Curling competition at Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
2006 World Men's Curling Championship Host city Lowell, Massachusetts, United States Arena Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell Dates April 1–9, 2006 Winner ScotlandSkip David Murdoch Third Ewan MacDonald Second Warwick Smith Lead Euan Byers Alternate Peter Smith Coach Tom Pendreigh Finalist Canada (Jean-Michel Ménard )
The Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell was the location of the 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.
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.
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 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
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
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
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
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Round robin player percentages References General "World Men's Curling Championship 2006". World Curling Federation . Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2010-03-28 . Specific ^ "Finland Skip Sidelines With Wrist Injury". The Canadian Press . 2006-04-01. Retrieved 2010-03-28 .