The 2002 Men's World Curling Championships were held in Bismarck , North Dakota , USA from April 6-14, 2002 . The tournament was held for the 44th time. The United States hosted the men's world championship for the 5th time. The tournament was held in Bismarck for the first time.
| Men's World Curling Championship 2002 | |
|---|---|
| Championship Details | |
| Location |  Bismarck |
| Stadiums | Bismarck civic center |
| Final Tournament Dates | April 6-14 , 2002 |
| in the final stage | ten |
| Top places | |
 Champion |  Canada (27th time) |
 Second place |  Norway |
 Third place |  Scotland |
| Fourth place | USA |
| Championship Statistics | |
The Canadian team became the world champion (for the 27th time in its history), defeating the Norwegian national team with a score of 10: 5 in the final. The third place was taken by the Scottish team , who won the match for the 3rd place by the US national team with a score of 6: 5 [1] .
At the same time as the men 's championship in Bismarck, the women's world championship in 2002 was also held .
Content
Competition Format
First, all teams participate in the group stage, in which each team will play once with each. The four best teams go to the playoff semi -finals , the winners of which will play in the final, and the losers in the match for third place.
Member Teams
The tournament was attended by the US national team (as the national team of the host country), the Swedish national team (as the current champion ), six European men's teams, which took 1st-7th places at the 2001 European Championship (except the Swedish national team), the Canadian national team (together with the USA representing North America ; Canada was represented by the winning team of the men's championship of Canada 2002 , skip Randy Ferby ), as well as the Japanese team (qualified according to the results of the Pacific Championship 2001 ).
Lineups
( skips are shown in bold)
| Team | Fourth | Third | Second | The first | Spare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Alois kreidl | Stefan salinger | Andreas Unterberger | Werner wanker | Richard Obermoser |
| Denmark | Ulrik Schmidt | Lasse lavrsen | Carsten svensgaard | Bo Jensen | Joel Ostrowski |
| Canada | David Nedokhin | Randy Forby | Scott Pfeifer | Marcel Rock | Dan holowaychuk |
| Norway | Pal Trulsen | Lars Vogberg | Fleming Davanger | Bent Onunn Ramsfjell | Niels siggaard andersen |
| USA | Paul pustovar | Mike fraboni | Geoff goodland | Richard Maskel | Dave nelson |
| Finland | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Ville Meakel | Kalle Kiiskinen | Teemu Salo | Aku Causte |
| Switzerland | Patrick Hurliman | Dominic Andres | Martin romang | Diego Perrin | Patrick Lörtsher |
| Sweden | Per carlsén | Mikael norberg | Tommy olin | Niklas Berggren | Thomas Norgren |
| Scotland | Warwick Smith | Norman Brown | Evan MacDonald | Peter Laudon | Tom Brewster |
| Japan | Hiroaki Kashiwagi | Kazuto Yanagizawa | Jun Nakayama | Keita yanagizawa | Takanori ichimura |
Group Stage
| A place | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 | ten | AT | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Scotland | * | 7: 2 | 6: 5 | 6: 8 | 10: 9 | 4: 8 | 7: 6 | 6: 5 | 8: 1 | 8: 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | USA | 2: 7 | * | 8: 7 | 7: 6 | 7:12 a.m. | 1: 7 | 8: 7 | 8: 3 | 8: 5 | 10: 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Canada | 5: 6 | 7: 8 | * | 12: 4 | 8: 5 | 7: 6 | 11: 4 | 4: 5 | 9: 2 | 9: 7 | 6 | 3 |
| four | Norway | 8: 6 | 6: 7 | 4:12 | * | 5: 9 | 5: 4 | 8: 4 | 7: 5 | 8: 4 | 11: 3 | 6 | 3 |
| five | Denmark | 9:10 a.m. | 12: 7 | 5: 8 | 9: 5 | * | 5: 4 | 4: 9 | 8: 4 | 5: 8 | 10: 3 | five | four |
| five | Finland | 8: 4 | 7: 1 | 6: 7 | 4: 5 | 4: 5 | * | 5: 9 | 6: 4 | 7: 3 | 8: 2 | five | four |
| five | Switzerland | 6: 7 | 7: 8 | 4:11 | 4: 8 | 9: 4 | 9: 5 | * | 8: 4 | 11: 3 | 13: 1 | five | four |
| eight | Sweden | 5: 6 | 3: 8 | 5: 4 | 5: 7 | 4: 8 | 4: 6 | 4: 8 | * | 5: 4 | 11: 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Japan | 1: 8 | 5: 8 | 2: 9 | 4: 8 | 8: 5 | 3: 7 | 3:11 | 4: 5 | * | 10: 6 | 2 | 7 |
| ten | Austria | 3: 8 | 1:10 | 7: 9 | 3:11 | 3:10 | 2: 8 | 1:13 | 1:11 | 6:10 a.m. | * | 0 | 9 |
- Pass to the semifinals of the playoffs.
Playoffs
| Semifinals | The final | ||||||
| Scotland | four | ||||||
| Norway | five | ||||||
| Norway | five | ||||||
| Canada | ten | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| USA | 6 | USA | five | ||||
| Canada | ten | Scotland | 6 | ||||
Final classification
| A place | Team | AND | AT | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | eleven | eight | 3 | |
| Norway | eleven | 7 | four | |
| Scotland | eleven | eight | 3 | |
| four | USA | eleven | 6 | five |
| five | Denmark | 9 | five | four |
| five | Finland | 9 | five | four |
| five | Switzerland | 9 | five | four |
| eight | Sweden | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Japan | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| ten | Austria | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Rewards
- The Colin Campbell Memorial Award [2] , awarded “for the best embodiment of sporting spirit and sportsmanship,” was awarded to Pal Trulsen (Norwegian team).