The 2017 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was a curling event that was held from April 1 to 9 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.

Canada won the title for the 36th time overall and the second consecutive year. Like Rachel Homan's team at the women's tournament, Brad Gushue and his teammates finished with a perfect 13–0 record, which included defeating eventual runner-up Niklas Edin of Sweden three times. Switzerland won the bronze medal.

With the win, Gushue became the first skip in the history of the sport to win the world junior title, the Olympic gold medal, and the world men's title, and Canada became the first country ever to be in simultaneous possession of Olympic and World championships in both men's and women's curling.

Qualification The following nations qualified to participate in the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship: (host country) One team from the Americas zone (winner of the 2017 Americas Challenge) Eight teams from the 2016 European Curling Championships

(winner of the World Challenge Games) Two teams from the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

Teams Bally Haly G&CC & St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Brett Gallant Lead: Geoff Walker Alternate: Thomas SallowsHarbin CC, Harbin Skip: Liu Rui Third: Xu Xiaoming Second: Ba Dexin Lead: Zang Jialiang Alternate: Zou QiangBaden Hills G&CC, Rheinmünster Skip: Alexander Baumann Third: Manuel Walter Second: Daniel Herberg Lead: Ryan Sherrard Alternate: Sebastian SchweizerA.S.D. Trentino Curling, Cembra Fourth: Amos Mosaner Skip: Joël Retornaz Second: Andrea Pilzer Lead: Daniele Ferrazza Alternate: Simone GoninKaruizawa CC, Karuizawa Skip: Yusuke Morozumi Third: Tetsuro Shimizu Second: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Lead: Kosuke Morozumi Alternate: Kosuke HirataCC PWA Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer Skip: Jaap van Dorp Third: Wouter Gösgens Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Alexander MaganOppdal CK, Oppdal Skip: Steffen Walstad Third: Markus Høiberg Second: Magnus Nedregotten Lead: Alexander Lindström Alternate: Sander RølvågMoskvitch CC, Moscow Skip: Alexey Timofeev Third: Alexey Stukalskiy Second: Timur Gadzhikanov Lead: Artur Razhabov Alternate: Evgeny KlimovCurl Aberdeen, Aberdeen Skip: David Murdoch Third: Greg Drummond Second: Scott Andrews Lead: Michael Goodfellow Alternate: Ross PatersonKarlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Henrik LeekCC Genève, Geneva Fourth: Benoît Schwarz Third: Claudio Pätz Skip: Peter de Cruz Lead: Valentin Tanner Alternate: Romano MeierDuluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Tyler George Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Joe Polo Notes Stuklaskiy threw skip stones during Draws 1, 3 and 17 while Timofeev threw third stones.

WCT ranking Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.CurlingZone Nation (Skip) Rank Points (Edin) 1 500.42 (Gushue) 2 482.53 (de Cruz) 12 234.12 (Murdoch) 14 203.56 (Walstad) 15 198.38 (Liu) 24 153.89 (Shuster) 25 150.18 (Morozumi) 36 108.28 (van Dorp) 54 79.45 (Baumann) 63 61.56 (Timofeev) 66 57.94 (Retornaz) 178 14.81

Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings

KeyTeams to Playoffs

LocaleSkipWLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank EndsStolen EndsShot Pct. Brad Gushue 11 0 94 35 45 29 9 11 92% 14.26 Niklas Edin 9 2 85 52 46 39 10 7 86% 16.12 Peter de Cruz 8 3 70 58 44 40 15 10 84% 27.09 John Shuster 8 3 72 56 45 38 9 12 83% 30.65 Liu Rui 6 5 72 70 41 43 9 5 83% 26.37 David Murdoch 6 5 69 60 47 41 14 11 86% 29.73 Yusuke Morozumi 5 6 68 64 42 44 5 9 81% 36.85 Steffen Walstad 5 6 64 71 46 41 15 13 83% 44.51 Joel Retornaz 4 7 63 72 38 45 13 7 79% 67.42 Alexander Baumann 3 8 51 77 37 47 17 6 80% 47.66 Jaap van Dorp 1 10 50 89 40 45 12 8 78% 46.20 Alexey Timofeev 0 11 47 96 34 51 8 5 76% 51.71

Round-robin results All times listed in Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6).

Draw 1 Saturday, April 1, 14:00

Draw 2 Saturday, April 1, 19:00

Draw 3 Sunday, April 2, 9:00

Draw 4 Sunday, April 2, 14:00

Draw 5 Sunday, April 2, 19:00

Draw 6 Monday, April 3, 9:00

Draw 7 Monday, April 3, 14:00

Draw 8 Monday, April 3, 19:00

Draw 9 Tuesday, April 4, 9:00

Draw 10 Tuesday, April 4, 14:00

Draw 11 Tuesday, April 4, 19:00

Draw 12 Wednesday, April 5, 9:00

Draw 13 Wednesday, April 5, 14:00

Draw 14 Wednesday, April 5, 19:00

Draw 15 Thursday, April 6, 9:00

Draw 16 Thursday, April 6, 14:00

Draw 17 Thursday, April 6, 19:00

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 Friday, April 7, 19:00

3 vs. 4 Saturday, April 8, 14:00

Semifinal Saturday, April 8, 19:00

Bronze medal game Sunday, April 9, 12:00

Gold medal game Sunday, April 9, 18:00

Statistics Top 5 player percentages Round robin only Leads % Geoff Walker 92 Michael Goodfellow 91 Christoffer Sundgren 90 Zang Jialiang 88 Valentin Tanner 87 Seconds % Brett Gallant 92 Magnus Nedregotten 89 Scott Andrews 87 Rasmus Wranå 85 Peter de Cruz (Skip) 85 Thirds % Mark Nichols 90 Oskar Eriksson 87 Tyler George 86 Greg Drummond 83 Claudio Pätz 83 Skips % Brad Gushue 93 John Shuster 85 Niklas Edin 84 David Murdoch 84 Benoît Schwarz (Fourth) 83

Perfect games Round Robin only Player Team Position Shots Opponent Brad Gushue Skip – Michael Goodfellow Lead – Christoffer Sundgren Lead – Brad Gushue Skip – Mark Nichols Third – Ryan Sherrard Lead – Brett Gallant Second – Brett Gallant Second – John Shuster Skip – Geoff Walker Lead –

Awards The awards and all-star team are as follows:

All-Star Team Skip: Brad Gushue, Canada Third: Mark Nichols, Canada Second: Brett Gallant, Canada Lead: Geoff Walker, Canada

Collie Campbell Memorial Award Carlo Glasbergen, Netherlands

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