2006 World Men's Curling Championship

The 2006 World Men's Curling Championship was held April 1–9, 2006 at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Scotland, skipped by David Murdoch, won the tournament defeating Canada in the final.

2006 World Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Arena	Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell
Dates	April 1–9, 2006
Winner	Scotland
Skip	David Murdoch
Third	Ewan MacDonald
Second	Warwick Smith
Lead	Euan Byers
Alternate	Peter Smith
Coach	Tom Pendreigh
Finalist	Canada (Jean-Michel Ménard)
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The Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell was the location of the Championship

Teams

Australia	Canada	Denmark
Australia Curling Club Skip: Hugh Millikin Third: Ricky Tasker Second: Mike Woloschuk Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Ian Palangio	CC Victoria, Sainte-Foy and CC Etchemin, Saint-Romuald Skip: Jean-Michel Ménard Third: François Roberge Second: Éric Sylvain Lead: Maxime Elmaleh Alternate: Jean Gagnon	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Ulrik Schmidt Third: Lasse Lavrsen Second: Carsten Svensgaard Lead: Joel Ostrowski Alternate: Kenneth Jørgensen
Finland	Germany	Ireland
Oulunkylä Curling, Helsinki Fourth: Kalle Kiiskinen Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi*** Second: Jani Sullanmaa Lead: Teemu Salo Alternate: Jari Rouvinen	EC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf Skip: Sebastian Stock Third: Daniel Herberg Second: Markus Messenzehl Lead: Patrick Hoffman Alternate: Bernhard Mayr	ICA National Team Skip: Douglas Dryburgh Third: Peter Wilson Second: Robin Gray Lead: John Kenny Alternate: Peter J.D. Wilson
Japan	Norway	Scotland
Tokoro CC, Tokoro Skip: Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Third: Makoto Tsuruga Second: Tsuyoshi Ryutaki Lead: Kazuhiko Ikawa Alternate: Yuji Hirama	Snarøen CC, Bærum Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Thomas Due Lead: Jan Thoresen Alternate: Christoffer Svae	Lockerbie CC, Lockerbie Skip: David Murdoch Third: Ewan MacDonald Second: Warwick Smith Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: Peter Smith
Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg Skip: Nils Carlsén Third: Niklas Edin Second: Marcus Hasselborg Lead: Emanuel Allberg Alternate: Daniel Tenn	CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen Skip: Ralph Stöckli Third: Claudio Pescia Second: Pascal Sieber Lead: Simon Strübin Alternate: Marco Battilana	Bemidji CC, Bemidji Skip: Pete Fenson Third: Shawn Rojeski Second: Joseph Polo Lead: John Shuster Alternate: Scott Baird

*** Finnish skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi missed the first three games with a wrist injury;^[1] Kiiskinen skipped in his place. Markku returned April 3; threw second rocks in the early draw and third stones in the remainder of the competition.

Round-robin standings

Scoring for the tournament was done by CurlingZone.com. They calculated the player percentages differently than normal. They used a five-point system with a multiplier for degree of difficulty in shots.

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
Scotland	David Murdoch	9	2	82	54	55	40	10	23	86%
Canada	Jean-Michel Ménard	8	3	77	63	52	44	13	13	83%
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	7	4	75	61	48	44	16	13	79%
United States	Pete Fenson	7	4	67	55	43	40	23	13	82%
Sweden	Nils Carlsén	6	5	80	63	43	46	15	9	83%
Switzerland	Ralph Stöckli	6	5	68	59	47	39	15	18	81%
Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	6	5	71	66	41	39	14	10	78%
Denmark	Ulrik Schmidt	5	6	68	70	42	46	13	9	79%
Australia	Hugh Millikin	5	6	66	74	47	45	18	12	77%
Germany	Sebastian Stock	4	7	41	62	33	38	18	8	72%
Japan	Yoshiyuki Ohmiya	2	9	40	64	33	46	14	3	72%
Ireland	Douglas Dryburgh	1	10	47	84	38	54	15	6	76%

Round-robin results

Draw 1

April 1, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Australia (Millikin)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	8
Scotland (Murdoch)	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Stock)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	3	X	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Carlsén)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4
Canada (Ménard)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	5

Draw 2

April 1, 16:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	9
Germany (Stock)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
Japan (Ohmiya)	0	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
United States (Fenson)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	6
Ireland (Dryburgh)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	8
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7

Draw 3

April 2, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Canada (Ménard)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	8
Australia (Millikin)	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Carlsén)	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	7
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	9

Draw 4

April 2, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Ohmiya)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	4
United States (Fenson)	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	1	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	6
Switzerland (Stöckli)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Stock)	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	7
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	8
Ireland (Dryburgh)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	4

Draw 5

April 2, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	7
Canada (Ménard)	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Fenson)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	8
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ireland (Dryburgh)	2	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	X	X	9
Japan (Ohmiya)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	X	4
Sweden (Carlsén)	3	0	4	0	0	2	0	1	X	X	10

Draw 6

April 3, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Carlsén)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Ménard)	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	X	X	8
Germany (Stock)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Australia (Millikin)	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	7
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	8
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	9

Draw 7

April 3, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Stock)	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	6
Ireland (Dryburgh)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3
Japan (Ohmiya)	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	8
United States (Fenson)	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	3
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	2	0	2	0	5	X	X	X	X	9

Draw 8

April 3, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	8
Australia (Millikin)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Fenson)	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	6
Scotland (Murdoch)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Ohmiya)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
Sweden (Carlsén)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ireland (Dryburgh)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	7
Canada (Ménard)	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	8

Draw 9

April 4, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Ohmiya)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	X	3
Scotland (Murdoch)	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ireland (Dryburgh)	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	4
Australia (Millikin)	0	2	1	0	3	1	0	3	X	X	10

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	6
Canada (Ménard)	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Fenson)	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	7
Sweden (Carlsén)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	4

Draw 10

April 4, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Ménard)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	5
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Carlsén)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	9
Switzerland (Stöckli)	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	1	1	1	2	3	0	X	X	X	X	8
Germany (Stock)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	9

Draw 11

April 4, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3
United States (Fenson)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	7
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	3	X	9
Ireland (Dryburgh)	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	X	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Stock)	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	9
Japan (Ohmiya)	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	8

Draw 12

April 5, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	3	2	0	4	0	3	X	X	X	X	12
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Stock)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1
United States (Fenson)	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	X	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	1	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	X	X	10
Japan (Ohmiya)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	2	0	3	0	1	4	X	X	X	10
Ireland (Dryburgh)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1

Draw 13

April 5, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ireland (Dryburgh)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	3
Sweden (Carlsén)	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Ohmiya)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	4
Canada (Ménard)	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Fenson)	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	4
Australia (Millikin)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	3
Scotland (Murdoch)	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	X	7

Draw 14

April 5, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4
Germany (Stock)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	9
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Carlsén)	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Ménard)	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	9
Switzerland (Stöckli)	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	10

Draw 15

April 6, 09:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	1	8
Japan (Ohmiya)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	1	0	2	1	3	0	1	X	X	X	8
Ireland (Dryburgh)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Stock)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	6
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	7
United States (Fenson)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	5

Draw 16

April 6, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	6
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Australia (Millikin)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
Norway (Ulsrud)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Ménard)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Carlsén)	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	2	X	X	8
Germany (Stock)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3

Draw 17

April 7, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Fenson)	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6
Canada (Ménard)	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	8
Sweden (Carlsén)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ireland (Dryburgh)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	6
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Japan (Ohmiya)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	6
Australia (Millikin)	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	7

Playoffs

Brackets

	Page playoffs					Semifinal					Final
	1	Scotland	2								2	Canada	4
	2	Canada	8								1	Scotland	7
						1	Scotland	6
						3	Norway	4
	3	Norway	8
	4	United States	5

1 vs. 2 game

April 7, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	X	2
Canada (Ménard)	1	3	1	0	3	0	X	X	X	X	8

Player percentages
Scotland		Canada
Euan Byers	85%	Maxime Elmaleh	85%
Warwick Smith	80%	Éric Sylvain	89%
Ewan MacDonald	53%	François Roberge	83%
David Murdoch	52%	Jean-Michel Ménard	89%
Total	67%	Total	86%

3 vs. 4 game

April 7, 19:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	8
United States (Fenson)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	5

Player percentages
Norway		United States
Jan Thoresen	79%	John Shuster	95%
Thomas Due	83%	Joseph Polo	90%
Torger Nergård	85%	Shawn Rojeski	79%
Thomas Ulsrud	87%	Pete Fenson	76%
Total	84%	Total	85%

Semi-final

April 8, 13:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Murdoch)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	6
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4

Player percentages
Scotland		Norway
Euan Byers	74%	Jan Thoresen	75%
Warwick Smith	73%	Thomas Due	68%
Ewan MacDonald	68%	Torger Nergård	69%
David Murdoch	75%	Thomas Ulsrud	68%
Total	73%	Total	70%

Final

April 9, 12:30

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Ménard)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Scotland (Murdoch)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	7

Player percentages
Scotland		Canada
Euan Byers	81%	Maxime Elmaleh	85%
Warwick Smith	82%	Éric Sylvain	76%
Ewan MacDonald	86%	François Roberge	72%
David Murdoch	87%	Jean-Michel Ménard	76%
Total	84%	Total	77%

2006 Ford World Curling Championship
Scotland 4th title

Round robin player percentages

Leads	%	Seconds	%	Thirds	%	Skips	%
Maxime Elmaleh	89	Warwick Smith	86	Ewan MacDonald	86	David Murdoch	87
Joel Ostrowski	84	Joe Polo	86	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	85	Thomas Ulsrud	84
Simon Strübin	84	Eric Sylvain	84	Niklas Edin	83	Jean-Michel Ménard	82
John Shuster	84	Marcus Hasselborg	84	Claudio Pescia	81	Nils Carlsén	82
Euan Byers	82	Pascal Sieber	82	Shawn Rojeski	81	Pete Fenson	80