2023 edition of the World Men's Curling Championship
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 . 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.
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.
The tournament marked the final major event for ice technician Dave Merklinger .
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. The team would later blame a miscommunication for their absence, believing that the ceremonies were to be held on April 2.
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.
An ice storm hit Ottawa on April 5 , knocking out power in various parts of the city, but not at TD Place. 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. 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 ". 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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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. In total, 5,604 fans attended the final, bringing the total attendance for the week to 75,960.
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 .
Selection of national teams
Teams
The teams were as follows:
Canada
Czech Republic
Germany
Italy
Japan
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
Scotland
South Korea
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
Turkey
United States
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.
Map of teams
2023 World Men's Curling Teams
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos.
Country
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 ).
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
1
8
Draw 3
Sunday, April 2, 9:00 am
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
3
Draw 7
Monday, April 3, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Edin)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
Qualification Games
Saturday, April 8, 2:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
X
4
Italy (Retornaz)
0
0
2
2
0
1
1
0
2
X
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Gushue)
2
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
X
X
9
Sweden (Edin)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
X
X
1
Semifinals
Saturday, April 8, 7:00 pm
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
5
Canada (Gushue)
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Scotland (Mouat)
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
Bronze medal game
Sunday, April 9, 11:00 am
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)
0
2
1
2
3
0
3
0
X
X
11
Italy (Retornaz)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
X
X
3
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)
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
3
X
X
9
Statistics
Player percentages
Final Round Robin Percentages
Perfect games
Minimum 10 shots thrown
Awards
The awards and all-star team are as follows:
All-Star Team
Collie Campbell Memorial Award
Final standings
Based on this year's final standings, the 2023 European Curling Championships will serve as 13th qualification spot at next year's World Men's Curling Championship .
Broadcasters
Some of the official broadcasters of the event are as follows:
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"Craziest Curling Shot in History?" . Sports Illustrated. April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023 .
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"New World Curling Order" . Sports Illustrated. April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023 .
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Notes
Includes one game throwing second rocks; Played in five games
Includes one game throwing second rocks
Played in three games
Includes one game throwing lead rocks; Played in four games
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