2014 World Men's Curling Championship
Size280
Host cityBeijing, China
ArenaCapital Indoor Stadium
DatesMarch 29 – April 6, 2014
Winner'
Curling clubSnarøen CC, Oslo
SkipThomas Ulsrud
ThirdTorger Nergård
SecondChristoffer Svae
LeadHåvard Vad Petersson
AlternateMarkus Høiberg
Finalist(Oskar Eriksson)
Prev2013
Next2015

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]

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.

Qualification

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

Teams

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
[3]
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
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
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

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreaker
CountrySkipWLPFPAEnds
Won
Ends
Lost
Blank
Ends
Stolen
Ends
Shot
Pct.
Thomas Ulsrud10182475138121386%
Kevin Koe838058494361584%
Peter de Cruz7479684844171180%
Oskar Eriksson7472574641151581%
Yusuke Morozumi7474704545101282%
Liu Rui656767454319982%
Jiří Snítil6571734345171078%
John Jahr567375464391178%
Ewan MacDonald386484454991078%
Pete Fenson3861764348161181%
Evgeny Arkhipov295584384910778%
Rasmus Stjerne295473415012678%

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Saturday, March 29, 14:00

Draw 2

Saturday, March 29, 19:00

Draw 3

Sunday, March 30, 9:00

Draw 4

Sunday, March 30, 14:00

Draw 5

Sunday, March 30, 19:00

Draw 6

Monday, March 31, 9:00

Draw 7

Monday, March 31, 14:00

Draw 8

Monday, March 31, 19:00

Draw 9

Tuesday, April 1, 9:00

Draw 10

Tuesday, April 1, 14:00

Draw 11

Tuesday, April 1, 19:00

Draw 12

Wednesday, April 2, 9:00

Draw 13

Wednesday, April 2, 14:00

Draw 14

Wednesday, April 2, 19:00

Draw 15

Thursday, April 3, 9:00

Draw 16

Thursday, April 3, 14:00

Draw 17

Thursday, April 3, 19:00

Tiebreaker

Friday, April 4, 9:00

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Saturday, April 5, 11:00[4]

3 vs. 4

Friday, April 4, 19:00

Semifinal

Saturday, April 5, 16:00

Bronze medal game

Sunday, April 6, 10:00

Final

Sunday, April 6, 15:00

Statistics

Top 5 player percentages

Round robin only

Leads%
Nolan Thiessen87
Håvard Vad Petersson86
Zang Jialiang86
Ryan Brunt86
Christoffer Sundgren84
Seconds%
Carter Rycroft86
Christoffer Svae84
Joe Polo84
Tetsuro Shimizu83
Ba Dexin82
Thirds%
Torger Nergård88
Pat Simmons84
Johnny Frederiksen82
Xu Xiaoming82
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi82
Skips%
Thomas Ulsrud89
Kevin Koe84
Oskar Eriksson80
Felix Schulze (Fourth)79
Yusuke Morozumi79

References

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 2015-10-27 at the Wayback Machine.