great Britain , Switzerland , ROC , the United States , and Canada . The remaining teams that had qualified for the 2020 or 2021 World Championships will compete in the World Curling Federation 's Olympic Qualification Event in December 2021 for the remaining three spots.[8]
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic [ ] On April 9, the World Curling Federation announced that a positive COVID-19 test had been recorded by a player on a non-playoff team, and that the second qualification match between the United States and Switzerland would be therefore be postponed.[9] [10] [11] [12]
On April 11, following approval by Alberta Health Services (AHS), the World Curling Federation announced that play would resume, with all remaining games being played throughout the day. One playoff team member who had been fully vaccinated initially tested positive, but later tested negative and was cleared to participate in the playoffs.[13] [10] [14] TSN pulled its camera crew for the U.S./Switzerland match, and announced that the game would not be televised due to unspecified "COVID-19 issues"; the game was still broadcast via the WCF host feed.[14]
On April 12, all four tests were deemed false positives following an extensive review by health authorities.[15] Christopher Plys announced on Twitter that he was the playoff-bound curler who had tested positive.[16]
Qualification [ ] The following nations qualified to participate in the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship:[17] [18]
Pursuant to a December 2020 ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport , Russia is prohibited from competing under its flag or any national symbols at any Olympic Games or world championships through December 16, 2022, and must compete neutrally.[19] [20]
Means of qualification
Vacancies
Qualified
Host Nation
1
Canada
Americas
1
United States
Europe
8
Sweden Switzerland Scotland Denmark Italy Norway Germany Netherlands
Pacific-Asia
2
South Korea Japan
World Rankings
1
RCF
2020 World Qualification Event [18] 1
China
TOTAL
14
World Ranking [ ] The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.[21]
Member Associations
Rank
Points
Sweden 1
89.020
Canada 2
75.980
United States 3
71.029
Switzerland 4
65.196
Scotland 5
52.059
Japan 6
44.118
Norway 7
40.392
South Korea 8
35.343
Italy 9
34.461
Denmark 10
24.520
RCF 11
19.412
Germany 12
18.578
China 13
18.358
Netherlands 14
16.951
Teams [ ] The teams are as follows:[22]
Canada
China
Saville Community SC , Edmonton Skip: Brendan Bottcher Third: Darren Moulding Second: Brad Thiessen Lead: Karrick Martin Alternate: Marc Kennedy [23]
, Harbin
Skip: Zou Qiang Third: Second: Wang Zhiyu Lead: Xu Jingtao Alternate: Han Peng
Denmark [24] Germany
, Gentofte & Hvidovre
Fourth: Mikkel Krause Third: Tobias Thune Skip: Mads Nørgård Lead: Kasper Wiksten Alternate:
, Füssen
Skip: Sixten Totzek Third: Marc Muskatewitz Second: Joshua Sutor Lead: Dominik Greindl Alternate: Klaudius Harsch
Italy
Japan [25]
, Pinerolo & Aeronautica Militare
Skip: Joël Retornaz Third Amos Mosaner Second: Sebastiano Arman Lead: Mattia Giovanella Alternate: Fabio Ribotta
Tokoro CC , Tokoro Skip: Yuta Matsumura Third: Tetsuro Shimizu Second: Yasumasa Tanida Lead: Shinya Abe Alternate: Kosuke Aita
Netherlands [26] Norway [27]
, Zoetermeer
Fourth: Wouter Gösgens Skip: Jaap van Dorp Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Tobias van den Hurk
, Oppdal
Skip: Steffen Walstad Third: Torger Nergård Second: Markus Høiberg Lead: Magnus Vågberg Alternate:
RCF [28] Scotland [29]
, Saint Petersburg
Skip: Sergey Glukhov Third: Evgeny Klimov Second: Dmitry Mironov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Daniil Goriachev
, Edinburgh
Skip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr. Alternate: Ross Whyte
South Korea [30] Sweden [31]
, Uijeongbu
Skip: Jeong Yeong-seok Third: Kim Jeong-min [a] Second: Park Se-won [a] Lead: Lee Jun-hyung Alternate: Seo Min-guk
Karlstads CK , Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Daniel Magnusson
Switzerland [32] United States [33]
, Geneva & Interlaken Fourth: Benoît Schwarz Third: Sven Michel Skip: Peter de Cruz Lead: Valentin Tanner Alternate:
Duluth CC , Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Chris Plys Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Colin Hufman
WCF ranking [ ] Year to date World Curling Federation order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event. Rankings based on the 2019–20 season .[34]
Nation (Skip)
Rank
Points
Canada (Bottcher)4
347.979
Scotland (Mouat)5
343.005
Sweden (Edin)8
304.836
Switzerland (de Cruz)9
289.136
Japan (Matsumura)16
202.961
United States (Shuster)19
181.864
Netherlands (van Dorp)28
133.398
Italy (Retornaz)30
130.346
Norway (Walstad)32
129.878
China (Zou)42
106.111
RCF (Glukhov)44
102.341
Germany (Totzek)88
52.322
Denmark (Nørgård)122
33.972
South Korea (Jeong)275
7.268
Round robin standings [ ] Final Round Robin Standings
Country
Skip
Sweden Niklas Edin 11
2
1–0
102
63
59
48
8
13
89%
21.83
RCF Sergey Glukhov 11
2
0–1
103
73
60
47
3
18
83%
24.41
United States John Shuster 10
3
–
93
75
55
50
5
11
84%
33.89
Canada Brendan Bottcher 9
4
1–0
96
75
55
49
12
17
86%
21.02
Scotland Bruce Mouat 9
4
0–1
95
68
56
48
8
15
87%
19.36
Switzerland Peter de Cruz 8
5
–
90
72
57
51
6
12
85%
18.25
Italy Joël Retornaz 7
6
1–0
78
64
46
46
13
13
84%
32.15
Norway Steffen Walstad 7
6
0–1
91
77
59
50
10
13
82%
25.43
Japan Yuta Matsumura 6
7
–
74
85
45
54
5
8
83%
36.91
Germany Sixten Totzek 4
9
–
81
92
50
58
6
11
80%
53.87
Denmark Mads Nørgård 3
10
–
69
95
44
56
6
9
77%
59.96
Netherlands Jaap van Dorp 2
11
1–1
66
99
47
53
2
9
81%
33.15
South Korea Jeong Yeong-seok 2
11
1–1
53
110
39
55
8
4
78%
33.75
China Zou Qiang 2
11
1–1
58
96
47
56
4
7
80%
42.55
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.
Country
Record
4
Canada
—
6–5
7–5
9–6
7–4
8–5
7–6
6–4
7–8
9–6
9–10
7–9
4–6
10–1
9–4
14
China
5–6
—
6–5
4–8
4–7
6–7
2–10
5–9
6–10
1–10
8–5
3–5
4–9
4–5
2–11
11
Denmark
5–7
5–6
—
6–8
4–10
6–10
14–5
6–7
4–7
2–7
4–3
1–9
9–8
3–8
3–10
10
Germany
6–9
8–4
8–6
—
3–9
5–8
5–7
8–6
4–6
8–9
12–5
4–8
5–8
5–7
4–9
7
Italy
4–7
7–4
10–4
9–3
—
2–5
8–4
10–3
7–8
2–7
7–1
6–7
4–3
2–8
7–6
9
Japan
5–8
7–6
10–6
8–5
5–2
—
7–5
2–10
5–10
3–6
10–7
2–7
5–8
5–10
6–7
12
Netherlands
6–7
10–2
5–14
7–5
4–8
5–7
—
4–7
5–8
4–9
4–5
4–10
4–8
4–9
2–11
8
Norway
4–6
9–5
7–6
6–8
3–10
10–2
7–4
—
6–8
6–7
9–2
9–8
10–5
5–6
7–6
2
RCF 8–7
10–6
7–4
6–4
8–7
10–5
8–5
8–6
—
9–2
9–3
7–8
2–8
11–8
11–2
5
Scotland
6–9
10–1
7–2
9–8
7–2
6–3
9–4
7–6
2–9
—
11–4
5–6
7–4
9–10
9–4
13
South Korea
10–9
5–8
3–4
5–12
1–7
7–10
5–4
2–9
3–9
4–11
—
2–10
3–9
3–8
2–11
1
Sweden
9–7
5–3
9–1
8–4
7–6
7–2
10–4
8–9
8–7
6–5
10–2
—
7–8
8–5
11–2
6
Switzerland
6–4
9–4
8–9
8–5
3–4
8–5
8–4
5–10
8–2
4–7
9–3
8–7
—
6–8
8–5
3
United States
1–10
5–4
8–3
7–5
8–2
10–5
9–4
6–5
8–11
10–9
8–3
5–8
8–6
—
10–3
Round robin results [ ] All times listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−06:00 ).[35]
Draw 1 [ ] Friday, April 2, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Glukhov) 0
1
1
0
2
3
0
1
0
X
8
Netherlands (van Dorp)
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
X
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Jeong)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
X
1
Italy (Retornaz) 0
3
2
0
0
0
1
1
X
X
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Norway (Walstad) 0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
7
Denmark (Nørgård)
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Mouat) 0
2
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
6
Canada (Bottcher)1
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
2
1
9
Draw 2 [ ] Friday, April 2, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Totzek)
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
X
5
Japan (Matsumura) 4
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Zou)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
4
United States (Shuster) 0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Sweden (Edin)
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
7
Switzerland (de Cruz) 2
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Jeong)
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
X
X
X
3
RCF (Glukhov) 2
1
0
3
2
1
0
X
X
X
9
Draw 3 [ ] Friday, April 2, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Nørgård)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
X
X
X
2
Scotland (Mouat) 1
1
0
0
4
0
1
X
X
X
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Matsumura)
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
X
5
Canada (Bottcher) 0
0
2
0
0
4
0
2
0
X
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Zou)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
X
4
Italy (Retornaz) 2
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
X
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
4
Norway (Walstad) 0
2
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
7
Draw 4 [ ] Saturday, April 3, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Shuster)
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
5
Sweden (Edin) 1
0
2
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (de Cruz) 2
0
1
2
0
2
0
1
0
X
8
Germany (Totzek)
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
X
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Mouat)1
0
2
0
0
2
0
4
X
X
9
Netherlands (van Dorp) 0
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
X
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Bottcher)0
2
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
X
7
Denmark (Nørgård) 1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
X
5
Draw 5 [ ] Saturday, April 3, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Zou)
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
X
6
RCF (Glukhov) 1
0
2
0
3
0
2
0
2
X
10
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Walstad) 4
0
0
1
0
2
2
X
X
X
9
South Korea (Jeong)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
2
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Totzek) 0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
5
United States (Shuster)1
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Italy (Retornaz)
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
6
Sweden (Edin) 0
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
7
Draw 6 [ ] Saturday, April 3, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Matsumura)
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
5
Switzerland (de Cruz) 0
2
0
1
0
2
1
0
2
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Netherlands (van Dorp) 2
0
2
0
0
1
0
X
X
X
5
Denmark (Nørgård)0
4
0
5
1
0
4
X
X
X
14
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Walstad) 2
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
9
China (Zou)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Mouat)0
3
0
3
0
0
0
5
X
X
11
South Korea (Jeong) 2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
X
X
4
Draw 7 [ ] Sunday, April 4, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Retornaz) 0
0
3
1
3
0
2
X
X
X
9
Germany (Totzek)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
X
X
X
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Canada (Bottcher) 0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
4
Switzerland (de Cruz)0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
RCF (Glukhov) 0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
7
Sweden (Edin)0
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
1
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Shuster) 1
0
3
0
1
0
2
0
3
X
10
Japan (Matsumura)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
X
5
Draw 8 [ ] Sunday, April 4, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
6
Canada (Bottcher) 0
2
0
2
0
0
2
1
0
0
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Mouat)0
4
1
1
0
1
3
X
X
X
10
China (Zou) 0
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
1
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Nørgård)0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
4
South Korea (Jeong) 0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Edin) 0
2
0
0
2
1
0
3
0
0
8
Norway (Walstad)0
0
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
3
9
Draw 9 [ ] Sunday, April 4, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (de Cruz) 1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
6
United States (Shuster)0
1
0
3
1
0
0
2
0
1
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
4
South Korea (Jeong) 0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Retornaz)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
X
2
Japan (Matsumura) 0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
X
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Glukhov)0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
6
Germany (Totzek) 1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
4
Draw 10 [ ] Monday, April 5, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Sweden (Edin)0
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
6
Scotland (Mouat) 0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Glukhov) 2
0
2
1
0
2
0
3
X
X
10
Japan (Matsumura)
0
1
0
0
3
0
1
0
X
X
5
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Shuster)
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
X
X
1
Canada (Bottcher) 0
3
1
1
5
0
X
X
X
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Nørgård)
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
5
China (Zou) 2
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
6
Draw 11 [ ] Monday, April 5, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Jeong) 3
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
2
10
Canada (Bottcher)
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
4
2
0
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Totzek) 1
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
2
0
8
Norway (Walstad)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Zou)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
X
2
Netherlands (van Dorp) 3
2
0
2
1
0
2
X
X
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (de Cruz)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
3
Italy (Retornaz) 0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
4
Draw 12 [ ] Monday, April 5, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Shuster) 2
1
1
0
1
0
3
X
X
X
8
Italy (Retornaz)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
X
2
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Nørgård)
0
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
X
1
Sweden (Edin) 2
1
1
0
4
1
X
X
X
X
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (de Cruz) 3
1
0
1
0
0
3
X
X
X
8
RCF (Glukhov)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Totzek) 2
0
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
8
Scotland (Mouat)0
1
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
2
9
Draw 13 [ ] Tuesday, April 6, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Edin) 0
3
0
2
0
2
0
3
X
X
10
Netherlands (van Dorp)
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Jeong)
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
X
5
China (Zou) 2
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
X
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Matsumura)
0
0
0
0
2
0
X
X
X
X
2
Norway (Walstad) 2
1
1
2
0
4
X
X
X
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Glukhov) 2
3
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
1
11
United States (Shuster)
0
0
2
0
2
1
1
0
2
0
8
Draw 14 [ ] Tuesday, April 6, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Totzek)0
0
1
3
1
0
1
1
0
1
8
Denmark (Nørgård) 0
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Matsumura)
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
X
3
Scotland (Mouat) 2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
X
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Bottcher) 0
0
1
0
2
3
0
1
0
X
7
Italy (Retornaz)
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Walstad) 1
0
2
0
1
0
2
3
1
X
10
Switzerland (de Cruz)
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
X
5
Draw 15 [ ] Tuesday, April 6, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Bottcher) 1
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
1
6
China (Zou)
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Retornaz) 0
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
2
X
7
RCF (Glukhov)0
1
0
0
4
0
2
1
0
X
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (de Cruz) 1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
4
Scotland (Mouat)0
2
0
1
0
1
0
2
1
X
7
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Edin) 2
0
2
0
1
3
2
X
X
X
10
South Korea (Jeong)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
X
X
X
2
Draw 16 [ ] Wednesday, April 7, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Norway (Walstad)
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
5
United States (Shuster) 1
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Edin)1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
5
China (Zou) 0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Matsumura) 2
0
2
0
3
0
2
0
1
X
10
Denmark (Nørgård)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
X
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Totzek)
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
5
Netherlands (van Dorp) 1
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
1
7
Draw 17 [ ] Wednesday, April 7, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Matsumura)1
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
0
X
7
Netherlands (van Dorp) 0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
X
5
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Scotland (Mouat) 2
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
9
United States (Shuster)0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
3
0
1
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Retornaz)1
0
2
0
5
0
1
1
X
X
10
Norway (Walstad) 0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Canada (Bottcher) 0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
7
RCF (Glukhov)0
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
2
0
1
8
Draw 18 [ ] Wednesday, April 7, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Bottcher)
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
7
Sweden (Edin) 0
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
4
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Nørgård) 1
0
1
0
0
2
0
3
0
2
9
Switzerland (de Cruz)
0
2
0
2
1
0
2
0
1
0
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Jeong) 1
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
X
5
Germany (Totzek)0
0
2
1
0
2
0
2
5
X
12
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Retornaz)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
2
Scotland (Mouat) 0
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
X
7
Draw 19 [ ] Thursday, April 8, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
RCF (Glukhov)0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
2
8
Norway (Walstad) 1
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
South Korea (Jeong) 1
0
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
X
7
Japan (Matsumura)0
4
0
0
3
0
2
1
0
X
10
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
X
X
4
Switzerland (de Cruz) 0
0
2
2
0
2
2
0
X
X
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Zou) 1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
4
Germany (Totzek)0
0
0
2
0
3
0
1
2
X
8
Draw 20 [ ] Thursday, April 8, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Zou) 1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
6
Japan (Matsumura)0
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Mouat)
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
X
X
2
RCF (Glukhov) 1
1
0
4
0
3
X
X
X
X
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Nørgård)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
X
X
X
3
United States (Shuster) 0
0
2
2
0
4
0
X
X
X
8
Draw 21 [ ] Thursday, April 8, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (de Cruz) 1
0
0
2
0
4
0
2
X
X
9
South Korea (Jeong)
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
3
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Shuster) 1
0
2
0
2
0
0
4
X
X
9
Netherlands (van Dorp)
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
X
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Edin) 2
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
2
X
8
Germany (Totzek)
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
X
4
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Walstad)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
X
4
Canada (Bottcher) 2
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
X
6
Draw 22 [ ] Friday, April 9, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Mouat) 1
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
0
1
7
Norway (Walstad)
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Germany (Totzek)
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
3
0
X
6
Canada (Bottcher) 0
2
0
3
0
2
1
0
1
X
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Denmark (Nørgård)
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
4
Italy (Retornaz) 2
0
0
3
0
4
1
X
X
X
10
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (de Cruz) 0
2
0
1
4
1
0
1
X
X
9
China (Zou)
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
X
X
4
Draw 23 [ ] Friday, April 9, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
4
Italy (Retornaz) 0
2
0
0
0
4
1
0
1
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Glukhov)1
0
0
3
1
1
0
1
0
X
7
Denmark (Nørgård) 0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Shuster) 1
0
2
0
0
2
2
1
X
X
8
South Korea (Jeong)
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Japan (Matsumura)
0
1
0
0
0
1
X
X
X
X
2
Sweden (Edin) 3
0
2
1
1
0
X
X
X
X
7
Playoffs [ ]
Qualification games
Semifinals
Final
4
Canada
3
1
Sweden 11
5
Scotland 5
6
Switzerland
3
1
Sweden 10
5
Scotland
5
3
United States
6
2
RCF
3
6
Switzerland 7
5
Scotland 5
Bronze medal game
6
Switzerland 6
2
RCF
5
Qualification Game 1 [ ] Friday, April 9, 7:00 pm
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Bottcher) 0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
3
Scotland (Mouat)0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
X
5
Player percentages
Canada
Scotland
Karrick Martin 90%
Hammy McMillan Jr. 98%
Brad Thiessen 75%
Bobby Lammie 90%
Darren Moulding 79%
Grant Hardie 91%
Brendan Bottcher 89%
Bruce Mouat 96%
Total 83%
Total 94%
Qualification Game 2 [ ] Sunday, April 11, 11:00 am
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Shuster) 0
1
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
6
Switzerland (de Cruz)0
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
7
Player percentages
United States
Switzerland
John Landsteiner 83%
Valentin Tanner 95%
Matt Hamilton 68%
Peter de Cruz 80%
Chris Plys 81%
Sven Michel 81%
John Shuster 74%
Benoît Schwarz 84%
Total 76%
Total 85%
Semifinals [ ] Sunday, April 11, 4:00 pm
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Edin) 1
0
1
0
5
1
0
3
X
X
11
Switzerland (de Cruz)
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
X
X
3
Player percentages
Sweden
Switzerland
Christoffer Sundgren 73%
Valentin Tanner 97%
Rasmus Wranå 84%
Peter de Cruz 80%
Oskar Eriksson 91%
Sven Michel 77%
Niklas Edin 91%
Benoît Schwarz 69%
Total 85%
Total 80%
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
RCF (Glukhov) 0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
Scotland (Mouat)0
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
5
Player percentages
RCF
Scotland
Anton Kalalb 84%
Hammy McMillan Jr. 80%
Dmitry Mironov 74%
Bobby Lammie 95%
Evgeny Klimov 78%
Grant Hardie 93%
Sergey Glukhov 75%
Bruce Mouat 92%
Total 78%
Total 90%
Bronze medal game [ ] Sunday, April 11, 9:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (de Cruz)2
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
6
RCF (Glukhov) 0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
5
Player percentages
Switzerland
RCF
Valentin Tanner 99%
Anton Kalalb 71%
Peter de Cruz 96%
Dmitry Mironov 83%
Sven Michel 89%
Evgeny Klimov 78%
Benoît Schwarz 83%
Sergey Glukhov 74%
Total 92%
Total 76%
Final [ ] Sunday, April 11, 9:00 pm
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Edin) 1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
5
X
10
Scotland (Mouat)
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
5
Player percentages
Sweden
Scotland
Christoffer Sundgren 93%
Hammy McMillan Jr. 86%
Rasmus Wranå 86%
Bobby Lammie 74%
Oskar Eriksson 92%
Grant Hardie 94%
Niklas Edin 85%
Bruce Mouat 76%
Total 89%
Total 83%
Statistics [ ] Top 5 player percentages [ ] Final round robin percentages
Leads
%
Christoffer Sundgren 92.1
Valentin Tanner 91.9
Hammy McMillan Jr. 91.7
Karrick Martin 90.7
Xu Jingtao 89.4
Seconds
%
Rasmus Wranå 89.3
Brad Thiessen 86.7
Dmitry Mironov 85.5
Sebastiano Arman 85.4
Bobby Lammie 85.4
Thirds
%
Oskar Eriksson 89.1
Grant Hardie 86.2
Amos Mosaner 84.7
Darren Moulding 83.5
Chris Plys 83.4
Skips
%
Brendan Bottcher 85.2
Bruce Mouat 85.1
Niklas Edin 84.5
Sergey Glukhov 82.0
John Shuster 81.1
Perfect games [ ] Minimum 10 shots thrown
Player
Team
Position
Shots
Opponent
Lee Jun-hyung South Korea Lead
14
RCF
Grant Hardie Scotland Third
14
Denmark
Sebastiano Arman Italy Second
20
China
Brendan Bottcher Canada Skip
12
United States
Christoffer Sundgren Sweden Lead
12
Denmark
Tetsuro Shimizu Japan Third
18
Denmark
Amos Mosaner Italy Third
16
Norway
Bruce Mouat Scotland Skip
18
Italy
Valentin Tanner Switzerland Lead
16
China
Christoffer Sundgren
Sweden Lead
10
Japan
Awards [ ] The awards were as follows:
Collie Campbell Memorial Award
Oskar Eriksson , SwedenNotes [ ]
^ a b Team South Korea made a lineup change after Draw 6. Second Kim Jeong-min moved to third and third Park Se-won moved to second. They kept this lineup for the remainder of the tournament.
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Scotties Tournament of Hearts Tim Hortons Brier Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
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