Ottawa, Canada is all set to host the 2023 World Men’s Curling Championship at the TD Place from 1-9 April, check out the competition preview and format, full schedule, teams, how to watch live, and more
The 2023 World Men’s Curling Championship will feature 13 of the best men’s curling teams.
World Men’s Curling Championship 2023 schedule, date, time, players, teams, location, live stream telecast
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Sweden’s Team Edin are currently the reigning champions, and have dominated the sport having won the past four editions of the tournament.
2023 World Men’s Curling Championship preview and format
The 2023 World Men’s Curling Championship will kick off with a 12-game round-robin stage, where each team will play against each other once. Following this round, the top six teams will then advance into the play-offs.
Out of the top six teams, the first and second placed teams will receive direct byes to the semi-finals. Meanwhile, the third, fourth, fifth and sixth teams will compete against each other in qualification games for the semi-finals.
For the qualification games, the third-ranked team will face the sixth-ranked team, while the fourth and fifth-ranked teams will play against one another. The two winners of these games will then advance into the semi-finals.
Once the semis are played out, the two winners will then face against each other in the final match. Meanwhile, the other two teams will face off against each other for the bronze medal.
In the event of a tie, there will be no tiebreaker games, as such, head-to-head results will determine the winner. In case the head-to-head results are not enough to resolve it, then the organizers will choose the winner based on the pre-game Last Shot Draw distances.
2023 World Men’s Curling Championship teams
Given below are the 13 teams and the list of athletes in each team set to take part in the 2023 World Men’s Curling Championship:
| Country | Fourth | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
| Canada
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Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | E.J. Harnden | Geoff Walker | Ryan Harnden | |
| Czechia
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Lukas Klima | Marek Cernovsky | Radek Bohac | Martin Jurik | Lukas Klipa | |
| Germany
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Sixten Totzek | Kladuius Harsch | Magnus Sutor | Dominik Greindl | Marc Muskatewitz | |
| Italy
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Joel Retornaz | Amos Mosaner | Sebastiano Arman | Mattia Giovanella | ||
| Japan
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Yanagisawa Riku | Yamaguchi Tsuyoshi | Yamamato Takeru | Koizumi Satoshi | Usui Shingo | |
| Republic of Korea | Byeong-jin Jeong | Jeong-jae Lee | Min-woo Kim | Tae-hwan Kim | ||
| New Zealand | Anton Hood | Ben Smith | Brett Sargon | Hunter Walker | Peter de Boer | |
| Norway
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Magnus Ramsfjell | Martin Sesaker | Bendik Ramsfjell | Gaute Nepstad | Wilhelm Naess | |
| Scotland
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Bruce Mouat | Grant Hardie | Bobby Lammie | Hammy McMillan | Kyle Waddell | |
| Sweden
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Niklas Edin | Oskar Eriksson | Rasmus Wranaa | Christoffer Sundgren | Daniel Magnusson | |
| Switzerland
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Benoit Schwarz | Yannick Schwaller | Sven Michel | Pablo Lachat | ||
| Türkiye
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Ugurcan Karagoz | Muhammet Haydar Demirel | Muhammed Zeki Ucan | Orhun Yuce | Faruk Kavaz | |
| United States | John Shuster | Chris Plys | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Colin Hufman |
2023 World Men’s Curling Championship full schedule
Given below is the full schedule for the 2023 World Men’s Curling Championship with local EDT timings (UTC -4).
| Round Robin | Time | Sheet A | Sheet B | Sheet C | Sheet D | Date |
| Session 1 | 14:00 | Canada v Switzerland | Republic of Korea v New Zealand | Sweden v Germany | Scotland v Italy | Saturday 1 April |
| Session 2 | 19:00 | Japan v Türkiye | Canada v Italy | United States v Norway | Czechia v New Zealand | |
| Session 3 | 09:00 | Norway v Republic of Korea | Türkiye v Scotland | Switzerland v Czechia | United States v Sweden | Sunday 2 April
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| Session 4 | 14:00 | Scotland v Sweden | Germany v Switzerland | New Zealand v Canada | Republic of Korea v Japan | |
| Session 5 | 19:00 | Czechia v Germany | Japan v United States | Italy v Türkiye | Norway v Canada | |
| Session 6 | 09:00 | Switzerland v Italy | Sweden v Republic of Korea | Czechia v United States | Monday 3 April
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| Session 7 | 14:00 | Sweden v Türkiye | New Zealand v Norway | Canada v Japan | Germany v Scotland | |
| Session 8 | 19:00 | United States v Republic of Korea | Italy v Germany | Norway v Switzerland | Türkiye v Czech Republic | |
| Session 9 | 09:00 | Republic of Korea v Switzerland | Scotland v United States | Japan v New Zealand | Tuesday 4 April
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| Session 10 | 14:00 | Türkiye v Germany | Czechia v Canada | Japan v Sweden | Italy v Norway | |
| Session 11 | 19:00 | New Zealand v Italy | United States v Türkiye | Republic of Korea v Czechia | Switzerland v Scotland | |
| Session 12 | 09:00
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Norway v Sweden | Scotland v Japan | Germany v New Zealand | Canada v Republic of Korea | Wednesday 5 April
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| Session 13 | 14:00 | Czechia v Japan | Norway v Germany | Türkiye v Switzerland | Italy v United States | |
| Session 14 | 19:00 | Republic of Korea v Scotland | Switzerland v New Zealand | United States v Canada | Sweden v Czechia | |
| Session 15 | 09:00 | Germany v Canada | Italy v Sweden | Japan v Norway | New Zealand v Türkiye | Thursday 6 April
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| Session 16 | 14:00 | Switzerland v United States | Türkiye v Republic of Korea | Czechia v Italy | Scotland v Norway | |
| Session 17 | 19:00 | Sweden v New Zealand | Canada v Scotland | Germany v Republic of Korea | Japan v Switzerland | |
| Session 18 | 09:00 | Italy v Japan | Norway v Czechia | Canada v Türkiye | United States v Germany | Friday 7 April
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| Session 19 | 14:00 | Scotland v Czechia | New Zealand v United States | Switzerland v Sweden | Republic of Korea v Italy | |
| Session 20 | 19:00 | Türkiye v Norway | Germany v Japan | New Zealand v Scotland | Sweden v Canada |
Knockout Rounds
| Round | Time | Date |
| Qualification Games | 14:00 | Saturday 8 April
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| Semi-finals | 19:00 | |
| Bronze medal game | 11:00 | Sunday 9 April
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| Gold medal game | 16:00 |
2023 World Men’s Curling Championship how to watch live
Fans can watch the live streaming of the 2023 World Men’s Curling Championship via The Curling Channel on Recast. Recast is a subscription-free streaming platform. Meanwhile, fans in Canada can also watch the live broadcast of the 2023 World Men’s Curling Championship on TSN. This includes all of Canada’s round-robin games along with the playoffs.