2006 World Men's Curling Championship
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The 2006 World Men's Curling Championship was held April 1-9, 2006 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch, won the tournament defeating Canada in the final.
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[edit] Teams
Australia | Canada | Denmark |
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Australia Curling Club Skip: Hugh Millikin |
CC Victoria, Sainte-Foy & CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald Skip: Jean-Michel Ménard |
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Ulrik Schmidt |
Finland | Germany | Ireland |
Oulunkylä Curling, Helsinki Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi*** |
EC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf Skip: Sebastian Stock |
ICA National Team Skip: Douglas Dryburgh |
Japan | Norway | Scotland |
Tokoro CC, Tokoro Skip: Yoshiyuki Ohmiya |
Snarøen CC, Bærum Skip: Thomas Ulsrud |
Lockerbie CC, Lockerbie Skip: David Murdoch |
Sweden | Switzerland | United States |
Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg Skip: Nils Carlsén |
CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen Skip: Ralph Stöckli |
Bemidji CC, Bemidji Skip: Pete Fenson |
*** Finnish skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi missed the first three games with a wrist injury [1]; Kiiskinen skipped in his place. Markku returned April 3rd; threw second rocks in the early draw and third stones in the remainder of the competition.
[edit] Standings
Scoring for the tournament was done by CurlingZone.com. They calculated the player percentages differently than normal. They used a five-point system with a multiplier for degree of difficulty in shots.
Country | Skip | W | L | PF | PA | Ends Won |
Ends Lost |
Blank Ends |
Stolen Ends |
Shot Pct. |
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Scotland | David Murdoch | 9 | 2 | 82 | 54 | 55 | 40 | 10 | 23 | 85.7 |
Canada | Jean-Michel Ménard | 8 | 3 | 77 | 63 | 52 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 83.2 |
Norway | Thomas Ulsrud | 7 | 4 | 75 | 61 | 48 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 79.3 |
United States | Pete Fenson | 7 | 4 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 82.1 |
Sweden | Nils Carlsén | 6 | 5 | 80 | 63 | 43 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 82.8 |
Switzerland | Ralph Stöckli | 6 | 5 | 68 | 59 | 47 | 39 | 15 | 18 | 80.8 |
Finland | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | 6 | 5 | 71 | 66 | 41 | 39 | 14 | 10 | 78.4 |
Denmark | Ulrik Schmidt | 5 | 6 | 68 | 70 | 42 | 46 | 13 | 9 | 79.4 |
Australia | Hugh Millikin | 5 | 6 | 66 | 74 | 47 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 77.1 |
Germany | Sebastian Stock | 4 | 7 | 41 | 62 | 33 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 72.3 |
Japan | Yoshiyuki Ohmiya | 2 | 9 | 40 | 64 | 33 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 71.6 |
Ireland | Douglas Dryburgh | 1 | 10 | 47 | 84 | 38 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 75.8 |
[edit] Results
[edit] Round robin
Draw 1 April 1, 09:00
Draw 2 April 1, 16:00
- Germany 4-9 Switzerland
- Japan 8-6 Denmark
- Ireland 5-6 United States (11)
- Norway 7-8 Finland
Draw 3 April 2, 09:00
Draw 4 April 2, 14:00
- United States 9-4 Japan
- Finland 4-7 Germany
- Switzerland 7-6 Norway (11)
- Ireland 4-8 Denmark
Draw 5 April 2, 19:00
Draw 6 April 3, 09:00
Draw 7 April 3, 14:00
- Ireland 1-6 Germany
- United States 5-8 Norway
- Japan 6-3 Finland
- Denmark 9-3 Switzerland
Draw 8 April 3, 19:00
Draw 9 April 4, 09:00
Draw 10 April 4, 14:00
Draw 11 April 4, 19:00
- United States 4-3 Switzerland
- Ireland 5-9 Finland
- Denmark 5-7 Norway
- Japan 8-9 Germany
Draw 12 April 5, 09:00
- Denmark 3-12 Finland
- Japan 2-10 Switzerland
- United States 7-1 Germany
- Ireland 1-10 Norway
Draw 13 April 5, 14:00
Draw 14 April 5, 19:00
Draw 15 April 6, 09:00
- Japan 5-8 Norway
- Denmark 7-6 Germany
- Ireland 2-8 Switzerland
- United States 5-7 Finland
Draw 16 April 6, 14:00
Draw 17 April 7, 19:00
[edit] Playoffs
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Page playoffs | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Scotland | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Canada | 8 | 2 | Canada | 4 | ||||||||
1 | Scotland | 6 | 1 | Scotland | 7 | ||||||||
3 | Norway | 4 | |||||||||||
3 | Norway | 8 | |||||||||||
4 | United States | 5 |
[edit] 1 vs. 2 game
April 7, 14:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Scotland (Murdoch) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
Canada (Ménard) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 8 |
Player Percentages | |||
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Scotland | Canada | ||
David Murdoch | 52 | Jean-Michel Ménard | 89 |
Ewan MacDonald | 53 | François Roberge | 83 |
Warwick Smith | 80 | Éric Sylvain | 89 |
Euan Byers | 85 | Maxime Elmaleh | 85 |
Total | 67 | Total | 86 |
[edit] 3 vs. 4 game
April 7, 19:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Norway (Ulsrud) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
United States (Fenson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Player Percentages | |||
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Norway | United States | ||
Thomas Ulsrud | 87 | Pete Fenson | 76 |
Torger Nergård | 85 | Shawn Rojeski | 79 |
Thomas Due | 83 | Joseph Polo | 90 |
Jan Thoresen | 79 | John Shuster | 95 |
Total | 84 | Total | 85 |
[edit] Semi-final
April 8, 13:00
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Scotland (Murdoch) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Norway (Ulsrud) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Player Percentages | |||
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Scotland | Norway | ||
David Murdoch | 75 | Thomas Ulsrud | 68 |
Ewan MacDonald | 68 | Torger Nergård | 69 |
Warwick Smith | 73 | Thomas Due | 68 |
Euan Byers | 74 | Jan Thoresen | 75 |
Total | 73 | Total | 70 |
[edit] Final
April 9, 12:30
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Scotland (Murdoch) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Canada (Ménard) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Player Percentages | |||
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Scotland | Canada | ||
David Murdoch | 87 | Jean-Michel Ménard | 76 |
Ewan MacDonald | 86 | François Roberge | 72 |
Warwick Smith | 82 | Éric Sylvain | 76 |
Euan Byers | 81 | Maxime Elmaleh | 85 |
Total | 84 | Total | 77 |
[edit] Top Percentages
(Round robin. Five best players from each position. Minimum 160 shots.
Lead | Team | % |
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Maxime Elmaleh | Canada | 89.1 |
Joel Ostrowski | Denmark | 84.3 |
Simon Strübin | Switzerland | 83.9 |
John Shuster | United States | 83.8 |
Emanuel Allberg | Sweden | 82.7 |
Second | Team | % |
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Joe Polo | United States | 85.4 |
Marcus Hasselborg | Sweden | 84.3 |
Éric Sylvain | Canada | 84.2 |
Pascal Sieber | Switzerland | 81.7 |
Carsten Svensgaard | Denmark | 79.1 |
Third | Team | % |
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Ewan MacDonald | Scotland | 86.1 |
Niklas Edin | Sweden | 83.0 |
Claudio Pescia | Switzerland | 80.2 |
Shawn Rojeski | United States | 80.0 |
Lasse Lavrsen | Denmark | 79.1 |
Skip | Team | % |
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David Murdoch | Scotland | 86.8 |
Thomas Ulsrud | Norway | 83.6 |
Jean-Michel Ménard | Canada | 81.9 |
Nils Carlsén | Sweden | 81.3 |
Pete Fenson | United States | 79.2 |