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
Flag for Austria Austria 9 Sebastian Wunderer (2017) 7 Alois Kreidl (1989)
Flag for Belarus Belarus 25 Ihar Platonov (2011) 18 Mikhail Shaibak (2001), Ihar Platonov (2000)
Flag for Czechia Czechia 13 Jirí Snítil (2017) 3 Jirí Snítil (2012)
Flag for Denmark Denmark 26 Torkil Svensgaard (2017) 2 Rasmus Stjerne (2010), Ulrik Schmidt (2000), Ulrik Schmidt (1999), Ulrik Schmidt (1997), Tommy Stjerne (1993)
Flag for England England 19 Andrew Woolston (2017) 4 John Deakin (1990)
Flag for Spain Spain 14 Sergio Vez Labrador (2017) 9 Antonio De Mollinedo Gonzalez (2008)
Flag for Estonia Estonia 24 Harri Lill (2017) 15 Martin Lill (2013), Martin Lill (2005)
Flag for Finland Finland 11 Aku Kauste (2017) 1 Markku Uusipaavalniemi (2000)
Flag for France France 17 Eddy Mercier (2017) 4 Dominique Dupont-Roc (1989), Claude Feige (1980)
Flag for Germany Germany 5 Alexander Baumann (2017) 1 Sebastian Stock (2004), Sebastian Stock (2002), Andy Kapp (1997), Andy Kapp (1992), Roland Jentsch (1991), Rodger Gustaf Schmidt (1985)
Flag for Hungary Hungary 21 Gabor Riesz (2017) 10 György Nagy (2012)
Flag for Israel Israel 15 Adam Freilich (2017) 14 Adam Freilich (2016), Adam Freilich (2015)
Flag for Italy Italy 8 Joel Retornaz (2017) 3 Giuseppe Dal Molin (1979)
Flag for Latvia Latvia 18 Karlis Smilga (2017) 8 Ritvars Gulbis (2013)
Flag for Lithuania Lithuania 20 Tadas Vyskupaitis (2017) 15 Tadas Vyskupaitis (2015)
Flag for Netherlands Netherlands 7 Jaap van Dorp (2017) 6 Wim Neeleman (1982)
Flag for Norway Norway 4 Thomas Ulsrud (2017) 1 Thomas Ulsrud (2011), Thomas Ulsrud (2010), Pål Trulsen (2005), Eigil Ramsfjell (1993), Knut Bjaanaes (1975)
Flag for Poland Poland 12 Borys Jasiecki (2017) 12 Borys Jasiecki (2017)
Flag for Russia Russia 6 Alexey Timofeev (2017) 4 Alexey Timofeev (2016)
Flag for Scotland Scotland 2 Kyle Smith (2017) 1 David Murdoch (2008), David Murdoch (2007), David Murdoch (2003), Hammy McMillan (1999), Hammy McMillan (1996), Hammy McMillan (1995), Hammy McMillan (1994), Hammy McMillan (1989), David Smith (1988), Mike Hay (1982), Barton Henderson (1980), Jimmy Waddell (1979)
Flag for Slovenia Slovenia 23 Stefan Sever (2017) 15 Tomas Tisler (2015)
Flag for Switzerland Switzerland 3 Peter de Cruz (2017) 1 Sven Michel (2013), Andreas Schwaller (2006), Felix Luchsinger (1986), Peter, Jr Attinger (1984), Amédéé Biner (1983), Jürg Tanner (1981), Jürg Tanner (1978), Peter, Jr Attinger (1976)
Flag for Slovakia Slovakia 10 Juraj Gallo (2017) 10 Juraj Gallo (2017)
Flag for Sweden Sweden 1 Niklas Edin (2017) 1 Niklas Edin (2017), Niklas Edin (2016), Niklas Edin (2015), Niklas Edin (2014), Niklas Edin (2012), Niklas Edin (2009), Peja Lindholm (2001), Peja Lindholm (1998), Mikael Hasselborg (1990), Thomas Norgren (1987), Ragnar Kamp (1977)
Flag for Türkiye Türkiye 15 Ugurcan Karagoz (2017) 15 Ugurcan Karagoz (2017), Alican Karatas (2014)
Flag for Wales Wales 22 James Pougher (2017) 7 John Hunt (1994)

Experience

Participations
Adrian Meikle (WAL) 21
Aivars Avotins (LAT) 13
Andrew Reed (ENG) 12
Ritvars Gulbis (LAT) 12
Wille Mäkelä (FIN) 11
Joel Retornaz (ITA) 10
Thomas Jaeggi (ENG) 10
Championships
Niklas Edin (SWE) 6
Oskar Eriksson (SWE) 6
Christoffer Sundgren (SWE) 4
Rasmus Wranå (SWE) 2
Wille Mäkelä (FIN) 1
Sven Michel (SUI) 1
Markus Høiberg (NOR) 1
Finals played
Niklas Edin (SWE) 7
Oskar Eriksson (SWE) 7
Christoffer Sundgren (SWE) 4
Markus Høiberg (NOR) 2
Benoit Schwarz (SUI) 2
Rasmus Wranå (SWE) 2
Wille Mäkelä (FIN) 1
Medals won
Niklas Edin (SWE) 7
Oskar Eriksson (SWE) 7
Benoit Schwarz (SUI) 4
Christoffer Sundgren (SWE) 4
Wille Mäkelä (FIN) 3
Peter de Cruz (SUI) 3
Valentin Tanner (SUI) 3
Games Played
Adrian Meikle (WAL) 159
Ritvars Gulbis (LAT) 103
Andrew Reed (ENG) 101
Aivars Avotins (LAT) 101
Wille Mäkelä (FIN) 99
Niklas Edin (SWE) 96
Joel Retornaz (ITA) 95
Games Won
Adrian Meikle (WAL) 80
Niklas Edin (SWE) 75
Andrew Reed (ENG) 59
Ritvars Gulbis (LAT) 55
Aivars Avotins (LAT) 54
Wille Mäkelä (FIN) 53
Thomas Jaeggi (ENG) 50
Rookies
Ilya Shalamitski (BLR)
Aliaksei Smotrin (BLR)
Dzmitry Rudnitski (BLR)
Yevgeny Tamkovich (BLR)
Lukas Klipa (CZE)
Kasper Wiksten (DEN)
Daniel Poulsen (DEN)
Mads Nørgaard (DEN)
Tobias Engelhardt (DEN)
Daniel Buchholt (DEN)
Gary Tapp (ENG)
Mikk Reinsalu (EST)
Sixten Totzek (GER)
Kristof Czermann (HUN)
Lörinc Tatar (HUN)
Kristof Szarvas (HUN)
Lawrence Sidney (ISR)
Simon Pack (ISR)
Alex Pokras (ISR)
Aaron Horowitz (ISR)
Kristaps Vilks (LAT)
Anrijs Briezkalns (LAT)
Paulius Rymeikis (LTU)
Steffen Mellemseter (NOR)
Steffen Walstad (NOR)
Magnus Nedregotten (NOR)
Magnus Vågberg (NOR)
Jeremi Telak (POL)
Mikhail Vaskov (RUS)
Alexey Tusov (RUS)
Petr Kuznetsov (RUS)
Alexey Kulikov (RUS)
Bruce Mouat (SCO)
Grant Hardie (SCO)
Bobby Lammie (SCO)
Ross Whyte (SCO)
Lan Žagar (SLO)
Tomaž Toplak (SLO)
Marko Harb (SLO)
Žiga Babic (SLO)
Gaber Bor Zelinka (SLO)
Daniel Magnusson (SWE)
Muhammed Caglayan (TUR)

Ages

Players with age known: 82 of 126

Average age of the field: 30.3 years

Youngest
Lörinc Tatar () 15y 9m
Kristof Szarvas () 16y 1m
Gaber Bor Zelinka () 18y 4m
Daniel Magnusson () 18y 8m
Sixten Totzek () 18y 10m
Oguzhan Karakurt () 19y 9m
Fabio Ribotta () 19y 11m
Oldest
Alex Pokras () 55y 5m
Adrian Meikle () 53y 7m
Vidas Sadauskas () 49y 6m
Laurynas Telksnys () 48y 7m
Vytis Kulakauskas () 48y 7m
Lawrence Sidney () 46y 8m
Teemu Salo () 44y 9m
Youngest skips
Ugurcan Karagoz () 23y 1m
Bruce Mouat () 24y 2m
Sergio Vez () 24y 6m
Mikhail Vaskov () 24y 8m
Oldest skips
Alex Pokras () 55y 5m
Adrian Meikle () 53y 7m
Wille Mäkelä () 44y 8m
Tadas Vyskupaitis () 43y 11m