The 2017

World Men's Curling Championship The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's ...

(branded as

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World Men's Curling Championship 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was a

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event that was held from April 1 to 9 at

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. Canada won the title for the 36th time overall and the second consecutive year. Like

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's team at the women's tournament,

Brad Gushue Bradley Raymond Gushue, ONL ( ; born June 16, 1980) is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gushue, along with teammates Russ Howard, Mark Nichols, Jamie Korab and Mike Adam, represented Canada in curling at the 2006 W ...

and his teammates finished with a perfect 13–0 record, which included defeating eventual runner-up

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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

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) *Eight teams from the

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** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** (winner of the

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) *Two teams from the

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** **

Teams

;Notes # Stuklaskiy threw skip stones during Draws 1, 3 and 17 while Timofeev threw third stones.

WCT ranking

Year to date

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order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.

Round robin standings

''Final round robin standings''

Round robin results

All times listed in

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( 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''

Perfect games

''Round Robin only''

Awards

The awards and all-star team are as follows: All-Star Team *Skip:

, Canada *Third: Mark Nichols, Canada *Second:

Brett Gallant Brett Philip Gallant (born February 18, 1990 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curler from Calgary. He currently plays second for the Brendan Bottcher rink. Career Juniors Gallant has represented Prince Edward Island in the ...

, Canada *Lead: Geoff Walker, Canada Collie Campbell Memorial Award * Carlo Glasbergen, Netherlands

References

;General * ;Specific

External links

* {{World championships in 2017 World Men's Curling Championship 2017 in Canadian curling 2017 in Alberta Curling competitions in Edmonton International curling competitions hosted by Canada April 2017 sports events in Canada 2010s in Edmonton