2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship

The 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 2 - 10 at the new Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event that was held separately from the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship (held in Paisley, Scotland in March 2005). The winner was Randy Ferbey and his team from Canada. Ferbey won his fourth world championship, the rest of his team won their third. As a country, it was Canada's 29th World Championship. Scotland won silver, and Germany bronze.

Teams

One reason for the separation of the men's and women's tournaments was to allow for an expansion from 10 to 12 teams. This expansion was deemed appropriate because more countries are now producing competitive rinks, particularly in Europe but also including Japan and even New Zealand. Teams included 3 time World Champion Randy Ferbey of Canada, 2002 Silver medalist Pål Trulsen of Norway, 2001 Silver medalist Andreas Schwaller of Switzerland, 1997 Silver medalist Andy Kapp of Germany, 2 time World bronze medalist Markku Uusipaavalniemi of Finland, 1993 bronze medalist Pete Fenson of the United States, 7 time World Championship participant Hugh Millikin of Australia, 3 time participant Sean Becker of New Zealand, 2 time participant Johnny Frederiksen of Denmark and making their first appearances were Stefano Ferronato's team from Italy, David Murdoch's team from Scotland and Eric Carlsén's team from Sweden.

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Playoffs

For the first time ever, the World championships used the page playoff system where the top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.

PagePlayoffBracket | RD1= Page playoffs
RD2=Semifinal
RD3=Final

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=SCO
RD1-score1=8
RD1-seed2=2
RD1-team2=GER
RD1-score2=7

RD1-seed3=3
RD1-team3=NOR
RD1-score3=6
RD1-seed4=4
RD1-team4=CAN
RD1-score4=7

RD2-seed1=2
RD2-team1=GER
RD2-score1=6
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=CAN
RD2-score2=8

RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=SCO
RD3-score1=4
RD3-seed2=4
RD3-team2=CAN
RD3-score2=11

3 vs. 4 game April 8, 18:00
Canada steals one in the tenth end to win the 3-4 game, as Pål Trulsens last shot was a miss. Facing two Canada rocks in the house, Trulsen had a fairly easy double for a point, and the win. Instead, he only hit one giving up the point. With the win, Canada advances to the semi-final versus the loser of the 1-2 game.

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Player Percentages

"Round-robin, minimum 8 games"

Leads
#Marcel Rocque, CAN 91%
#Christof Schwaller, SUI 89%
#John Shuster, USA 88%
#Bent Ramsfjell, NOR 87%

Seconds
#Joe Polo, USA 85%
#Scott Pfeifer, CAN 83%
#Dan Mustapic, NZL 83%
#Kalle Kiiskinen, FIN 82%
#Flemming Davanger, NOR 81%
#Marco Mariani, ITA 81%

Thirds
#Randy Ferbey, CAN 85%
#Shawn Rojeski, USA 82%
#Craig Wilson, SCO 81%
#Uli Kapp, GER 81%
#Lars Vagberg, NOR 80%
#Wille Mäkelä, FIN 80%

Skips
#Pål Trulsen, NOR 84%
#David Nedohin, CAN 83%
#David Murdoch, SCO 82%
#Pete Fenson, USA 81%
#Andreas Schwaller, SUI 79%
#Ian Palangio, AUS 79%

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