Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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]

Men's curling
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Curling Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates14–24 February
Competitors50 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)John Shuster
Tyler George
Matt Hamilton
John Landsteiner
Joe Polo
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Niklas Edin
Oskar Eriksson
Rasmus Wranå
Christoffer Sundgren
Henrik Leek
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Benoît Schwarz
Claudio Pätz
Peter de Cruz
Valentin Tanner
Dominik Märki
 Switzerland
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Great Britain, Switzerland, and the United States each finished round robin play with a 5–4 record, resulting in a three-way tie for third place in the preliminary round standings. Under Olympic tiebreaker rules then in effect, the United States was awarded the third seed in the medal round (by virtue of having defeated both Great Britain and Switzerland during the preliminary round), and Great Britain and Switzerland played a one-game tiebreaker. Switzerland prevailed 9-5 and was awarded the fourth seed.

In the gold medal match, with the score tied at 5 in the eighth end, US skip John Shuster fired a dramatic double take-out for five that left his team leading 10-5 with two ends to go, effectively sealing the win and the gold medal for the United States, which won its first gold medal in curling.[3]

Teams

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Ten teams took part in the tournament:[4]

 Canada  Denmark  Great Britain  Italy  Japan
The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Royal Caledonian CC, Stirling A.S.D. Trentino Curling, Cembra SC Karuizawa Club, Karuizawa
 Norway  South Korea  Sweden  Switzerland  United States
Snarøen CC, Oslo GyeongBuk Uiseong CC, Uiseong Karlstads CK, Karlstad CC Genève, Geneva Duluth CC, Duluth

Round-robin standings

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Final round robin standings
TeamSkipPldWLPFPAEWELBESES%Qualification
 SwedenNiklas Edin9726243342813887%Playoffs
 CanadaKevin Koe9635646363414887%
 United StatesJohn Shuster954676337394680%
 Great BritainKyle Smith954556040378782%Tiebreaker
 SwitzerlandPeter de Cruz9546055393710683%
 NorwayThomas Ulsrud945525634397882%
 South KoreaKim Chang-min945656339398882%
 JapanYusuke Morozumi9454856333513581%
 ItalyJoël Retornaz9365056373815781%
 DenmarkRasmus Stjerne9275370363912583%
Source: [citation needed]

Round-robin results

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All draw times are listed in Seoul Time (UTC+9).[5]

Summary

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Team Record
 Canada8–36–45–38–47–47–62–56–87–96–3
 Denmark3–86–76–44–68–109–85–97–95–92–7
 Great Britain4–67–67–66–510–35–116–86–54–105–4
 Italy3–54–66–75–66–46–83–77–410–93–6
 Japan4–86–45–66–56–44-104–115–68–24–5
 Norway4–710–83–104–64–67–57–25–78–54–5
 South Korea6–78–911–58–610-45–72–78–77–114–5
 Sweden5–29–58–67–311–42–77–23–1010–47–2
 Switzerland8–69–75–64–76–57–57–810–34–85–4
 United States9–79–510–49–102–85–811–74–108–45–4

Draw 1

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Wednesday, 14 February, 09:05

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Denmark (Stjerne)00020010205
 Sweden (Edin) 02003201019
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Canada (Koe)00001102015
 Italy (Retornaz) 00010010103
Sheet C12345678910Final
 South Korea (Kim)020103010X7
 United States (Shuster) 203030201X11
Sheet D1234567891011Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz)000102010105
 Great Britain (Smith) 001010102016

Draw 2

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Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Canada (Koe) 20200010016
 Great Britain (Smith)01001101004
Sheet B12345678910Final
 South Korea (Kim)000100100X2
 Sweden (Edin) 020021011X7
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz)00100010204
 Italy (Retornaz) 11010101027
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 100011010X4
 Japan (Morozumi)011100201X6

Draw 3

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Thursday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet A12345678910Final
 United States (Shuster)01032002109
 Italy (Retornaz) 105003000110
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Norway (Ulsrud)011002000X4
 Canada (Koe) 200010112X7
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Great Britain (Smith) 10200101016
 Japan (Morozumi)01001020105
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Denmark (Stjerne)00201102017
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 11030020209

Draw 4

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Friday, 16 February, 09:05

Sheet B12345678910Final
 Italy (Retornaz)01001100014
 Denmark (Stjerne) 20200000206
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 02002002017
 South Korea (Kim)10010100205
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Sweden (Edin) 41020102XX10
 United States (Shuster)00101020XX4

Draw 5

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Friday, 16 February, 20:05

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Japan (Morozumi)02010002005
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 30100100016
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Sweden (Edin) 100203002X8
 Great Britain (Smith)021020010X6
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Denmark (Stjerne)000021020X5
 United States (Shuster) 220200201X9
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Canada (Koe)00301021007
 South Korea (Kim) 01010100216

Draw 6

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Saturday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet A12345678910Final
 South Korea (Kim) 021022031X11
 Great Britain (Smith)200100200X5
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz)10010020217
 Norway (Ulsrud) 01100201005
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Canada (Koe) 020000000X2
 Sweden (Edin)000022010X5
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 20102000016
 Italy (Retornaz)01020001105

Draw 7

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Sunday, 18 February, 09:05

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Norway (Ulsrud)010404001010
 Denmark (Stjerne) 10101022018
Sheet B12345678910Final
 United States (Shuster)0000200XXX2
 Japan (Morozumi) 2110022XXX8
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 401020001X8
 Canada (Koe)020102100X6

Draw 8

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Sunday, 18 February, 20:05

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Sweden (Edin) 30200105XX11
 Japan (Morozumi)01001020XX4
Sheet B1234567891011Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 002120030019
 South Korea (Kim)200002101208
Sheet C1234567891011Final
 Italy (Retornaz)001002020106
 Great Britain (Smith) 200100201017
Sheet D12345678910Final
 United States (Shuster) 102010001X5
 Norway (Ulsrud)020103110X8

Draw 9

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Monday, 19 February, 14:05

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Italy (Retornaz)01020101106
 South Korea (Kim) 30101020018
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Sweden (Edin)0002010XXX3
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 2110105XXX10
Sheet C1234567891011Final
 United States (Shuster) 102011002029
 Canada (Koe)020100110207
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Great Britain (Smith)01010201027
 Denmark (Stjerne) 10102010106

Draw 10

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Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Great Britain (Smith) 3102031XXX10
 Norway (Ulsrud)0020100XXX3
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Japan (Morozumi)020010100X4
 Canada (Koe) 102102011X8
Sheet C12345678910Final
 South Korea (Kim)00400102018
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 10013010107
Sheet D12345678910Final
 Italy (Retornaz)000110010X3
 Sweden (Edin) 311001001X7

Draw 11

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Tuesday, 20 February, 20:05

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 010101010X4
 United States (Shuster)001030301X8
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Norway (Ulsrud)00110001014
 Italy (Retornaz) 01000110306
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Japan (Morozumi)00300200016
 Denmark (Stjerne) 10010002004

Draw 12

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Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Denmark (Stjerne)0101001XXX3
 Canada (Koe) 4010300XXX8
Sheet B12345678910Final
 Great Britain (Smith)01110100XX4
 United States (Shuster) 20003014XX10
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Sweden (Edin) 002000XXXX2
 Norway (Ulsrud)100321XXXX7
Sheet D12345678910Final
 South Korea (Kim) 10200403XX10
 Japan (Morozumi)01020010XX4

Tiebreaker

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Thursday, 22 February, 9:05

Sheet D12345678910Final
 Great Britain (Smith) 200200010X5
 Switzerland (de Cruz)010021005X9
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

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SemifinalsGold medal game
      
1  Sweden9
4  Switzerland3
1  Sweden7
3  United States10
2  Canada3
3  United States5Bronze medal game
2  Canada5
4  Switzerland7

Semifinals

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Thursday, 22 February, 20:05

Sheet A12345678910Final
 Sweden (Edin) 20040210XX9
 Switzerland (de Cruz)01001001XX3
Player percentages
 Sweden  Switzerland
Christoffer Sundgren94%Valentin Tanner86%
Rasmus Wranå97%Peter de Cruz84%
Oskar Eriksson81%Claudio Pätz75%
Niklas Edin95%Benoît Schwarz70%
Total92%Total79%
Sheet C12345678910Final
 Canada (Koe) 01010000103
 United States (Shuster)00101002015
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

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Friday, 23 February, 15:35

Sheet B12345678910Final
 Canada (Koe) 000201020X5
 Switzerland (de Cruz)011020201X7
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

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Saturday, 24 February, 15:35

Sheet B12345678910Final
 Sweden (Edin) 020020102X7
 United States (Shuster)002102050X10
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

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The final standings are:[6]

PlaceTeamRecord
 United States7–4
 Sweden8–3
 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

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Player percentages

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Player percentages during round robin play are as follows:[7]

Lead

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#Curler123456789Total
1  Oliver Dupont (DEN)84868988959390869389
2  Lee Ki-bok (KOR)98909184818588858387
2  Cammy 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

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#Curler123456789Total
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

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#Curler123456789Total
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

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#Curler123456789Total
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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  6. ^ "PyeongChang curling men – Olympic Curling". 15 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Shot Success Percentage by Position" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.