Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's curling
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Gangneung Curling Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates 14–24 February
Competitors 50 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) John Shuster
Tyler George
Matt Hamilton
John Landsteiner
Joe Polo
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Niklas Edin
Oskar Eriksson
Rasmus Wranå
Christoffer Sundgren
Henrik Leek
 Sweden
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Benoît Schwarz
Claudio Pätz
Peter de Cruz
Valentin Tanner
Dominik Märki
 Switzerland

The men's curling tournament of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held between 14 and 24 February 2018 at the Gangneung Curling Centre.[1] Ten nations competed in a round robin preliminary round, and the top four nations at the conclusion of the round robin qualified for the medal round.[2]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

 Canada  Denmark  Great Britain  Italy  Japan
The Glencoe Club, Calgary

Skip: Kevin Koe
Third: Marc Kennedy
Second: Brent Laing
Lead: Ben Hebert
Alternate: Scott Pfeifer

Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Rasmus Stjerne
Third: Johnny Frederiksen
Second: Mikkel Poulsen
Lead: Oliver Dupont
Alternate: Morten Berg Thomsen

Royal Caledonian CC, Stirling

Skip: Kyle Smith
Third: Thomas Muirhead
Second: Kyle Waddell
Lead: Cameron Smith
Alternate: Glen Muirhead

A.S.D. Trentino Curling, Cembra

Fourth: Amos Mosaner
Skip: Joël Retornaz
Second: Simone Gonin
Lead: Daniele Ferrazza
Alternate: Andrea Pilzer

SC Karuizawa Club, Karuizawa

Skip: Yusuke Morozumi
Third: Tetsuro Shimizu
Second: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Lead: Kosuke Morozumi
Alternate: Kohsuke Hirata

 Norway  South Korea  Sweden  Switzerland  United States
Snarøen CC, Oslo

Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Torger Nergård
Second: Christoffer Svae
Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson
Alternate: Markus Høiberg

GyeongBuk Uiseong CC, Uiseong

Skip: Kim Chang-min
Third: Seong Se-hyeon
Second: Oh Eun-su
Lead: Lee Ki-bok
Alternate: Kim Min-chan

Karlstads CK, Karlstad

Skip: Niklas Edin
Third: Oskar Eriksson
Second: Rasmus Wranå
Lead: Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate: Henrik Leek

CC Genève, Geneva

Fourth: Benoît Schwarz
Third: Claudio Pätz
Skip: Peter de Cruz
Lead: Valentin Tanner
Alternate: Dominik Märki

Duluth CC, Duluth

Skip: John Shuster
Third: Tyler George
Second: Matt Hamilton
Lead: John Landsteiner
Alternate: Joe Polo

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreaker
Country
Skip W L PF PA Ends
won
Ends
lost
Blank
ends
Stolen
ends
Shot %
 Sweden Niklas Edin 726243342813887%
 Canada Kevin Koe 635646363414887%
 United States John Shuster 54676337394680%
 Great Britain Kyle Smith 54556040378782%
 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 546055393710683%
 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 45525634397882%
 South Korea Kim Chang-min 45656339398882%
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 454856333513581%
 Italy Joël Retornaz 365056373815781%
 Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 275370363912583%

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Seoul Time (UTC+9).[4]

Summary

Team
Canada Denmark Great Britain Italy Japan Norway South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States Record
 Canada 8–3 6–4 5–3 8–4 7–4 7–6 2–5 6–8 7–9 6–3
 Denmark 3–8 6–7 6–4 4–6 8–10 9–8 5–9 7–9 5–9 2–7
 Great Britain 4–6 7–6 7–6 6–5 10–3 5–11 6–8 6–5 4–10 5–4
 Italy 3–5 4–6 6–7 5–6 6–4 6–8 3–7 7–4 10–9 3–6
 Japan 4–8 6–4 5–6 6–5 6–4 4-10 4–11 5–6 8–2 4–5
 Norway 4–7 10–8 3–10 4–6 4–6 7–5 7–2 5–7 8–5 4–5
 South Korea 6–7 8–9 11–5 8–6 10-4 5–7 2–7 8–7 7–11 4–5
 Sweden 5–2 9–5 8–6 7–3 11–4 2–7 7–2 3–10 10–4 7–2
 Switzerland 8–6 9–7 5–6 4–7 6–5 7–5 7–8 10–3 4–8 5–4
 United States 9–7 9–5 10–4 9–10 2–8 5–8 11–7 4–10 8–4 5–4

Draw 1

Wednesday, 14 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
 Sweden (Edin) 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Koe) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 5
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 X 7
 United States (Shuster) 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5
 Great Britain (Smith) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 6

Draw 2

Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Koe) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
 Great Britain (Smith) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
 Sweden (Edin) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
 Italy (Retornaz) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 4
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 6

Draw 3

Thursday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 9
 Italy (Retornaz) 1 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 4
 Canada (Koe) 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 X 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Smith) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 7
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 9

Draw 4

Friday, 16 February, 09:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
 Denmark (Stjerne) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 X X 10
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4

Draw 5

Friday, 16 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 X 8
 Great Britain (Smith) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 5
 United States (Shuster) 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Koe) 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 7
 South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6

Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 X 11
 Great Britain (Smith) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 7
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Koe) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5

Draw 7

Sunday, 18 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 10
 Denmark (Stjerne) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X X 2
 Japan (Morozumi) 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 X X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 8
 Canada (Koe) 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 X 6

Draw 8

Sunday, 18 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 X X 11
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 9
 South Korea (Kim) 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6
 Great Britain (Smith) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 5
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 X 8

Draw 9

Monday, 19 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
 South Korea (Kim) 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X X 3
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 X X X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 United States (Shuster) 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 9
 Canada (Koe) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Smith) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 7
 Denmark (Stjerne) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6

Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Smith) 3 1 0 2 0 3 1 X X X 10
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Canada (Koe) 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
 Sweden (Edin) 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 7

Draw 11

Tuesday, 20 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
 Denmark (Stjerne) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4

Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X X X 3
 Canada (Koe) 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 X X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Smith) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4
 United States (Shuster) 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 X X 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X X X 2
 Norway (Ulsrud) 1 0 0 3 2 1 X X X X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 3 X X 10
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 4

Tiebreaker

Thursday, 22 February, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Smith) 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 5
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 X 9
Player percentages
 Great Britain  Switzerland
Cameron Smith85% Valentin Tanner89%
Kyle Waddell89% Peter de Cruz86%
Thomas Muirhead89% Claudio Pätz95%
Kyle Smith82% Benoît Schwarz80%
Total86% Total88%

Playoffs

  Semifinals     Gold medal game
                 
  1  Sweden 9  
  4  Switzerland 3    
      1  Sweden 7
      3  United States 10
  2  Canada 3    
  3  United States 5   Bronze medal game
 
2  Canada 5
  4  Switzerland 7

Semifinals

Thursday, 22 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 X X 9
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 3
Player percentages
 Sweden  Switzerland
Christoffer Sundgren94% Valentin Tanner86%
Rasmus Wranå97% Peter de Cruz84%
Oskar Eriksson81% Claudio Pätz75%
Niklas Edin95% Benoît Schwarz70%
Total92% Total79%
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Koe) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 5
Player percentages
 Canada  United States
Ben Hebert84% John Landsteiner86%
Brent Laing78% Matt Hamilton89%
Marc Kennedy80% Tyler George83%
Kevin Koe85% John Shuster91%
Total82% Total87%

Bronze medal game

Friday, 23 February, 15:35

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Koe) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 7
Player percentages
 Canada  Switzerland
Ben Hebert100% Valentin Tanner81%
Brent Laing75% Peter de Cruz84%
Marc Kennedy75% Claudio Pätz91%
Kevin Koe65% Benoît Schwarz88%
Total79% Total86%

Gold medal game

Saturday, 24 February, 15:35

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 7
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 0 X 10
Player percentages
 Sweden  United States
Christoffer Sundgren96% John Landsteiner81%
Rasmus Wranå84% Matt Hamilton74%
Oskar Eriksson86% Tyler George88%
Niklas Edin74% John Shuster76%
Total85% Total80%

Final standings

The final standings are:[5]

PlaceTeamRecord
1st, gold medalist(s) United States7–4
2nd, silver medalist(s) Sweden8–3
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Switzerland7–5
4 Canada6–5
5 Great Britain5–5
6 Norway4–5
7 South Korea4–5
8 Japan4–5
9 Italy3–6
10 Denmark2–7

Statistics

Player percentages

Player percentages during round robin play are as follows:[6]

Lead

# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
1 Oliver Dupont (DEN)84868988959390869389
2 Lee Ki-bok (KOR)98909184818588858387
2 Cameron Smith (GBR)84808694938985859187
2 Valentin Tanner (SUI)88988286838480938587
5 Ben Hebert (CAN)88916885918888889586
5 Christoffer Sundgren (SWE)85907593888186819486
7 Kosuke Morozumi (JPN)88888376897589758883
7 John Landsteiner (USA)827810072868375868683
7 Håvard Vad Petersson (NOR)81788674758589889483
7 Daniele Ferrazza (ITA)82818091788883

Second

# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
1 Rasmus Wranå (SWE)85929579898968979488
2 Brent Laing (CAN)80898194818682869586
3 Mikkel Poulsen (DEN)90649096808388909385
3 Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (JPN)85808593988479966685
5 Oh Eun-su (KOR)9380867883789284
6 Matt Hamilton (USA)93768690826778719582
7 Christoffer Svae (NOR)75859569907680817581
7 Peter de Cruz (SUI)76798581799380788381
7 Kyle Waddell (GBR)82808481817583897781
10 Simone Gonin (ITA)85797585766984789080

Third

# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
1 Oskar Eriksson (SWE)86939588889186898689
1 Marc Kennedy (CAN)86838995899690908389
3 Claudio Pätz (SUI)91918891837477748584
4 Torger Nergård (NOR)83869174936891769283
4 Seong Se-hyeon (KOR)83857684887483859483
6 Johnny Frederiksen (DEN)84708881749276868081
6 Thomas Muirhead (GBR)80688381828974898681
8 Tetsuro Shimizu (JPN)88807980955876797879
8 Tyler George (USA)83787278897480758679
10 Joël Retornaz (ITA)71837388808169857878

Fourth

# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
1 Niklas Edin (SWE)91968384997770867385
1 Kevin Koe (CAN)86868388758383968685
3 Benoît Schwarz (SUI)70788188808295907682
4 Amos Mosaner (ITA)80948372728686588981
5 Thomas Ulsrud (NOR)78788483787964839480
6 Kyle Smith (GBR)80718482657283967278
7 Yusuke Morozumi (JPN)75847078916971897277
7 Kim Chang-min (KOR)78698581796570867877
7 John Shuster (USA)82806682546782977877
10 Rasmus Stjerne (DEN)75817975827678784875

References

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  2. "Championship Overview". World Curling Federation.
  3. "2018 Olympic Winter Games – Entry List by NOC" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  4. "2018 Olympic Winter Games – Schedule". Pyeongchang 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  5. "PyeongChang curling men - Olympic Curling". 15 June 2018.
  6. "Shot Success Percentage by Position" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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