2014 World Men's Curling Championship


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The 2014 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 29 to April 6 at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.[1][2]

2014 World Men's Curling Championship
2014 World Men's Curling Championship
Host cityBeijing, China
ArenaCapital Indoor Stadium
DatesMarch 29 – April 6, 2014
Winner Norway
Curling clubSnarøen CC, Oslo
SkipThomas Ulsrud
ThirdTorger Nergård
SecondChristoffer Svae
LeadHåvard Vad Petersson
AlternateMarkus Høiberg
CoachPål Trulsen
Finalist Sweden (Oskar Eriksson)

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Norway's Thomas Ulsrud defeated Sweden's Oskar Eriksson in the final with a score of 8–3, securing his first world title and the fourth world title overall for Norway.

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2014 World Men's Curling Championship:

  Canada   China   Czech Republic
Glencoe CC, Calgary

Skip: Kevin Koe
Third: Pat Simmons
Second: Carter Rycroft
Lead: Nolan Thiessen
Alternate: Jamie King

Harbin CC, Harbin

Skip: Liu Rui
Third: Xu Xiaoming
Second: Ba Dexin
Lead: Zang Jialiang
Alternate: Zou Dejia

Brno CK, Brno

Skip: Jiří Snítil
Third: Martin Snítil
Second: Jindřich Kitzberger
Lead: Jakub Bareš
Alternate: Marek Vydra

  Denmark   Germany[3]   Japan
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Rasmus Stjerne
Third: Johnny Frederiksen
Second: Lars Vilandt
Lead: Troels Harry
Alternate: Oliver Dupont

CC Hamburg, Hamburg

Fourth: Felix Schulze
Skip: John Jahr
Second: Christopher Bartsch
Lead: Sven Goldemann
Alternate: Peter Rickmers

Karuizawa CC, Karuizawa

Skip: Yusuke Morozumi
Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Second: Tetsuro Shimizu
Lead: Kosuke Morozumi

  Norway   Russia   Scotland
Snarøen CC, Oslo

Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Torger Nergård
Second: Christoffer Svae
Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson
Alternate: Markus Høiberg

Moskvitch CC, Moscow

Fourth: Alexey Stukalskiy
Third: Sergey Glukhov
Skip: Evgeniy Arkhipov
Lead: Petr Dron
Alternate: Alexander Kozyrev

Citadel CC, Inverness

Skip: Ewan MacDonald
Third: Duncan Fernie
Second: Dave Reid
Lead: Euan Byers
Alternate: Glen Muirhead

  Sweden   Switzerland   United States
Lits CC, Lit

Skip: Oskar Eriksson
Third: Kristian Lindström
Second: Markus Eriksson
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Gustav Eskilsson

CC Genève, Geneva

Fourth: Benoît Schwarz
Skip: Peter de Cruz
Second: Dominik Märki
Lead: Valentin Tanner
Alternate: Claudio Pätz

Bemidji CC, Bemidji

Skip: Pete Fenson
Third: Shawn Rojeski
Second: Joe Polo
Lead: Ryan Brunt
Alternate: Jared Zezel

Round-robin standings

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Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreaker
Country Skip W L PF PA Ends
Won
Ends
Lost
Blank
Ends
Stolen
Ends
Shot
Pct.
  Norway Thomas Ulsrud 10 1 82 47 51 38 12 13 86%
  Canada Kevin Koe 8 3 80 58 49 43 6 15 84%
  Switzerland Peter de Cruz 7 4 79 68 48 44 17 11 80%
  Sweden Oskar Eriksson 7 4 72 57 46 41 15 15 81%
  Japan Yusuke Morozumi 7 4 74 70 45 45 10 12 82%
  China Liu Rui 6 5 67 67 45 43 19 9 82%
  Czech Republic Jiří Snítil 6 5 71 73 43 45 17 10 78%
  Germany John Jahr 5 6 73 75 46 43 9 11 78%
  Scotland Ewan MacDonald 3 8 64 84 45 49 9 10 78%
  United States Pete Fenson 3 8 61 76 43 48 16 11 81%
  Russia Evgeny Arkhipov 2 9 55 84 38 49 10 7 78%
  Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 2 9 54 73 41 50 12 6 78%

Saturday, March 29, 14:00

Saturday, March 29, 19:00

Sunday, March 30, 9:00

Sunday, March 30, 14:00

Sunday, March 30, 19:00

Monday, March 31, 9:00

Monday, March 31, 14:00

Monday, March 31, 19:00

Tuesday, April 1, 9:00

Tuesday, April 1, 14:00

Tuesday, April 1, 19:00

Wednesday, April 2, 9:00

Wednesday, April 2, 14:00

Wednesday, April 2, 19:00

Thursday, April 3, 9:00

Thursday, April 3, 14:00

Thursday, April 3, 19:00

Friday, April 4, 9:00

Player percentages
  Sweden   Japan
Christoffer Sundgren 80% Kosuke Morozumi 74%
Markus Eriksson 86% Tetsuro Shimizu 74%
Kristian Lindström 88% Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 64%
Oskar Eriksson 74% Yusuke Morozumi 78%
Total 82% Total 72%
Bronze medal game
   
2   Canada 5
3   Switzerland 7

Saturday, April 5, 11:00[4]

Player percentages
  Norway   Canada
Håvard Vad Petersson 66% Nolan Thiessen 74%
Christoffer Svae 79% Carter Rycroft 81%
Torger Nergård 83% Pat Simmons 80%
Thomas Ulsrud 91% Kevin Koe 89%
Total 80% Total 81%

Friday, April 4, 19:00

Player percentages
  Switzerland   Sweden
Valentin Tanner 89% Christoffer Sundgren 82%
Dominik Märki 86% Markus Eriksson 90%
Peter de Cruz 94% Kristian Lindström 88%
Benoît Schwarz 78% Oskar Eriksson 89%
Total 87% Total 87%

Saturday, April 5, 16:00

Player percentages
  Canada   Sweden
Nolan Thiessen 98% Christoffer Sundgren 92%
Carter Rycroft 84% Markus Eriksson 95%
Pat Simmons 91% Kristian Lindström 85%
Kevin Koe 83% Oskar Eriksson 85%
Total 89% Total 89%

Sunday, April 6, 10:00

Player percentages
  Canada   Switzerland
Nolan Thiessen 89% Valentin Tanner 93%
Carter Rycroft 85% Dominik Märki 75%
Pat Simmons 91% Peter de Cruz 91%
Kevin Koe 72% Benoît Schwarz 80%
Total 84% Total 85%

Sunday, April 6, 15:00

Player percentages
  Norway   Sweden
Håvard Vad Petersson 79% Christoffer Sundgren 92%
Christoffer Svae 81% Markus Eriksson 86%
Torger Nergård 91% Kristian Lindström 84%
Thomas Ulsrud 84% Oskar Eriksson 56%
Total 84% Total 80%
2014 World Men's Curling Championship winner
 
Norway
4th title

Top 5 player percentages

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Round robin only

Leads %
  Nolan Thiessen 87
  Håvard Vad Petersson 86
  Zang Jialiang 86
  Ryan Brunt 86
  Christoffer Sundgren 84
Seconds %
  Carter Rycroft 86
  Christoffer Svae 84
  Joe Polo 84
  Tetsuro Shimizu 83
  Ba Dexin 82
Thirds %
  Torger Nergård 88
  Pat Simmons 84
  Johnny Frederiksen 82
  Xu Xiaoming 82
  Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 82
Skips %
  Thomas Ulsrud 89
  Kevin Koe 84
  Oskar Eriksson 80
  Felix Schulze (Fourth) 79
  Yusuke Morozumi 79
General
Specific
  1. ^ "Beijing, China to host 2014 World Men's Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Beijing to host 2014 world men's curling championships". asia.eurosport.com. 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Titelverteidigung in der "Extraschicht"!" (in German). Deutscher Curling Verband. 19 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  4. ^ "World Men's Curling Championship 2014 - Schedule". Archived from the original on 2015-10-27.