Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's curling tournament of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held between 14 and 24 February 2018 at the Gangneung Curling Centre. 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.
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, and Great Britain and Switzerland played a one-game tiebreaker.
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:The Glencoe Club, Calgary Skip: Kevin Koe Third: Marc Kennedy Second: Brent Laing Lead: Ben Hebert Alternate: Scott Pfeifer | Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Rasmus Stjerne Third: Johnny Frederiksen Second: Mikkel Poulsen Lead: Oliver Dupont Alternate: Morten Berg Thomsen | Royal Caledonian CC, Stirling Skip: Kyle Smith Third: Thomas Muirhead Second: Kyle Waddell Lead: Cameron Smith Alternate: Glen Muirhead | A.S.D. Trentino Curling, Cembra Fourth: Amos Mosaner Skip: Joël Retornaz Second: Simone Gonin Lead: Daniele Ferrazza Alternate: Andrea Pilzer | SC Karuizawa Club, Karuizawa Skip: Yusuke Morozumi Third: Tetsuro Shimizu Second: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Lead: Kosuke Morozumi Alternate: Kohsuke Hirata |
Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Markus Høiberg | GyeongBuk Uiseong CC, Uiseong Skip: Kim Chang-min Third: Seong Se-hyeon Second: Oh Eun-su Lead: Lee Ki-bok Alternate: Kim Min-chan | Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Henrik Leek | CC Genève, Geneva Fourth: Benoît Schwarz Third: Claudio Pätz Skip: Peter de Cruz Lead: Valentin Tanner Alternate: Dominik Märki | Duluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Tyler George Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Joe Polo |
Round robin standings
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Seoul Time.Summary
Draw 1
Wednesday, 14 February, 09:05Draw 2
Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05Draw 3
Thursday, 15 February, 14:05Draw 4
Friday, 16 February, 09:05Draw 5
Friday, 16 February, 20:05Draw 6
Saturday, 17 February, 14:05Draw 7
Sunday, 18 February, 09:05Draw 8
Sunday, 18 February, 20:05Draw 9
Monday, 19 February, 14:05Draw 10
Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05Draw 11
Tuesday, 20 February, 20:05Draw 12
Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05Tiebreaker
Thursday, 22 February, 9:05Playoffs
Semifinals
Thursday, 22 February, 20:05Bronze medal game
Friday, 23 February, 15:35Gold medal game
Saturday, 24 February, 15:35Final standings
The final standings are:Place | Team | Record |
7–4 | ||
8–3 | ||
7–5 | ||
4 | 6–5 | |
5 | 5–5 | |
6 | 4–5 | |
7 | 4–5 | |
8 | 4–5 | |
9 | 3–6 | |
10 | 2–7 |