2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship

2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship

Host city	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Arena	Moncton Coliseum
Dates	April 4-12
Attendance	78,470
Winner	Scotland
Curling club	Lockerbie Curling Club, Lockerbie
Skip	David Murdoch
Third	Ewan MacDonald
Second	Peter Smith
Lead	Euan Byers
Alternate	Graeme Connal
Coach	David Hay
Finalist	Canada

The 2009 Ford Men's World Curling Championship 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]

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 Skip: Wang Fengchun Fourth: Liu Rui 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 Skip: Ulrik Schmidt* Fourth: Johnny Frederiksen 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

Standings

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends F/A	Stolen Ends For	Stolen Ends Against	Shot %
Canada	Kevin Martin	10	1	92	43	47	33	1/6	11	2	88
Scotland	David Murdoch	8	3	86	59	45	38	6/11	11	6	83
Switzerland	Ralph Stöckli	7	4	67	62	44	41	4/11	13	12	80
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	7	4	71	58	42	37	14/4	14	10	83
United States	John Shuster	7	4	79	71	49	41	4/7	19	10	78
Germany	Andy Kapp	7	4	77	66	45	46	6/11	10	9	81
Denmark	Ulrik Schmidt	5	6	65	74	44	44	10/5	12	10	79
France	Thomas Dufour	4	7	52	69	33	39	16/3	6	12	75
China	Wang Fengchun	4	7	69	78	45	47	4/7	11	11	81
Japan	Yusuke Morozumi	3	8	59	74	38	45	4/7	9	13	79
Czech Republic	Jiří Snítil	3	8	54	75	39	46	9/3	8	16	75
Finland	Kalle Kiiskinen	1	10	48	90	35	49	2/5	7	21	74

Results

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

Draw 1

April 4, 3:00pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	7
Switzerland (Stöckli)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	7
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6
Finland (Kiiskinen)	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5
United States (Shuster)	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	6

Draw 2

April 4, 7:30pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kiiskinen)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	1	1	2	0	4	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Canada (Martin)	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	7
China (Wang)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	1	1	1	0	4	1	0	1	X	9
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	4

Draw 3

April 5, 8:30am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	6
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	X	X	12

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	1	10
Switzerland (Stöckli)	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	9

Draw 4

April 5, 1:00pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7
Finland (Kiiskinen)	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	1	X	X	8
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	2	1	0	0	0	3	4	X	X	X	10
China (Wang)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	X	X	2

Draw 5

April 5, 7:30pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	3
United States (Shuster)	2	0	3	0	1	0	4	X	X	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	X	X	8
Japan (Morozumi)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	4
Canada (Martin)	1	0	3	0	3	1	0	1	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	2	X	11
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	8

Draw 6

April 6, 10:00am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	9
Czech Republic (Snítil)	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	5
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	X	X	7
Finland (Kiiskinen)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	9
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	6

Draw 7

April 6, 3:00pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	4
Canada (Martin)	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	X	X	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	X	7
France (Dufour)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kiiskinen)	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	7
Japan (Morozumi)	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	2	10

Draw 8

April 6, 7:30pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6
Switzerland (Stöckli)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Martin)	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	6
Germany (Kapp)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
China (Wang)	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	8
United States (Shuster)	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	9

Draw 9

April 7, 10:00am

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	X	9
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
United States (Shuster)	2	1	2	0	0	4	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	7

Draw 10

April 7, 3:00pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	6
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	X	X	8
Finland (Kiiskinen)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4
Czech Republic (Snítil)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5

Draw 11

April 7, 7:30pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	3
China (Wang)	0	0	1	4	0	1	3	X	X	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	X	8
Japan (Morozumi)	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	2
Canada (Martin)	3	0	2	0	0	4	X	X	X	X	9

Draw 12

April 8, 10:00am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	3
Japan (Morozumi)	2	1	0	2	0	4	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	3	0	4	0	3	0	X	X	X	X	10
France (Dufour)	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	X	X	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kiiskinen)	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	X	X	X	4
Canada (Martin)	4	0	3	0	4	1	X	X	X	X	12

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	6
China (Wang)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	7

Draw 13

April 8, 3:00pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	6
Germany (Kapp)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Martin)	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	X	9
United States (Shuster)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1
Scotland (Murdoch)	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	X	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	4
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	X	7

Draw 14

April 8, 7:30pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	5
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	6
Finland (Kiiskinen)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5

Draw 15

April 9, 10:00am

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Kiiskinen)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	7
China (Wang)	0	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	1	2	11
Japan (Morozumi)	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	X	6
France (Dufour)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2

Draw 16

April 9, 3:00pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	2	1	2	0	3	0	X	X	X	X	8
Finland (Kiiskinen)	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	2	1	0	4	0	4	X	X	X	X	11
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Shuster)	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	7
Czech Republic (Snítil)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	9
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3

Draw 17

April 9, 7:30pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	6
United States (Shuster)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Germany (Kapp)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4
Switzerland (Stöckli)	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Canada (Martin)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	5
Scotland (Murdoch)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6

Tiebreakers

April 10, 3:00pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	2	1	0	2	2	0	3	X	X	X	10
United States (Shuster)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	7
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	8

Playoffs

Page playoff system			Semifinal			Gold Medal Game

1	Canada	5
2	Scotland	7				2	Scotland	7
			1	Canada	6	1	Canada	6
			3	Switzerland	5
3	Switzerland	5
4	Norway	4

Bronze Medal Game


3	Switzerland	4

4	Norway	6

1 vs. 2

April 10, 7:30pm

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

Player Percentages
Canada		Scotland
Ben Hebert	96%	Euan Byers	98%
Marc Kennedy	81%	Peter Smith	66%
John Morris	79%	Ewan MacDonald	89%
Kevin Martin	72%	David Murdoch	80%
Total	82%	Total	83%

3 vs. 4

April 11, 10:00am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4

Player Percentages
Switzerland		Norway
Simon Strübin	91%	Håvard Vad Petersson	86%
Markus Eggler	85%	Christoffer Svae	92%
Jan Hauser	82%	Torger Nergård	84%
Ralph Stöckli	78%	Thomas Ulsrud	72%
Total	84%	Total	84%

Semifinal

April 11, 4:00pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5
Canada (Martin)	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	6

Player Percentages
Switzerland		Canada
Simon Strübin	90%	Ben Hebert	97%
Markus Eggler	84%	Marc Kennedy	95%
Jan Hauser	90%	John Morris	88%
Ralph Stöckli	85%	Kevin Martin	90%
Total	87%	Total	93%

Bronze Medal Game

April 12, 1:00pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	4
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	X	6

Player Percentages
Switzerland		Norway
Simon Strübin	89%	Håvard Vad Petersson	80%
Markus Eggler	88%	Christoffer Svae	90%
Jan Hauser	70%	Torger Nergård	85%
Ralph Stöckli	63%	Thomas Ulsrud	84%
Total	78%	Total	85%

Gold Medal Game

April 12, 7:30pm

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

Player Percentages
Scotland		Canada
Euan Byers	90%	Ben Hebert	91%
Peter Smith	73%	Marc Kennedy	94%
Ewan MacDonald	88%	John Morris	85%
David Murdoch	91%	Kevin Martin	89%
Total	85%	Total	90%

2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship Winners
Scotland 5th title

Top 5 percentages per position, round robin

Leads	%	Seconds	%	Thirds	%	Skips	%
Ben Hebert	89	Marc Kennedy	90	Ewan MacDonald	88	Kevin Martin	88
Håvard Vad Petersson	88	Peter Smith	85	John Morris	87	David Murdoch	80
Andreas Kempf	88	Bo Jensen	83	Torger Nergård	81	Liu Rui	79
Kosuke Morozumi	86	Christoffer Svae	83	Wang Fengchun	81	Andy Kapp	78
Simon Strübin	84	Xu Xiaoming	81	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	79	Ralph Stöckli	78
Zang Jialang	84	Holger Höhne	81

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]

Canada (Host country and defending champion)
United States (Americas)
China (Pacific champion)
Japan (Pacific runner-up)
Top seven finishers from the 2008 European Curling Championships
- Scotland
- Norway
- Germany
- Switzerland
- Denmark
- France
- Czech Republic
Finland (winner of World Challenge series vs. Sweden)

External links

Official Website

References

↑ "WCF Annual General Assembly 2008". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
↑ "Brazil challenges USA for Worlds qualification". 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-25.

World Curling Championships

Men's	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Women's	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Mixed Doubles	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Wheelchair	2002 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016

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