The 2023 World Men's Curling Championship, labeled as 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship, takes place from 1st April to 9th April at the TD Place in Ottawa, Canada. Ottawa is hosting the Men's World Curling Championship for the first time.
This year's Championship feature a thirteen team round robin. The top six teams qualify for the playoff round, and the top two teams receive a bye while the rest play the first round.
Here's everything you need to know about the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship.
Date: April 1-9, 2023
Arena: TD Place
Host city: Ottawa, Canada
Title sponsors: BKT Tires & OK Tire
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Event Summary
Teams enter this Championship through either the Pan American Curling Championships 2022 or the Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2022.
The top six teams from round robin play move on to the playoffs. The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth ranked teams compete in the qualification games for the semi-finals, while the first and second ranked teams earn a bye to the semi-finals. When the fourth and fifth-ranked teams face off, the third- and sixth-ranked teams play each other. The winners of these matches proceed to the semifinals.
The title sponsors for the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, are BKT Tires & OK Tire.
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The championship was initially slated to take place in Ottawa in 2021. but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was relocated within the Calgary bubble with other curling competitions
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Full Schedule of Men’s Curling 2023:
1st April, 2023
Round Robin Session 1 - 14:00 |
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Canada vs Switzerland
Sheet B
Korea vs New Zealand
Sheet C
Sweden vs Germany
Sheet D
Scotland vs Italy
Round Robin Session 2 - 19:00
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Japan vs Türkiye
Sheet B
Canada vs Italy
Sheet C
United States vs Norway
Sheet D
Czech Republic vs New Zealand
2nd April, 2023
Round Robin Session 3 - 09:00 |
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Norway vs Korea
Sheet B
Türkiye vs Scotland
Sheet C
Switzerland vs Czech Republic
Sheet D
United States vs Sweden
Round Robin Session 4 - 14:00
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Scotland vs Sweden
Sheet B
Germany vs Switzerland
Sheet C
New Zealand vs Canada
Sheet D
Korea vs Japan
Round Robin Session 5 - 19:00
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Czech Republic vs Germany
Sheet B
Japan vs United States
Sheet C
Italy vs Türkiye
Sheet D
Norway vs Canada
3rd April, 2023
Round Robin Session 6 - 09:00 |
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Switzerland vs Italy
Sheet B
Sweden vs Korea
Sheet C
Czech Republic vs United States
Round Robin Session 7 - 14:00
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Sweden vs Türkiye
Sheet B
New Zealand vs Norway
Sheet C
Canada vs Japan
Sheet D
Germany vs Scotland
Round Robin Session 8 - 19:00
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SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
United States vs Korea
Sheet B
Italy vs Germany
Sheet C
Norway vs Switzerland
Sheet D
Türkiye vs Czech Republic
4th April, 2023
Round Robin Session 9 - 09:00 |
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Korea vs Switzerland
Sheet B
Scotland vs United States
Sheet C
Japan vs New Zealand
Round Robin Session 10 - 14:00
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Türkiye vs Germany
Sheet B
Czech Republic vs Canada
Sheet C
Japan vs Sweden
Sheet D
Italy vs Norway
Round Robin Session 11 - 19:00
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
New Zealand vs Italy
Sheet B
United States vs Türkiye
Sheet C
Korea vs Czech Republic
Sheet D
Switzerland vs Scotland
5th April, 2023
Round Robin Session 12 - 09:00 |
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Norway vs Sweden
Sheet B
Scotland vs Japan
Sheet C
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Germany vs New Zealand
Sheet D
Canada vs Korea
Round Robin Session 13 - 14:00
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Czech Republic vs Japan
Sheet B
Norway vs Germany
Sheet C
Türkiye vs Switzerland
Sheet D
Italy vs United States
Round Robin Session 14 - 19:00
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Korea vs Scotland
Sheet B
Switzerland vs New Zealand
Sheet C
United States vs Canada
Sheet D
Sweden vs Czech Republic
6th April, 2023
Round Robin Session 15 - 09:00 |
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Germany vs Canada
Sheet B
Italy vs Sweden
Sheet C
Japan vs Norway
Sheet D
New Zealand vs Türkiye
Round Robin Session 16 - 14:00
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Switzerland vs United States
Sheet B
Türkiye vs Korea
Sheet C
Czech Republic vs Italy
Sheet D
Scotland vs Norway
Round Robin Session 17 - 19:00
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SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Sweden vs New Zealand
Sheet B
Canada vs Scotland
Sheet C
Germany vs Korea
Sheet D
Japan vs Switzerland
7th April, 2023
Round Robin Session 18 - 09:00 |
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Italy vs Japan
Sheet B
Norway vs Czech Republic
Sheet C
Canada vs Türkiye
Sheet D
United States vs Germany
Round Robin Session 19 - 14:00
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Scotland vs Czech Republic
Sheet B
New Zealand vs United States
Sheet C
Switzerland vs Sweden
Sheet D
Korea vs Italy
Round Robin Session 20 - 19:00
SHEET
TEAM
Sheet A
Türkiye vs Norway
Sheet B
Germany vs Japan
Sheet C
New Zealand vs Scotland
Sheet D
Sweden vs Canada
8th April, 2023
Qualification Games - 14:00
Semi-finals - 19:00
9th April, 2023
Bronze Medal Game - 11:00
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Gold Medal Game - 16:00
Team Overview
Thirteen teams representing the Americas, Europe, and Pacific-Asia zones of the International Curling Federation compete in 2023 World Men's Curling Championship.
Here is the full lineup of each team.
Canada
4 : Brad GUSHUE (Skip)
3 : Mark NICHOLS (Vice-Skip)
2 : E.J. HARNDEN
1 : Geoff WALKER
A : Ryan HARNDEN
Czech Republic
4 : Lukas KLIMA (Skip)
3 : Marek CERNOVSKY (Vice-Skip)
2 : Radek BOHAC
1 : Martin JURIK
A : Lukas KLIPA
Germany
4 : Sixten TOTZEK (Skip)
3 : Klaudius HARSCH (Vice-Skip)
2 : Magnus SUTOR
1 : Dominik GREINDL
A : Marc MUSKATEWITZ
Italy
4 : Joel RETORNAZ (Skip)
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3 : Amos MOSANER
2 : Sebastiano ARMAN
1 : Mattia GIOVANELLA (Vice-Skip)
Japan
4 : YANAGISAWA Riku (Skip)
3 : YAMAGUCHI Tsuyoshi (Vice-Skip)
2 : YAMAMOTO Takeru
1 : KOIZUMI Satoshi
A : USUI Shingo
Korea
4 : JEONG Byeongjin (Skip)
3 : LEE Jeongjae (Vice-Skip)
2 : KIM Minwoo
1 : KIM Taehwan
New Zealand
4 : Anton HOOD (Skip)
3 : Ben SMITH
2 : Brett SARGON (Vice-Skip)
1 : Hunter WALKER
A : Peter DE BOER
Norway
4 : Magnus RAMSFJELL (Skip)
3 : Martin SESAKER
2 : Bendik RAMSFJELL
1 : Gaute NEPSTAD (Vice-Skip)
A : Wilhelm NAESS
Scotland
4 : Bruce MOUAT (Skip)
3 : Grant HARDIE (Vice-Skip)
2 : Bobby LAMMIE
1 : Hammy McMILLAN
A : Kyle WADDELL
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Sweden
4 : Niklas EDIN (Skip)
3 : Oskar ERIKSSON (Vice-Skip)
2 : Rasmus WRANAA
1 : Christoffer SUNDGREN
A : Daniel MAGNUSSON
Switzerland
4 : Benoit SCHWARZ (Vice-Skip)
3 : Yannick SCHWALLER (Skip)
2 : Sven MICHEL
1 : Pablo LACHAT
Türkiye
4 : Ugurcan KARAGOZ (Skip)
3 : Muhammet Haydar DEMIREL (Vice-Skip)
2 : Muhammed Zeki UCAN
1 : Orhun YUCE
A : Faruk KAVAZ
United States
4 : John SHUSTER (Skip)
3 : Chris PLYS (Vice-Skip)
2 : Matt HAMILTON
1 : John LANDSTEINER
A : Colin HUFMAN
In Ottawa, team Turkey is making their debut in the World Men's Curling Championship.
Broadcast Information
The World Curling Federation broadcast the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship.
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The Curling Channel, TSN (Canada), JTCB (Korea), NHK (Japan), STV (Sweden), SSR (Switzerland), and EuroSport carry a selection of games.
The Curling Channel, a page run by the World Curling Federation, streams the games live on GamePassTV without any GEO restriction and one-time payment no monthly subscription.
The time zone is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) -4, or Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDST).
It's possible for broadcasters to alter. Due to agreements with broadcast partners, geo-blocking can be applicable to broadcast games.
Use the hashtags #WMCC2023 and #curling to interact with the World Curling Federation as the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship 2023 approaches on social media.
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