1998 World Men's Curling Championship

1998 World Men's Curling
Championship
1998 World Men's Curling; Championship
Host city	Kamloops, British Columbia
Arena	Riverside Coliseum
Dates	April 4–12, 1998
Winner	Canada
Curling club	St George's G&CC, Toronto, Ontario
Skip	Wayne Middaugh
Third	Graeme McCarrel
Second	Ian Tetley
Lead	Scott Bailey
Alternate	David Carruthers
Coach	Jim Waite
Finalist	Sweden (Peja Lindholm)
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The 1998 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1998 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Riverside Coliseum in Kamloops, British Columbia from April 4–12, 1998.

Teams

Australia	Canada	Denmark	Finland	Germany
Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney Skip: Hugh Millikin Third: Trevor Schumm Second: John Theriault Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Stephen Hewitt	St. George's G&CC, Etobicoke, Ontario Skip: Wayne Middaugh Third: Graeme McCarrel Second: Ian Tetley Lead: Scott Bailey Alternate: David Carruthers	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Tommy Stjerne Third: Gert Larsen Second: Peter Andersen Lead: Ivan Frederiksen Alternate: Anders Søderblom	Hyvinkää CC, Hyvinkää Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Tommi Häti Lead: Jari Laukkanen Alternate: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	Füssen CC, Füssen Skip: Roland Jentsch Third: Uli Sutor Second: Florian Zörgiebel Lead: Andreas Kempf Alternate: Alexander Huchel
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Thomas Due Second: Torger Nergård Lead: Johan Høstmælingen Alternate: Rolf Andreas Lauten	St. Martins CC, Perth Skip: David Smith Third: Warwick Smith Second: Peter Smith Lead: David Hay Alternate: Mike Hay	Östersunds CK, Östersund Skip: Peja Lindholm Third: Tomas Nordin Second: Magnus Swartling Lead: Peter Narup Alternate: Marcus Feldt	Solothurn-Biber & St. Moritz CC Skip: Christof Schwaller Third: Marc Haudenschild Second: Reto Ziegler Lead: Rolf Iseli Alternate: Robert Hürlimann	Hibbing CC, Hibbing, Minnesota Skip: Paul Pustovar Third: Dave Violette Second: Greg Wilson Lead: Cory Ward Alternate: Shawn Rojeski

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs
	Teams to tiebreaker

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Wayne Middaugh	8	1
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	6	3
Scotland	David Smith	5	4
Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	5	4
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	5	4
United States	Paul Pustovar	4	5
Denmark	Tommy Stjerne	4	5
Switzerland	Christof Schwaller	4	5
Australia	Hugh Millikin	2	7
Germany	Roland Jentsch	2	7

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A	Final
Australia (Millikin)	8
Germany (Jentsch)	3

Sheet B	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	4
Scotland (Smith)	8

Sheet C	Final
Canada (Middaugh)	10
Sweden (Lindholm)	6

Sheet D	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	4
United States (Pustovar)	8

Sheet E	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)	3
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	5

Draw 2

Sheet A	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	3
Sweden (Lindholm)	8

Sheet B	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)	5
Denmark (Stjerne)	11

Sheet C	Final
Scotland (Smith)	5
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	6

Sheet D	Final
Australia (Millikin)	2
Canada (Middaugh)	11

Sheet E	Final
United States (Pustovar)	4
Germany (Jentsch)	11

Draw 3

Sheet A	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)	7
Canada (Middaugh)	8

Sheet B	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	8
United States (Pustovar)	6

Sheet C	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	5
Norway (Ulsrud)	3

Sheet D	Final
Germany (Jentsch)	1
Scotland (Smith)	8

Sheet E	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	7
Australia (Millikin)	5

Draw 4

Sheet A	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	8
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	3

Sheet B	Final
Scotland (Smith)	7
Australia (Millikin)	4

Sheet C	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)	6
Germany (Jentsch)	5

Sheet D	Final
United States (Pustovar)	2
Sweden (Lindholm)	5

Sheet E	Final
Canada (Middaugh)	5
Denmark (Stjerne)	4

Draw 5

Sheet A	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	6
Denmark (Stjerne)	7

Sheet B	Final
Germany (Jentsch)	6
Norway (Ulsrud)	9

Sheet C	Final
Canada (Middaugh)	7
United States (Pustovar)	6

Sheet D	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)	9
Scotland (Smith)	3

Sheet E	Final
Australia (Millikin)	5
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	8

Draw 6

Sheet A	Final
Scotland (Smith)	7
United States (Pustovar)	8

Sheet B	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	2
Australia (Millikin)	9

Sheet C	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	8
Germany (Jentsch)	3

Sheet D	Final
Canada (Middaugh)	6
Norway (Ulsrud)	8

Sheet E	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	5
Switzerland (Schwaller)	3

Draw 7

Sheet A	Final
Canada (Middaugh)	10
Germany (Jentsch)	5

Sheet B	Final
United States (Pustovar)	9
Switzerland (Schwaller)	6

Sheet C	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	9
Australia (Millikin)	8

Sheet D	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	2
Sweden (Lindholm)	5

Sheet E	Final
Scotland (Smith)	8
Denmark (Stjerne)	3

Draw 8

Sheet A	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)	9
Australia (Millikin)	3

Sheet B	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1
Canada (Middaugh)	8

Sheet C	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	1
Scotland (Smith)	4

Sheet D	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	3
Germany (Jentsch)	8

Sheet E	Final
United States (Pustovar)	7
Norway (Ulsrud)	8

Draw 9

Sheet A	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	6
Denmark (Stjerne)	8

Sheet B	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	7
Germany (Jentsch)	3

Sheet C	Final
United States (Pustovar)	8
Australia (Millikin)	7

Sheet D	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)	6
Norway (Ulsrud)	2

Sheet E	Final
Canada (Middaugh)	6
Scotland (Smith)	5

Tiebreaker

Sheet A	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	8
Norway (Ulsrud)	7

Playoffs

Brackets

Semi-final			Final

1	Canada	9

4	Finland	2
			1	Canada	7

			2	Sweden	4
2	Sweden	5

3	Scotland	3	Bronze medal


			3	Scotland	5

			4	Finland	6

Final

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Canada (Middaugh)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	7

1998 Ford World Curling Championship
Canada 25th title

References

"Ford World Curling Championships 1998". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
Video: 1998 World Men's Championship, tiebreaker, Finland (Markku Uusipaavalniemi) vs Norway (Thomas Ulsrud) on YouTube

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