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1992 World Men's Curling Championship

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1992 World Men's Curling Championship
Host cityGarmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
ArenaOlympic Eisstadion
DatesMarch 28 – April 5, 1992
Winner Switzerland
Curling clubBiel-Touring CC, Biel
SkipMarkus Eggler
ThirdFrédéric Jean
SecondStefan Hofer
LeadBjörn Schröder
Finalist Scotland (Hammy McMillan)
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The 1992 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1992 Canada Safeway World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) took place from March 28 – April 5, 1992, at the Olympic Eisstadion in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Teams

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 Australia  Canada  England  Finland  France
Melbourne CC

Skip: Hugh Millikin
Third: Tom Kidd
Second: Daniel Joyce
Lead: Stephen Hewitt

Granite CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Skip: Vic Peters
Third: Dan Carey
Second: Chris Neufeld
Lead: Don Rudd

Wigan CC, Wigan
Haigh CC, Wigan

Skip: Alistair Burns
Third: Neil Hardie
Second: Martyn Deakin
Lead: Stephen Watt
Alternate: Ian Coutts

Hyvinkää CC

Skip: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi
Third: Jori Aro
Second: Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Lead: Mikko Orrainen
Alternate: Juhani Heinonen

Megève CC

Skip: Christophe Boan
Third: Thierry Mercier
Second: Spencer Mugnier
Lead: Gerard Ravello

 Germany  Scotland  Sweden  Switzerland  United States
Munchener EV, Munich

Skip: Rodger Gustaf Schmidt
Third: Wolfgang Burba
Second: Hans-Joachim Burba
Lead: Bernhard Mayr
Alternate: Martin Beiser

Castle Kennedy CC, Stranraer

Skip: Hammy McMillan
Third: Norman Brown
Second: Gordon Muirhead
Lead: Roger McIntyre

Sollefteå CK

Skip: Mikael Hasselborg
Third: Hans Nordin
Second: Lars Vågberg
Lead: Stefan Hasselborg
Alternate: Lars-Åke Nordström

Biel-Touring CC, Biel

Skip: Markus Eggler
Third: Frédéric Jean
Second: Stefan Hofer
Lead: Björn Schröder

Granite CC, Seattle, Washington

Skip: Doug Jones
Third: Jason Larway
Second: Joel Larway
Lead: Tom Violette

Round-robin standings

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Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreaker
Country Skip W L
 Canada Vic Peters 7 2
 United States Doug Jones 6 3
 Switzerland Markus Eggler 6 3
 Scotland Hammy McMillan 5 4
 Finland Jussi Uusipaavalniemi 5 4
 Australia Hugh Millikin 4 5
 Sweden Mikael Hasselborg 4 5
 England Alistair Burns 4 5
 Germany Rodger Gustaf Schmidt 2 7
 France Christophe Boan 2 7

Round-robin results

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Draw 1

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Sheet A Final
 England (Burns) 4
 Australia (Millikin) 9
Sheet B Final
 Canada (Peters) 7
 Switzerland (Eggler) 5
Sheet C Final
 Germany (Schmidt) 2
 Scotland (McMillan) 5
Sheet D Final
 United States (Jones) 6
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 11
Sheet E Final
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 7
 France (Boan) 6

Draw 2

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Sheet A Final
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 4
 Switzerland (Eggler) 7
Sheet B Final
 Germany (Schmidt) 8
 France (Boan) 7
Sheet C Final
 England (Burns) 6
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 5
Sheet D Final
 Australia (Millikin) 5
 Scotland (McMillan) 8
Sheet E Final
 Canada (Peters) 3
 United States (Jones) 2

Draw 3

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Sheet A Final
 Canada (Peters) 6
 Germany (Schmidt) 5
Sheet B Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 6
 Australia (Millikin) 8
Sheet C Final
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 7
 United States (Jones) 9
Sheet D Final
 England (Burns) 10
 France (Boan) 5
Sheet E Final
 Switzerland (Eggler) 5
 Scotland (McMillan) 4

Draw 4

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Sheet A Final
 France (Boan) 4
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 7
Sheet B Final
 United States (Jones) 6
 England (Burns) 8
Sheet C Final
 Australia (Millikin) 9
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 6
Sheet D Final
 Switzerland (Eggler) 7
 Germany (Schmidt) 6
Sheet E Final
 Scotland (McMillan) 7
 Canada (Peters) 5

Draw 5

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Sheet A Final
 Germany (Schmidt) 11
 England (Burns) 6
Sheet B Final
 Scotland (McMillan) 6
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 4
Sheet C Final
 France (Boan) 7
 Switzerland (Eggler) 4
Sheet D Final
 United States (Jones) 9
 Australia (Millikin) 4
Sheet E Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 5
 Canada (Peters) 8

Draw 6

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Sheet A Final
 Scotland (McMillan) 2
 United States (Jones) 4
Sheet B Final
 France (Boan) 4
 Switzerland (Eggler) 5
Sheet C Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 9
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 3
Sheet D Final
 Germany (Schmidt) 2
 Australia (Millikin) 11
Sheet E Final
 England (Burns) 5
 Switzerland (Eggler) 7

Draw 7

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Sheet A Final
 Australia (Millikin) 2
 Canada (Peters) 8
Sheet B Final
 Scotland (McMillan) 9
 France (Boan) 5
Sheet C Final
 United States (Jones) 8
 Germany (Schmidt) 5
Sheet D Final
 Switzerland (Eggler) 6
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 4
Sheet E Final
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 8
 England (Burns) 7

Draw 8

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Sheet A Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 9
 Scotland (McMillan) 7
Sheet B Final
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 6
 Germany (Schmidt) 4
Sheet C Final
 Canada (Peters) 10
 England (Burns) 6
Sheet D Final
 Switzerland (Eggler) 5
 United States (Jones) 8
Sheet E Final
 France (Boan) 8
 Australia (Millikin) 7

Draw 9

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Sheet A Final
 United States (Jones) 9
 France (Boan) 8
Sheet B Final
 England (Burns) 5
 Scotland (McMillan) 4
Sheet C Final
 Australia (Millikin) 4
 Switzerland (Eggler) 7
Sheet D Final
 Canada (Peters) 4
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 6
Sheet E Final
 Germany (Schmidt) 8
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 9

Tiebreaker

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Sheet A Final
 Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) 3
 Scotland (McMillan) 5

Playoffs

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Scotland skip Hammy McMillan made an incredible "around the horn" takeout in the 8th end of the semifinal against Canada to score 3 points en route to defeating the Canadians. [1]

Bracket

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Semi-final Final
      
1  Canada 3
4  Scotland 4
4  Scotland 3
3  Switzerland 6
2  United States 6
3  Switzerland 8

Final

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Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Eggler) 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 6
 Scotland (McMillan) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
1992 Safeway World Curling Championship
Switzerland
Switzerland
3rd title

References

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  1. ^ YouTube, a Google company. YouTube.