2008 World Men's Curling Championship

2008 World Men's Curling Championship
Host cityGrand Forks, North Dakota, USA
ArenaRalph Engelstad Arena
DatesApril 4–13, 2008
Attendance51,731
Winner Canada
Curling clubSaville SC, Edmonton, Alberta
SkipKevin Martin
ThirdJohn Morris
SecondMarc Kennedy
LeadBen Hebert
AlternateAdam Enright
CoachJules 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.

Teams

 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

Round-robin standings

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%

Round-robin results

Draw 1

April 5, 14:00

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
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

Draw 2

April 5, 19:00

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 D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kapp) 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 X 11
 China (Wang) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 X 5

Draw 3

April 6, 09:00

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

Draw 4

April 6, 14:00

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

Draw 5

April 6, 19:00

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

Draw 6

April 7, 09:00

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 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 9
 Switzerland (Pescia) 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 United States (Brown) 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 9
 China (Wang) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 8

Draw 7

April 7, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Dufour) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X X X 2
 Canada (Martin) 2 3 0 2 1 0 X X X X 8
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

Draw 8

April 7, 19:00

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 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Frederiksen) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7
 United States (Brown) 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Millikin) 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 8
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Martin) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 6
 Scotland (Murdoch) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5

Draw 9

April 8, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Millikin) 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 6
 United States (Brown) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Martin) 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 9
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 X 7
 Scotland (Murdoch) 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 X 11
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

Draw 10

April 8, 14:00

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 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Brown) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 5
 France (Dufour) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
 Germany (Kapp) 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 6

Draw 11

April 8, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Pescia) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
 Denmark (Frederiksen) 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kapp) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
 Canada (Martin) 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 X X X 8
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Dufour) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 6
 Australia (Millikin) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4

Draw 12

April 9, 09:00

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 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Dufour) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 X 7
 Denmark (Frederiksen) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Pescia) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 6
 Australia (Millikin) 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 X 7
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

Draw 13

April 9, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Martin) 1 2 1 1 1 0 X X X X 6
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Millikin) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4
 Scotland (Murdoch) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Frederiksen) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6
 United States (Brown) 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 8

Draw 14

April 9, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 6
 France (Dufour) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Brown) 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 8
 Germany (Kapp) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 3
 China (Wang) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Murdoch) 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 6
 Switzerland (Pescia) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 X 4

Draw 15

April 10, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
 Australia (Millikin) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Pescia) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 6
 Canada (Martin) 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Dufour) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 5
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Germany (Kapp) 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 10
 Denmark (Frederiksen) 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 7

Draw 16

April 10, 14:00

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
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 7
 China (Wang) 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Murdoch) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 X 5
 Germany (Kapp) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
 France (Dufour) 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 X 10

Draw 17

April 10, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Frederiksen) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
 Scotland (Murdoch) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 8
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Martin) 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 X X 10
 United States (Brown) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Australia (Millikin) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 7
 Norway (Ulsrud) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 9

Playoffs

Page playoff systemSemifinalGold medal game
1 Canada62 Scotland3
2 Scotland71 Canada6
1 Canada5
4 Norway4
3 China5
4 Norway7
Bronze medal game
   
3  China 3
4  Norway 8

3 vs 4

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 5
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 X 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%

1 vs 2

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

Semifinal

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Martin) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
Player percentages
 Norway  Canada
Havard Vad Petersson 99% Ben Hebert 92%
Christoffer Svae 80% Marc Kennedy 95%
Torger Nergård 84% John Morris 91%
Thomas Ulsrud 88% Kevin Martin 94%
Total 88% Total 93%

Bronze medal game

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3
 Norway (Ulsrud) 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 X 8
Player percentages
 China  Norway
Zang Jialiang 92% Havard Vad Petersson 90%
Xu Xiaoming 85% Christoffer Svae 89%
Wang Fengchun 85% Torger Nergård 88%
Liu Rui 68% Thomas Ulsrud 89%
Total 82% Total 89%

Gold medal game

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
Player percentages
 Canada  Scotland
Ben Hebert 85% Euan Byers 95%
Marc Kennedy 95% Peter Smith 78%
John Morris 95% Graeme Connal 85%
Kevin Martin 89% David Murdoch 78%
Total 91% Total 85%
2008 Ford Men's World Curling Championship Winners

Canada
31st title

Player percentages

Top five percentages per position during the round robin.

Leads % Seconds % Thirds % Skips %
Havard Vad Petersson 88 Marc Kennedy 86 John Morris 90 Kevin Martin 87
Ben Hebert 87 Peter Smith 84 Graeme Connal 86 David Murdoch 82
Zang Jialiang 86 Christoffer Svae 84 Liu Rui 83 Thomas Ulsrud 80
Euan Byers 86 Sean Hall 82 Torger Nergård 83 Andy Kapp 80
Peter Annis 86 Holger Höhne 81 Richard Ruohonen 83 Thomas Dufour 78

See also

References

  • "World Men's Curling Championship 2008". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
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