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 1 Steve Laycock (2003) 1 Steve Laycock (2003), David Hamblin (2002), Brad Gushue (2001), Brad Kuhn (2000), John Morris (1999), John Morris (1998), Colin Davison (1994), James "Jim" Sullivan (1988), Bobby Ursel (1985), John Base (1983), Paul Gowsell (1978), Bill Jenkins (1977), Paul Gowsell (1976)
Denmark Denmark 8 Casper Bossen (2003) 2 Casper Bossen (2001)
Germany Germany 7 Christian Baumann (2003) 2 Daniel Herberg (1995), Daniel Herberg (1994)
Italy Italy 10 Massimiliano Fummi (1996) 8 Stefano Ferronato (1990), Stefano Ferronato (1989), Massimo Alvera (1979), Massimo Alvera (1977)
Japan Japan 6 Hiroaki Kashiwagi (2003) 4 Makoto Tsuruga (1997)
Korea Korea - - - -
Norway Norway 4 Thomas Løvold (2003) 2 Pål Trulsen (1983)
Scotland Scotland 5 Keith MacLennan (2003) 1 James Dryburgh (1996), Tom Jr Brewster (1995), Craig Wilson (1993), Alan MacDougall (1991), Douglas Dryburgh (1987), David Aitken (1986), Peter Wilson (1981), Andrew McQuistin (1980)
Switzerland Switzerland 3 Jan Hauser (2003) 1 Ralph Stöckli (1997), Stefan Heilman (1992), Stefan Traub (1990)
Sweden Sweden 2 Eric Carlsén (2003) 1 Peter Lindholm (1989), Sören Grahn (1982), Jan Ullsten (1975)
Experience
Participations
Petter Moe (NOR) 4
Ingmar Fritz (GER) 4
Nils Carlsén (SWE) 3
Alexander Baumann (GER) 3
Thomas Unterstab (GER) 3
Yusuke Morozumi (JPN) 2
Moritz Unterstab (GER) 2
Championships
Petter Moe (NOR) 0
Nils Carlsén (SWE) 0
Håvard Vad Petersson (NOR) 0
Yoichi Nakasato (JPN) 0
Yusuke Morozumi (JPN) 0
Alexander Baumann (GER) 0
Thomas Unterstab (GER) 0
Finals played
Nils Carlsén (SWE) 2
Petter Moe (NOR) 0
Håvard Vad Petersson (NOR) 0
Yoichi Nakasato (JPN) 0
Yusuke Morozumi (JPN) 0
Alexander Baumann (GER) 0
Thomas Unterstab (GER) 0
Medals won
Nils Carlsén (SWE) 2
Alexander Baumann (GER) 1
Thomas Unterstab (GER) 1
Ingmar Fritz (GER) 1
Stefan Rindlisbacher (SUI) 1
Moritz Unterstab (GER) 1
Petter Moe (NOR) 0
Games Played
Petter Moe (NOR) 38
Ingmar Fritz (GER) 33
Nils Carlsén (SWE) 30
Alexander Baumann (GER) 29
Thomas Unterstab (GER) 25
Håvard Vad Petersson (NOR) 11
Yoichi Nakasato (JPN) 9
Games Won
Nils Carlsén (SWE) 20
Petter Moe (NOR) 16
Ingmar Fritz (GER) 16
Alexander Baumann (GER) 14
Thomas Unterstab (GER) 12
Håvard Vad Petersson (NOR) 7
Yoichi Nakasato (JPN) 4
Rookies
Ryan Sherrard (CAN)
Jason Roach (CAN)
Darren Roach (CAN)
Jared Bezanson (CAN)
Danial Sherrard (CAN)
Rasmus Stjerne (DEN)
Mikkel Munch Krause (DEN)
Mikkel Adrup Poulsen (DEN)
Dennis Hansen (DEN)
Severin Walter (GER)
Joel Retornaz (ITA)
Davide Corbellari (ITA)
Mirco Ferretti (ITA)
Giorgio da Rin (ITA)
Silvio Zanotelli (ITA)
Masahori Satoh (JPN)
Keisaku Fujimaki (JPN)
Kazuya Kobayashi (JPN)
Soo-Hyuk Kim (KOR)
Chang-Min Kim (KOR)
Hyun Chul Kim (KOR)
Jong-Duk Park (KOR)
Suk Jae Seo (KOR)
Anders Bjørgum (NOR)
Øivind A. Grøseth (NOR)
Hans Tømmervold (NOR)
Scott Hamilton (SCO)
Graham Smith (SCO)
Gareth Owen (SCO)
David Morton (SCO)
Craig Reid (SCO)
Sven Iten (SUI)
Michael Hammerer (SUI)
Reto Jetzer (SUI)
Toni Müller (SUI)
Niklas Edin (SWE)
Jörgen Granberg (SWE)
Fredrik Lindberg (SWE)
Anders (II) Eriksson (SWE)
Ages

Players with age known: 27 of 50

Average age of the field: 19.0 years

Youngest
Mikkel Krause () 15y 5m
Giorgio da Rin () 15y 5m
Rasmus Stjerne () 15y 9m
Ryan Sherrard () 17y 5m
Mirco Ferretti () 17y 9m
Fredrik Lindberg () 18y 1m
Jong-Duk Park () 18y 3m
Oldest
Thomas Unterstab () 21y 7m
Petter Moe () 21y 6m
Ingmar Fritz () 21y 3m
Joel Retornaz () 20y 6m
Håvard Vad Petersson () 20y 2m
Hans Tømmervold () 20y 1m
Kenneth Jørgensen () 20y 0m
Youngest skips
Ryan Sherrard () 17y 5m
Niklas Edin () 18y 8m
Yusuke Morozumi () 19y 2m
Alexander Baumann () 19y 9m
Oldest skips
Joel Retornaz () 20y 6m
Håvard Vad Petersson () 20y 2m
Kenneth Jørgensen () 20y 0m
Soo-Hyuk Kim () 19y 10m