The 2024 World Men's Curling Championship (65th) (branded as the 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 30 to April 7 at the KSS Sports Complex in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. This was the first time a world curling championship had been held in Schaffhausen, as the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship was originally awarded to Schaffhausen before being relocated to Calgary, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This was the tenth time Switzerland hosted a world men's or women's curling championship, with the last being the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship in Basel.

The format for the Championship featured a thirteen team round robin. The top six teams qualify for the playoff round, where the top two teams receive a bye, while the remaining four teams play in the qualification round to advance to the semifinals.

Summary Canada skip Brad Gushue won his 50th career game when Canada defeated New Zealand 7–4 in their game on 2 April.

In Draw 15 action on the morning of 4 April, both Canada (8–1 record) and undefeated (9–0) Sweden (skipped by Niklas Edin) were the first teams to clinch berths into the playoffs, following victories over Norway (Magnus Ramsfjell) and the United States (John Shuster), respectively. Later in the day, defending champions Scotland (Bruce Mouat) also clinched a berth after defeating hosts Switzerland (Yannick Schwaller) in an extra end.

Sweden had secured the first direct bye to the semifinals going into the final day of the round robin competition on 5 April, having won against South Korea before being handed their first loss by Scotland in their final game. Victories over New Zealand and Czechia allowed the United States (John Shuster) to qualify for the playoffs, with Germany (Marc Muskatewitz) also qualifying with wins over Italy and Switzerland, eliminating the latter from contention. Italy, despite losing to the Germans earlier, secured the final playoff spot with a win over Norway. Thanks to dominant six-end victories over Japan and Switzerland, Canada earned the second direct bye to the semifinals.

In the playoffs, Italy defeated Germany 8–3 while Scotland defeated the United States 8–4 in the qualifying games. In the first semifinal, the game between Canada and Scotland remained close for the first 5 ends, tied 3–3 going into the second half; however, some mistakes from the Scots in the 6th end, including a missed draw for a point by Mouat, allowed Canada to steal 3 points and take control of the game. After forcing Scotland to 1 in the 7th, Gushue drew on his last shot in the 8th to score 3 more points, and Scotland conceded, giving Canada a 9-4 victory. Meanwhile, Sweden defeated Italy in the other semifinal 5-3, setting up the 4th matchup in the final between Gushue and Edin, dating back to 2017.

In the final, Sweden defeated Canada 6–5, giving Edin a record seventh World Championship title. Sweden got on the board first, scoring a deuce in the second end, which was set up by a long hit and roll behind cover by Sweden's third Oskar Eriksson. Eriksson made another great shot in the third, with a hit and roll. Gushue ticked on a guard in an attempt to blank the end on his last, giving up a steal to go down 3–0 after three. Canada rallied back to tie the game at 5 heading into the 10th and final end, which would decide the game, with Sweden having the hammer. On his last rock, Gushue made a short runback to sit three, leaving Edin's only way to score being a tough wide draw to get a full piece of the four-foot. Edin made the draw, with his rock settling in the back-four, breaking the 5–5 tie. It was a fourth straight silver medal for Canada's Brad Gushue.

Italy won the bronze medal in an extra end, defeating Scotland 7–6 after being down 6–3 after 9.

Qualification Thirteen curling federations qualified to participate in the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship.

Means of Qualification Vacancies Qualified Host Nation 1 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships 5 2023 European Curling Championships 7 TOTAL 13

Teams The teams are as follows:

St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: E.J. Harnden Lead: Geoff Walker Alternate: Kyle DoeringCC Zbraslav & CC Dion, Prague Skip: Lukáš Klíma Third: Marek Černovský Second: Martin Jurík Lead: Lukáš Klípa Alternate: Radek BoháčCC Füssen, Füssen Skip: Marc Muskatewitz Third: Benjamin Kapp Second: Felix Messenzehl Lead: Johannes Scheuerl Alternate: Mario TrevisiolTrentino Curling Cembra, Cembra Skip: Joël Retornaz Third: Amos Mosaner Second: Sebastiano Arman Lead: Mattia Giovanella Alternate: Francesco De ZannaTokoro CC, Tokoro Fourth: Tetsuro Shimizu Skip: Shinya Abe Second: Haruto Ouchi Lead: Sota Tsuruga Alternate: Asei Nakahara CC PWA Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer Skip: Wouter Gösgens Third: Laurens Hoekman Second: Jaap van Dorp Lead: Alexander Magan Alternate: Tobias van den HurkManiototo CI, Naseby & Alexandra CR, Alexandra Skip: Anton Hood Third: Ben Smith Second: Brett Sargon Lead: Hunter Walker Alternate: Peter de BoerTrondheim CK, Trondheim Skip: Magnus Ramsfjell Third: Martin Sesaker Second: Bendik Ramsfjell Lead: Gaute Nepstad Alternate: Wilhelm NæssCurl Edinburgh, Edinburgh Skip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr. Alternate: Kyle WaddellGangwon Curling, Gangwon Province Skip: Park Jong-duk Third: Jeong Yeong-seok Second: Oh Seung-hoon Lead: Seong Ji-hoon Alternate: Lee Ki-bokKarlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Daniel MagnussonCC Genève, Geneva Fourth: Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel Skip: Yannick Schwaller Second: Sven Michel Lead: Pablo Lachat-Couchepin Alternate: Tom WinkelhausenDuluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Chris Plys Second: Colin Hufman Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Matt Hamilton

WCF ranking Year to date World Curling Federation order of merit ranking for each team before the event.

Nation (Skip) Rank Points (Retornaz) 1 393.4 (Mouat) 2 367.3 (Schwaller) 5 305.8 (Gushue) 6 286.8 (Edin) 7 240.6 (Shuster) 15 171.8 (Ramsfjell) 17 155.3 (Park) 26 124.3 (Gösgens) 31 105.7 (Muskatewitz) 32 103.6 (Abe) 48 68.3 (Klíma) 63 50.4 (Hood) 131 15.2

Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings Key Teams to Playoffs

CountrySkip Niklas Edin 11 1 – 94 65 56 41 7 11 87.8% 14.63 Brad Gushue 10 2 1–0 89 52 55 39 5 15 89.2% 17.79 Bruce Mouat 10 2 0–1 90 59 51 42 6 9 87.0% 24.49 Marc Muskatewitz 8 4 1–0 81 71 53 44 8 16 84.0% 25.53 Joël Retornaz 8 4 0–1 80 66 48 48 8 8 86.7% 30.95 John Shuster 7 5 – 74 60 47 40 9 16 85.2% 25.92 Yannick Schwaller 6 6 – 81 70 47 52 6 6 87.2% 15.44 Wouter Gösgens 5 7 – 66 78 47 46 8 11 81.3% 24.20 Lukáš Klíma 4 8 1–0 75 82 46 54 6 6 79.6% 32.15 Magnus Ramsfjell 4 8 0–1 75 94 46 54 3 6 82.8% 30.52 Shinya Abe 3 9 – 64 87 44 51 11 9 81.1% 48.84 Park Jong-duk 2 10 – 66 97 46 54 8 5 80.3% 23.06 Anton Hood 0 12 – 45 99 33 54 7 2 74.4% 34.17 + Round Robin Summary Table Pos. Country Record 2 10–2 9 4–8 4 8–4 5 8–4 11 3–9 8 5–7 13 0–12 10 4–8 3 10–2 12 2–10 1 11–1 7 6–6 6 7–5

Round robin results All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Draw 1 Saturday, March 30, 2:00 pm

Draw 2 Saturday, March 30, 7:00 pm

Draw 3 Sunday, March 31, 9:00 am

Draw 4 Sunday, March 31, 2:00 pm

Draw 5 Sunday, March 31, 7:00 pm

Draw 6 Monday, April 1, 9:00 am

Draw 7 Monday, April 1, 2:00 pm

Draw 8 Monday, April 1, 7:00 pm

Draw 9 Tuesday, April 2, 9:00 am

Draw 10 Tuesday, April 2, 2:00 pm

Draw 11 Tuesday, April 2, 7:00 pm

Draw 12 Wednesday, April 3, 9:00 am

Draw 13 Wednesday, April 3, 2:00 pm

Draw 14 Wednesday, April 3, 7:00 pm

Draw 15 Thursday, April 4, 9:00 am

Draw 16 Thursday, April 4, 2:00 pm

Draw 17 Thursday, April 4, 7:00 pm

Draw 18 Friday, April 5, 9:00 am

Draw 19 Friday, April 5, 2:00 pm

Draw 20 Friday, April 5, 7:00 pm

Playoffs

Qualification Games Saturday, April 6, 10:00 am

Semifinals Saturday, April 6, 4:00 pm

Bronze medal game Sunday, April 7, 10:00 am

Final Sunday, April 7, 3:00 pm

Statistics

Player percentages Final Round Robin Percentages KeyAll-Star Team Leads % Christoffer Sundgren 93.1 Mattia Giovanella 92.2 Geoff Walker 92.1 Hammy McMillan Jr. 91.7 John Landsteiner 91.4 Pablo Lachat-Couchepin 91.2 Johannes Scheuerl 90.2 Matt Hamilton 89.6 Tobias van den Hurk 89.1 Seong Ji-hoon 88.9 Gaute Nepstad 87.0 Asei Nakahara 86.2 Sota Tsuruga 85.2 Hunter Walker 84.2 Lukáš Klípa 83.4 Seconds % Rasmus Wranå 86.4 E. J. Harnden 85.6 Sven Michel 85.5 Felix Messenzehl 85.3 Bobby Lammie 84.7 Haruto Ouchi 84.5 Bendik Ramsfjell 83.5 Colin Hufman 83.3 Sebastiano Arman 82.0 Jaap van Dorp 81.1 Martin Jurík 78.2 Oh Seung-hoon 76.8 Brett Sargon 72.7 Thirds % Mark Nichols 91.0 Amos Mosaner 88.1 87.7 Oskar Eriksson 86.5 Chris Plys 85.6 Grant Hardie 84.7 Jeong Yeong-seok 81.5 Marek Černovský 80.9 Benjamin Kapp 79.5 Martin Sesaker 79.4 Shinya Abe (Skip) 77.1 Laurens Hoekman 76.8 Ben Smith 71.8 Skips % Brad Gushue 88.4 Bruce Mouat 86.8 Niklas Edin 85.3 Joël Retornaz 84.4 84.3 John Shuster 81.3 Marc Muskatewitz 80.9 Magnus Ramsfjell 80.1 Wouter Gösgens 78.8 76.9 Lukáš Klíma 75.3 Park Jong-duk 71.2 Anton Hood 68.6

Perfect games Minimum 12 shots thrown Player Team Position Shots Opponent Bruce Mouat Skip 12 Yannick Schwaller Skip 20 Christoffer Sundgren Lead 20

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

All-Star Team Fourth: Brad Gushue, Canada Third: Mark Nichols, Canada Second: Rasmus Wranå, Sweden Lead: Christoffer Sundgren, Sweden

Collie Campbell Memorial Award Chris Plys, United States

Final standings PlaceTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

National playdowns 2024 Montana's Brier 2024 German Men's Curling Championship 2024 Japan Curling Championships 2023 Korean Curling Championships 2024 United States Men's Curling Championship

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