The 2019
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 an ...
(branded as the 2019
Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 30 to April 7 at the
ENMAX Centre
The ENMAX Centre (formerly Canada Games Sportsplex) is a 5,479-seat multi-purpose arena, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
It features a full-size ice rink, and a walking track. An outdoor sports field, with capacity for 2,000 people, is no long ...
in
Lethbridge,
Alberta
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,
Canada
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.
Qualification
The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship:
* (host country)
*One team from the
2018 Americas Challenge[As the zone with the automatically qualifying host country, the Americas zone loses one guaranteed berth.]
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*Seven teams from the
2018 European Curling Championships
The 2018 Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships were held from November 16 to 24 in Tallinn, Estonia. The C Division competitions were held in April in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The top seven men's teams will qualify for the 2019 World Men's ...
[As the zone with the lowest-placed team in the ]2018 World Men's Curling Championship
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 Orleans Arena, on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States.
I ...
, the European zone loses one guaranteed berth.
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*Two teams from the
2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
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*Two teams from the
2019 World Qualification Event
The 2019 World Qualification Event was held from January 18 to 23 at the Maniototo Curling International rink in Naseby, New Zealand. It was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, with the New Zealand women's team taking one host berth and ...
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Teams
The teams are as follows:
WCT ranking
Year to date
World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world.
History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from J ...
order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.
Round robin standings
''Final round robin standings''
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in
Mountain Time
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(
UTC-06:00).
Draw 1
''Saturday, March 30, 14:00''
Draw 2
''Saturday, March 30, 19:00''
Draw 3
''Sunday, March 31, 09:00''
Draw 4
''Sunday, March 31, 14:00''
Draw 5
''Sunday, March 31, 19:00''
Draw 6
''Monday, April 1, 09:00''
Draw 7
''Monday, April 1, 14:00''
Draw 8
''Monday, April 1, 19:00''
Draw 9
''Tuesday, April 2, 09:00''
Draw 10
''Tuesday, April 2, 14:00''
Draw 11
''Tuesday, April 2, 19:00''
Draw 12
''Wednesday, April 3, 09:00''
Draw 13
''Wednesday, April 3, 14:00''
Draw 14
''Wednesday, April 3, 19:00''
Draw 15
''Thursday, April 4, 09:00''
Draw 16
''Thursday, April 4, 14:00''
Draw 17
''Thursday, April 4, 19:00''
Draw 18
''Friday, April 5, 09:00''
Draw 19
''Friday, April 5, 14:00''
Draw 20
''Friday, April 5, 19:00''
Playoffs
Qualification games
''Saturday, April 6, 09:00''
Semifinal 1
''Saturday, April 6, 14:00''
Semifinal 2
''Saturday, April 6, 19:00''
Bronze medal game
''Sunday, April 7, 12:00''
Final
''Sunday, April 7, 17:00''
Final standings
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages
''Final round robin percentages; minimum 9 games''
Perfect games
Awards
The awards and all-star team are as follows:
All-Star Team
*Skip:
Niklas Edin
Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (W ...
, Sweden
*Third:
Oskar Eriksson
Oskar Ingemar Eriksson (born 29 May 1991) is a Swedish curler from Karlstad. He currently plays third for the Niklas Edin rink. He is the first curler in history to win four Olympic medals – gold, silver, and two bronze – and the first to ...
, Sweden
*Second:
Yasumasa Tanida, Japan
*Lead:
Ben Hebert
Benjamin "Ben" Hebert (born March 16, 1983) is a Canadian curler, a Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medallist, 2008 World Champion and four time Brier Champion from Chestermere, Alberta.
In 2019, Hebert was named the greatest Canadian ma ...
, Canada
Collie Campbell Memorial Award
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Kim Soo-hyuk
Kim Soo-hyuk (born May 5, 1984) is a Korean curler from Gyeongi-do. He currently skips the Gyeongbuk Athletic Association curling team out of Uiseong.
Career
At just 17 years old, Kim was a member of the Korean team at the 2001 Pacific Curl ...
, South Korea
References
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External links
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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 an ...
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 an ...