2016_World_Men's_Curling_Championship

2016 World Men's Curling Championship

2016 World Men's Curling Championship

Curling competition at Basel, Switzerland


The 2016 World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 2 to 10 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.

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Canada, skipped by Kevin Koe, won its first World Men's Championship in four years defeating the Rasmus Stjerne rink from Denmark in the final, 5–3. The ninth end marked the turning point in the game after Stjerne just missed a double runback raise, leaving Koe with an open draw for two. In the 10th end, Canada third Marc Kennedy made a runback double takeout that dashed any chance for the Danes to come back. Stjerne froze his last rock of the game, but Koe was able to pick it out for the win. It was the first time Denmark had made it to the World Men's finals. The U.S. (John Shuster) won the bronze medal, beating Japan (Yusuke Morozumi) 8–6 in the third place game.[1]

Qualification

The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship:

Teams

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Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

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Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Draw 1

Saturday, April 2, 14:00

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Draw 2

Saturday, April 2, 19:00

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Draw 3

Sunday, April 3, 9:00

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Draw 4

Sunday, April 3, 14:00

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Draw 5

Sunday, April 3, 19:00

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Draw 6

Monday, April 4, 9:00

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Draw 7

Monday, April 4, 14:00

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Draw 8

Monday, April 4, 19:00

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Draw 9

Tuesday, April 5, 9:00

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Draw 10

Tuesday, April 5, 14:00

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Draw 11

Tuesday, April 5, 19:00

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Draw 12

Wednesday, April 6, 9:00

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Draw 13

Wednesday, April 6, 14:00

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Draw 14

Wednesday, April 6, 19:00

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Draw 15

Thursday, April 7, 9:00

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Draw 16

Thursday, April 7, 14:00

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Draw 17

Thursday, April 7, 19:00

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Playoffs

Bronze medal game
   
3  Japan 6
4  United States 8

1 vs. 2

Friday, April 8, 19:00

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3 vs. 4

Saturday, April 9, 14:00

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Semifinal

Saturday, April 9, 19:00

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Bronze medal game

Sunday, April 10, 10:00

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Final

Sunday, April 10, 15:00

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2016 World Men's Curling Championship winner
Canada
Canada
35th title

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round robin only


References

General
  • "2016 World Men's Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
Specific
  1. "Team Clark sweeps up national title". USA Curling. 13 February 2016. Archived from the original on February 17, 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

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