Background Facts

Please note that the information is calculated as of the tournament start date and is not updated thereafter.

Teams
  Association Latest result Best Result
Canada Canada 4 Chris Daw (2007) 2 Chris Daw (2002)
Italy Italy 9 Egidio Marchese (2005) 6 Egidio Marchese (2004)
Japan Japan 5 Yoji Nakajima (2007) 5 Yoji Nakajima (2007)
Korea Korea 7 Hak-Sung Kim (2007) 7 Hak-Sung Kim (2007), Hak-Sung Kim (2005)
Norway Norway 1 Rune Lorentsen (2007) 1 Rune Lorentsen (2007)
Russia Russia 8 Nikolay Melnikov (2007) 8 Nikolay Melnikov (2007)
Scotland Scotland 3 Michael McCreadie (2007) 1 Frank Duffy (2005), Frank Duffy (2004)
Switzerland Switzerland 2 Manfred Bolliger (2007) 1 Urs Bucher (2002)
Sweden Sweden 10 Roger Westergren (2007) 4 Jalle Jungnell (2005), Jalle Jungnell (2002)
United States of America United States of America 6 James Pierce (2007) 5 Wes Smith (2004), Doug Sewall (2002)
Experience
Participations
Cesare Cassani (SUI) 4
Manfred Bolliger (SUI) 4
Michael McCreadie (SCO) 4
Egidio Marchese (ITA) 3
Yang Hyun Cho (KOR) 3
Myung Jin Kim (KOR) 3
Hak-Sung Kim (KOR) 3
Championships
Michael McCreadie (SCO) 2
Lene Tystad (NOR) 1
Geir Arne Skogstad (NOR) 1
Jostein Stordahl (NOR) 1
Rune Lorentsen (NOR) 1
Cesare Cassani (SUI) 1
Manfred Bolliger (SUI) 1
Finals played
Cesare Cassani (SUI) 3
Manfred Bolliger (SUI) 3
Therese Kämpfer (SUI) 2
Michael McCreadie (SCO) 2
Lene Tystad (NOR) 1
Geir Arne Skogstad (NOR) 1
Jostein Stordahl (NOR) 1
Medals won
Cesare Cassani (SUI) 4
Manfred Bolliger (SUI) 4
Michael McCreadie (SCO) 4
Therese Kämpfer (SUI) 3
James Sellar (SCO) 3
Erwin Lauper (SUI) 2
Lene Tystad (NOR) 1
Games Played
Cesare Cassani (SUI) 40
Manfred Bolliger (SUI) 40
Michael McCreadie (SCO) 38
Lene Tystad (NOR) 28
Geir Arne Skogstad (NOR) 28
Therese Kämpfer (SUI) 28
Oxana Slesarenko (RUS) 26
Games Won
Michael McCreadie (SCO) 30
Cesare Cassani (SUI) 27
Manfred Bolliger (SUI) 27
Therese Kämpfer (SUI) 20
Glenn Ikonen (SWE) 16
Jalle Jungnell (SWE) 16
Lene Tystad (NOR) 15
Rookies
Darryl Neighbour (CAN)
Gabriele Dallapiccola (ITA)
Mari Yamazaki (JPN)
Anne Mette Samdal (NOR)
Marat Romanov (RUS)
Oleg Makarov (RUS)
Rosemary Lenton (SCO)
Jacqueline Kapinowski (USA)
Ages

Players with age known: 38 of 50

Average age of the field: 44.6 years

Youngest
Gabriele Dallapiccola () 31y 3m
Lene Tystad () 32y 8m
Geir Arne Skogstad () 34y 1m
Andrey Smirnov () 34y 5m
Oleg Makarov () 35y 0m
Augusto J. Perez () 35y 2m
Aileen Neilson () 36y 5m
Oldest
Takashi Hidai () 73y 6m
Michael McCreadie () 61y 10m
Darryl Neighbour () 59y 6m
Tom Killin () 57y 10m
Gary Cormack () 57y 8m
Jalle Jungnell () 53y 2m
Glenn Ikonen () 52y 9m
Youngest skips
Andrey Smirnov () 34y 5m
Augusto J. Perez () 35y 2m
Hak-Sung Kim () 39y 11m
Yoji Nakajima () 43y 10m
Oldest skips
Michael McCreadie () 61y 10m
Jalle Jungnell () 53y 2m
Andrea Tabanelli () 46y 9m
Rune Lorentsen () 46y 3m