The 2019 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2019 Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 30 to April 7 at the ENMAX Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Qualification The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship: (host country) One team from the 2018 Americas ChallengeAs the zone with the automatically qualifying host country, the Americas zone loses one guaranteed berth.
Seven teams from the 2018 European Curling ChampionshipsAs the zone with the lowest-placed team in the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship, the European zone loses one guaranteed berth.
Two teams from the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
Two teams from the 2019 World Qualification Event
Notes
Teams The teams are as follows:
The Glencoe Club, Calgary Skip: Kevin Koe Third: B.J. Neufeld Second: Colton Flasch Lead: Ben Hebert Alternate: Ted AppelmanHarbin CC, Harbin Skip: Zou Qiang Third: Wang Zhiyu Second: Shao Zhilin Lead: Xu Jingtao Alternate: Ba DexinEC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf Skip: Marc Muskatewitz Third: Daniel Neuner Second: Ryan Sherrard Lead: Dominik Greindl Alternate: Benjamin KappSC Pinerolo, Pinerolo Skip: Joël Retornaz Third: Amos Mosaner Second: Sebastiano Arman Lead: Simone Gonin Alternate: Alberto PimpiniHokkaido Consadole Sapporo CC, Tokoro Skip: Yuta Matsumura Third: Tetsuro Shimizu Second: Yasumasa Tanida Lead: Shinya Abe Alternate: Kosuke AitaCC PWA Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer Fourth: Wouter Gösgens Skip: Jaap van Dorp Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Bart KlompOppdal CK, Oppdal Skip: Magnus Ramsfjell Third: Michael Mellemseter Second: Jørgen Myran Lead: Andreas Hårstad Alternate: Steffen WalstadIce Cube CC, Sochi Skip: Sergey Glukhov Third: Artur Ali Second: Dmitry Mironov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Evgeny KlimovGogar Park CC, Edinburgh Skip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr. Alternate: Ross WhyteSeoul CC, Seoul Skip: Kim Soo-hyuk Third: Lee Jeong-jae Second: Hwang Hyeon-jun Lead: Jeong Byeong-jin Alternate: Lee Dong-hyeongKarlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Daniel MagnussonCC Genève, Geneva & Interlaken CC, Interlaken Fourth: Benoît Schwarz Third: Sven Michel Skip: Peter de Cruz Lead: Valentin Tanner Alternate: Claudio PätzDuluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Christopher Plys Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Korey Dropkin
WCT ranking Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.
Nation (Skip) Rank Points (Koe) 1 431.406 (Mouat) 4 355.316 (Edin) 5 354.921 (de Cruz) 9 291.162 (Shuster) 13 242.221 (Matsumura) 21 165.873 (van Dorp) 30 117.489 (Retornaz) 46 91.666 (Kim) 49 89.474 (Zou) 54 77.239 (Glukhov) 56 74.037 (Ramsfjell) 74 53.765 (Muskatewitz) 146 25.565
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to playoffs
CountrySkip Niklas Edin 11 1 – 99 50 51 40 4 10 89% 15.46 Peter de Cruz 9 3 1–1 84 67 52 45 8 12 88% 22.95 Kevin Koe 9 3 1–1 80 63 51 41 9 8 87% 30.92 Yuta Matsumura 9 3 1–1 83 72 50 44 7 9 86% 36.60 John Shuster 8 4 1–0 82 63 50 42 6 13 87% 35.60 Bruce Mouat 8 4 0–1 86 60 53 42 11 11 87% 18.72 Joël Retornaz 7 5 – 74 64 43 46 10 7 83% 30.03 Marc Muskatewitz 4 8 2–0 65 86 42 47 5 4 76% 38.24 Sergey Glukhov 4 8 1–1 62 85 42 48 9 7 81% 26.65 Jaap van Dorp 4 8 0–2 69 81 50 53 3 10 83% 35.47 Zou Qiang 2 10 1–0 60 92 42 53 8 6 81% 29.96 Magnus Ramsfjell 2 10 0–1 56 97 44 50 4 9 76% 54.19 Kim Soo-hyuk 1 11 – 65 92 43 56 9 6 78% 38.69
Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC-06:00).
Draw 1 Saturday, March 30, 14:00
Draw 2 Saturday, March 30, 19:00
Draw 3 Sunday, March 31, 09:00
Draw 4 Sunday, March 31, 14:00
Draw 5 Sunday, March 31, 19:00
Draw 6 Monday, April 1, 09:00
Draw 7 Monday, April 1, 14:00
Draw 8 Monday, April 1, 19:00
Draw 9 Tuesday, April 2, 09:00
Draw 10 Tuesday, April 2, 14:00
Draw 11 Tuesday, April 2, 19:00
Draw 12 Wednesday, April 3, 09:00
Draw 13 Wednesday, April 3, 14:00
Draw 14 Wednesday, April 3, 19:00
Draw 15 Thursday, April 4, 09:00
Draw 16 Thursday, April 4, 14:00
Draw 17 Thursday, April 4, 19:00
Draw 18 Friday, April 5, 09:00
Draw 19 Friday, April 5, 14:00
Draw 20 Friday, April 5, 19:00
Playoffs
Qualification games Saturday, April 6, 09:00
Semifinal 1 Saturday, April 6, 14:00
Semifinal 2 Saturday, April 6, 19:00
Bronze medal game Sunday, April 7, 12:00
Final Sunday, April 7, 17:00
Final standings KeyZone loses one guaranteed berth in 2020 World Championship PlaceTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages Final round robin percentages; minimum 9 games Leads % Ben Hebert 94 Valentin Tanner 94 Hammy McMillan Jr. 93 Christoffer Sundgren 93 John Landsteiner 91 Seconds % Yasumasa Tanida 88 Peter de Cruz (Skip) 87 Matt Hamilton 87 Bobby Lammie 87 Rasmus Wranå 87 Thirds % Oskar Eriksson 90 Grant Hardie 87 B.J. Neufeld 87 Chris Plys 87 Sven Michel 86 Skips % Niklas Edin 87 Benoît Schwarz (Fourth) 86 Kevin Koe 84 Yuta Matsumura 83 Bruce Mouat 83 Joël Retornaz 83 John Shuster 83
Perfect games PlayerTeamPositionOpponentBen HebertLeadValentin TannerLeadChristoffer SundgrenLeadJohn LandsteinerLeadB.J. NeufeldThirdGrant HardieThird
Awards The awards and all-star team are as follows:
All-Star Team Skip: Niklas Edin, Sweden Third: Oskar Eriksson, Sweden Second: Yasumasa Tanida, Japan Lead: Ben Hebert, Canada
Collie Campbell Memorial Award Kim Soo-hyuk, South Korea
References General
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