The 2016 World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 2 to 10 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.
Canada, skipped by Kevin Koe, won its first World Men's Championship in four years defeating the Rasmus Stjerne rink from Denmark in the final, 5–3. The ninth end marked the turning point in the game after Stjerne just missed a double runback raise, leaving Koe with an open draw for two. In the 10th end, Canada third Marc Kennedy made a runback double takeout that dashed any chance for the Danes to come back. Stjerne froze his last rock of the game, but Koe was able to pick it out for the win. It was the first time Denmark had made it to the World Men's finals. The U.S. (John Shuster) won the bronze medal, beating Japan (Yusuke Morozumi) 8–6 in the third place game.
The World Championships were held in the infamous "Broomgate" season, with both finalist teams being seen as taking advantage of the ambiguous and lenient rules around brush heads at the time. Denmark making the final was especially noteworthy, as they had finished in last place in 2014, and did not even qualify for the 2015 World Championship.
Qualification The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship: (host country) Two teams from the Americas zone
(given that no challenges in the Americas zone are issued) Seven teams from the 2015 European Curling Championships
Two teams from the 2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
Teams The Glencoe Club, Calgary Skip: Kevin Koe Third: Marc Kennedy Second: Brent Laing Lead: Ben Hebert Alternate: Scott PfeiferHvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Rasmus Stjerne Third: Johnny Frederiksen Second: Mikkel Poulsen Lead: Troels Harry Alternate: Oliver DupontKisakallio CC, Lohja Skip: Aku Kauste Third: Kasper Hakunti Second: Pauli Jäämies Lead: Janne Pitko Alternate: Kalle KiiskinenBaden Hills G&CC, Rheinmünster Skip: Alexander Baumann Third: Manuel Walter Second: Marc Muskatewitz Lead: Sebastian Schweizer Alternate: Daniel RothballerSnarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Markus Snøve HøibergKaruizawa CC, Karuizawa Skip: Yusuke Morozumi Third: Tetsuro Shimizu Second: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Lead: Kosuke Morozumi Alternate: Yasumasa TanidaAdamant CC, Saint Petersburg Skip: Alexey Tselousov Third: Artyom Shmakov Second: Roman Kutuzov Lead: Alexey Timofeev Alternate: Aleksandr KozyrevCurl Aberdeen, Aberdeen Skip: Tom Brewster Third: Glen Muirhead Second: Ross Paterson Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr. Alternate: Scott AndrewsGangwon Curling, Gangwon Province Skip: Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Kim Tae-hwan Second: Park Jong-duk Lead: Nam Yoon-ho Alternate: Yoo Min-hyeonKarlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Kristian Lindström Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Henrik LeekCC Adelboden, Adelboden Skip: Sven Michel Third: Marc Pfister Second: Enrico Pfister Lead: Simon Gempeler Alternate: Raphael MärkiDuluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Tyler George Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Kroy Nernberger
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs
LocaleSkipWLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen EndsShot Pct. Kevin Koe 10 1 81 42 47 29 23 12 88% Rasmus Stjerne 8 3 82 56 50 36 15 13 84% Yusuke Morozumi 8 3 69 59 40 39 18 8 85% John Shuster 8 3 81 67 47 44 11 9 83% Thomas Ulsrud 7 4 70 56 42 41 16 8 85% Niklas Edin 6 5 64 60 44 40 19 9 86% Tom Brewster 5 6 66 60 39 36 33 7 86% Aku Kauste 5 6 67 64 46 38 11 11 82% Sven Michel 4 7 67 74 39 45 17 6 81% Alexey Tselousov 2 9 43 83 31 46 16 4 78% Kim Soo-hyuk 2 9 57 86 36 52 12 3 79% Alexander Baumann 1 10 40 80 29 44 19 3 77%
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).
Draw 1 Saturday, April 2, 14:00
Draw 2 Saturday, April 2, 19:00
Draw 3 Sunday, April 3, 9:00
Draw 4 Sunday, April 3, 14:00
Draw 5 Sunday, April 3, 19:00
Draw 6 Monday, April 4, 9:00
Draw 7 Monday, April 4, 14:00
Draw 8 Monday, April 4, 19:00
Draw 9 Tuesday, April 5, 9:00
Draw 10 Tuesday, April 5, 14:00
Draw 11 Tuesday, April 5, 19:00
Draw 12 Wednesday, April 6, 9:00
Draw 13 Wednesday, April 6, 14:00
Draw 14 Wednesday, April 6, 19:00
Draw 15 Thursday, April 7, 9:00
Draw 16 Thursday, April 7, 14:00
Draw 17 Thursday, April 7, 19:00
Playoffs
1 vs. 2 Friday, April 8, 19:00
3 vs. 4 Saturday, April 9, 14:00
Semifinal Saturday, April 9, 19:00
Bronze medal game Sunday, April 10, 10:00
Final Sunday, April 10, 15:00
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages Round robin only Leads % Christoffer Sundgren 89 Hammy McMillan Jr. 88 Håvard Vad Petersson 88 Simon Gempeler 87 Troels Harry 86 Seconds % Brent Laing 88 Ross Paterson 87 Kristian Lindström 86 Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 86 Matt Hamilton 84 Thirds % Marc Kennedy 88 Torger Nergård 88 Oskar Eriksson 86 Johnny Frederiksen 85 Tetsuro Shimizu 85 Skips % Kevin Koe 90 Rasmus Stjerne 87 Tom Brewster 85 Thomas Ulsrud 84 Yusuke Morozumi 84
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