The 2013 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2013 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 30 to April 7, 2013 at the

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in Victoria,

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. This marked the twenty-first time that Canada hosted the World Men's Championship, the fifth time that the province of British Columbia hosted the World Men's Championship, and the second time that Victoria hosted the World Men's Championship. Victoria previously hosted the championships in

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. The event was also a qualifying event for the

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, awarding points to countries based on performance at this tournament.

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship: * (host nation) *One team from the Americas zone ** (given that no challenges in the Americas zone were issued) *Eight teams from the 2012 European Curling Championships ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** (winner of the

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) *Two teams from the 2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships ** **

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

;Notes # Torger Nergård, who usually plays third, was not present at the Worlds due to the upcoming birth of his child, so Løvold, the team's longtime alternate, played in his place. Høiberg served as the alternate.

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in

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Draw 1

''Saturday, March 30, 14:00''

Draw 2

''Saturday, March 30, 19:00''

Draw 3

''Sunday, March 31, 9:00''

Draw 4

''Sunday, March 31, 14:00''

Draw 5

''Sunday, March 31, 19:00''

Draw 6

''Monday, April 1, 9:00''

Draw 7

''Monday, April 1, 14:00''

Draw 8

''Monday, April 1, 19:00''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, April 2, 9:00''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, April 2, 14:00''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, April 2, 19:00''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, April 3, 8:30''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, April 3, 13:30''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, April 3, 19:00''

Draw 15

''Thursday, April 4, 9:00''

Draw 16

''Thursday, April 4, 14:00''

Draw 17

''Thursday, April 4, 19:00''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Friday, April 5, 19:00''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, April 6, 11:00''

Semifinal

''Saturday, April 6, 16:00''

Bronze medal game

''Sunday, April 7, 11:00''

Gold medal game

''Sunday, April 7, 16:00''

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

''Round robin only''

Perfect games

''Round robin only''

References

;General * ;Specific

External links

* {{World championships in 2013 World Men's Curling Championship Sports competitions in Victoria, British Columbia Qualification events for the 2014 Winter Olympics World Men's Curling Championship Curling competitions in British Columbia World Men's Curling Championship World Men's Curling Championship World Men's Curling Championship 21st century in Victoria, British Columbia