2023 World Men's
Curling Championship
2023 World Men's Curling Championship
Host cityOttawa, Ontario, Canada
ArenaTD Place Arena
DatesApril 1–9
Attendance75,960
Winner Scotland
Curling clubGogar Park CC, Edinburgh
SkipBruce Mouat
ThirdGrant Hardie
SecondBobby Lammie
LeadHammy McMillan Jr.
AlternateKyle Waddell
CoachMichael Goodfellow
Finalist Canada (Gushue)
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The 2023 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 1 to 9 at TD Place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1] Ottawa was selected as the host site in June 2022. It had originally been planned for the city to host the event in 2021, but the event was moved to the "Calgary bubble" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first time Ottawa hosted the men's Worlds.[2]

The format for the Championship featured a thirteen team round robin. The top six teams qualified for the playoff round where the top two teams received a bye while the remaining four played the first round.

The event was expected to attract approximately 70,000 fans, which was ultimately exceeded. The Aberdeen Pavilion acted as the "patch" for the event, the site where fans gathered during the event.[3]

The tournament marked the final major event for ice technician Dave Merklinger.[4]

Summary

Team Turkey, who were making their debut at the event were no-shows at the opening ceremonies, making an "inauspicious" start to the event.[5] The team would later blame a miscommunication for their absence, believing that the ceremonies were to be held on April 2.[6]

The 1993 World Men's Curling Championship winning Canadian team (Russ Howard, Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh and Peter Corner) were honoured in the opening ceremonies.[6]

An ice storm hit Ottawa on April 5, knocking out power in various parts of the city, but not at TD Place.[7] Despite the weather, crowds remained "decent". Rocks were re-textured prior to matches on the day, and Canada skip Brad Gushue indicated that the venue was cooler in the morning, but the ice held up.[8] The most notable event on the 5th was in the draw 12 game between Sweden and Norway, where Swedish skip Niklas Edin made what many were calling one of the greatest or "craziest" shots in curling history, that has been dubbed a "shot heard around the curling world".[9] Down by two in the tenth end, Edin had to throw a rock with an incredible amount of spin, making it curl enough to bump a guarded corner-frozen Norwegian stone at the perfect angle to avoid moving the Swedish rock it was frozen to, while also moving the Norwegian stone far enough to score two. A near-impossible shot, it could have only been made by throwing a "spinner," a rarely thrown shot in the sport. Usually a rock will rotate just a few times during its trajectory, but Edin's rock made over 53.5 rotations according to curling oddsmaker Matt Hall. Throwing a spinner is so rare, laughter could be heard at the arena when Edin released the rock. Edin was successful though, with his shooter rock being the second point, which was confirmed after a measurement. TSN commentator Russ Howard called the shot "the best ... I've ever seen in my life!" World Curling Federation commentator Tyler George said "There's these moments in sports where sometimes the moment is bigger than the result of the game. I will remember that shot for as long as I live." Despite the shot, Team Sweden ended up losing the game in the extra end.[10][11][12]

Turkey won their first ever game at the Men's World Championship in their draw 15 match against New Zealand, defeating the Kiwis 8–5. They followed that up with a second win in draw 16, defeating South Korea 8–3.[13]

Following the round robin portion, the top six team made the playoffs. Switzerland earned the top seed with an 11–1 record, while Scotland earned the second seed with a 10–2 record. Both teams earned a bye to the semifinals. The third seed went to Norway (also 10–2), who played the six seeded Italians (8–4) in a qualification game, while the fourth seeded Canadians (9–3) played the number five ranked Swedes (also 9–3). The winners of the qualification games advanced to the semifinals.[14]

In the qualification games, Canada easily dispatched Sweden 9–1, ending their reign as four-time defending World champions, while Italy eliminated Norway, 8–4. Canada then went on to defeat the number one seeded Swiss in the semifinals 7–5, while Italy lost to Scotland 8–9 in an extra end.[15] Italy nearly won the game in the 10th, as with 12 seconds left on their game clock, skip Joël Retornaz nearly made a long split to score three, but one of their rocks landed a few millimetres from the house, which was confirmed after a measurement.[16]

With their semifinal losses, Italy and Switzerland faced off for the bronze medal. In their match, Switzerland dominated. After leading 3–0 after three, the Swiss stole even more points, including a three-ender in the fifth after Italian skip Joël Retornaz took out his own stone. Italy finally scored in the sixth end, getting a deuce, but Switzerland scored three again in the seventh. Switzerland ended up winning the game 11–3.[17]

In the final, Scotland easily defeated Canada 9–3. The Bruce Mouat rink, representing Scotland won their first World title, and the first since 2009 for their nation. It also completed the medal set for the Mouat team, which won a silver in 2021 and a bronze in 2019. The team struck first blood in the second end scoring a deuce, after Mouat made a double take out. This was followed by a steal of two in the third, when Canada skip Brad Gushue was heavy on a draw against three Scottish counters. This gave the Scots an early 4–0 lead, taking the partisan Canadian crowd out of the game. Scotland kept the pressure on in the fourth, forcing Gushue to hit for a single point. Another costly mistake by Gushue came in the fifth when he was heavy on a tap attempt, which was followed up by a Mouat draw for two to lead 6–1. Canada finally got a two-ender in the sixth, when Scotland played the end safe, with Mouat opting for an easier hit instead of a double. After a blanked seventh, Gushue made another mistake when he was not able to remove a Scottish stone from the house, allowing Mouat to make a hit for three. With the score now 9–3 for Scotland, Canada conceded the game, handing the World Championship to Mouat and company. The Scottish team were in near-perfect form, with all four members curling in the 90s, with their percentage as a team at 96.[18] In total, 5,604 fans attended the final, bringing the total attendance for the week to 75,960.[19][20]

Qualification

Thirteen curling federations qualified to participate in the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship. This is the first World Men's Championship appearance for Turkey, being represented by skip Uğurcan Karagöz.

Means of Qualification Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Canada
2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships 4  South Korea
 United States
 Japan
 New Zealand
2022 European Curling Championships 8  Scotland
  Switzerland
 Italy
 Sweden
 Norway
 Turkey
 Czech Republic
 Germany
TOTAL13

Selection of national teams

Country Means of Qualification
 CanadaWinners of the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier
 Czech RepublicWinners of the 2023 Czech Men's Curling Championship
 GermanySelected by national association
 ItalySelected by national association
 JapanWinners of the 2023 Japan Curling Championships
 New ZealandSelected by national association
 NorwaySelected by national association
 ScotlandSelected by national association
 South KoreaWinners of the 2022 Korean Curling Championships
 SwedenSelected by national association
  SwitzerlandWinners of the 2023 Swiss Men's Curling Championship
 TurkeySelected by national association
 United StatesWinners of the 2023 United States Men's Curling Championship

Teams

The teams were as follows:[21]

 Canada  Czech Republic[22]  Germany  Italy[23]  Japan[24]
St. John's CC, St. John's

Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: E. J. Harnden
Lead: Geoff Walker
Alternate: Ryan Harnden

 CC Zbraslav, Zbraslav &
CC Dion, Prague

Skip: Lukáš Klíma
Third: Marek Černovský
Second: Radek Boháč
Lead: Martin Jurík
Alternate: Lukáš Klípa

 Baden Hills G&CC &
CC Füssen, Füssen

Skip: Sixten Totzek
Third: Klaudius Harsch
Second: Magnus Sutor
Lead: Dominik Greindl
Alternate: Marc Muskatewitz

 Italian Air Force

Skip: Joël Retornaz
Third: Amos Mosaner
Second: Sebastiano Arman
Lead: Mattia Giovanella

 SC Karuizawa Club, Karuizawa

Skip: Riku Yanagisawa
Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Second: Takeru Yamamoto
Lead: Satoshi Koizumi
Alternate: Shingo Usui

 New Zealand  Norway[25]  Scotland[26]  South Korea[27]  Sweden
Maniota Curling, Naseby &
Alexandria Curling Rink

Skip: Anton Hood
Third: Ben Smith
Second: Brett Sargon
Lead: Hunter Walker
Alternate: Peter de Boer

 Trondheim CK, Trondheim

Skip: Magnus Ramsfjell
Third: Martin Sesaker
Second: Bendik Ramsfjell
Lead: Gaute Nepstad
Alternate: Wilhelm Næss

 Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh

Skip: Bruce Mouat
Third: Grant Hardie
Second: Bobby Lammie
Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.
Alternate: Kyle Waddell

 Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul

Skip: Jeong Byeong-jin
Third: Lee Jeong-jae
Second: Kim Min-woo
Lead: Kim Tae-hwan

 Karlstads CK, Karlstad

Skip: Niklas Edin
Third: Oskar Eriksson
Second: Rasmus Wranå
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Daniel Magnusson

  Switzerland[28]  Turkey  United States[29]
CC Genève, Geneva

Fourth: Benoît Schwarz
Skip: Yannick Schwaller
Second: Sven Michel
Lead: Pablo Lachat

 Milli Piyango CA, Erzurum

Skip: Uğurcan Karagöz
Third: Muhammet Haydar Demirel
Second: Muhammed Zeki Uçan
Lead: Orhun Yüce
Alternate: Faruk Kavaz

 Duluth CC, Duluth &
Madison CC, McFarland

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.[30]

Nation (Skip)RankPoints
 Sweden (Edin)1355.8
 Italy (Retornaz)3319.8
 Canada (Gushue)4315.8
 Scotland (Mouat)6305.0
  Switzerland (Schwaller)7287.5
 Norway (Ramsfjell)11212.3
 United States (Shuster)15169.5
 Japan (Yanagisawa)17160.8
 South Korea (Jeong)33115.1
 Czech Republic (Klíma)7447.3
 Germany (Totzek)8640.1
 Turkey (Karagöz)9536.0
 New Zealand (Hood)18811.1

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC
  SwitzerlandYannick Schwaller111–9457494310987.2%21.08
 ScotlandBruce Mouat1021–09353523771684.8%24.24
 NorwayMagnus Ramsfjell1020–18367514091484.6%23.98
 CanadaBrad Gushue931–0886047435686.3%19.70
 SwedenNiklas Edin930–19554573741786.9%17.33
 ItalyJoël Retornaz84–9060503861986.3%16.80
 JapanRiku Yanagisawa571–0697645464982.3%45.60
 United StatesJohn Shuster570–19491514821181.3%35.18
 GermanySixten Totzek48–668845482878.3%45.55
 Czech RepublicLukáš Klíma39–638942507876.8%33.04
 TurkeyUğurcan Karagöz210–528636507675.7%40.76
 South KoreaJeong Byeong-jin1111–0439433528576.1%50.25
 New ZealandAnton Hood1110–1449929559172.9%51.83
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Country Canada Czech Republic Germany Italy Japan New Zealand Norway Scotland South Korea Sweden Switzerland Turkey United States Record
4  Canada — 8–3 9–4 10–6 6–3 8–2 6–8 3–6 9–4 8–5 3–8 9–5 9–6 9–3
10  Czech Republic 3–8 — 6–10 4–8 3–9 8–1 6–8 3–9 8–3 3–10 4–7 7–6 8–10 3–9
9  Germany 4–9 10–6 — 2–7 8–5 8–11 3–5 6–8 7–4 2–8 3–7 9–6 4–12 4–8
6  Italy 6–10 8–4 7–2 — 12–5 8–3 8–9 4–7 9–2 2–8 8–4 7–2 11–4 8–4
7  Japan 3–6 9–3 5–8 5–12 — 10–5 4–7 2–9 9–2 6–9 6–7 4–3 6–5 5–7
13  New Zealand 2–8 1–8 11–8 3–8 5–10 — 2–9 4–10 2–8 1–7 5–7 5–8 3–8 1–11
3  Norway 8–6 8–6 5–3 9–8 7–4 9–2 — 5–9 6–2 8–7 4–11 6–4 8–5 10–2
2  Scotland 6–3 9–3 8–6 7–4 9–2 10–4 9–5 — 9–3 4–7 4–7 8–1 10–8 10–2
12  South Korea 4–9 3–8 4–7 2–9 2–9 8–2 2–6 3–9 — 3–8 4–8 3–8 5–11 1–11
5  Sweden 5–8 10–3 8–2 8–2 9–6 7–1 7–8 7–4 8–3 — 5–8 10–3 11–6 9–3
1   Switzerland 8–3 7–4 7–3 4–8 7–6 7–5 11–4 7–4 8–4 8–5 — 8–2 12–9 11–1
11  Turkey 5–9 6–7 6–9 2–7 3–4 8–5 4–6 1–8 8–3 3–10 2–8 — 4–10 2–10
8  United States 6–9 10–8 12–4 4–11 5–6 8–3 5–8 8–10 11–5 6–11 9–12 10–4 — 5–7

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−04:00).[31]

Draw 1

Draw 1

Saturday, April 1, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 3
  Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Jeong) 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 X X 8
 New Zealand (Hood) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 4 0 2 1 0 1 X X X X 8
 Germany (Totzek) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 7
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4

Draw 2

Saturday, April 1, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4
 Turkey (Karagöz) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 X 10
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5
 Norway (Ramsfjell) (has hammer) 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) (has hammer) 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 X X X 8
 New Zealand (Hood) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 1

Draw 3

Sunday, April 2, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 X X 6
 South Korea (Jeong) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Turkey (Karagöz) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 3 1 2 2 0 0 X X X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 X 7
 Czech Republic (Klíma) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 X 11

Draw 4

Draw 4

Sunday, April 2, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 3
  Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 X X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Zealand (Hood) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 X X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
 Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 X X 9

Draw 5

Sunday, April 2, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
 Germany (Totzek) 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 X 7
 Turkey (Karagöz) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 8
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6

Draw 6

Monday, April 3, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 X 8
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 8
 United States (Shuster) 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 10

Draw 7

Monday, April 3, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 2 0 3 2 1 0 2 X X X 10
 Turkey (Karagöz) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Zealand (Hood) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2
 Norway (Ramsfjell) (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 3 X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 6
 Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 6
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 8

Draw 8

Monday, April 3, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 4 2 3 0 2 X X X X 11
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 3 0 X X X X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 1 3 2 0 1 0 X X X X 7
 Germany (Totzek) 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X X X 4
  Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 0 3 0 3 2 0 3 X X X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Turkey (Karagöz) (has hammer) 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 7

Draw 9

Tuesday, April 4, 9:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Jeong) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
  Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 10
 United States (Shuster) 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Yanagisawa) (has hammer) 3 0 4 0 3 0 X X X X 10
 New Zealand (Hood) 0 1 0 1 0 3 X X X X 5

Draw 10

Tuesday, April 4, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Turkey (Karagöz) 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
 Germany (Totzek) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 8
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 9

Draw 11

Tuesday, April 4, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Zealand (Hood) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 X X 10
 Turkey (Karagöz) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X X 3
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 X 7
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 12

Niklas Edin was faced with an incredibly difficult shot in the 10th end to score two and force an extra end against Norway. To make the shot, Edin had to throw the stone with an excessive amount of rotation to bump a frozen Norwegian rock leftward without displacing his Swedish rock too far, and then holding the shooter to count as the second point. After making the shot, there was a measurement to confirm Sweden had scored two.

Wednesday, April 5, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 8
 Sweden (Edin) 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 1 1 1 1 0 5 X X X X 9
 Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X X X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 8
 New Zealand (Hood) (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 4 X X 9
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4

Draw 13

Wednesday, April 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 3
 Japan (Yanagisawa) (has hammer) 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 5
 Germany (Totzek) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Turkey (Karagöz) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2
  Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 3 0 3 2 0 0 X X X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 2 3 3 0 0 3 X X X 11
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 X X X 4

Draw 14

Wednesday, April 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 X X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 7
 New Zealand (Hood) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 6
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 X X X 10
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 3

Draw 15

Draw 15

Thursday, April 6, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X X 2
 Sweden (Edin) 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 X X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Yanagisawa) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 X X 4
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 X X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Zealand (Hood) 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 5
 Turkey (Karagöz) (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 X X 8

Draw 16

Thursday, April 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 4 12
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Turkey (Karagöz) (has hammer) 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 X X 8
 South Korea (Jeong) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (Klíma) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 4
 Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 9
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 5

Draw 17

Draw 17

Thursday, April 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 X X 7
 New Zealand (Hood) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 X 7
 South Korea (Jeong) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Yanagisawa) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 6
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 7

Draw 18

Friday, April 7, 9:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 3 X X 12
 Japan (Yanagisawa) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) (has hammer) 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 X 8
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 X X 9
 Turkey (Karagöz) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 X X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 5 X X 12
 Germany (Totzek) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 4

Draw 19

Friday, April 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 X X 9
 Czech Republic (Klíma) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Zealand (Hood) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
 United States (Shuster) 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 8
 Sweden (Edin) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Jeong) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 2 X X 9

Draw 20

Friday, April 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Turkey (Karagöz) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
 Norway (Ramsfjell) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Totzek) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 8
 Japan (Yanagisawa) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 New Zealand (Hood) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
 Scotland (Mouat) 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 X 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X X 5
 Canada (Gushue) 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 X X 8

Playoffs

Qualification games Semifinals Final
1   Switzerland 5
4  Canada 9 4  Canada 7
5  Sweden 1 4  Canada 3
2  Scotland 9
2  Scotland 9
3  Norway 4 6  Italy 8
6  Italy 8 Bronze medal game
1   Switzerland 11
6  Italy 3

Qualification Games

Qualification Games

Saturday, April 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 X 8
Player percentages
 Norway  Italy
Gaute Nepstad89% Mattia Giovanella93%
Bendik Ramsfjell72% Sebastiano Arman72%
Martin Sesaker79% Amos Mosaner89%
Magnus Ramsfjell72% Joël Retornaz85%
Total78% Total85%
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 X X 9
 Sweden (Edin) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1
Player percentages
 Canada  Sweden
Geoff Walker98% Christoffer Sundgren98%
E. J. Harnden81% Rasmus Wranå80%
Mark Nichols92% Oskar Eriksson77%
Brad Gushue92% Niklas Edin69%
Total91% Total81%

Semifinals

Saturday, April 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
 Canada (Gushue) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 7
Player percentages
  Switzerland  Canada
Pablo Lachat89% Geoff Walker91%
Sven Michel81% E. J. Harnden93%
Yannick Schwaller86% Mark Nichols94%
Benoît Schwarz80% Brad Gushue95%
Total84% Total93%
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 9
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 8
Player percentages
 Scotland  Italy
Hammy McMillan Jr.95% Mattia Giovanella91%
Bobby Lammie81% Sebastiano Arman83%
Grant Hardie86% Amos Mosaner89%
Bruce Mouat81% Joël Retornaz82%
Total86% Total86%

Bronze medal game

Sunday, April 9, 11:00 am

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) (has hammer) 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 X X 11
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X X 3
Player percentages
  Switzerland  Italy
Pablo Lachat83% Mattia Giovanella92%
Sven Michel80% Sebastiano Arman78%
Yannick Schwaller98% Amos Mosaner77%
Benoît Schwarz88% Joël Retornaz52%
Total87% Total75%

Final

Sunday, April 9, 4:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Gushue) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 3
 Scotland (Mouat) (has hammer) 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 X X 9
Player percentages
 Canada  Scotland
Geoff Walker97% Hammy McMillan Jr.97%
E. J. Harnden92% Bobby Lammie94%
Mark Nichols81% Grant Hardie98%
Brad Gushue78% Bruce Mouat97%
Total87% Total96%

Statistics

Player percentages

Final Round Robin Percentages

Key
All-Star Team
Leads %
Canada Geoff Walker92.0
United States Colin Hufman[lower-alpha 1]89.6
Scotland Hammy McMillan Jr.89.3
Sweden Christoffer Sundgren89.3
Norway Gaute Nepstad88.0
Italy Mattia Giovanella87.9
South Korea Kim Tae-hwan86.9
New Zealand Hunter Walker86.6
United States John Landsteiner86.5
Switzerland Pablo Lachat86.1
Japan Satoshi Koizumi85.6
Germany Dominik Greindl85.1
Turkey Orhun Yüce80.1
Czech Republic Martin Jurík[lower-alpha 2]79.1
Czech Republic Lukáš Klípa[lower-alpha 3]75.0
Seconds %
Sweden Rasmus Wranå89.7
Switzerland Sven Michel86.2
Italy Sebastiano Arman86.1
Norway Bendik Ramsfjell84.8
Japan Takeru Yamamoto81.1
Canada E. J. Harnden80.8
United States Matt Hamilton79.5
Scotland Bobby Lammie79.4
Turkey Muhammed Zeki Uçan78.7
Czech Republic Radek Boháč76.3
South Korea Kim Min-woo74.7
Germany Magnus Sutor74.0
New Zealand Brett Sargon70.6
Turkey Faruk Kavaz[lower-alpha 4]63.1
Thirds %
Switzerland Yannick Schwaller (Skip)90.5
Scotland Grant Hardie87.0
Italy Amos Mosaner86.8
Canada Mark Nichols84.9
Sweden Oskar Eriksson83.7
Japan Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi83.1
Norway Martin Sesaker82.5
Czech Republic Marek Černovský79.7
Turkey Muhammet Haydar Demirel79.2
United States Chris Plys78.5
Germany Klaudius Harsch78.2
South Korea Lee Jeong-jae73.6
New Zealand Ben Smith67.9
Skips %
Canada Brad Gushue87.6
Switzerland Benoît Schwarz (Fourth)86.1
Sweden Niklas Edin85.1
Italy Joël Retornaz84.5
Scotland Bruce Mouat83.8
Norway Magnus Ramsfjell83.1
Japan Riku Yanagisawa79.6
United States John Shuster78.7
Germany Sixten Totzek75.7
Czech Republic Lukáš Klíma72.4
South Korea Jeong Byeong-jin69.2
Turkey Uğurcan Karagöz68.1
New Zealand Anton Hood66.5

Perfect games

Minimum 10 shots thrown

PlayerTeamPositionShotsOpponent
Grant Hardie ScotlandThird11 Turkey
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi JapanThird12 New Zealand
Benoît Schwarz  SwitzerlandFourth12 Turkey
Christoffer Sundgren SwedenLead14 Czech Republic

Awards

The awards and all-star team are as follows:

All-Star Team

Collie Campbell Memorial Award

Final standings

Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Scotland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Switzerland
4 Italy
5 Norway
 Sweden
7 Japan
8 United States
9 Germany
10 Czech Republic
11 Turkey
12 South Korea
13 New Zealand

Based on this year's final standings, the 2023 European Curling Championship will serve as 13th qualification spot at next year's World Men's Curling Championship.[32]

Broadcasters

Some of the official broadcasters of the event are as follows:[33]

Country Network
CanadaTSN
EuropeEuroSport
JapanNHK
South KoreaJTBC
SwedenSVT
SwitzerlandSSR

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Notes

  1. ↑ Includes one game throwing second rocks; Played in five games
  2. ↑ Includes one game throwing second rocks
  3. ↑ Played in three games
  4. ↑ Includes one game throwing lead rocks; Played in four games
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