2015 World Men's Curling Championship

2015 World Men's Curling Championship 2015 World Men's Curling.jpg 280 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Scotiabank Centre March 28 – April 5, 2015 56,837http://www.curling.ca/2015worldmen-en/2015/04/05/sweden-heads-home-with-ford-worlds-gold/ Curling Canada | Sweden heads home with Ford Worlds gold Karlstads CK, Karlstad Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Kristian Lindström Christoffer Sundgren (Thomas Ulsrud) 2014 2016 The 2015 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 28 to April 5 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It marked the first time that a World Curling Championship had been held in Halifax, and the first time that a World Curling Championship event had been held in the province since the World Junior Curling Championships were held in Dartmouth in 1986.http://www.worldcurling.org/halifax-canada-to-host-ford-world-mens-curling-championship-in-2015 Halifax, Canada to host Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015 28 January 2014 World Curling Federation 18 June 2014 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402200402/http://www.worldcurling.org/halifax-canada-to-host-ford-world-mens-curling-championship-in-2015 dead Qualification The following nations qualified to participate in the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship: (host country) One team from the 2015 USA–Brazil Challengehttp://www.worldcurling.org/brazil-set-to-challenge-usa-for-berth-in-ford-world-mens-curling-championship-2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141028001318/http://worldcurling.org/brazil-set-to-challenge-usa-for-berth-in-ford-world-mens-curling-championship-2015 dead October 28, 2014 Brazil set to challenge USA for berth in Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015 31 July 2014 World Curling Federation 3 November 2014 Eight teams from the 2014 European Curling Championships (winner of the World Challenge Games) Two teams from the 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships Teams Glencoe CC, Calgary Skip: Pat Simmons Third: John Morris Second: Carter Rycroft Lead: Nolan Thiessen Alternate: Tom SallowsHarbin CC, Harbin Skip: Zang Jialiang Third: Zou Dejia Second: Ba Dexin Lead: Wang Jinbo Alternate: Zhang RongruiCK Brno, Brno Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Lukáš Klíma Second: Martin Snítil Lead: Jindřich Kitzberger Alternate: Samuel MokrišKisakallio CC, Lohja Skip: Aku Kauste Third: Kasper Hakunti Second: Pauli Jäämies Lead: Janne Pitko Alternate: Leo MäkeläA.S.D. Trentino Curling, Cembra Fourth: Amos Mosaner Skip: Joël Retornaz Second: Daniele Ferrazza Lead: Andrea Pilzer Alternate: Sebastiano ArmanKaruizawa CC, Karuizawa Skip: Yusuke Morozumi Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Tetsuro Shimizu Lead: Kosuke Morozumi Alternate: Yuta MatsumuraSnarøen CC, Bærum Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Markus Snøve HøibergMoskvitch CC, Moscow Skip: Evgeny Arkhipov Third: Alexander Kozyrev Second: Artur Razhabov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Alexey StukalskiyCitadel CC, Inverness Skip: Ewan MacDonald Third: Duncan Fernie Second: Ruairidh Greenwood Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: David Murdochhttp://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2015/February/20/Craig-Brown-and-Patti-Lank-move-on-to-finals https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133000/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Features/2015/February/20/Craig-Brown-and-Patti-Lank-move-on-to-finals dead September 24, 2015 Craig Brown and Patti Lank move on to finals 20 February 2015 USA Curling 21 February 2015Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Kristian Lindström Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Henrik LeekCC Bern, Bern Skip: Marc Pfister Third: Enrico Pfister Second: Reto Keller Lead: Raphael Märki Alternate: Sven MichelDuluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Tyler George Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Craig Brown WCT ranking World Curling Tour Order of Merit ranking of national teams (year to date total)CurlingZone Country (Skip) Rank Points (Edin) 7 124.500 (Simmons/Morris) 14 78.000 (Ulsrud) 16 68.355 (Shuster) 21 51.411 (Morozumi) 22 51.348 (Pfister) 29 40.310 (Zang) 30 38.049 (Snítil) 37 28.575 (Retornaz/Mosaner) 52 20.000 (Kauste) 58 18.025 (Arkhipov) 61 17.500 (MacDonald) 98 9.440 Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker CountrySkipWLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen EndsShot Pct. Thomas Ulsrud 10 1 94 63 52 43 7 12 81% Pat Simmons 10 1 85 54 49 35 14 16 85% Niklas Edin 8 3 84 59 45 39 10 9 84% Aku Kauste 6 5 76 69 52 45 14 16 78% John Shuster 6 5 74 71 43 46 13 7 79% Yusuke Morozumi 5 6 72 66 45 42 9 11 79% Marc Pfister 5 6 60 61 38 41 20 6 79% Zang Jialiang 4 7 70 71 50 42 12 15 80% Jiří Snítil 4 7 61 84 42 49 13 7 78% Joël Retornaz 3 8 49 73 32 44 18 7 75% Ewan MacDonald 3 8 56 86 41 51 12 10 79% Evgeny Arkhipov 2 9 52 76 37 49 20 8 77% Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3).http://www.curling.ca/2015worldmen-en/draw-schedule/ 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship Draw Schedule Canadian Curling Association 11 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150212073032/http://www.curling.ca/2015worldmen-en/draw-schedule/ 12 February 2015 dead Draw 1 Saturday, March 28, 14:30 A (Arkhipov) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 (Morozumi) 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 B (Snítil) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 (Pfister) 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 C (MacDonald) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 (Retornaz) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 D (Edin) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 6 (Kauste) 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 Draw 2 Saturday, March 28, 19:30 A (Ulsrud) 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 9 (Zang) 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 B (Morozumi) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 X X 9 (MacDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X 3 C (Kauste) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 7 (Snítil) 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 8 D (Shuster) 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 10 (Simmons) 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 11 Draw 3 Sunday, March 29, 9:30 B (Retornaz) 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 6 X 11 (Edin) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 5 C (Arkhipov) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 5 (Pfister) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 3 Draw 4 Sunday, March 29, 14:30 A (Kauste) 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 10 (MacDonald) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 7 B (Simmons) 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 X 7 (Zang) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 4 C (Ulsrud) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 7 (Shuster) 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 10 D (Snítil) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 8 (Morozumi) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 6 Draw 5 Sunday, March 29, 19:30 A (Pfister) 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 X X 9 (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3 B (Ulsrud) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 (Arkhipov) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 C (Simmons) 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 9 (Edin) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 D (Retornaz) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 (Zang) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 X 6 Draw 6 Monday, March 30, 9:30 A (Snítil) 1 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2 (Simmons) 0 4 3 3 0 1 X X X X 11 B (Shuster) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 (Kauste) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 7 C (Zang) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 5 (Morozumi) 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 X 9 D (Ulsrud) 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 2 X X 11 (MacDonald) 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X X 6 Draw 7 Monday, March 30, 14:30 A (Morozumi) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 (Kauste) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 B (Pfister) 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 X X 7 (Retornaz) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1 C (Snítil) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 8 (MacDonald) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 D (Arkhipov) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X X 3 (Edin) 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 X X X 9 Draw 8 Monday, March 30, 19:30 A (Shuster) 6 0 0 1 1 0 X X X X 8 (Retornaz) 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X X X 2 B (Arkhipov) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3 (Simmons) 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 X 9 C (Edin) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 (Ulsrud) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 D (Zang) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 (Pfister) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 Draw 9 Tuesday, March 31, 9:30 A (MacDonald) 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 (Arkhipov) 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 B (Snítil) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3 (Edin) 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 X 7 C (Pfister) 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 (Kauste) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 D (Morozumi) 1 1 3 1 2 0 X X X X 8 (Retornaz) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1 Draw 10 Tuesday, March 31, 14:30 A (Zang) 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 8 (Snítil) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 7 B (Kauste) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 (Ulsrud) 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 8 C (Morozumi) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 4 (Simmons) 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 X 7 D (MacDonald) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 (Shuster) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 Draw 11 Tuesday, March 31, 19:30 A (Pfister) 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X X X 2 (Edin) 1 0 2 2 3 0 X X X X 8 B (Zang) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 5 (Shuster) 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 X 9 C (Retornaz) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 (Arkhipov) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 D (Simmons) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3 (Ulsrud) 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 X X 9 Draw 12 Wednesday, April 1, 9:30 A (Retornaz) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X X 2 (Ulsrud) 2 0 2 2 0 3 X X X X 9 B (Simmons) 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 X X 8 (Pfister) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 X X 4 C (Shuster) 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 X X 6 (Edin) 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 5 X X 11 D (Zang) 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 X 8 (Arkhipov) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 Draw 13 Wednesday, April 1, 14:30 A (Arkhipov) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 6 (Kauste) 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 8 B (Edin) 2 0 3 0 1 3 X X X X 9 (Morozumi) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X X 2 C (MacDonald) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 (Pfister) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 D (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 9 (Snítil) 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 Draw 14 Wednesday, April 1, 19:30 A (Simmons) 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 X X 7 (MacDonald) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1 B (Ulsrud) 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 3 X 12 (Snítil) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 5 C (Kauste) 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 (Zang) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7 D (Shuster) 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 8 (Morozumi) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 6 Draw 15 Thursday, April 2, 9:30 A (Snítil) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 2 (Shuster) 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 6 B (MacDonald) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3 (Zang) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 3 X X 10 C (Ulsrud) 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 10 (Morozumi) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 8 D (Kauste) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 (Simmons) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 6 Draw 16 Thursday, April 2, 14:30 A (Edin) 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 7 (Zang) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 6 B (Shuster) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 (Arkhipov) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 C (Simmons) 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 7 (Retornaz) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 D (Pfister) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4 (Ulsrud) 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 6 Draw 17 Thursday, April 2, 19:30 A (Morozumi) 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 9 (Pfister) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 6 B (Retornaz) 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5 (Kauste) 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 X 7 C (Arkhipov) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 (Snítil) 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 7 D (Edin) 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 X 11 (MacDonald) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6 Tiebreaker Friday, April 3, 14:30 C (Kauste) 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 (Shuster) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 Janne Pitko 78% Pauli Jäämies 65% Kasper Hakunti 73% Aku Kauste 64% 75% John Landsteiner 88% Matt Hamilton 90% Tyler George 94% John Shuster 78% 87% Playoffs Page playoff system Semifinal Final 150px 1 7 2 6 3 7 4 4 2 3 3 6 1 5 3 9 Bronze medal game 150px 2 8 4 4 1 vs. 2 Friday, April 3, 19:30 B (Ulsrud) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7 (Simmons) 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 Håvard Vad Petersson 82% Christoffer Svae 82% Torger Nergård 70% Thomas Ulsrud 91% 81% Nolan Thiessen 91% Carter Rycroft 82% John Morris 85% Pat Simmons 80% 85% 3 vs. 4 Saturday, April 4, 14:30 (Edin) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 7 (Kauste) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 Christoffer Sundgren 83% Kristian Lindström 81% Oskar Eriksson 88% Niklas Edin 88% 85% Janne Pitko 91% Pauli Jäämies 79% Kasper Hakunti 80% Aku Kauste 71% 80% Semifinal Saturday, April 4, 19:30 (Simmons) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 (Edin) 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 6 Nolan Thiessen 74% Carter Rycroft 83% John Morris 78% Pat Simmons 72% 77% Christoffer Sundgren 82% Kristian Lindström 89% Oskar Eriksson 98% Niklas Edin 100% 92% Bronze medal game Sunday, April 5, 10:00 (Simmons) 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 X 8 (Kauste) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4 Nolan Thiessen 68% Carter Rycroft 88% John Morris 89% Pat Simmons 82% 82% Janne Pitko 94% Pauli Jäämies 82% Kasper Hakunti 74% Aku Kauste 78% 82% Final Sunday, April 5, 16:00 (Ulsrud) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 X X 5 (Edin) 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 X X 9 Håvard Vad Petersson 82% Christoffer Svae 70% Torger Nergård 65% Thomas Ulsrud 70% 72% Christoffer Sundgren 77% Kristian Lindström 81% Oskar Eriksson 90% Niklas Edin 84% 83% 2015 World Men's Curling Championship winner SWE Sweden 7th Statistics Top 5 player percentages Round robin only Leads % SWE Christoffer Sundgren 90 SCO Euan Byers 86 CAN Nolan Thiessen 85 RUS Anton Kalalb 84 CHN Wang Jinbo 83 Seconds % NOR Christoffer Svae 86 CAN Carter Rycroft 85 SWE Kristian Lindström 84 JPN Tetsuro Shimizu 83 CHN Ba Dexin 80 Thirds % CAN John Morris 84 SWE Oskar Eriksson 84 USA Tyler George 82 NOR Torger Nergård 81 SUI Enrico Pfister 80 Skips % CAN Pat Simmons 84 SWE Niklas Edin 83 NOR Thomas Ulsrud 83 CHN Zang Jialiang 82 USA John Shuster 80 Perfect games Player Team Position Opponent Tyler George Third Niklas Edin Skip (semifinal) References General http://worldcurling.org/ford-world-mens-curling-championship-2015 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship World Curling Federation Specific External links http://www.curling.ca/2015worldmen-en/ World Men's Curling Championship Category:World Men's Curling Championship Category:International curling competitions hosted by Canada Category:Curling competitions in Halifax, Nova Scotia World Men's Curling Championship World Men's Curling Championship World Men's Curling Championship Category:2010s in Halifax, Nova Scotia