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's team at the women's tournament,
Brad Gushue and his teammates finished with a perfect 13–0 record, which included defeating eventual runner-up
Niklas Edin
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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
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 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, Canada
*Third:
Mark Nichols, Canada
*Second:
Brett Gallant, Canada
*Lead:
Geoff Walker, Canada
Collie Campbell Memorial Award
*
Carlo Glasbergen, Netherlands
References
;General
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;Specific
External links
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{{World championships in 2017
World Men's Curling Championship
2017 in Canadian curling
World Men's Curling Championship
Curling competitions in Edmonton
International curling competitions hosted by Canada
April 2017 sports events in Canada
2010s in Edmonton