The 2022 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 2 to April 10 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, United States.[1] Team Sweden, skipped by Niklas Edin, was the defending championship team. The 2022 WMCC trialed the no-tick rule for the first time at a men's tournament at this level.[2][3]
In the final, Team Edin won its fourth straight world title, defeating Canada's Brad Gushue rink 8–6. It was the sixth career World title for Edin, whose team became the first ever to win an Olympic gold and World championship in the same year. In the game, Canada got off to a strong start, leading 3–0 after two. However, Sweden came back, tying it up at three in the fourth end, when Sweden scored a deuce after Gushue's last stone hit a ridge in the ice, and moved the wrong way. Canada was forced to a single in the fifth, and Sweden scored two in the sixth after Gushue missed a double takeout attempt. In the seventh, Gushue was forced to a single despite a crowded house, tying the game at five. In the ninth, with Canada down by one, Gushue missed a blank opportunity, by nosing a Swedish rock, and forcing the team to take one point, tying the game heading into the last end, without hammer. In the last end, with the score tied at six, Canada got off to a bad start when lead Geoff Walker hogged one of his rocks. On his final shot, Gushue missed his last draw against two Swedish stones, giving Sweden the championship. After the game, Gushue complained about the ice conditions, stating "(it was) the worst ice I've ever curled on in a major championship", due in part to there being four "ridges" on the ice. Edin agreed, stating that "(the) game was very tough, difficult conditions to play on."[4]
Italy's team, skipped by Joël Retornaz, won the bronze medal game after defeating the host Americans 13–4.[5]
Qualification
The World Curling Federation changed the qualification process for the World Curling Championships beginning in 2022 in key ways, as a transition year to a new qualification format for 2023. As before, the selection process started with the presumption that Europe receives eight entries, with two entries each from the American and Pacific-Asia Zones, but with a reduction of entries from one of the three zones – the zone with the lowest ranked competitor in the previous World Curling Championship.[6] Two additional entries were then determined by the 2022 World Qualification Event, bringing the total to thirteen entries for the championship. The host nation for the championship continues to receive a guaranteed entry as one of the entries in its zone. The Americas Challenge was required as a means of entry for at least one team from the Americas in 2022.[6] No entry was determined by tour-based rankings. Beginning in 2023, this system will be replaced, with all entries determined by two world zones championships. Seven guaranteed entries will come from the European Championship and five guaranteed entries from a Pan Continental Championship, the latter of which will include the America zone and the Pacific-Asia zone. The thirteenth entry will be determined by assessing the aggregate performance of the top five teams in each zone, with an extra entry from the better performing zone.[7]
As a result of these changes, Canada participated in the Americas Challenge in order to qualify for the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship, represented by Team Bottcher, which won the event and qualified Canada as an entry.[8] Though fourteen teams competed at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship, South Korea and China were ranked thirteenth and fourteenth, removing one automatic entry for the Pacific-Asia zone for the 2022 Championships. The remaining entries were determined by the playoffs at the 2022 World Qualification Event.
Russian Participation
As part of international sports' reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 28 the World Curling Federation initiated proceedings to remove the Russian Curling Federation from the upcoming Curling Championship. In its statement the WCF said:[10]
The World Curling Federation strongly condemns the military action undertaken by the Russian Government in their invasion of Ukraine and continues to hope for a swift and peaceful resolution to the situation.
On March 4, the World Curling Federation announced the removal of the Russian Curling Federation from the 2022 World Championships.[11] On March 12, they announced that Finland, who placed third in the Qualifying event, would replace the RCF.[12]
Teams
The teams are as follows:[13]
| Canada
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Czech Republic
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Denmark
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Finland
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Germany
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| St. John's CC, St. John's
Skip: Brad Gushue
Third: Mark Nichols
Second: Brett Gallant
Lead: Geoff Walker
Alternate: E. J. Harnden
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CC Zbraslav, Zbraslav,
CC Dion, Prague,
CC Brno, Brno &
CC Sokol Liboc, Prague
Skip: Lukáš Klíma
Third: Marek Černovský
Second: Radek Boháč
Lead: Jiří Candra
Alternate: Lukáš Klípa
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Gentofte CC, Gentofte &
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
Skip: Tobias Thune
Third: Kasper Wiksten
Second: Oliver Rosenkrands Søe
Lead: Mikkel Krause
Alternate: Daniel Poulsen
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Kisakallio CC, Lohja
Skip: Kalle Kiiskinen
Third: Teemu Salo
Second: Leo Ouni
Lead: Paavo Kuosmanen
Alternate: Jermu Pöllänen
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Baden Hills G&CC, Füssen
Skip: Sixten Totzek
Third: Marc Muskatewitz
Second: Joshua Sutor
Lead: Dominik Greindl
Alternate: Benjamin Kapp
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| Italy
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Netherlands
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Norway
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Scotland[14]
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South Korea[15]
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Torino-Pinerolo CC, Pinerolo &
Aeronautica Militare
Skip: Joël Retornaz
Third: Amos Mosaner
Second: Sebastiano Arman
Lead: Simone Gonin
Alternate: Mattia Giovanella
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CC PWA Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer
Skip: Wouter Gösgens
Third: Jaap van Dorp
Second: Laurens Hoekman
Lead: Carlo Glasbergen
Alternate: Tobias van den Hurk
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Trondheim CK, Trondheim
Skip: Magnus Ramsfjell
Third: Martin Sesaker
Second: Bendik Ramsfjell
Lead: Gaute Nepstad
Alternate: Mathias Brænden
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Stirling CC, Stirling
Fourth: Ross Paterson
Skip: Kyle Waddell
Second: Duncan Menzies
Lead: Craig Waddell
Alternate: Euan Kyle
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Uiseong CC, Uiseong
Fourth: Kim Soo-hyuk
Skip: Kim Chang-min
Second: Seong Se-hyeon
Lead: Kim Hak-kyun
Alternate: Jeon Jae-ik
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| Sweden[16]
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Switzerland[17]
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United States[18]
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| Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip: Niklas Edin
Third: Oskar Eriksson
Second: Rasmus Wranå
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Daniel Magnusson
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Bern Zähringer CC, Bern
Skip: Yannick Schwaller
Third: Michael Brunner
Second: Romano Meier
Lead: Marcel Käufeler
Alternate: Simon Gloor
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Chaska CC, Chaska
Skip: Korey Dropkin
Third: Joe Polo
Second: Mark Fenner
Lead: Tom Howell
Alternate: Alex Fenson
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Rule changes
The main rule change between the 2021 and 2022 WMCC is the introduction of the no-tick rule. This will prohibit ticking a stone off of the centre line until after the fifth stone of the end has been thrown. If a stone is ticked off of the centre line before then, it is restored to its position, similar to if a stone is removed from play from the free guard zone.[3]
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
Round robin summary table
| Pos.
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Country
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Record
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| 1
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Canada
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—
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6–4
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9–2
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8–3
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11–7
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10–4
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9–6
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8–7
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8–6
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10–2
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5–7
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10–6
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6–10
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10–2
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| 9
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Czech Republic
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4–6
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—
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9–2
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10–4
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9–4
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5–6
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11–5
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7–4
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0–6
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4–10
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4–8
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5–9
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5–7
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5–7
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| 13
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Denmark
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2–9
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2–9
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—
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6–10
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7–10
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3–7
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7–2
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6–10
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3–7
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7–6
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4–11
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0–7
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2–8
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2–10
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| 11
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Finland
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3–8
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4–10
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10–6
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—
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4–11
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7–10
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9–8
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4–5
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5–10
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11–4
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2–7
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6–4
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2–7
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4–8
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| 7
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Germany
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7–11
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4–9
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10–7
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11–4
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—
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8–11
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13–7
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10–6
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4–6
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4–9
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2–7
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10–3
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8–3
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6–6
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| 3
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Italy
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4–10
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6–5
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7–3
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10–7
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11–8
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—
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9–11
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9–6
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4–5
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5–10
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10–8
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W–L
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8–4
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8–4
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| 12
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Netherlands
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6–9
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5–11
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2–7
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8–9
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7–13
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11–9
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—
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3–8
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5–4
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8–7
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4–7
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3–6
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3–8
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3–9
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| 10
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Norway
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7–8
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4–7
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10–6
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5–4
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6–10
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6–9
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8–3
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—
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7–4
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7–3
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6–7
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3–9
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8–10
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5–7
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| 4
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Scotland
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6–8
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6–0
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7–3
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10–5
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6–4
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5–4
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4–5
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4–7
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—
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6–9
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2–8
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9–7
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9–7
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7–5
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| 8
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South Korea
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2–10
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10–4
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6–7
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4–11
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9–4
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10–5
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7–8
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3–7
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9–6
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—
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7–5
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7–9
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9–7
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6–6
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| 2
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Sweden
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7–5
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8–4
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11–4
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7–2
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7–2
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8–10
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7–4
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7–6
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8–2
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5–7
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—
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7–8
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5–3
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9–3
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| 6
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Switzerland
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6–10
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9–5
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7–0
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4–6
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3–10
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L–W
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6–3
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9–3
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7–9
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9–7
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8–7
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—
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4–7
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6–6
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| 5
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United States
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10–6
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7–5
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8–2
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7–2
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3–8
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4–8
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8–3
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10–8
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7–9
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7–9
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3–5
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7–4
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—
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7–5
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Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Pacific Time (UTC−07:00).[19]
Draw 1
Saturday, April 2, 2:00 pm
Draw 2
Saturday, April 2, 7:00 pm
Draw 3
Sunday, April 3, 9:00 am
Draw 4
Sunday, April 3, 2:00 pm
Draw 5
Sunday, April 3, 7:00 pm
Draw 6
Monday, April 4, 9:00 am
Draw 7
Monday, April 4, 2:00 pm
Draw 8
Monday, April 4, 7:00 pm
Draw 9
Tuesday, April 5, 9:00 am
Draw 10
Tuesday, April 5, 2:00 pm
Draw 11
Tuesday, April 5, 7:00 pm
Draw 12
Wednesday, April 6, 9:00 am
Draw 13
Wednesday, April 6, 2:00 pm
Draw 14
Wednesday, April 6, 7:00 pm
Draw 15
Thursday, April 7, 9:00 am
^ Switzerland ran out of time, and therefore forfeited the match.[20]
Draw 16
Thursday, April 7, 2:00 pm
Draw 17
Thursday, April 7, 7:00 pm
Draw 18
Friday, April 8, 9:00 am
Draw 19
Friday, April 8, 2:00 pm
Draw 20
Friday, April 8, 7:00 pm
Playoffs
Qualification games
Saturday, April 9, 2:00 pm
Semifinals
Saturday, April 9, 7:00 pm
Bronze-medal game
Sunday, April 10, 11:00 am
Final
Sunday, April 10, 4:00 pm
Statistics
Top 5 player percentages
Final round robin percentages
Perfect games
Minimum 10 shots thrown
Final standings
Awards
The awards were as follows:
Collie Campbell Memorial Award
References
- ^ "LGT World Men's Curling Championship 2022". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ Wyman, Ted (17 February 2022). "'No-tick rule' will be used at world curling championships, but WCF puts other trial rule changes on hold". National Post. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ a b "World Curling to trial No-Tick Zone rule at World Championships". World Curling Federation. 17 February 2022. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Strong, Gregory (10 April 2022). "Canada's Gushue takes silver at men's curling worlds as Sweden's Edin wins again". CBC. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Goh, ZK (11 April 2022). "Niklas Edin wins sixth world curling title, leading Sweden to fourth straight crown". Olympics.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ a b World Curling Federation, The Rules of Curling and Rules of Competition (October 2021), p. 52.
- ^ World Curling Federation, The Rules of Curling and Rules of Competition (October 2021), p. 53.
- ^ "Team Brendan Bottcher secures Canada's place at LGT World Men's 2022". World Curling Federation. 31 October 2021. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "World Curling Championship line-ups confirmed". World Curling Federation. 2022-03-12.
- ^ "World Curling Federation adopts emergency regulation for sanctioned competitions". World Curling Federation. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "World Curling Federation adopts new rule and excludes RCF for 2021–2022 season". World Curling Federation. 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
- ^ "World Curling Championship line-ups confirmed". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ "Entry List by Country — As of THU 31 MAR 2022 — LGT World Men's Curling Championship 2022" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-04-01.
- ^ "TEAM PATERSON SELECTED FOR 2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Scottish Curling | The Home of Curling in Scotland". www.scottishcurling.org. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "2021-2022시즌 대한민국 남자컬링 국가대표팀". Instagram (in Korean). curling1spoon. July 3, 2021. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "Lag Edin och lag Hasselborg representerar Sverige vid VM". Svenska Curlingförbundet. February 23, 2022. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "SM Elite Männer / CS hommes élite 2021/22". Swiss Curling. Archived from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "Team Dropkin named U.S. representative at 2022 World Men's Curling Championship". USA Curling. February 26, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "Draw Schedule". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
- ^ "Game Results – Italy vs Switzerland" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
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