2005 World Men's Curling Championship

The 2005 World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 2–10, 2005 at the new Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event that was held separately from the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship. The winner was Randy Ferbey and his team from Canada. Ferbey won his fourth world championship, the rest of his team won their third. As a country, it was Canada's 29th World Championship. Scotland won silver, and Germany bronze.

Teams

One reason for the separation of the men's and women's tournaments was to allow for an expansion from 10 to 12 teams. This expansion was deemed appropriate because more countries are now producing competitive rinks, particularly in Europe but also including Japan and even New Zealand. Teams included 3 time World Champion Randy Ferbey of Canada, 2002 Silver medallist Pål Trulsen of Norway, 2001 Silver medallist Andreas Schwaller of Switzerland, 1997 Silver medallist Andy Kapp of Germany, 2 time World bronze medallist Markku Uusipaavalniemi of Finland, 1993 bronze medallist Pete Fenson of the United States, 7 time World Championship participant Hugh Millikin of Australia, 3 time participant Sean Becker of New Zealand, 2 time participant Johnny Frederiksen of Denmark and making their first appearances were Stefano Ferronato's team from Italy, David Murdoch's team from Scotland and Eric Carlsén's team from Sweden. ==Round-robin standings==

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings To first break the massive 6-way tie at 8-3, the two teams with the best record against the other teams involved (Scotland and Germany) were given automatic playoff spots. The other teams were ranked based on their record against each other, or if that didn't break the tie, a draw to the button which occurred before the tournament began. These other four teams then played tie-breakers to determine the other 2 playoff spots. The winning teams of the tiebreakers should match up in a 3vs4 game to determine the other semi finalist ==Round-robin results==

Round-robin results

Draw 1 April 2, 11:00 Draw 2 April 2, 18:30 Draw 3 April 3, 09:30 Draw 4 April 3, 14:00 Draw 5 April 3, 18:30 Draw 6 April 4, 09:00 Draw 7 April 4, 15:00 Draw 8 April 4, 19:30 Draw 9 April 5, 09:00 Draw 10 April 5, 15:00 Draw 11 April 5, 19:30 Draw 12 April 6, 09:00 Draw 13 April 6, 15:00 Draw 14 April 6, 19:30 Draw 15 April 7, 09:00 Draw 16 April 7, 15:00 Draw 17 April 7, 19:30 ==Tiebreaker==

Playoffs

Brackets 3 vs. 4 game April 8, 18:00 1 vs. 2 game April 8, 22:30 Semi-final April 9, 14:00 Final April 10, 12:30 ==Round-robin player percentages==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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