1998 World Men's Curling Championship

The 1998 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1998 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Riverside Coliseum in Kamloops, British Columbia from April 4–12, 1998.

1998 World Men's Curling
Championship
Host cityKamloops, British Columbia
ArenaRiverside Coliseum
DatesApril 4–12, 1998
Winner Canada
Curling clubSt George's G&CC, Toronto, Ontario
SkipWayne Middaugh
ThirdGraeme McCarrel
SecondIan Tetley
LeadScott Bailey
AlternateDavid Carruthers
CoachJim Waite
Finalist Sweden (Peja Lindholm)
« 1997
1999 »

Teams

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  Australia   Canada   Denmark   Finland   Germany
Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney

Skip: Hugh Millikin
Third: Trevor Schumm
Second: John Theriault
Lead: Stephen Johns
Alternate: Stephen Hewitt

St. George's G&CC, Etobicoke, Ontario

Skip: Wayne Middaugh
Third: Graeme McCarrel
Second: Ian Tetley
Lead: Scott Bailey
Alternate: David Carruthers

Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Tommy Stjerne
Third: Gert Larsen
Second: Peter Andersen
Lead: Ivan Frederiksen
Alternate: Anders Søderblom

Hyvinkää CC, Hyvinkää

Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Third: Wille Mäkelä
Second: Tommi Häti
Lead: Jari Laukkanen
Alternate: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi

Füssen CC, Füssen

Skip: Roland Jentsch
Third: Uli Sutor
Second: Florian Zörgiebel
Lead: Andreas Kempf
Alternate: Alexander Huchel

  Norway   Scotland   Sweden   Switzerland   United States
Snarøen CC, Oslo

Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Thomas Due
Second: Torger Nergård
Lead: Johan Høstmælingen
Alternate: Rolf Andreas Lauten

St. Martins CC, Perth

Skip: David Smith
Third: Warwick Smith
Second: Peter Smith
Lead: David Hay
Alternate: Mike Hay

Östersunds CK, Östersund

Skip: Peja Lindholm
Third: Tomas Nordin
Second: Magnus Swartling
Lead: Peter Narup
Alternate: Marcus Feldt

Solothurn-Biber & St. Moritz CC

Skip: Christof Schwaller
Third: Marc Haudenschild
Second: Reto Ziegler
Lead: Rolf Iseli
Alternate: Robert Hürlimann

Hibbing CC, Hibbing, Minnesota

Skip: Paul Pustovar
Third: Dave Violette
Second: Greg Wilson
Lead: Cory Ward
Alternate: Shawn Rojeski

Round-robin standings

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Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreaker
Country Skip W L
  Canada Wayne Middaugh 8 1
  Sweden Peja Lindholm 6 3
  Scotland David Smith 5 4
  Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 5 4
  Norway Thomas Ulsrud 5 4
  United States Paul Pustovar 4 5
  Denmark Tommy Stjerne 4 5
  Switzerland Christof Schwaller 4 5
  Australia Hugh Millikin 2 7
  Germany Roland Jentsch 2 7

Round-robin results

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Draw 1

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Sheet A Final
  Australia (Millikin) 8
  Germany (Jentsch) 3
Sheet B Final
  Norway (Ulsrud) 4
  Scotland (Smith) 8
Sheet C Final
  Canada (Middaugh) 10
  Sweden (Lindholm) 6
Sheet D Final
  Denmark (Stjerne) 4
  United States (Pustovar) 8
Sheet E Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 3
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 5

Draw 2

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Sheet A Final
  Norway (Ulsrud) 3
  Sweden (Lindholm) 8
Sheet B Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 5
  Denmark (Stjerne) 11
Sheet C Final
  Scotland (Smith) 5
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 6
Sheet D Final
  Australia (Millikin) 2
  Canada (Middaugh) 11
Sheet E Final
  United States (Pustovar) 4
  Germany (Jentsch) 11

Draw 3

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Sheet A Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 7
  Canada (Middaugh) 8
Sheet B Final
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 8
  United States (Pustovar) 6
Sheet C Final
  Denmark (Stjerne) 5
  Norway (Ulsrud) 3
Sheet D Final
  Germany (Jentsch) 1
  Scotland (Smith) 8
Sheet E Final
  Sweden (Lindholm) 7
  Australia (Millikin) 5

Draw 4

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Sheet A Final
  Norway (Ulsrud) 8
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 3
Sheet B Final
  Scotland (Smith) 7
  Australia (Millikin) 4
Sheet C Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 6
  Germany (Jentsch) 5
Sheet D Final
  United States (Pustovar) 2
  Sweden (Lindholm) 5
Sheet E Final
  Canada (Middaugh) 5
  Denmark (Stjerne) 4

Draw 5

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Sheet A Final
  Sweden (Lindholm) 6
  Denmark (Stjerne) 7
Sheet B Final
  Germany (Jentsch) 6
  Norway (Ulsrud) 9
Sheet C Final
  Canada (Middaugh) 7
  United States (Pustovar) 6
Sheet D Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 9
  Scotland (Smith) 3
Sheet E Final
  Australia (Millikin) 5
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 8

Draw 6

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Sheet A Final
  Scotland (Smith) 7
  United States (Pustovar) 8
Sheet B Final
  Denmark (Stjerne) 2
  Australia (Millikin) 9
Sheet C Final
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 8
  Germany (Jentsch) 3
Sheet D Final
  Canada (Middaugh) 6
  Norway (Ulsrud) 8
Sheet E Final
  Sweden (Lindholm) 5
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 3

Draw 7

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Sheet A Final
  Canada (Middaugh) 10
  Germany (Jentsch) 5
Sheet B Final
  United States (Pustovar) 9
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 6
Sheet C Final
  Norway (Ulsrud) 9
  Australia (Millikin) 8
Sheet D Final
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 2
  Sweden (Lindholm) 5
Sheet E Final
  Scotland (Smith) 8
  Denmark (Stjerne) 3

Draw 8

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Sheet A Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 9
  Australia (Millikin) 3
Sheet B Final
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 1
  Canada (Middaugh) 8
Sheet C Final
  Sweden (Lindholm) 1
  Scotland (Smith) 4
Sheet D Final
  Denmark (Stjerne) 3
  Germany (Jentsch) 8
Sheet E Final
  United States (Pustovar) 7
  Norway (Ulsrud) 8

Draw 9

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Sheet A Final
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 6
  Denmark (Stjerne) 8
Sheet B Final
  Sweden (Lindholm) 7
  Germany (Jentsch) 3
Sheet C Final
  United States (Pustovar) 8
  Australia (Millikin) 7
Sheet D Final
  Switzerland (Schwaller) 6
  Norway (Ulsrud) 2
Sheet E Final
  Canada (Middaugh) 6
  Scotland (Smith) 5

Tiebreaker

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Sheet A Final
  Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 8
  Norway (Ulsrud) 7

Playoffs

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Brackets

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Semi-final Final
      
1   Canada 9
4   Finland 2
1   Canada 7
2   Sweden 4
2   Sweden 5
3   Scotland 3 Bronze medal
3   Scotland 5
4   Finland 6

Final

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Lindholm) 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
  Canada (Middaugh) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 7
1998 Ford World Curling Championship
 
Canada
25th title

References

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  • "Ford World Curling Championships 1998". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  • Video: 1998 World Men's Championship, tiebreaker, Finland (Markku Uusipaavalniemi) vs Norway (Thomas Ulsrud) on YouTube