2009 World Men's Curling Championship

The 2009 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship presented by Atlantic Lottery for sponsorship reasons) was held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from April 4–12, 2009, at the Moncton Coliseum. The event, which formally celebrated 50 years of World Men's Curling (1959-2009) plus the 225th anniversary of the host province of New Brunswick, kicked off with a three-hour extravaganza combining the Opening Ceremonies and Opening Banquet, an unprecedented start to the World Men's Curling Championship.[1]

2009 World Men's Curling Championship
2009 World Men's Curling Championship
Host cityMoncton, New Brunswick, Canada
ArenaMoncton Coliseum
DatesApril 4–12, 2009
Attendance78,470
Winner Scotland
Curling clubLockerbie Curling Club, Lockerbie
SkipDavid Murdoch
ThirdEwan MacDonald
SecondPeter Smith
LeadEuan Byers
AlternateGraeme Connal
CoachDavid Hay
Finalist Canada (Kevin Martin)
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Qualification

Two teams from the Americas region (including Canada as host), two Pacific region teams (via the 2008 Pacific Curling Championships) and eight teams from the European region (via the 2008 European Curling Championships). For the first time ever, a third country from the Americas expressed intent to participate in the qualification process, necessitating a qualifying tournament between the United States and Brazil held between January 30 and February 1, 2009. Canada, as defending champions and hosts do not have to qualify, as they automatically get to participate.[2]

Teams

 Canada  China  Czech Republic
Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton

Skip: Kevin Martin
Third: John Morris
Second: Marc Kennedy
Lead: Ben Hebert
Alternate: Terry Meek

Harbin CC, Harbin

Fourth: Liu Rui
Skip: Wang Fengchun*
Second: Xu Xiaoming
Lead: Zang Jialiang
Alternate: Chen Lu-An

CK Brno, Brno

Skip: Jiří Snítil
Third: Martin Snítil
Second: Jindřich Kitzberger
Lead: Karel Uher
Alternate: Miloš Hoferka

 Denmark  Finland  France
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Fourth: Johnny Frederiksen
Skip: Ulrik Schmidt*
Second: Bo Jensen
Lead: Lars Vilandt
Alternate: Mikkel Poulson

Oulunkylän Curling, Helsinki

Skip: Kalle Kiiskinen
Third: Teemu Salo
Second: Jani Sullanmaa
Lead: Jari Rouvinen
Alternate: Juha Pekaristo

Chamonix CC, Chamonix

Skip: Thomas Dufour
Third: Tony Angiboust
Second: Jan Ducroz
Lead: Richard Ducroz
Alternate: Raphael Mathieu

 Germany  Japan  Norway
CC Füssen, Füssen

Skip: Andy Kapp
Third: Andreas Lang
Second: Holger Höhne
Lead: Andreas Kempf
Alternate: Daniel Herberg

Karuizawa CC, Karuizawa

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

Snarøen CK, Bærum

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

 Scotland  Switzerland  United States
Lockerbie Curling Club, Lockerbie

Skip: David Murdoch
Third: Ewan MacDonald
Second: Peter Smith
Lead: Euan Byers
Alternate: Graeme Connal

CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen

Skip: Ralph Stöckli
Third: Jan Hauser
Second: Markus Eggler
Lead: Simon Strübin
Alternate: Toni Müller

Duluth Curling Club, Duluth

Skip: John Shuster
Third: Jason Smith
Second: Jeff Isaacson
Lead: John Benton
Alternate: Chris Plys

* Throws third stones

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreaker
CountrySkipWLPFPAEnds
Won
Ends
Lost
Blank
Ends
Stolen
Ends
Shot
Pct.
 CanadaKevin Martin1019243473371188%
 ScotlandDavid Murdoch8386594538171183%
 SwitzerlandRalph Stöckli7467624441151380%
 NorwayThomas Ulsrud7471584237181483%
 United StatesJohn Shuster7479714941111978%
 GermanyAndy Kapp7477664546171081%
 DenmarkUlrik Schmidt5665744444151279%
 FranceThomas Dufour475269333919675%
 ChinaWang Fengchun4769784547111181%
 JapanYusuke Morozumi385974384511979%
 Czech RepublicJiří Snítil385475394612875%
 FinlandKalle Kiiskinen110489035497774%

Round-robin results

All draw times local (GMT-3 or Atlantic Daylight Time)

Draw 1

April 4, 3:00pm

Sheet A1234567891011Final
 Scotland (Murdoch) 010211011007
 Switzerland (Stöckli)1020002002310
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 20010020027
 Denmark (Schmidt)00100102206
Sheet C1234567891011Final
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 020000020206
 Finland (Kiiskinen)001120101028
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Germany (Kapp) 02010001105
 United States (Shuster)10101110016

Draw 2

April 4, 7:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Finland (Kiiskinen) 000010XXXX1
 Norway (Ulsrud)111204XXXX9
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Japan (Morozumi)010101010X4
 Canada (Martin) 101030101X7
Sheet C12345678910Final
 France (Dufour) 00010203017
 China (Wang)00001010305
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 011104101X9
 Denmark (Schmidt)100010020X4

Draw 3

April 5, 8:30am

Sheet B12345678910Final
 United States (Shuster) 10400010XX6
 Scotland (Murdoch)04010106XX12
Sheet C1234567891011Final
 Germany (Kapp) 0120030102110
 Switzerland (Stöckli)100110204009

Draw 4

April 5, 1:00pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Canada (Martin) 020230XXXX7
 France (Dufour)100001XXXX2
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Denmark (Schmidt)20100030017
 Finland (Kiiskinen) 01021001005
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 11013101XX8
 Czech Republic (Snítil)00000020XX2
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 2100034XXX10
 China (Wang)0001100XXX2

Draw 5

April 5, 7:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 0200010XXX3
 United States (Shuster)2030104XXX10
Sheet B12345678910Final
 France (Dufour) 21021002XX8
 Japan (Morozumi)00100100XX2
Sheet C12345678910Final
 China (Wang) 01010020XX4
 Canada (Martin)10303101XX9
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Scotland (Murdoch) 030204002X11
 Germany (Kapp)004020020X8

Draw 6

April 6, 10:00am

Sheet A1234567891011Final
 Germany (Kapp)020301020019
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 202010200108
Sheet B12345678910Final
 United States (Shuster) 01010020105
 Norway (Ulsrud)10000202027
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Scotland (Murdoch)02011102XX7
 Finland (Kiiskinen) 10100000XX2
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli)00202030119
 Denmark (Schmidt) 11020200006

Draw 7

April 6, 3:00pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 00210202007
 China (Wang)01001020116
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Czech Republic (Snítil)0102010XXX4
 Canada (Martin) 2040202XXX10
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Denmark (Schmidt)002010103X7
 France (Dufour) 100001010X3
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Finland (Kiiskinen) 20202001007
 Japan (Morozumi)020102102210

Draw 8

April 6, 7:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 10200010015
 Scotland (Murdoch)02030002007
Sheet B12345678910Final
 France (Dufour)00210020016
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 10001102005
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Canada (Martin) 201011010X6
 Germany (Kapp)010200100X4
Sheet D1234567891011Final
 China (Wang) 110200211008
 United States (Shuster)004020000219

Draw 9

April 7, 10:00am

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Canada (Martin)2020202XXX8
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 0101010XXX3
Sheet B12345678910Final
 China (Wang)300100302X9
 Scotland (Murdoch) 012002020X7
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Japan (Morozumi)000100XXXX1
 United States (Shuster) 212004XXXX9
Sheet D12345678910Final
 France (Dufour) 00200102005
 Germany (Kapp)00020020217

Draw 10

April 7, 3:00pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
 United States (Shuster)10001020206
 Denmark (Schmidt) 02100202029
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Germany (Kapp) 02310110XX8
 Finland (Kiiskinen)10001002XX4
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli)10010000013
 Norway (Ulsrud) 00100000102
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Scotland (Murdoch)02010000104
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 10100101015

Draw 11

April 7, 7:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Finland (Kiiskinen)010001XXXX2
 France (Dufour) 100340XXXX8
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 1100100XXX3
 China (Wang)0014013XXX9
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Denmark (Schmidt) 011301011X8
 Japan (Morozumi)000030100X4
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 010100XXXX2
 Canada (Martin)302004XXXX9

Draw 12

April 8, 10:00am

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 001020XXXX3
 Japan (Morozumi)210204XXXX9
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Norway (Ulsrud)304030XXXX10
 France (Dufour) 010201XXXX4
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Finland (Kiiskinen)020200XXXX4
 Canada (Martin) 403041XXXX12
Sheet D1234567891011Final
 Denmark (Schmidt)010002010206
 China (Wang) 102010002017

Draw 13

April 8, 3:00pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
 China (Wang) 10101010206
 Germany (Kapp)01010203018
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Canada (Martin) 020402001X9
 United States (Shuster)201010020X6
Sheet C12345678910Final
 France (Dufour)0100000XXX1
 Scotland (Murdoch) 2004003XXX9
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Japan (Morozumi)001100110X4
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 020022001X7

Draw 14

April 8, 7:30pm

Sheet A1234567891011Final
 Scotland (Murdoch)010100201016
 Norway (Ulsrud) 101000020105
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 101000201X5
 Czech Republic (Snítil)000010010X2
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Germany (Kapp)00002002004
 Denmark (Schmidt) 11000110015
Sheet D12345678910Final
 United States (Shuster)00111010206
 Finland (Kiiskinen) 21000001015

Draw 15

April 9, 10:00am

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Denmark (Schmidt)002010010X4
 Canada (Martin) 410102002X10
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Finland (Kiiskinen)10010202017
 China (Wang) 01102040109
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Norway (Ulsrud)010020231211
 Japan (Morozumi) 10410100007
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 010210101X6
 France (Dufour)001001000X2

Draw 16

April 9, 3:00pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 212030XXXX8
 Finland (Kiiskinen)000102XXXX3
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Scotland (Murdoch) 210404XXXX11
 Denmark (Schmidt)002010XXXX3
Sheet C12345678910Final
 United States (Shuster)11101003007
 Czech Republic (Snítil) 00020010216
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Germany (Kapp)10000200249
 Norway (Ulsrud) 00002001003

Draw 17

April 9, 7:30pm

Sheet A12345678910Final
 France (Dufour)20003010006
 United States (Shuster) 01010101149
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 10101000003
 Germany (Kapp)02010001015
Sheet C12345678910Final
 China (Wang)00101002004
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 10010110015
Sheet D1234567891011Final
 Canada (Martin)010101001105
 Scotland (Murdoch) 101000030016

Tiebreakers

April 10, 3:00pm

Sheet B12345678910Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 2102203XXX10
 United States (Shuster)0010010XXX2
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Germany (Kapp) 20100201107
 Switzerland (Stöckli)01030030018

Playoffs

Page playoff systemSemifinalGold medal game
1  Canada52  Scotland7
2  Scotland71  Canada6
1  Canada6
3  Switzerland5
3  Switzerland5
4  Norway4
Bronze medal game
   
3  Switzerland4
4  Norway6

1 vs. 2

April 10, 7:30pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
 Canada (Martin) 10002010105
 Scotland (Murdoch)03010101017
Player percentages
 Canada  Scotland
Ben Hebert96%Euan Byers98%
Marc Kennedy81%Peter Smith66%
John Morris79%Ewan MacDonald89%
Kevin Martin72%David Murdoch80%
Total82%Total83%

3 vs. 4

April 11, 10:00am

Sheet C1234567891011Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 101001001015
 Norway (Ulsrud)010100010104
Player percentages
 Switzerland  Norway
Simon Strübin91%Håvard Vad Petersson86%
Markus Eggler85%Christoffer Svae92%
Jan Hauser82%Torger Nergård84%
Ralph Stöckli78%Thomas Ulsrud72%
Total84%Total84%

Semifinal

April 11, 4:00pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli)00100002115
 Canada (Martin) 11000310006
Player percentages
 Switzerland  Canada
Simon Strübin90%Ben Hebert97%
Markus Eggler84%Marc Kennedy95%
Jan Hauser90%John Morris88%
Ralph Stöckli85%Kevin Martin90%
Total87%Total93%

Bronze medal game

April 12, 1:00pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 100100200X4
 Norway (Ulsrud)011010021X6
Player percentages
 Switzerland  Norway
Simon Strübin89%Håvard Vad Petersson80%
Markus Eggler88%Christoffer Svae90%
Jan Hauser70%Torger Nergård85%
Ralph Stöckli63%Thomas Ulsrud84%
Total78%Total85%

Gold medal game

April 12, 7:30pm

Sheet C12345678910Final
 Scotland (Murdoch) 20100100217
 Canada (Martin)02020011006
Player percentages
 Scotland  Canada
Euan Byers90%Ben Hebert91%
Peter Smith73%Marc Kennedy94%
Ewan MacDonald88%John Morris85%
David Murdoch91%Kevin Martin89%
Total85%Total90%
2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship Winners

Scotland
5th title

Player percentages

Top five percentages per position during the round robin.

Leads%Seconds%Thirds%Skips%
Ben Hebert89 Marc Kennedy90 Ewan MacDonald88 Kevin Martin88
Håvard Vad Petersson88 Peter Smith85 John Morris87 David Murdoch80
Andreas Kempf88 Bo Jensen83 Torger Nergård83 Liu Rui79
Kosuke Morozumi86 Christoffer Svae83 Wang Fengchun82 Thomas Ulsrud79
Simon Strübin85 Xu Xiaoming81 Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi79 Ralph Stöckli78

References