The 43rd 2019 Italian Men's Curling Championship () was held from November 10, 2018, to April 14, 2019, in two stages: the group stage (round robin) from November 10, 2018, to March 24, 2019Girone unico - Serie A maschile - Anno Sportivo 2018-2019 (round robin) and the playoff stage from April 13 to 14, 2019.Finale - Serie A maschile - Anno Sportivo 2018-2019 (playoffs)
Eight teams took part in the championship.
The winners of the championship were "Team Retornaz" (skip Joël Retornaz), who beat the "Trentino Cembra" team (skip Amos Mosaner) in the final. The bronze medal was won by the "Cembra 88 (Rizzolli)" team (skip Luca Rizzolli).
The championship was held in conjunction with the 2019 Italian Women's Curling Championship.
Competition format First was the group stage (Round robin), where the teams played among themselves in a four-round round robin system. If two teams had the same number of wins, they were ranked among themselves according to the result of two their matches; if the number of victories for three or more teams is equal, teams were ranked according to the results of the sum of Draw Shot Challenge (DSC, in centimetres; the smaller value, the higher the rank). The four best teams go to the second stage, the playoff, using the Page playoff system (two best teams, following the results of the group round, hold a match for a direct bye to the final (playoffs-1). The 3rd and 4th teams played, with the winners going to the semifinals (playoffs-2). The semifinal was between the loser in the first match and a winner in the second. In the finals, gold was to the winner of the 1 vs. 2 playoff game and the winner of the semifinal. Losers in the semifinals and the playoffs-2 game played for bronze medal.
Teams Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach C.C. 66 Cortina Giacomo Colli Daniele Constantini Alberto Zisa Francesco De Zanna Edoardo Alfonsi C.C. Tofane M Guido Fassina Elia De Pol Antonio Menardi Marcello Pachner Malko Tondella Alberto Menardi Celtic Fireblock Fabio Sola (4th) Simone Sola Valter Bruno (skip) Julien Michele Genre Cembra 88 (Rizzolli) Luca Rizzolli Mattia Giovanella Alessandro Odorizzi Giovanni Gottardi Tiziano Odorizzi Cral Reale Mutua Silvio Dellaia (4th) Rino Messina (skip) Guido Barco Massimo Rovera Danilo Capriolo Team Retornaz Joël Retornaz Simone Gonin Fabio Ribotta Lorenzo Maurino Trentino Cembra Amos Mosaner Sebastiano Arman Daniele Ferrazza Andrea Pilzer Velocisti Ghiaccio Torino Marco Pascale Lorenzo Piatti Gioele De Luca Elvis Molinero
Round robin Team12345678 Wins Losses DSC, cmPlace1C.C. 66 Cortina(Giacomo Colli) * 6:4 9:1 4:6 9:6 5:8 6:8 9:510:1 9:0 3:81:104:12 8:4 7:3 8 6 179,0 32C.C. Tofane M(Guido Fassina) 4:6 1:9 * 6:7 3:9 4:87:1214:3 9:2 1:7 0:8 2:5 2:71:107:10 2 12 292,2 83Celtic Fireblock(Valter Bruno) 6:4 6:9 7:6 9:3 * 7:2 9:66:11 8:6 6:91:12 5:7 6:78:115:11 6 8 155,1 64Cembra 88 (Rizzolli)(Luca Rizzolli) 8:5 8:6 8:412:7 2:7 6:9 * 12:5 9:3 0:93:142:10 1:8 3:7 9:5 7 7 151,4 45Cral Reale Mutua(Rino Messina) 5:91:103:14 2:911:6 6:85:12 3:9 * 2:102:102:10 1:9 8:74:10 2 12 185,1 76Team Retornaz(Joël Retornaz) 0:9 8:3 7:1 8:0 9:612:1 9:014:310:210:2 * 8:210:811:313:413 1 124,1 17Trentino Cembra(Amos Mosaner)10:112:4 5:2 7:2 7:5 7:610:2 8:110:2 9:1 2:88:10 * 7:210:212 2 150,5 28Velocisti Ghiaccio Torino(Marco Pascale) 4:8 3:710:110:711:811:5 7:3 5:9 7:810:43:114:13 2:72:10 * 6 8 148,4 5 teams to playoffs
Playoffs
1 vs. 2 April 13, 10:00 am
3 vs. 4 April 13, 2:30 pm
Semifinal April 13, 7:30 pm
Bronze medal match April 14, 9:30 am
Final April 14, 2:00 pm
Final standings PlaceTeamSkipGamesWinsLossesTeam Retornaz Joël Retornaz 16 15 1Trentino Cembra Amos Mosaner 17 13 4Cembra 88 (Rizzolli) Luca Rizzolli 16 8 8 4 C.C. 66 Cortina Giacomo Colli 17 9 8 5 Velocisti Ghiaccio Torino Marco Pascale 14 6 8 6 Celtic Fireblock Valter Bruno 14 6 8 7 Cral Reale Mutua Rino Messina 14 2 12 8 C.C. Tofane M Guido Fassina 14 2 12
References
See also 2019 Italian Women's Curling Championship 2019 Italian Mixed Curling Championship 2019 Italian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2019 Italian Junior Curling Championships