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.

Teams

*** Finnish skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi missed the first three games with a wrist injury; 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.

Standings

Scoring for the tournament was done by . They calculated the player percentages differently than normal. They used a five-point system with a multiplier for degree of difficulty in shots.
CountrySkipWLPFPAEnds
Won
Ends
Lost
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Ends
Stolen
Ends
Shot
Pct.
David Murdoch9282545540102386%
Jean-Michel Ménard8377635244131383%
Thomas Ulsrud7475614844161379%
Pete Fenson7467554340231382%
Nils Carlsén658063434615983%
Ralph Stöckli6568594739151881%
Markku Uusipaavalniemi6571664139141078%
Ulrik Schmidt566870424613979%
Hugh Millikin5666744745181277%
Sebastian Stock474162333818872%
Yoshiyuki Ohmiya294064334614372%
Douglas Dryburgh1104784385415676%

Results

Draw 1

April 1, 09:00

Draw 2

April 1, 16:00

Draw 3

April 2, 09:00

Draw 4

April 2, 14:00

Draw 5

April 2, 19:00

Draw 6

April 3, 09:00

Draw 7

April 3, 14:00

Draw 8

April 3, 19:00

Draw 9

April 4, 09:00

Draw 10

April 4, 14:00

Draw 11

April 4, 19:00

Draw 12

April 5, 09:00

Draw 13

April 5, 14:00

Draw 14

April 5, 19:00

Draw 15

April 6, 09:00

Draw 16

April 6, 14:00

Draw 17

April 7, 19:00

Playoffs

Brackets

1 vs. 2 game

April 7, 14:00

3 vs. 4 game

April 7, 19:00

Semi-final

April 8, 13:00

Final

April 9, 12:30

Round-robin player percentages