Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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Men's curling
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueIce Cube Curling Center, Sochi, Russia
Dates10–21 February 2014
Competitors50 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden
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The men's curling tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Ice Cube Curling Center in Sochi, Russia on 10–21 February 2014.[1] Ten nations competed in a round robin preliminary round, and the top four nations at the conclusion of the round robin qualified for the medal round.[2]

Teams[edit]

The teams are listed as follows:[3]

 Canada[4]  China  Denmark[5]  Germany  Great Britain[6]
Soo CA, Sault Ste. Marie
Harbin CC, Harbin
Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre CC Hamburg, Hamburg Curl Aberdeen, Aberdeen
 Norway[7]  Russia  Sweden[8]  Switzerland[9]  United States
Snarøen CC, Oslo Moskvitch CC, Moscow Karlstads CK, Karlstad CC Adelboden, Adelboden Duluth CC, Duluth

Round-robin standings[edit]

Final round robin standings
Team Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
 Sweden Niklas Edin 9 8 1 60 44 38 30 18 8 86% Playoffs
 Canada Brad Jacobs 9 7 2 69 53 39 36 14 7 84%
 China Liu Rui 9 7 2 67 50 41 37 11 5 85%
 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9 5 4 52 53 36 33 18 5 86% Tiebreaker
 Great Britain David Murdoch 9 5 4 51 49 37 35 15 8 83%
 Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 9 4 5 54 61 32 37 17 4 81%
 Russia Andrey Drozdov 9 3 6 58 70 36 38 13 7 77%
 Switzerland Sven Michel 9 3 6 47 46 31 34 22 7 83%
 United States John Shuster 9 2 7 47 58 30 39 14 7 80%
 Germany John Jahr 9 1 8 53 74 38 39 10 9 76%
Source: [citation needed]

Round-robin results[edit]

All draw times are listed in Moscow Time (UTC+4).[10]

Summary[edit]

Team CAN CHN DEN GER GBR NOR RUS SWE SUI USA
 Canada 9–8 7–6 11–8 7–5 10–4 7–4 6–7 4–5 8–6
 China 8–9 7–4 11–7 6–5 7–5 9–6 5–6 5–4 9–4
 Denmark 6–7 4–7 6–3 6–8 5–3 11–10 8–5 3–9 5–9
 Germany 8–11 7–11 3–6 6–7 5–8 7–8 4–8 8–7 5–8
 Great Britain 5–7 5–6 8–6 7–6 6–7 7–4 4–8 4–2 5–3
 Norway 4–10 5–7 3–5 8–5 7–6 9–8 4–5 5–3 7–4
 Russia 4–7 6–9 10–11 8–7 4–7 8–9 4–8 7–6 7–6
 Sweden 7–6 6–5 5–8 8–4 8–4 5–4 8–4 7–5 6–4
 Switzerland 5–4 4–5 9–3 8–9 2–4 3–5 6–7 5–7 6–3
 United States 6–8 4–9 9–5 8–5 3–5 4–7 6–7 4–6 3–6
Source: [citation needed]

Draw 1[edit]

Monday, 10 February, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Drozdov) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 4
 Great Britain (Murdoch) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Michel) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Jahr) 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 8
 Canada (Jacobs) (has hammer) 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 11

Draw 2[edit]

Monday, 10 February, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 11
 Russia (Drozdov) (has hammer) 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 10
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Jacobs) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4
 Switzerland (Michel) 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 X 8
 Great Britain (Murdoch) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 4

Draw 3[edit]

Tuesday, 11 February, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Jacobs) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 6
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X X 4
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Murdoch) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 7
 Germany (Jahr) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 9
 Russia (Drozdov) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 8

Draw 4[edit]

Wednesday, 12 February, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
 United States (Shuster) 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 8
 Germany (Jahr) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
 Switzerland (Michel) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4

Draw 5[edit]

Wednesday, 12 February, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Jahr) 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 7
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Michel) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
 Great Britain (Murdoch) (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Drozdov) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
 Canada (Jacobs) 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 X 8
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 X 5

Draw 6[edit]

Thursday, 13 February, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Michel) 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6
 Russia (Drozdov) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Jacobs) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Murdoch) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 5
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 3

Draw 7[edit]

Friday, 14 February, 09:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 6
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 8
 Germany (Jahr) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Jacobs) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 3 X 10
 Norway (Ulsrud) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 8[edit]

Friday, 14 February, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 8
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Drozdov) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 7
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Michel) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7
 Germany (Jahr) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 8

Draw 9[edit]

Saturday, 15 February, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 X 8
 Germany (Jahr) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3
 Switzerland (Michel) (has hammer) 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 X X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Jacobs) (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 7
 Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Drozdov) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 6
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 9

Draw 10[edit]

Sunday, 16 February, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
 Canada (Jacobs) 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Murdoch) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 X 8
 Russia (Drozdov) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4

Draw 11[edit]

Sunday, 16 February, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5
 Switzerland (Michel) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 China (Liu) 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 8
 Canada (Jacobs) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Jahr) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 6

Draw 12[edit]

Monday, 17 February, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Liu) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 6
 Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Jahr) 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 7
 Russia (Drozdov) (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Michel) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 6
 United States (Shuster) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 X 5

Tiebreaker[edit]

Tuesday, 18 February, 9:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5
 Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 6
Player percentages
 Norway  Great Britain
Håvard Vad Petersson 94% Michael Goodfellow 94%
Christoffer Svae 80% Scott Andrews 78%
Torger Nergård 79% Greg Drummond 88%
Thomas Ulsrud 85% David Murdoch 90%
Total 84% Total 87%

Playoffs[edit]

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  Sweden 5
4  Great Britain 6
4  Great Britain 3
2  Canada 9
2  Canada 10
3  China 6 Bronze medal game
1  Sweden 6
3  China 4

Semifinals[edit]

Wednesday, 19 February, 19:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
 Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 6
Player percentages
 Sweden  Great Britain
Viktor Kjäll 85% Michael Goodfellow 94%
Fredrik Lindberg 85% Scott Andrews 83%
Sebastian Kraupp 70% Greg Drummond 88%
Niklas Edin 74% David Murdoch 86%
Total 78% Total 88%
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Jacobs) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 3 X 10
 China (Liu) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 X 6
Player percentages
 Canada  China
Ryan Harnden 97% Zang Jialiang 93%
E. J. Harnden 85% Ba Dexin 79%
Ryan Fry 94% Xu Xiaoming 79%
Brad Jacobs 83% Liu Rui 75%
Total 90% Total 81%

Bronze medal game[edit]

Friday, 21 February, 12:30

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6
 China (Liu) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
Player percentages
 Sweden  China
Viktor Kjäll 94% Zang Jialiang 86%
Fredrik Lindberg 88% Ba Dexin 91%
Sebastian Kraupp 76% Xu Xiaoming 81%
Niklas Edin 94% Liu Rui 86%
Total 88% Total 86%

Gold medal game[edit]

Friday, 21 February, 17:30

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 3
 Canada (Jacobs) (has hammer) 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 X X 9
Player percentages
 Great Britain  Canada
Michael Goodfellow 92% Ryan Harnden 94%
Scott Andrews 67% E. J. Harnden 92%
Greg Drummond 88% Ryan Fry 81%
David Murdoch 69% Brad Jacobs 95%
Total 79% Total 91%

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