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The 2018 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 361˚ World Men's Curling Championship 2018 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 31 to April 8, 2018 at
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. In a rematch of the 2017 gold medal game, the Swedish team led by
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beat the defending champion Canadian team led by Brad Gushue 7–3 in the final to win the championship. In the game, Edin led 5–0 after five ends, thanks in part to stealing two in the fourth end when Gushue was light on a draw to the four-foot and another steal in the fifth after a missed runback double. Canada condeded the game after eight ends, and won the silver medal. It was the eighth championship for Sweden, and the third for Edin. Scotland, skipped by Bruce Mouat won the bronze.


Qualification

The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2018 World Men's Curling Championship: * (host country) *One team from the Americas zone ** (winner of the 2018 Americas Challenge) *Eight teams from the 2017 European Curling Championships ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *Three teams from the 2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships ** ** **


Teams


Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''


WCT ranking

Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.


Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in
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( UTC−7:00).


Draw 1

''Saturday, March 31, 13:30''


Draw 2

''Saturday, March 31, 18:30''


Draw 3

''Sunday, April 1, 08:30''


Draw 4

''Sunday, April 1, 13:30''


Draw 5

''Sunday, April 1, 18:30''


Draw 6

''Monday, April 2, 08:30''


Draw 7

''Monday, April 2, 13:30''


Draw 8

''Monday, April 2, 18:30''


Draw 9

''Tuesday, April 3, 08:30''


Draw 10

''Tuesday, April 3, 13:30''


Draw 11

''Tuesday, April 3, 18:30''


Draw 12

''Wednesday, April 4, 08:30''


Draw 13

''Wednesday, April 4, 13:30''


Draw 14

''Wednesday, April 4, 18:30''


Draw 15

''Thursday, April 5, 08:30''


Draw 16

''Thursday, April 5, 13:30''


Draw 17

''Thursday, April 5, 18:30''


Draw 18

''Friday, April 6, 08:30''


Draw 19

''Friday, April 6, 13:30''


Draw 20

''Friday, April 6, 18:30''


Playoffs


Qualification games

''Saturday, April 7, 08:30''


Semifinal 1

''Saturday, April 7, 13:30''


Semifinal 2

''Saturday, April 7, 18:30''


Bronze medal game

''Sunday, April 8, 12:00''


Gold medal game

''Sunday, April 8, 17:00''


Statistics


Top 5 player percentages

''Round robin only''


Perfect games


References


External links

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