Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's curling
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueGangneung Curling Centre, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates14–24 February
Competitors50 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Shuster
Tyler George
Matt Hamilton
John Landsteiner
Joe Polo
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Niklas Edin
Oskar Eriksson
Rasmus Wranå
Christoffer Sundgren
Henrik Leek
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Benoît Schwarz
Claudio Pätz
Peter de Cruz
Valentin Tanner
Dominik Märki
 Switzerland

The men's curling tournament of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held between 14 and 24 February 2018 at the Gangneung Curling Centre.[1] Ten nations competed in a round robin preliminary round, and the top four nations at the conclusion of the round robin qualified for the medal round.[2]

Great Britain, Switzerland, and the United States each finished round robin play with a 5–4 record, resulting in a three-way tie for third place in the preliminary round standings. Under Olympic tiebreaker rules then in effect, the United States was awarded the third seed in the medal round (by virtue of having defeated both Great Britain and Switzerland during the preliminary round), and Great Britain and Switzerland played a one-game tiebreaker. Switzerland prevailed 9-5 and was awarded the fourth seed.

In the gold medal match, with the score tied at 5 in the eighth end, US skip John Shuster fired a dramatic double take-out for five that left his team leading 10-5 with two ends to go, effectively sealing the win and the gold medal for the United States, which won its first gold medal in curling.[3]

Teams

Ten teams took part in the tournament:[4]

 Canada  Denmark  Great Britain  Italy  Japan
The Glencoe Club, Calgary
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Royal Caledonian CC, Stirling A.S.D. Trentino Curling, Cembra SC Karuizawa Club, Karuizawa
 Norway  South Korea  Sweden  Switzerland  United States
Snarøen CC, Oslo GyeongBuk Uiseong CC, Uiseong Karlstads CK, Karlstad CC Genève, Geneva Duluth CC, Duluth

Round-robin standings

Final round robin standings
Team Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
 Sweden Niklas Edin 9 7 2 62 43 34 28 13 8 87% Playoffs
 Canada Kevin Koe 9 6 3 56 46 36 34 14 8 87%
 United States John Shuster 9 5 4 67 63 37 39 4 6 80%
 Great Britain Kyle Smith 9 5 4 55 60 40 37 8 7 82% Tiebreaker
 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 9 5 4 60 55 39 37 10 6 83%
 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9 4 5 52 56 34 39 7 8 82%
 South Korea Kim Chang-min 9 4 5 65 63 39 39 8 8 82%
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 9 4 5 48 56 33 35 13 5 81%
 Italy Joël Retornaz 9 3 6 50 56 37 38 15 7 81%
 Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 9 2 7 53 70 36 39 12 5 83%
Source:

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Seoul Time (UTC+9).[5]

Summary

Team Canada Denmark Great Britain Italy Japan Norway South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States Record
 Canada 8–3 6–4 5–3 8–4 7–4 7–6 2–5 6–8 7–9 6–3
 Denmark 3–8 6–7 6–4 4–6 8–10 9–8 5–9 7–9 5–9 2–7
 Great Britain 4–6 7–6 7–6 6–5 10–3 5–11 6–8 6–5 4–10 5–4
 Italy 3–5 4–6 6–7 5–6 6–4 6–8 3–7 7–4 10–9 3–6
 Japan 4–8 6–4 5–6 6–5 6–4 4-10 4–11 5–6 8–2 4–5
 Norway 4–7 10–8 3–10 4–6 4–6 7–5 7–2 5–7 8–5 4–5
 South Korea 6–7 8–9 11–5 8–6 10-4 5–7 2–7 8–7 7–11 4–5
 Sweden 5–2 9–5 8–6 7–3 11–4 2–7 7–2 3–10 10–4 7–2
 Switzerland 8–6 9–7 5–6 4–7 6–5 7–5 7–8 10–3 4–8 5–4
 United States 9–7 9–5 10–4 9–10 2–8 5–8 11–7 4–10 8–4 5–4

Draw 1

Wednesday, 14 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 9

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

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 X 7
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 X 11

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5
 Great Britain (Smith) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 6

Draw 2

Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Koe) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
 Great Britain (Smith) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 X 7

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 7

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 4
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 6

Draw 3

Thursday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 9
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 1 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 10

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

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Smith) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 7
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 9

Draw 4

Friday, 16 February, 09:05

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

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 X X 10
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4

Draw 5

Friday, 16 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 X 8
 Great Britain (Smith) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 6

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 5
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 9

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Koe) 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 7
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6

Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 X 11
 Great Britain (Smith) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 7
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Koe) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 X 5

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5

Draw 7

Sunday, 18 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 10
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 8

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X X X 2
 Japan (Morozumi) (has hammer) 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 X X X 8

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 8
 Canada (Koe) 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 X 6

Draw 8

Sunday, 18 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 X X 11
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 9
 South Korea (Kim) 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 8

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6
 Great Britain (Smith) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 5
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 X 8

Draw 9

Monday, 19 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 8

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X X 3
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 X X X 10

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 9
 Canada (Koe) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 7

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Smith) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 7
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6

Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Smith) (has hammer) 3 1 0 2 0 3 1 X X X 10
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X X 3

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
 Canada (Koe) (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 8

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 7

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 7

Draw 11

Tuesday, 20 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 X 8

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
 Italy (Retornaz) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 6

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4

Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X X X 3
 Canada (Koe) (has hammer) 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 X X X 8

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Smith) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 X X 10

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 0 X X X X 2
 Norway (Ulsrud) 1 0 0 3 2 1 X X X X 7

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 3 X X 10
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 4

Tiebreaker

Thursday, 22 February, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Smith) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 5
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 X 9
Player percentages
 Great Britain  Switzerland
Cameron Smith85% Valentin Tanner89%
Kyle Waddell89% Peter de Cruz86%
Thomas Muirhead89% Claudio Pätz95%
Kyle Smith82% Benoît Schwarz80%
Total86% Total88%

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  Sweden 9
4  Switzerland 3
1  Sweden 7
3  United States 10
2  Canada 3
3  United States 5 Bronze medal game
2  Canada 5
4  Switzerland 7

Semifinals

Thursday, 22 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 X X 9
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 3
Player percentages
 Sweden  Switzerland
Christoffer Sundgren94% Valentin Tanner86%
Rasmus Wranå97% Peter de Cruz84%
Oskar Eriksson81% Claudio Pätz75%
Niklas Edin95% Benoît Schwarz70%
Total92% Total79%

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Koe) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 5
Player percentages
 Canada  United States
Ben Hebert84% John Landsteiner86%
Brent Laing78% Matt Hamilton89%
Marc Kennedy80% Tyler George83%
Kevin Koe85% John Shuster91%
Total82% Total87%

Bronze medal game

Friday, 23 February, 15:35

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Koe) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
 Switzerland (de Cruz) 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 X 7
Player percentages
 Canada  Switzerland
Ben Hebert100% Valentin Tanner81%
Brent Laing75% Peter de Cruz84%
Marc Kennedy75% Claudio Pätz91%
Kevin Koe65% Benoît Schwarz88%
Total79% Total86%

Gold medal game

Saturday, 24 February, 15:35

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 7
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 0 X 10
Player percentages
 Sweden  United States
Christoffer Sundgren96% John Landsteiner81%
Rasmus Wranå84% Matt Hamilton74%
Oskar Eriksson86% Tyler George88%
Niklas Edin74% John Shuster76%
Total85% Total80%

Final standings

The final standings are:[6]

PlaceTeamRecord
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States7–4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sweden8–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Switzerland7–5
4 Canada6–5
5 Great Britain5–5
6 Norway4–5
7 South Korea4–5
8 Japan4–5
9 Italy3–6
10 Denmark2–7

Statistics

Player percentages

Player percentages during round robin play are as follows:[7]

Lead

# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
1 Oliver Dupont (DEN)84868988959390869389
2 Lee Ki-bok (KOR)98909184818588858387
2 Cammy Smith (GBR)84808694938985859187
2 Valentin Tanner (SUI)88988286838480938587
5 Ben Hebert (CAN)88916885918888889586
5 Christoffer Sundgren (SWE)85907593888186819486
7 Kosuke Morozumi (JPN)88888376897589758883
7 John Landsteiner (USA)827810072868375868683
7 Håvard Vad Petersson (NOR)81788674758589889483
7 Daniele Ferrazza (ITA)82818091788883

Second

# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
1 Rasmus Wranå (SWE)85929579898968979488
2 Brent Laing (CAN)80898194818682869586
3 Mikkel Poulsen (DEN)90649096808388909385
3 Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (JPN)85808593988479966685
5 Oh Eun-su (KOR)9380867883789284
6 Matt Hamilton (USA)93768690826778719582
7 Christoffer Svae (NOR)75859569907680817581
7 Peter de Cruz (SUI)76798581799380788381
7 Kyle Waddell (GBR)82808481817583897781
10 Simone Gonin (ITA)85797585766984789080

Third

# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
1 Oskar Eriksson (SWE)86939588889186898689
1 Marc Kennedy (CAN)86838995899690908389
3 Claudio Pätz (SUI)91918891837477748584
4 Torger Nergård (NOR)83869174936891769283
4 Seong Se-hyeon (KOR)83857684887483859483
6 Johnny Frederiksen (DEN)84708881749276868081
6 Thomas Muirhead (GBR)80688381828974898681
8 Tetsuro Shimizu (JPN)88807980955876797879
8 Tyler George (USA)83787278897480758679
10 Joël Retornaz (ITA)71837388808169857878

Fourth

# Curler 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
1 Niklas Edin (SWE)91968384997770867385
1 Kevin Koe (CAN)86868388758383968685
3 Benoît Schwarz (SUI)70788188808295907682
4 Amos Mosaner (ITA)80948372728686588981
5 Thomas Ulsrud (NOR)78788483787964839480
6 Kyle Smith (GBR)80718482657283967278
7 Yusuke Morozumi (JPN)75847078916971897277
7 Kim Chang-min (KOR)78698581796570867877
7 John Shuster (USA)82806682546782977877
10 Rasmus Stjerne (DEN)75817975827678784875

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