2008 World Men's Curling Championship

2008 World Men's Curling Championship
2008 World Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Arena	Ralph Engelstad Arena
Dates	April 4–13, 2008
Attendance	51,731
Winner	Canada
Curling club	Saville SC, Edmonton, Alberta
Skip	Kevin Martin
Third	John Morris
Second	Marc Kennedy
Lead	Ben Hebert
Alternate	Adam Enright
Coach	Jules Owchar
Finalist	Scotland (David Murdoch)
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The 2008 World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 4–13, 2008 at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota in the USA. The 12-team tournament took place in the 11,643 seat hockey arena on the grounds of the University of North Dakota.

Host cityGrand Forks, North Dakota, USA

ArenaRalph Engelstad Arena

DatesApril 4–13, 2008

Attendance51,731

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Australia	Canada	China
Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney Skip: Hugh Millikin* Fourth: Ian Palangio Second: Sean Hall Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Stephen Hewitt (Throws third rocks)*	Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton Skip: Kevin Martin Third: John Morris Second: Marc Kennedy Lead: Ben Hebert Alternate: Adam Enright	Harbin CC, Harbin Skip: Wang Fengchun Third: Liu Rui Second: Xu Xiaoming Lead: Zang Jialang Alternate: Li Dongyan
Czech Republic	Denmark	France
CK Brno, Brno Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Martin Snítil Second: Jindřich Kitzberger Lead: Marek Vydra Alternate: Miloš Hoferka	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Johnny Frederiksen Third: Lars Vilandt Second: Bo Jensen Lead: Ulrik Schmidt Alternate: Mikkel Poulson	Chamonix CC, Chamonix Skip: Thomas Dufour Third: Tony Angiboust Second: Jan Ducroz Lead: Richard Ducroz Alternate: Raphael Mathieu
Germany	Norway	Scotland
CC Füssen, Füssen Skip: Andy Kapp Third: Andreas Lang Second: Holger Höhne Lead: Andreas Kempf Alternate: Felix Schulze	Snarøen CK, Bærum Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Havard Vad Petersson Alternate: Thomas Due	Lockerbie Ice Rink, Lockerbie Skip: David Murdoch Third: Graeme Connal Second: Peter Smith Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: Peter Loudon
Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Stocksunds CC, Stocksund Skip: Anders Kraupp Third: Peder Folke Second: Björn Brandberg Lead: Anton Sandström Alternate: Mats Nyberg	CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen Skip: Claudio Pescia Third: Patrick Hürlimann Second: Pascal Sieber Lead: Marco Battilana Alternate: Toni Müller	St. Paul CC, St. Paul & Madison CC, Madison Skip: Craig Brown Third: Rich Ruohonen Second: John Dunlop Lead: Pete Annis Alternate: Kevin Kakela

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
Canada	Kevin Martin	10	1	87	47	49	37	10	14	87%
Scotland	David Murdoch	8	3	74	54	46	38	20	10	85%
China	Wang Fengchun	7	4	66	65	43	43	18	9	81%
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	7	4	80	72	52	47	10	11	84%
France	Thomas Dufour	6	5	63	53	42	35	18	11	78%
Australia	Hugh Millikin	5	6	62	64	42	45	20	8	78%
United States	Craig Brown	5	6	65	67	40	44	13	6	81%
Germany	Andy Kapp	5	6	73	72	47	43	17	14	80%
Denmark	Johnny Frederiksen	4	7	64	80	45	50	6	11	78%
Sweden	Anders Kraupp	4	7	61	77	38	49	17	4	79%
Switzerland	Claudio Pescia	3	8	63	78	42	49	15	7	78%
Czech Republic	Jiří Snítil	2	9	61	79	43	48	10	7	75%

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	1	X	7
China (Wang) 🔨	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	2	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	9
Switzerland (Pescia) 🔨	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	8

2008 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

Playoffs

3 vs 4

1 vs 2

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Player percentages

See also

References

External links

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Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil) 🔨	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	7
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Pescia)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1
France (Dufour) 🔨	0	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	X	X	7

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

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch) 🔨	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	X	10
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil) 🔨	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
United States (Brown)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	6

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang) 🔨	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	7
Switzerland (Pescia)	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Kraupp) 🔨	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Canada (Martin)	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Brown) 🔨	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	7
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Frederiksen) 🔨	2	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	X	9
Sweden (Kraupp)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Martin) 🔨	2	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	X	X	9
Australia (Millikin)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud) 🔨	3	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	X	8
Czech Republic (J. Snítil)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	4

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil) 🔨	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	7
Germany (Kapp)	1	0	1	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	9

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

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

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

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

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Kraupp) 🔨	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Frederiksen)	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	8
Czech Republic (J. Snítil) 🔨	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch) 🔨	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	x	8
China (Wang)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	x	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (J. Snítil) 🔨	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	7
Switzerland (Pescia)	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	8

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
China (Wang)	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	6
Canada (Martin) 🔨	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Brown) 🔨	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7
Switzerland (Pescia)	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	8


Page playoff system			Semifinal			Gold medal game



1	Canada	6				2	Scotland	3

2	Scotland	7				1	Canada	6

			1	Canada	5

			4	Norway	4

3	China	5

4	Norway	7

Player percentages
China		Norway
Zang Jialiang	91%	Havard Vad Petersson	82%
Xu Xiaoming	76%	Christoffer Svae	96%
Wang Fengchun	80%	Torger Nergård	90%
Liu Rui	78%	Thomas Ulsrud	96%
Total	81%	Total	91%

Player percentages
Scotland		Canada
Euan Byers	96%	Ben Hebert	99%
Peter Smith	78%	Marc Kennedy	88%
Graeme Connal	86%	John Morris	91%
David Murdoch	80%	Kevin Martin	74%
Total	85%	Total	88%

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Martin)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	X	6
Scotland (Murdoch) 🔨	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	3