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The 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 2 - 10 at the new Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event that was held separately from the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship (held in Paisley, Scotland in March 2005). The winner was Randy Ferbey and his team from Canada. Ferbey won his fourth world championship, the rest of his team won their third. As a country, it was Canada's 29th World Championship. Scotland won silver, and Germany bronze.

Teams

One reason for the separation of the men's and women's tournaments was to allow for an expansion from 10 to 12 teams. This expansion was deemed appropriate because more countries are now producing competitive rinks, particularly in Europe but also including Japan and even New Zealand. Teams included 3 time World Champion Randy Ferbey of Canada, 2002 Silver medalist Pål Trulsen of Norway, 2001 Silver medalist Andreas Schwaller of Switzerland, 1997 Silver medalist Andy Kapp of Germany, 2 time World bronze medalist Markku Uusipaavalniemi of Finland, 1993 bronze medalist Pete Fenson of the United States, 7 time World Championship participant Hugh Millikin of Australia, 3 time participant Sean Becker of New Zealand, 2 time participant Johnny Frederiksen of Denmark and making their first appearances were Stefano Ferronato's team from Italy, David Murdoch's team from Scotland and Eric Carlsén's team from Sweden.

Australia	Canada	Denmark
Sydney Harbour CC Skip: Hugh Millikin* Fourth: Ian Palangio Second: John Theriault Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Stephen Hewitt (*Throws third rocks)	Granite CC, Edmonton Skip: Randy Ferbey* Fourth: David Nedohin Second: Scott Pfeifer Lead: Marcel Rocque Alternate: Dan Holowaychuk (*Throws third rocks)	Hvidovre CC Skip: Johnny Frederiksen Third: Lars Vilandt Second: Kenneth Hertsdahl Lead: Bo Jensen Alternate: Ivan Frederiksen
Finland	Germany	Italy
Oulunkylä Curlinghalli, Helsinki Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Kalle Kiiskinen Lead: Teemu Salo Alternate: Perttu Piilo	CC Füssen Skip: Andy Kapp Third: Uli Kapp Second: Oliver Axnick Lead: Holger Höhne Alternate: Andreas Kempf	CC Dolomiti, Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Stefano Ferronato Third: Fabio Alvera Second: Marco Mariani Lead: Alessandro Zisa Alternate: Joel Retornaz
New Zealand	Norway	Scotland
Ranfurly CC Skip: Sean Becker Third: Hans Frauenlob Second: Dan Mustapic Lead: Lorne De Pape Alternate: Warren Dobson	Stabekk CC, Oslo Skip: Pål Trulsen Third: Lars Vågberg Second: Flemming Davanger Lead: Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Alternate: Niels Siggaard Andersen	Lockerbie CC Skip: David Murdoch Third: Craig Wilson Second: Neil Murdoch Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: Ewan MacDonald
Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Härnösands CK, Härnösand Skip: Eric Carlsén Third: Andreas Prytz Second: Daniel Prytz Lead: Patric Håkansson Alternate: Mathias Carlsson	Baden Regio-Privera CC Skip: Andreas Schwaller Third: Markus Eggler Second: Marco Ramstein Lead: Christof Schwaller Alternate: Stefan Karnusian	Bemidji CC, Minnesota Skip: Pete Fenson Third: Shawn Rojeski Second: Joe Polo Lead: John Shuster Fifth: Scott Baird

Standings

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.
Scotland	David Murdoch	8	3	71	62	46	43	16	7	82%
Germany	Andy Kapp	8	3	74	62	44	53	16	10	80%
Norway	Pål Trulsen	8	3	81	55	46	39	17	11	83%
Canada	Randy Ferbey	8	3	85	60	50	42	11	13	86%
Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	8	3	78	59	50	52	16	11	81%
United States	Pete Fenson	8	3	79	66	49	45	18	10	84%
Switzerland	Andreas Schwaller	6	5	67	64	49	44	15	11	81%
New Zealand	Sean Becker	5	6	62	71	47	53	15	5	80%
Sweden	Eric Carlsén	3	8	63	73	41	46	14	8	77%
Australia	Hugh Millikin	2	9	60	78	45	49	14	9	78%
Denmark	Johnny Frederiksen	1	10	59	88	44	45	13	11	75%
Italy	Stefano Ferronato	1	10	55	92	39	50	15	7	77%

To first break the massive 6-way tie at 8-3, the two teams with the best record against the other teams involved (Scotland and Germany) were given automatic playoff spots. The other teams were ranked based on their record against each other, or if that didn't break the tie, a draw to the button which occurred before the tournament began. These other four teams then played tie-breakers to determine the other 2 playoff spots.

Results

All times Eastern Daylight Time
Draw 1 April 2, 14:00

•  United States 7-6  Australia
•  New Zealand 8-5  Sweden
•  Germany 10-5  Canada
•  Denmark 2-7  Switzerland

Draw 2 April 2, 21:30

•  Canada 10-5  New Zealand
•  Finland 9-5  Italy
•  Norway 5-7  Scotland
•  Germany 6-5  Sweden

Draw 3 April 3, 12:30

•  Switzerland 5-9  United States
•  Denmark 6-7  Australia

Draw 4 April 3, 17:00

•  Italy 4-9  Norway
•  Sweden 1-9  Canada
•  New Zealand 5-4  Germany
•  Finland 5-6  Scotland

Draw 5 April 3, 21:30

•  Australia 5-6  Switzerland
•  Norway 8-5  Finland
•  Scotland 10-2  Italy
•  United States 7-6  Denmark

Draw 6 April 4, 12:00

•  Denmark 4-10  Germany
•  Switzerland 3-7  New Zealand
•  United States 8-7  Canada
•  Australia 2-10  Sweden

Draw 7 April 4, 18:00

•  New Zealand 6-9  Scotland
•  Germany 7-5  Italy
•  Sweden 3-7  Norway
•  Canada 8-6  Finland

Draw 8 April 4, 22:30

•  Finland 7-5  United States
•  Norway 9-5  Australia
•  Italy 4-10  Denmark
•  Scotland 4-9  Switzerland

Draw 9 April 5, 12:00

•  Italy 4-5  Australia (11)
•  Scotland 5-10  United States
•  Finland 6-5  Switzerland (11)
•  Norway 12-6  Denmark

Draw 10 April 5, 18:00

•  Switzerland 8-6  Sweden
•  Denmark 4-9  Canada
•  Australia 7-8  New Zealand
•  United States 5-6  Germany (11)

Draw 11 April 5, 22:30

•  Canada 4-5  Norway
•  Sweden 6-8  Finland
•  Germany 4-7  Scotland
•  New Zealand 4-6  Italy

Draw 12 April 6, 12:00

•  Germany 4-9  Finland
•  New Zealand 2-9  Norway
•  Canada 10-7  Italy
•  Sweden 4-5  Scotland (11)

Draw 13 April 6, 18:00

•  Scotland 8-4  Denmark
•  Italy 5-7  Switzerland (11)
•  Norway 6-3  United States
•  Finland 6-5  Australia

Draw 14 April 6, 22:30

•  United States 7-6  New Zealand (11)
•  Australia 6-8  Germany
•  Denmark 5-6  Sweden
•  Switzerland 3-7  Canada

Draw 15 April 7, 12:00

•  Sweden 11-7  Italy
•  Canada 8-4  Scotland
•  New Zealand 3-9  Finland
•  Germany 8-5  Norway

Draw 16 April 7, 18:00

•  Australia 7-8  Canada
•  United States 8-6  Sweden (11)
•  Switzerland 6-7  Germany
•  Denmark 7-8  New Zealand

Draw 17 April 7, 22:30

•  Norway 6-8  Switzerland
•  Finland 8-5  Denmark
•  Scotland 6-5  Australia
•  Italy 6-10  United States

Tie-breakers

April 8, 12:00
Two tie-breaker games were played, with the two winners facing off in the 3-4 page playoff game.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Trulsen)	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	10
United States (Fenson)	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	6

Player percentages:

Norway	United States
Bent Ramsfjell 88% Flemming Davanger 80% Lars Vagberg 76% Pål Trulsen 78% TOTAL: 80%	John Shuster 93% Joe Polo 80% Shawn Rojeski 68% Pete Fenson 61% TOTAL: 75%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	5
Canada (Ferbey)	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	3	0	X	9

Player percentages:

Finland	Canada
Teemu Salo 88% Kalle Kiiskinen 68% Wille Mäkelä 67% Markku Uusipaavalniemi 67% TOTAL: 72%	Marcel Rocque 91% Scott Pfeifer 89% Randy Ferbey 89% David Nedohin 82% TOTAL: 88%

Playoffs

For the first time ever, the World championships used the page playoff system where the top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds. The first and second place teams play each other, with the winner advancing directly to the final. The winner of the other page playoff game between the third and fourth place teams plays the loser of the first/second playoff game in the semi-final. The winner of the semi-final moves on to the final.

	Page playoffs					Semifinal					Final
	1	Scotland	8
	2	Germany	7								1	Scotland	4
						2	Germany	6			4	Canada	11
						4	Canada	8
	3	Norway	6
	4	Canada	7

3 vs. 4 game April 8, 18:00
Canada steals one in the tenth end to win the 3-4 game, as Pål Trulsens last shot was a miss. Facing two Canada rocks in the house, Trulsen had a fairly easy double for a point, and the win. Instead, he only hit one giving up the point. With the win, Canada advances to the semi-final versus the loser of the 1-2 game.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final x- Norway (Trulsen) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6  Canada (Ferbey) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 7

Player percentages:

Norway	Canada
Bent Ramsfjell 88% Flemming Davanger 81% Lars Vagberg 88% Pål Trulsen 75% TOTAL: 83%	Marcel Rocque 98% Scott Pfeifer 79% Randy Ferbey 85% David Nedohin 91% TOTAL: 88%

1 vs. 2 game April 8, 22:30
A steal of one in the tenth end is not enough for the Germans, as Scotland comes away with an 8-7 victory to advance to the championship game. Germany must beat Canada in the semi-final if they want to join Scotland.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final x- Germany (Kapp) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 7  Scotland (Murdoch) 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 8

Player percentages:

Germany	Scotland
Holger Höhne 91% Oliver Axnick 89% Uli Kapp 70% Andy Kapp 79% TOTAL: 82%	Euan Byers 73% Neil Murdoch 83% Craig Wilson 80% David Murdoch 81% TOTAL: 79%

Semi-final April 9, 14:00
Faced with an easy hit to keep himself alive in the tenth and final end, German skip Andy Kapp flashes his last shot, giving Canada three points. Canadian fourth David Nedohin would not have to play his last shot, as the three points would be enough to give Canada the victory and a shot at the finals against Scotland.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Germany (Kapp) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 x- Canada (Ferbey) 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 8

Player percentages:

Germany	Canada
Andreas Kempf 84% Oliver Axnick 76% Uli Kapp 76% Andy Kapp 81% TOTAL: 79%	Marcel Rocque 88% Scott Pfeifer 81% Randy Ferbey 86% David Nedohin 79% TOTAL: 84%

Final April 10, 12:30
In the Final, Canada broke a record not once but twice, as they scored a record 5 points in an end in a final game at the world championships twice: In the third and seventh ends. This was too much for the David Murdoch foursome of Scotland to handle, as they shook hands after the eighth end.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final x- Scotland (Murdoch) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 4  Canada (Ferbey) 1 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 X X 11

Player percentages:

Scotland	Canada
Euan Byers 86% Neil Murdoch 83% Craig Wilson 81% David Murdoch 67% TOTAL: 79%	Marcel Rocque 93% Scott Pfeifer 84% Randy Ferbey 89% David Nedohin 95% TOTAL: 90%

Player Percentages

Round-robin, minimum 8 games

Leads

1. Marcel Rocque,  Canada 91%
2. Christof Schwaller,  Switzerland 89%
3. John Shuster,  United States 88%
4. Bent Ramsfjell,  Norway 87%

Seconds

1. Joe Polo,  United States 85%
2. Scott Pfeifer,  Canada 83%
3. Dan Mustapic,  New Zealand 83%
4. Kalle Kiiskinen,  Finland 82%
5. Flemming Davanger,  Norway 81%
6. Marco Mariani,  Italy 81%

Thirds

1. Randy Ferbey,  Canada 85%
2. Shawn Rojeski,  United States 82%
3. Craig Wilson,  Scotland 81%
4. Uli Kapp,  Germany 81%
5. Lars Vagberg,  Norway 80%
6. Wille Mäkelä,  Finland 80%

Skips

1. Pål Trulsen,  Norway 84%
2. David Nedohin,  Canada 83%
3. David Murdoch,  Scotland 82%
4. Pete Fenson,  United States 81%
5. Andreas Schwaller,  Switzerland 79%
6. Ian Palangio,  Australia 79%

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