2015 World Men's Curling Championship

2015 World Men's Curling Championship
2015 World Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Arena	Scotiabank Centre
Dates	March 28 – April 5, 2015
Attendance	56,837
Winner	Sweden
Curling club	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip	Niklas Edin
Third	Oskar Eriksson
Second	Kristian Lindström
Lead	Christoffer Sundgren
Finalist	Norway (Thomas Ulsrud)
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The 2015 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 28 to April 5 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It marked the first time that a World Curling Championship had been held in Halifax, and the first time that a World Curling Championship event had been held in the province since the World Junior Curling Championships were held in Dartmouth in 1986.^[2]

Host cityHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

ArenaScotiabank Centre

DatesMarch 28 – April 5, 2015

Attendance56,837^[1]

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Canada	China	Czech Republic
Glencoe CC, Calgary Skip: Pat Simmons Third: John Morris Second: Carter Rycroft Lead: Nolan Thiessen Alternate: Tom Sallows	Harbin CC, Harbin Skip: Zang Jialiang Third: Zou Dejia Second: Ba Dexin Lead: Wang Jinbo Alternate: Zhang Rongrui	CK Brno, Brno Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Lukáš Klíma Second: Martin Snítil Lead: Jindřich Kitzberger Alternate: Samuel Mokriš
Finland	Italy	Japan
Kisakallio CC, Lohja Skip: Aku Kauste Third: Kasper Hakunti Second: Pauli Jäämies Lead: Janne Pitko Alternate: Leo Mäkelä	A.S.D. Trentino Curling, Cembra Fourth: Amos Mosaner Skip: Joël Retornaz Second: Daniele Ferrazza Lead: Andrea Pilzer Alternate: Sebastiano Arman	Karuizawa CC, Karuizawa Skip: Yusuke Morozumi Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Tetsuro Shimizu Lead: Kosuke Morozumi Alternate: Yuta Matsumura
Norway	Russia	Scotland
Snarøen CC, Bærum Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Markus Snøve Høiberg	Moskvitch CC, Moscow Skip: Evgeny Arkhipov Third: Alexander Kozyrev Second: Artur Razhabov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Alexey Stukalskiy	Citadel CC, Inverness Skip: Ewan MacDonald Third: Duncan Fernie Second: Ruairidh Greenwood Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: David Murdoch
Sweden	Switzerland	United States^[4]
Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Kristian Lindström Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Henrik Leek	CC Bern, Bern Skip: Marc Pfister Third: Enrico Pfister Second: Reto Keller Lead: Raphael Märki Alternate: Sven Michel	Duluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Tyler George Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Craig Brown

Country (Skip)	Rank	Points
Sweden (Edin)	7	124.500
Canada (Simmons/Morris)	14	78.000
Norway (Ulsrud)	16	68.355
United States (Shuster)	21	51.411
Japan (Morozumi)	22	51.348
Switzerland (Pfister)	29	40.310
China (Zang)	30	38.049
Czech Republic (Snítil)	37	28.575
Italy (Retornaz/Mosaner)	52	20.000
Finland (Kauste)	58	18.025
Russia (Arkhipov)	61	17.500
Scotland (MacDonald)	98	9.440

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	10	1	94	63	52	43	7	12	81%
Canada	Pat Simmons	10	1	85	54	49	35	14	16	85%
Sweden	Niklas Edin	8	3	84	59	45	39	10	9	84%
Finland	Aku Kauste	6	5	76	69	52	45	14	16	78%
United States	John Shuster	6	5	74	71	43	46	13	7	79%
Japan	Yusuke Morozumi	5	6	72	66	45	42	9	11	79%
Switzerland	Marc Pfister	5	6	60	61	38	41	20	6	79%
China	Zang Jialiang	4	7	70	71	50	42	12	15	80%
Czech Republic	Jiří Snítil	4	7	61	84	42	49	13	7	78%
Italy	Joël Retornaz	3	8	49	73	32	44	18	7	75%
Scotland	Ewan MacDonald	3	8	56	86	41	51	12	10	79%
Russia	Evgeny Arkhipov	2	9	52	76	37	49	20	8	77%

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Arkhipov)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4
Japan (Morozumi) 🔨	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil) 🔨	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	5
Switzerland (Pfister)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	6

2015 World Men's Curling Championship

Qualification

Teams

WCT ranking

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

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

3 vs. 4

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Final

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Perfect games

References

External links

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Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Scotland (MacDonald)	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	5
Italy (Retornaz) 🔨	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin) 🔨	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	6
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kauste) 🔨	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	7
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
United States (Shuster)	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	10
Canada (Simmons) 🔨	1	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	6	X	11
Sweden (Edin) 🔨	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Arkhipov) 🔨	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	X	5
Switzerland (Pfister)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	3

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Finland (Kauste)	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	10
Scotland (MacDonald) 🔨	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	7

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil) 🔨	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	8
Japan (Morozumi)	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	6

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Ulsrud) 🔨	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	7
Russia (Arkhipov)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil) 🔨	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2
Canada (Simmons)	0	4	3	3	0	1	X	X	X	X	11

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	4
Finland (Kauste) 🔨	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	6	0	1	0	2	0	2	X	X	11
Scotland (MacDonald) 🔨	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	6

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi) 🔨	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4
Finland (Kauste)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Pfister) 🔨	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	7
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Arkhipov) 🔨	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Canada (Simmons)	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	3	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zang) 🔨	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4
Switzerland (Pfister)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (MacDonald)	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	8
Russia (Arkhipov) 🔨	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil) 🔨	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	3
Sweden (Edin)	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	1	1	3	1	2	0	X	X	X	X	8
Italy (Retornaz) 🔨	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Zang) 🔨	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	8
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (MacDonald) 🔨	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	6
United States (Shuster)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz) 🔨	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	4
Russia (Arkhipov)	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Simmons)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Norway (Ulsrud) 🔨	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Simmons)	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	X	X	8
Switzerland (Pfister) 🔨	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (MacDonald) 🔨	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3
China (Zang)	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	3	X	X	10

Player percentages
Finland		United States
Janne Pitko	78%	John Landsteiner	88%
Pauli Jäämies	65%	Matt Hamilton	90%
Kasper Hakunti	73%	Tyler George	94%
Aku Kauste	64%	John Shuster	78%
Total	75%	Total	87%


Page playoff system			Semifinal			Final



1	Norway	7				1	Norway	5

2	Canada	6				3	Sweden	9

			2	Canada	3

			3	Sweden	6

3	Sweden	7

4	Finland	4

Player percentages
Norway		Canada
Håvard Vad Petersson	82%	Nolan Thiessen	91%
Christoffer Svae	82%	Carter Rycroft	82%
Torger Nergård	70%	John Morris	85%
Thomas Ulsrud	91%	Pat Simmons	80%
Total	81%	Total	85%