2011 World Men's Curling Championship


The 2011 World Men's Curling Championship was held at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada from April 2–10, 2011.
In the final, Jeff Stoughton skipped the Canadian rink to a 6–5 victory over Scotland's Tom Brewster, who was playing in his first World Championship. Scotland took the early lead, going up 3–1 after four ends, thanks to successful double and triple take outs. Stoughton picked out a Scottish stone in the four-foot in the fifth end to score three, and take a 4–3 lead into the break. After Scotland tied the game in the sixth, Canada blanked the seventh, with Stoughton showing off his 360 degree "spin-o-rama" delivery on his last, as it was only a throw-through. In the eighth, Canada scored a deuce, thanks to a draw to the button for Stoughton, taking a 6–4 lead. In the 9th, Brewster was wide on his takeout attempt for two, settling for a single, to trail 6–5 heading into the final end. In the 10th, Brewster was light on his final rock, and Stoughton didn't have to throw his final rock, as victory had been assured. The gold medal was Stoughton's second and Canada's 33rd gold medal at the world. A sellout crowd of 5,854 spectators attended the game.
Sweden's Niklas Edin rink won the bronze medal over Norway's Thomas Ulsrud, 7–6. This broke a seven year medal-less streak for Sweden.

Qualification

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
CountrySkipWLPFPAEnds
Won
Ends
Lost
Blank
Ends
Stolen
Ends
Shot
Pct.
Jeff Stoughton10184494737171190%
Tom Brewster9272544238221083%
Niklas Edin748158503991390%
Thomas Ulsrud7464634742181384%
Thomas Dufour7475644837101383%
Andy Kapp6571644846131180%
Christof Schwaller6568674743151685%
Jiri Snítil565872384314781%
Chen Lu'an475171354724483%
Pete Fenson385967404714985%
Lee Dong-keun296185394713780%
Tommy Stjerne0115087374512678%

Sweden placed third by virtue of a pre-event draw challenge used to rank teams in case round-robin results failed to provide separation.

Results

''All times local ''

Draw 1

''Saturday, April 2, 1:30pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, April 2, 7:00pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, April 3, 8:30am''

Draw 4

''Sunday, April 3, 1:30pm''

Draw 5

''Sunday, April 3, 7:00pm''

Draw 6

''Monday, April 4, 8:30am''

Draw 7

''Monday, April 4, 1:30pm''

Draw 8

''Monday, April 4, 7:30pm''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, April 5, 8:30am''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, April 5, 1:30pm''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, April 5, 7:30pm''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, April 6, 8:30am''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, April 6, 1:30pm''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, April 6, 7:30pm''

Draw 15

''Thursday, April 7, 8:30am''

Draw 16

''Thursday, April 7, 1:30pm''

Draw 17

''Thursday, April 7, 7:30pm''

Tiebreaker

''Friday, April 8, 1:30pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Friday, April 8, 7:30pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, April 9, 12:30pm''

Semifinal

''Saturday, April 9, 5:00pm''

Bronze medal game

''Sunday, April 10, 12:00pm''

Gold medal game

''Sunday, April 10, 5:00pm''