2007 World Men's Curling Championship

2007 World Men's Curling Championship
2007 World Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Arena	Rexall Place
Dates	March 31 – April 8, 2007
Attendance	184,970
Winner	Canada
Curling club	Coldwater & District CC, Coldwater
Skip	Glenn Howard
Third	Richard Hart
Second	Brent Laing
Lead	Craig Savill
Alternate	Steve Bice
Coach	Scott Taylor
Finalist	Germany (Andy Kapp)
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The 2007 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from March 31 to April 8. Team Canada skipped by Glenn Howard won the gold medal over Germany's Andy Kapp by a score of 8-3. This was Howard's third world championship, and his first as skip. Kapp claimed the silver for the second time in his career, and Team USA (skipped by Todd Birr) won the bronze medal, the first medal for the USA at the men's world championship since 1993.

Host cityEdmonton, Alberta, Canada

ArenaRexall Place

DatesMarch 31 – April 8, 2007

Attendance184,970^[1]

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The total attendance for the event was 184,970, a world championship record.^[1]

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Australia	Canada	Denmark
Australia Curling Club Fourth: Ian Palangio Skip: Hugh Millikin* Second: Sean Hall Lead: Mike Woloschuk Alternate: David Imlah (Throws third rocks)*	Coldwater & District CC, Coldwater Skip: Glenn Howard Third: Richard Hart Second: Brent Laing Lead: Craig Savill Alternate: Steve Bice	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Johnny Frederiksen Third: Lars Vilandt Second: Bo Jensen Lead: Kenneth Hertsdahl Alternate: Ivan Frederiksen
Finland	France	Germany
Oulunkylän Curlinghalli, Helsinki Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Kalle Kiiskinen Second: Jani Sullanmaa Lead: Teemu Salo Alternate: Jari Rouvinen	Chamonix CC, Chamonix Skip: Thomas Dufour Third: Tony Angiboust Second: Jan Ducroz Lead: Richard Ducroz Alternate: Rafi Mathieu	CC Füssen, Füssen Skip: Andy Kapp Third: Uli Kapp Second: Andreas Lang Lead: Andreas Kempf Alternate: Holger Höhne
South Korea	Norway	Scotland
Gangwon Docheong, Chuncheon Skip: Lee Jae-ho Third: Beak Jong-chul Second: Yang Se-young Lead: Kwon Young-il Alternate: Park Kwon-il	Snarøen CC, Bærum Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Thomas Due Lead: Jan Thoresen Alternate: Thomas Løvold	Perth CC, Perth Skip: Warwick Smith Third: Craig Wilson Second: David Smith Lead: Ross Hepburn Alternate: Ewan MacDonald
Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Östersunds CK, Östersund Skip: Peja Lindholm Third: James Dryburgh Second: Viktor Kjäll Lead: Anders Eriksson Alternate: Magnus Swartling	CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen Skip: Ralph Stöckli Third: Jan Hauser Second: Markus Eggler Lead: Simon Strübin Alternate: Andreas Schwaller	Caledonian CC, Mankato & Appleton CC, Appleton Skip: Todd Birr Third: Bill Todhunter Second: Greg Johnson Lead: Kevin Birr Alternate: Zach Jacobson

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
Canada	Glenn Howard	10	1	93	40	51	33	10	16	91%
United States	Todd Birr	8	3	69	57	49	36	22	16	83%
Switzerland	Ralph Stöckli	7	4	73	65	44	41	20	8	84%
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	6	5	66	64	43	48	17	8	81%
Germany	Andy Kapp	6	5	71	64	51	41	11	14	83%
Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	6	5	72	61	41	42	19	7	83%
France	Thomas Dufour	6	5	71	74	41	44	13	11	77%
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	4	7	61	69	46	44	14	11	84%
Scotland	Warwick Smith	4	7	59	69	40	42	19	3	83%
Australia	Hugh Millikin	4	7	66	74	45	45	14	8	80%
Denmark	Johnny Frederiksen	4	7	56	85	38	50	9	4	78%
South Korea	Lee Jae-ho	1	10	44	79	29	49	26	6	79%

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Lindholm) 🔨	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	7
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin) 🔨	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	6
United States (Birr)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	6
Norway (Ulsrud) 🔨	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	7

2007 World Men's Curling Championship

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Draw 10

Draw 11

Draw 12

Draw 13

Draw 14

Draw 15

Draw 16

Draw 17

Tiebreaker

Tie breaker 1

Tie breaker 2

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 game

3 vs. 4 game

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Player percentages

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Howard)	0	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	X	X	7
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 🔨	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	X	7
Australia (Millikin) 🔨	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Smith) 🔨	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	6
South Korea (Lee)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	X	X	2
Germany (Kapp) 🔨	2	1	1	1	4	1	0	X	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli) 🔨	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	9
United States (Birr)	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Sweden (Lindholm) 🔨	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Howard) 🔨	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	8
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Lee) 🔨	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
France (Dufour)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Birr)	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	7
Norway (Ulsrud) 🔨	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin) 🔨	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	7
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Smith) 🔨	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
Germany (Kapp)	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Frederiksen) 🔨	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	3
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour) 🔨	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	8
Scotland (Smith)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	9

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Howard)	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	X	8
Switzerland (Stöckli) 🔨	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 🔨	2	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	10
Australia (Millikin)	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	X	7
Norway (Ulsrud) 🔨	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
United States (Birr) 🔨	0	2	0	2	2	3	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin)	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	7
Germany (Kapp) 🔨	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Birr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
France (Dufour) 🔨	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Smith)	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	5
Sweden (Lindholm) 🔨	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	6
Switzerland (Stöckli) 🔨	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	7
France (Dufour) 🔨	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin) 🔨	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	6
South Korea (Lee)	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Birr) 🔨	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	7
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Howard) 🔨	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
United States (Birr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Frederiksen) 🔨	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	0	X	9
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	X	5

Player Percentages
France		Sweden
Richard Ducroz	84%	Anders Eriksson	83%
Jan Ducroz	74%	Viktor Kjäll	74%
Tony Angiboust	81%	James Dryburgh	75%
Thomas Dufour	83%	Peja Lindholm	84%
Total	80%	Total	79%

Player Percentages
Germany		Finland
Andreas Kempf	88%	Teemu Salo	88%
Andreas Lang	64%	Jani Sullanmaa	80%
Uli Kapp	94%	Kalle Kiiskinen	75%
Andy Kapp	88%	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	76%
Total	83%	Total	80%

Player Percentages
Germany		Sweden
Holger Höhne	88%	Anders Eriksson	89%
Andreas Lang	89%	Viktor Kjäll	88%
Uli Kapp	88%	James Dryburgh	83%
Andy Kapp	89%	Peja Lindholm	75%
Total	88%	Total	84%


Page playoff system			Semifinal			Final



1	Canada	7				1	Canada	8

2	United States	2				4	Germany	3

			2	United States	4

			4	Germany	6

3	Switzerland	4

4	Germany	6