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

Flag of Australia Australia Flag of Canada Canada Flag of Denmark Denmark
Australia Curling Club

Skip: Hugh Millikin
Third: Ricky Tasker
Second: Mike Woloschuk
Lead: Stephen Johns
Alternate: Ian Palangio

CC Victoria, Sainte-Foy &
CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald

Skip: Jean-Michel Ménard
Third: François Roberge
Second: Éric Sylvain
Lead: Maxime Elmaleh
Alternate: Jean Gagnon

Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Ulrik Schmidt
Third: Lasse Lavrsen
Second: Carsten Svensgaard
Lead: Joel Ostrowski
Alternate: Kenneth Jørgensen

Flag of Finland Finland Flag of Germany Germany Flag of Ireland Ireland
Oulunkylä Curling, Helsinki

Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi***
Third: Kalle Kiiskinen
Second: Jani Sullanmaa
Lead: Teemu Salo
Alternate: Jari Rouvinen

EC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf

Skip: Sebastian Stock
Third: Daniel Herberg
Second: Markus Messenzehl
Lead: Patrick Hoffman
Alternate: Bernhard Mayr

ICA National Team

Skip: Douglas Dryburgh
Third: Peter Wilson
Second: Robin Gray
Lead: John Kenny
Alternate: Peter J.D. Wilson

Flag of Japan Japan Flag of Norway Norway Flag of Scotland Scotland
Tokoro CC, Tokoro

Skip: Yoshiyuki Ohmiya
Third: Makoto Tsuruga
Second: Tsuyoshi Ryutaki
Lead: Kazuhiko Ikawa
Alternate: Yuji Hirama

Snarøen CC, Bærum

Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Torger Nergård
Second: Thomas Due
Lead: Jan Thoresen
Alternate: Christoffer Svae

Lockerbie CC, Lockerbie

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

Flag of Sweden Sweden Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Flag of the United States United States
Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg

Skip: Nils Carlsén
Third: Niklas Edin
Second: Marcus Hasselborg
Lead: Emanuel Allberg
Alternate: Daniel Tenn

CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen

Skip: Ralph Stöckli
Third: Claudio Pescia
Second: Pascal Sieber
Lead: Simon Strübin
Alternate: Marco Battilana

Bemidji CC, Bemidji

Skip: Pete Fenson
Third: Shawn Rojeski
Second: Joseph Polo
Lead: John Shuster
Alternate: Scott Baird

*** 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
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Stolen
Ends
Shot
Pct.
Flag of Scotland Scotland David Murdoch 9 2 82 54 55 40 10 23 85.7
Flag of Canada Canada Jean-Michel Ménard 8 3 77 63 52 44 13 13 83.2
Flag of Norway Norway Thomas Ulsrud 7 4 75 61 48 44 16 13 79.3
Flag of the United States United States Pete Fenson 7 4 67 55 43 40 23 13 82.1
Flag of Sweden Sweden Nils Carlsén 6 5 80 63 43 46 15 9 82.8
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Ralph Stöckli 6 5 68 59 47 39 15 18 80.8
Flag of Finland Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 6 5 71 66 41 39 14 10 78.4
Flag of Denmark Denmark Ulrik Schmidt 5 6 68 70 42 46 13 9 79.4
Flag of Australia Australia Hugh Millikin 5 6 66 74 47 45 18 12 77.1
Flag of Germany Germany Sebastian Stock 4 7 41 62 33 38 18 8 72.3
Flag of Japan Japan Yoshiyuki Ohmiya 2 9 40 64 33 46 14 3 71.6
Flag of Ireland 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

Draw 3 April 2, 09:00

Draw 4 April 2, 14:00

Draw 5 April 2, 19:00

Draw 6 April 3, 09:00

Draw 7 April 3, 14:00

Draw 8 April 3, 19:00

Draw 9 April 4, 09:00

Draw 10 April 4, 14:00

Draw 11 April 4, 19:00

Draw 12 April 5, 09:00

Draw 13 April 5, 14:00

Draw 14 April 5, 19:00

Draw 15 April 6, 09:00

Draw 16 April 6, 14:00

Draw 17 April 7, 19:00


[edit] Playoffs

Image:Teammurdoch.jpgImage:Teammenard-canada.jpg
Image:Thomasulsrud.jpgImage:Teamfenson.jpg

  Page playoffs Semifinal Final
                           
1  Flag of Scotland Scotland 2  
2  Flag of Canada Canada 8         2  Flag of Canada Canada 4
    1  Flag of Scotland Scotland 6   1  Flag of Scotland Scotland 7
  3  Flag of Norway Norway 4  
3  Flag of Norway Norway 8
4  Flag of the United States United States 5  

[edit] 1 vs. 2 game

April 7, 14:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Flag of Scotland Scotland (Murdoch) hammer 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X X X 2
Flag of Canada Canada (Ménard) 1 3 1 0 3 0 X X X X 8
Player Percentages
Flag of Scotland Scotland Flag of Canada 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
Flag of Norway Norway (Ulsrud) hammer 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 8
Flag of the United States United States (Fenson) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 5
Player Percentages
Flag of Norway Norway Flag of the United States 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
Flag of Scotland Scotland (Murdoch) hammer 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 6
Flag of Norway Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Player Percentages
Flag of Scotland Scotland Flag of Norway 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
Flag of Scotland Scotland (Murdoch) hammer 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 7
Flag of Canada Canada (Ménard) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
Player Percentages
Flag of Scotland Scotland Flag of Canada 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  %
Maxime Elmaleh Flag of Canada Canada 89.1
Joel Ostrowski Flag of Denmark Denmark 84.3
Simon Strübin Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 83.9
John Shuster Flag of the United States United States 83.8
Emanuel Allberg Flag of Sweden Sweden 82.7
Second Team  %
Joe Polo Flag of the United States United States 85.4
Marcus Hasselborg Flag of Sweden Sweden 84.3
Éric Sylvain Flag of Canada Canada 84.2
Pascal Sieber Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 81.7
Carsten Svensgaard Flag of Denmark Denmark 79.1
Third Team  %
Ewan MacDonald Flag of Scotland Scotland 86.1
Niklas Edin Flag of Sweden Sweden 83.0
Claudio Pescia Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 80.2
Shawn Rojeski Flag of the United States United States 80.0
Lasse Lavrsen Flag of Denmark Denmark 79.1
Skip Team  %
David Murdoch Flag of Scotland Scotland 86.8
Thomas Ulsrud Flag of Norway Norway 83.6
Jean-Michel Ménard Flag of Canada Canada 81.9
Nils Carlsén Flag of Sweden Sweden 81.3
Pete Fenson Flag of the United States United States 79.2