2008 World Men's Curling Championship

2008 World Men's Curling Championship Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA Ralph Engelstad Arena April 4–13, 2008 51,731 Saville SC, Edmonton, Alberta Kevin Martin John Morris Marc Kennedy Ben Hebert Adam Enright Jules Owchar (David Murdoch) 2007 2009 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 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 EnrightHarbin CC, Harbin Skip: Wang Fengchun Third: Liu Rui Second: Xu Xiaoming Lead: Zang Jialang Alternate: Li DongyanCK Brno, Brno Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Martin Snítil Second: Jindřich Kitzberger Lead: Marek Vydra Alternate: Miloš HoferkaHvidovre 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 MathieuCC Füssen, Füssen Skip: Andy Kapp Third: Andreas Lang Second: Holger Höhne Lead: Andreas Kempf Alternate: Felix SchulzeSnarøen CK, Bærum Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Havard Vad Petersson Alternate: Thomas DueLockerbie Ice Rink, Lockerbie Skip: David Murdoch Third: Graeme Connal Second: Peter Smith Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: Peter LoudonStocksunds 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 MüllerSt. 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 CountrySkipWLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen EndsShot Pct.Kevin Martin 10 1 87 47 49 37 10 14 87%David Murdoch 8 3 74 54 46 38 20 10 85%Wang Fengchun 7 4 66 65 43 43 18 9 81%Thomas Ulsrud 7 4 80 72 52 47 10 11 84%Thomas Dufour 6 5 63 53 42 35 18 11 78%Hugh Millikin 5 6 62 64 42 45 20 8 78%Craig Brown 5 6 65 67 40 44 13 6 81%Andy Kapp 5 6 73 72 47 43 17 14 80%Johnny Frederiksen 4 7 64 80 45 50 6 11 78%Anders Kraupp 4 7 61 77 38 49 17 4 79%Claudio Pescia 3 8 63 78 42 49 15 7 78%Jiří Snítil 2 9 61 79 43 48 10 7 75% Round-robin results Draw 1 April 5, 14:00 A (Ulsrud) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 (Brown) 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 8 B (Dufour) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 X 7 (Wang) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 C (Kapp) 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 9 (Pescia) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 8 D (J. Snítil) 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 7 (Murdoch) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5 Draw 2 April 5, 19:00 A (Pescia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1 (Dufour) 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 X X 7 B (Kraupp) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 6 (Millikin) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 C (Frederiksen) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 (Martin) 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 X 9 D (Kapp) 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 X 11 (Wang) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 X 5 Draw 3 April 6, 09:00 B (Murdoch) 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 X 10 (Ulsrud) 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 X 6 C (J. Snítil) 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 (Brown) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 6 Draw 4 April 6, 14:00 A (Millikin) 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 X 10 (Frederiksen) 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 7 B (Wang) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 (Pescia) 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 C (Dufour) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 (Kapp) 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 8 D (Kraupp) 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 (Martin) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 8 Draw 5 April 6, 19:00 A (Brown) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 7 (Murdoch) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 B (Frederiksen) 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 X 9 (Kraupp) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 5 C (Martin) 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 X X 9 (Millikin) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 3 D (Ulsrud) 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 X X 8 (J. Snítil) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X X 4 Draw 6 April 7, 09:00 A (J. Snítil) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 7 (Kapp) 1 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 9 B (Murdoch) 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 (Dufour) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 C (Ulsrud) 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 9 (Pescia) 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 8 D (Brown) 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 9 (Wang) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 8 Draw 7 April 7, 14:00 A (Dufour) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X X X 2 (Martin) 2 3 0 2 1 0 X X X X 8 B (Kapp) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 (Millikin) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5 C (Wang) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 X 8 (Frederiksen) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 5 D (Pescia) 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 (Kraupp) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 Draw 8 April 7, 19:00 A (Kraupp) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 (Ulsrud) 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 B (Frederiksen) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 (Brown) 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 C (Millikin) 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 8 (J. Snítil) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 D (Martin) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 6 (Murdoch) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 Draw 9 April 8, 09:00 A (Millikin) 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 6 (Brown) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 4 B (Martin) 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 9 (Ulsrud) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 8 C (Kraupp) 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 X 7 (Murdoch) 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 X 11 D (Frederiksen) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 8 (J. Snítil) 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 7 Draw 10 April 8, 14:00 A (Murdoch) 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 x 8 (Wang) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 2 B (J. Snítil) 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 7 (Pescia) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 C (Brown) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 (Dufour) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 D (Ulsrud) 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 (Kapp) 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 Draw 11 April 8, 19:00 A (Pescia) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4 (Frederiksen) 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 7 B (Kapp) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4 (Martin) 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 9 C (Wang) 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 X X X 8 (Kraupp) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2 D (Dufour) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 6 (Millikin) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 Draw 12 April 9, 09:00 A (Kapp) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 (Kraupp) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 B (Dufour) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 X 7 (Frederiksen) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4 C (Pescia) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 6 (Millikin) 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 X 7 D (Wang) 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 (Martin) 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 Draw 13 April 9, 14:00 A (Martin) 1 2 1 1 1 0 X X X X 6 (J. Snítil) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1 B (Millikin) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 (Murdoch) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 C (Frederiksen) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3 (Ulsrud) 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 7 D (Kraupp) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6 (Brown) 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 Draw 14 April 9, 19:00 A (Ulsrud) 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 6 (Dufour) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 4 B (Brown) 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 8 (Kapp) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5 C (J. Snítil) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 3 (Wang) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 X 7 D (Murdoch) 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 6 (Pescia) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 Draw 15 April 10, 09:00 A (Wang) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 (Millikin) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 B (Pescia) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 6 (Martin) 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 8 C (Dufour) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 5 (Kraupp) 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 7 D (Kapp) 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 10 (Frederiksen) 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 7 Draw 16 April 10, 14:00 A (Brown) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 (Pescia) 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 8 B (Ulsrud) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 7 (Wang) 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8 C (Murdoch) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 X 5 (Kapp) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3 D (J. Snítil) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3 (Dufour) 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 X 10 Draw 17 April 10, 19:00 A (Frederiksen) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4 (Murdoch) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 7 B (Kraupp) 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 8 (J. Snítil) 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 C (Martin) 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 X X 10 (Brown) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4 D (Millikin) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 7 (Ulsrud) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 9 Playoffs Page playoff system Semifinal Gold medal game 1 6 2 7 3 5 4 7 1 5 4 4 2 3 1 6 Bronze medal game 3 3 4 8 3 vs 4 B (Wang) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 5 (Ulsrud) 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 X 7 Player percentagesZang 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 B (Murdoch) 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 7 (Martin) 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Player percentagesEuan 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 C (Martin) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 (Ulsrud) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 Player percentagesHavard 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 B (Wang) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3 (Ulsrud) 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 X 8 Player percentagesZang 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 B (Martin) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 X 6 (Murdoch) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3 Player percentagesBen 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 CAN Canada 31st Player percentages Top five percentages per position during the round robin. Leads % Seconds % Thirds % Skips % Norway Havard Vad Petersson 88 Canada Marc Kennedy 86 Canada John Morris 90 Canada Kevin Martin 87 Canada Ben Hebert 87 Scotland Peter Smith 84 Scotland Graeme Connal 86 Scotland David Murdoch 82 China Zang Jialiang 86 Norway Christoffer Svae 84 China Liu Rui 83 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 80 Scotland Euan Byers 86 Australia Sean Hall 82 Norway Torger Nergård 83 Germany Andy Kapp 80 United States Peter Annis 86 Germany Holger Höhne 81 United States Richard Ruohonen 83 France Thomas Dufour 78 See also 2008 Brier 2008 World Junior Curling Championships 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts References http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship.aspx?id=290 World Men's Curling Championship 2008 World Curling Federation 2010-03-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20140121210228/http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship.aspx?id=290 2014-01-21 dead External links Ralph Engelstad Arena website Official Website 2008 World Men's Updates 2008 Men World Men's Curling Championships Category:Sports in Grand Forks, North Dakota Category:International curling competitions hosted by the United States Category:2008 in American sports Category:2008 in sports in North Dakota Category:Curling competitions in North Dakota