The world’s top men’s curling teams are gearing up for nine days of competition in Sin City.
The 2022 LGT World Men’s Curling Championship is set to begin on Saturday in Las Vegas. The 13 best curling teams in the world will compete for the title.
Canada will be represented by Brad Gushue’s team, which also includes Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker. The team earned a trip to Las Vegas by winning the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier, beating Kevin Koe and Team Alberta in the final.
Gushue’s team was reduced to three members at the end of the Brier after Nichols tested positive for COVID. The four of them are now in Vegas to try to win Canada’s first world title since 2017.
Niklas Edin and Sweden are the three-time defending champions of this tournament, aiming for the quadruple round this season.
The Sporting News has everything you need to know about the 2022 Men’s World Championship:
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When will the 2022 World Men’s Curling Championship take place?
The 2022 tournament begins on Saturday, April 2, and the competition final will be played on Sunday, April 10 at 5 p.m. ET.
The round robin will take place from April 2-8. The playoffs and qualifying semi-finals will take place on April 9, with the bronze and gold medal games taking place the following day.
| Dated | Time (ET) | Match | TV |
| saturday april 2 | 5 p.m. | Canada v Czech Republic | TSN1 |
| saturday april 2 | 10 p.m. | Canada vs. Norway | TSN1 |
| Sunday April 3 | 5 p.m. | Netherlands v Canada | TSN1 |
| Sunday April 3 | 10 p.m. | Switzerland versus Canada | TSN1 |
| Monday april 4th | 5 p.m. | Canada v Italy | TSN1 |
| Tuesday, April 5 | 5 p.m. | Germany v Canada | TSN3 |
| Wednesday 6 April | 12 p.m. | Canada vs. Sweden | TSN1 |
| Wednesday 6 April | 10 p.m. | Finland v. Canada | TSN1 |
| Thursday, April 7 | 12 p.m. | United States vs. Canada | TSN3 |
| Thursday, April 7 | 10 p.m. | Canada vs. Korea | TSN1 |
| friday april 8 | 12 p.m. | Canada v Scotland | TSN5 |
| friday april 8 | 10 p.m. | Denmark vs Canada | TSN1 |
| saturday april 9 | 5 p.m. | Qualifying playoffs | TSN1 |
| saturday april 9 | 10 p.m. | Semi-finals | TSN1 |
| sunday april 10 | 2 p.m. | Bronze Medal Game | TSN1 |
| sunday april 10 | 7 p.m. | Gold Medal Game | TSN1 |
What channel is the 2022 World Men’s Curling Championship in Canada airing on?
The World Championship will air on TSN, with live streaming available on TSN Direct, TSN.ca and the TSN app.
You can find most of Canada’s matches on TSN1, with the exception of two on TSN3 and one on TSN5.
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Where is the 2022 World Men’s Curling Championship taking place?
The tournament will take place at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The site is home to the Vegas Rollers of World TeamTennis, a co-ed professional tennis league. It is also used occasionally by UNLV basketball teams and is the temporary home of the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights, an affiliate of the Vegas Golden Knights. The hockey team plays there while its new arena is under construction in Henderson.
Who is the favorite to win the 2022 World Men’s Curling Championship?
Despite winning three tournaments in a row, Sweden is not the favorite to win the World Men’s Curling Championship.
Instead, it is Canada that gets the slight edge from the betmakers to win. Gushue’s side enter as +120 favorites while Edin’s side are +150, according to Sports Interaction.
That’s a long way behind those two, with Norway coming in with the third highest odds at +800. According to Sports Interaction, it looks like it will be a two-horse race in 2022.
Here are the odds for the winner of the championship.
| Canada | +120 |
| Sweden | +150 |
| Norway | +800 |
| Italy | +1100 |
| Scotland | +1200 |
| Switzerland | +1200 |
| United States | +1300 |
| Korea | +6600 |
| Germany | +7500 |
| Czech Republic | +10000 |
| Denmark | +12500 |
| Finland | +20000 |
| Netherlands | +20000 |
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Who has ever won a World Men’s Curling Championship?
As mentioned, Edin and Team Sweden are the defending champions, winning the last three tournaments.
Canada holds the most wins in the history of the event with 36 gold medals. Sweden are behind them with 10 while Scotland have five.
Only Canada, Sweden, Scotland, USA, Norway and Switzerland have already won the tournament. Germany, Denmark, Finland and France have all won a medal but never won gold.
Here is an overview of the winners of the last 10 championships.
2012: Canada (Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill)
2013: Sweden (Niklas Edin, Sebastian Kraupp, Frederik Lindberg, Viktor Kjall)
2014 : Norway (Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergard, Christoffer Sva, Havard Vad Petersson)
2015 : Sweden (Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren)
2016: Canada (Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hébert)
2017: Canada (Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker)
2018: Sweden (Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren)
2019: Sweden (Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren)
2020: Canceled due to COVID
2021: Sweden (Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren)
2022 World Men’s Curling Championship standings
Thirteen teams make up the 2022 World Men’s Curling Championship field, which is returning to its usual format after including 14 teams in the 2021 tournament.
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the World Curling Federation withdrew all Russian Curling Federation teams from competing at the World Championships. Their place was taken by Finland.
Each team will play against each of the other participants, resulting in 12 matches in the preliminary round. At the end of the round robin stage, the top six teams will advance to the playoffs.
The top two seeds receive a bye to the semi-finals, with teams 3-6 advancing to qualifying matches. The winners of these two matches qualify for the semi-finals and the winner of the two semi-finals advances to the match for the gold medal. The losers of the semi-finals will play for the bronze medal.
| Team | Games | Win | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 World Men’s Curling Championship Schedule
Draw 1 (April 2, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Canada — 6
Czech Republic — 4
Sheet B
Sweden — 7
Netherlands — 4
Sheet C
Denmark — 2
United States — 8
Sheet D
Korea — 3
Norway — 7
Draw 2 (April 2, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Italy —
Scotland –
Sheet B
Canada—
Norway —
Sheet C
Finland —
Switzerland —
Sheet D
Germany —
Netherlands —
Draw 3 (April 3, noon ET)
Sheet A
Switzerland —
Sweden —
Sheet B
Scotland —
Korea —
Sheet C
Czech Republic —
Germany —
Sheet D
Finland —
Denmark —
Draw 4 (April 3, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Korea —
Denmark —
Sheet B
United States —
Czech Republic —
Sheet C
Netherlands —
Canada—
Sheet D
Sweden —
Italy —
Draw 5 (April 3, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Germany —
United States —
Sheet B
Italy —
Finland —
Sheet C
Norway —
Scotland —
Sheet D
Switzerland —
Canada—
Draw 6 (April 4, noon ET)
Sheet A
Czech Republic —
Norway —
Sheet B
Denmark —
Sweden —
Sheet C
Germany —
Finland —
Draw 7 (April 4, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Denmark —
Scotland —
Sheet B
Netherlands —
Switzerland —
Sheet C
Canada—
Italy —
Sheet D
United States —
Korea —
Draw 8 (April 4, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Finland —
Sweden —
Sheet B
Norway —
United States —
Sheet C
Switzerland —
Czech Republic —
Sheet D
Scotland —
Germany —
Draw 9 (April 5, noon ET)
Sheet A
Sweden—
Czech Republic —
Sheet B
Korea —
Finland —
Sheet C
Italy —
Netherlands —
Draw 10 (April 5, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Scotland —
United States –
Sheet B
Germany —
Canada—
Sheet C
Italy —
Denmark —
Sheet D
Norway —
Switzerland —
Draw 11 (April 5, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Netherlands —
Norway —
Sheet B
Finland —
Scotland —
Sheet C
Sweden —
Germany —
Sheet D
Czech Republic —
Korea —
Draw 12 (April 6, noon ET)
Sheet A
Switzerland —
Denmark —
Sheet B
Korea —
Italy —
Sheet C
United States —
Netherlands —
Sheet D
Canada—
Sweden —
Draw 13 (April 6, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Germany —
Italy —
Sheet B
Switzerland —
United States —
Sheet C
Scotland —
Czech Republic —
Sheet D
Norway —
Finland —
Draw 14 (April 6, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Sweden —
Korea –
Sheet B
Czech Republic —
Netherlands —
Sheet C
Finland —
Canada—
Sheet D
Denmark —
Germany —
Draw 15 (April 7, noon ET)
Sheet A
United States —
Canada-
Sheet B
Norway —
Denmark —
Sheet C
Italy —
Switzerland —
Sheet D
Netherlands —
Scotland —
Draw 16 (April 7, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Czech Republic —
Finland —
Sheet B
Scotland —
Sweden —
Sheet C
Germany —
Norway —
Sheet D
Korea —
Switzerland —
Draw 17 (April 7, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Denmark —
Netherlands –
Sheet B
Canada—
Korea —
Sheet C
United States —
Sweden —
Sheet D
Italy —
Czech Republic —
Draw 18 (April 8, noon ET)
Sheet A
Norway —
Italy —
Sheet B
Switzerland —
Germany —
Sheet C
Canada—
Scotland —
Sheet D
Finland —
United States —
Draw 19 (April, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Korea —
Germany —
Sheet B
Netherlands —
Finland —
Sheet C
Czech Republic —
Denmark —
Sheet D
Sweden —
Norway —
Draw 20 (April 8, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Scotland—
Switzerland —
Sheet B
United States —
Italy —
Sheet C
Netherlands —
Korea —
Sheet D
Canada—
Denmark —
Qualifying playoff games (April 9, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
To be determined –
To be determined –
Sheet B
TBD —
TBD —
Semi-finals (April 9, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
To be determined –
To be determined –
Sheet B
TBD —
TBD —
Bronze Medal Game (April 10, 2 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
To be determined –
To be determined –
Gold Medal Game (April 10, 7 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
To be determined –
To be determined –
