The 2017
World Men's Curling Championship (branded as
Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was a
curling
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event that was held from April 1 to 9 at
Northlands Coliseum
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in
Edmonton
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,
Alberta
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.
Canada won the title for the 36th time overall and the second consecutive year. Like
Rachel Homan
Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curling, curler and the reigning women's world champion. Homan is a former 2010 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Canadian junior champion, a five-time Scotties Tourna ...
'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 ...
and his teammates finished with a perfect 13–0 record, which included defeating eventual runner-up
Niklas Edin
Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF) history to win three Olympic medals – gold (2022), silver (2018), and bronze ( ...
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
2017 Americas Challenge)
*Eight teams from the
2016 European Curling Championships
**
**
**
**
**
**
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** (winner of the
World Challenge Games
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)
*Two teams from the
2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
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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
World Curling Tour
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History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later ass ...
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
Mountain Daylight Time
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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:
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 ...
, Canada
*Third:
Mark Nichols, Canada
*Second:
Brett Gallant, Canada
*Lead:
Geoff Walker, Canada
Collie Campbell Memorial Award
*
Carlo Glasbergen, Netherlands
References
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External links
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