2010 World Men's Curling Championship

The 2010 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the Capital One World Men's Curling Championship 2010 for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 3–11, 2010 at the Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

2010 World Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Arena	Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio
Dates	April 3–11, 2010
Winner	Canada
Curling club	Saville SC, Edmonton
Skip	Kevin Koe
Third	Blake MacDonald
Second	Carter Rycroft
Lead	Nolan Thiessen
Alternate	Jamie King
Coach	John Dunn
Finalist	Norway (Torger Nergård)
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Qualification

•  Italy (Host country)
•  Scotland (Defending champions)
•  Canada (Top Americas finisher from the 2009 World Championship)
•  China (Pacific champion)
•  Japan (Pacific runner-up)
• Six teams from the 2009 European Championship:
  •  Sweden
  •  Switzerland
  •  Norway
  •  France
  •  Germany
  •  Denmark
• American berth from the 2010 USA-Brazil Challenge
  •  United States

Teams

Canada	China	Denmark
Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton Skip: Kevin Koe Third: Blake MacDonald Second: Carter Rycroft Lead: Nolan Thiessen Alternate: Jamie King	Harbin CC, Harbin Fourth: Liu Rui Third: Xu Xiaoming Skip: Wang Fengchun Lead: Zang Jialiang Alternate: Ba Dexin	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Fourth: Johnny Frederiksen Skip: Ulrik Schmidt Second: Bo Jensen Lead: Lars Vilandt Alternate: Mikkel Poulsen
France	Germany	Italy
Chamonix CC, Chamonix Skip: Thomas Dufour Third: Tony Angiboust Second: Jan Ducroz Lead: Richard Ducroz Alternate: Raphael Mathieu	CC Füssen, Füssen Skip: Andy Kapp Third: Andreas Lang Second: Holger Höhne Lead: Andreas Kempf Alternate: Daniel Herberg	Trentino CC, Cembra Skip: Joel Retornaz Third: Silvio Zanotelli Second: Davide Zanotelli Lead: Julien Genre Alternate: Giorgio Da Rin
Japan	Norway	Scotland
Kitami Curling Association Skip: Makoto Tsuruga Third: Yuki Sawamukai Second: Yusaku Shibaya Lead: Ryosuke Haneishi Alternate: Ryuya Ishigaki	Snarøen CK, Bærum Skip: Torger Nergård* Third: Thomas Løvold Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: None	Airleywight CC & St. Matkins CC, Perth Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh Fourth: Warwick Smith Skip: David Smith Second: Craig Wilson Lead: Ross Hepburn Alternate: David Murdoch
Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Sundsvalls CK, Sundsvall Skip: Per Carlsén Third: Nils Carlsén Second: Eric Carlsén Lead: Niklas Berggren Alternate: Mikael Norberg	St. Moritz CC, St. Moritz Skip: Stefan Karnusian Third: Christof Schwaller Second: Robert Hürlimann Lead: Rolf Iseli Alternate: Dominic Andres	Bemidji CC, Bemidji Skip: Pete Fenson Third: Shawn Rojeski Second: Joe Polo Lead: Tyler George Alternate: Mark Haluptzok

* Thomas Ulsrud withdrew before the start of competition due to an illness in the family.^[1][2]

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
Norway	Torger Nergård	10	1	78	43	52	32	14	18	85%
Canada	Kevin Koe	9	2	86	47	47	35	6	15	86%
United States	Pete Fenson	8	3	73	52	43	40	16	9	80%
Scotland	David Smith	8	3	74	57	40	38	22	7	80%
Denmark	Ulrik Schmidt	7	4	71	62	44	46	12	6	79%
Switzerland	Stefan Karnusian	5	6	55	72	36	47	18	5	78%
Germany	Andy Kapp	5	6	62	67	42	42	17	7	73%
Sweden	Per Carlsén	4	7	54	72	37	38	17	8	76%
France	Thomas Dufour	3	8	58	69	38	40	20	11	74%
Italy	Joel Retornaz	3	8	63	81	48	48	13	12	74%
China	Wang Fengchun	3	8	52	71	38	43	22	9	77%
Japan	Makoto Tsuruga	1	10	53	86	38	52	11	3	70%

Round-robin results

All draw times listed are in Central European Time

Draw 1

Saturday, April 3, 14:00

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

Sheet B[3]	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	4
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	5

Sheet C[4]	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Japan (Tsuruga)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	6
Italy (Retornaz)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	7

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

Draw 2

Saturday, April 3, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6
China (Wang)	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Tsuruga)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Germany (Kapp)	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	X	X	9

Draw 3

Sunday, April 4th, 9:00

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nergård)	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	X	X	9
France (Dufour)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Draw 4

Sunday, April 4th, 14:00

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	5
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	8
Japan (Tsuruga)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	6

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

Draw 5

Sunday, April 4th, 19:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	6
Scotland (Smith)	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Karnusian)	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	X	5
Canada (Koe)	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	2	X	9

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

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

Draw 6

Monday, April 5th, 8:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nergård)	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	X	7
Japan (Tsuruga)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Smith)	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	2	X	X	8
China (Wang)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Carlsén)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	7
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	6
Germany (Kapp)	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	9

Draw 7

Monday, April 5th, 13:00

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
Switzerland (Karnusian)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5
Canada (Koe)	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	7

Draw 8

Monday, April 5th, 18:00

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Karnusian)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	5
France (Dufour)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	4

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

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

Draw 9

Tuesday, April 6th, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
United States (Fenson)	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7
France (Dufour)	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5

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

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Karnusian)	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
Norway (Nergård)	2	0	2	1	1	1	X	X	X	X	7

Draw 10

Tuesday, April 6th, 15:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Smith)	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	X	7
Germany (Kapp)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nergård)	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	0	2	X	10
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	X	X	9
China (Wang)	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	4

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

Draw 11

Tuesday, April 6th, 20:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5
Switzerland (Karnusian)	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	9
Canada (Koe)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	6

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

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

Draw 12

Wednesday, April 7th, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Tsuruga)	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	3
Canada (Koe)	4	3	0	3	0	2	X	X	X	X	12

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	X	7
Switzerland (Karnusian)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	5
United States (Fenson)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	9
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	7

Draw 13

Wednesday, April 7th, 15:00

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Switzerland (Karnusian)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	7
Sweden (Carlsén)	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Koe)	3	1	0	2	0	1	X	X	X	X	7
France (Dufour)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 14

Wednesday, April 7th, 20:00

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	X	7
Japan (Tsuruga)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nergård)	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	X	8
Germany (Kapp)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Smith)	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	4	X	X	10
Italy (Retornaz)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	4

Draw 15

Thursday, April 8th, 10:00

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

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	3
Canada (Koe)	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	X	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Tsuruga)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	9
Switzerland (Karnusian)	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	7

Draw 16

Thursday, April 8th, 15:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Dufour)	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	8
Italy (Retornaz)	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	9

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

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Scotland (Smith)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	7
Japan (Tsuruga)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nergård)	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	6
China (Wang)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

Draw 17

Thursday, April 8th, 20:00

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Koe)	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	8
Norway (Nergård)	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	9

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

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

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Gold medal game
	1	Norway	5								2	Canada	9
	2	Canada	11								1	Norway	3
						1	Norway	9
						3	Scotland	7
	3	Scotland	6
	4	United States	4

	Bronze medal game
	4	United States	4
	3	Scotland	6

1 vs. 2

Friday, April 9, 19:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nergård)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	X	5
Canada (Koe)	0	3	2	0	5	0	1	0	X	X	11

Player percentages
Norway		Canada
Håvard Vad Petersson	92%	Nolan Thiessen	93%
Christoffer Svae	77%	Carter Rycroft	89%
Thomas Løvold	80%	Blake MacDonald	89%
Torger Nergård	75%	Kevin Koe	84%
Total	81%	Total	89%

3 vs. 4

Saturday, April 10, 10:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Scotland (Smith)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	6
United States (Fenson)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4

Player percentages
Scotland		United States
Ross Hepburn	90%	Tyler George	75%
Craig Wilson	76%	Joe Polo	74%
David Smith	78%	Shawn Rojeski	72%
Warwick Smith	84%	Pete Fenson	78%
Total	82%	Total	75%

Semifinal

Saturday, April 10th, 16:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nergård)	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	9
Scotland (Smith)	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	7

Player percentages
Norway		Scotland
Håvard Vad Petersson	76%	Ross Hepburn	84%
Christoffer Svae	90%	Craig Wilson	71%
Thomas Løvold	75%	David Smith	64%
Torger Nergård	85%	Warwick Smith	76%
Total	82%	Total	74%

Bronze medal game

Sunday, April 11th, 10:00

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

Player percentages
United States		Scotland
Tyler George	81%	Ross Hepburn	82%
Joe Polo	83%	Craig Wilson	80%
Shawn Rojeski	79%	David Smith	76%
Pete Fenson	78%	Warwick Smith	80%
Total	80%	Total	80%

Gold medal game

Sunday, April 11th, 16:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Koe)	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	X	X	9
Norway (Nergård)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	3

Player percentages
Canada		Norway
Nolan Thiessen	77%	Håvard Vad Petersson	95%
Carter Rycroft	95%	Christoffer Svae	89%
Blake MacDonald	95%	Thomas Løvold	73%
Kevin Koe	95%	Torger Nergård	72%
Total	91%	Total	82%

2010 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship Winners
Canada 32nd title

Top five player percentages

Leads	%	Seconds	%	Thirds	%	Skips	%
Nolan Thiessen	89	Christoffer Svae	87	Blake MacDonald	84	Kevin Koe	86
Rolf Iseli	87	Joe Polo	84	Thomas Løvold	84	Torger Nergård	85
Håvard Vad Petersson	84	Carter Rycroft	83	Ulrik Schmidt (Skip)	81	Warwick Smith (Fourth)	81
Tyler George	83	Craig Wilson	82	Shawn Rojeski	78	Pete Fenson	77
Lars Vilandt	82	Mikkel Poulsen	77	David Smith (Skip)	78	Johnny Frederiksen (Fourth)	76

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