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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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
Canada
31st title

Player percentages

Top five percentages per position during the round robin.

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

See also

References

Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_World_Men%27s_Curling_Championship
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