BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men’s Curling Championship 2023 Live Stream: The 2023 World Men’s Curling Championship, labeled as 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men’s Curling Championship, takes place from 1st April to 9th April at the TD Place in Ottawa, Canada. Ottawa is hosting the Men’s World Curling Championship for the first time.
This year’s Championship feature a thirteen team round robin. The top six teams qualify for the playoff round, and the top two teams receive a bye while the rest play the first round. In their draw 12 game against Norway, Swedish skip Niklas Edin made what many were calling one of the greatest or “craziest” shots in curling history.
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 World Men’s Curling Championship.
Date: April 1-9, 2023
Arena: TD Place
Host city: Ottawa, Canada
Title sponsors: BKT Tires & OK Tire
Stream Curling Anywhere: GamePass.TV
Event Summary
Teams enter this Championship through either the Pan American Curling Championships 2022 or the Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2022.
The top six teams from round robin play move on to the playoffs. The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth ranked teams compete in the qualification games for the semi-finals, while the first and second ranked teams earn a bye to the semi-finals. When the fourth and fifth-ranked teams face off, the third- and sixth-ranked teams play each other. The winners of these matches proceed to the semifinals.
The title sponsors for the 2023 World Men’s Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, are BKT Tires & OK Tire.
The championship was initially slated to take place in Ottawa in 2021. but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was relocated within the Calgary bubble with other curling competitions
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Full Schedule of Men’s Curling 2023:
1st April, 2023
| Round Robin Session 1 – 14:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Canada vs Switzerland |
| Sheet B | Korea vs New Zealand |
| Sheet C | Sweden vs Germany |
| Sheet D | Scotland vs Italy |
| Round Robin Session 2 – 19:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Japan vs Türkiye |
| Sheet B | Canada vs Italy |
| Sheet C | United States vs Norway |
| Sheet D | Czech Republic vs New Zealand |
2nd April, 2023
| Round Robin Session 3 – 09:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Norway vs Korea |
| Sheet B | Türkiye vs Scotland |
| Sheet C | Switzerland vs Czech Republic |
| Sheet D | United States vs Sweden |
| Round Robin Session 4 – 14:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Scotland vs Sweden |
| Sheet B | Germany vs Switzerland |
| Sheet C | New Zealand vs Canada |
| Sheet D | Korea vs Japan |
| Round Robin Session 5 – 19:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Czech Republic vs Germany |
| Sheet B | Japan vs United States |
| Sheet C | Italy vs Türkiye |
| Sheet D | Norway vs Canada |
3rd April, 2023
| Round Robin Session 6 – 09:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Switzerland vs Italy |
| Sheet B | Sweden vs Korea |
| Sheet C | Czech Republic vs United States |
| Round Robin Session 7 – 14:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Sweden vs Türkiye |
| Sheet B | New Zealand vs Norway |
| Sheet C | Canada vs Japan |
| Sheet D | Germany vs Scotland |
| Round Robin Session 8 – 19:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | United States vs Korea |
| Sheet B | Italy vs Germany |
| Sheet C | Norway vs Switzerland |
| Sheet D | Türkiye vs Czech Republic |
4th April, 2023
| Round Robin Session 9 – 09:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Korea vs Switzerland |
| Sheet B | Scotland vs United States |
| Sheet C | Japan vs New Zealand |
| Round Robin Session 10 – 14:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Türkiye vs Germany |
| Sheet B | Czech Republic vs Canada |
| Sheet C | Japan vs Sweden |
| Sheet D | Italy vs Norway |
| Round Robin Session 11 – 19:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | New Zealand vs Italy |
| Sheet B | United States vs Türkiye |
| Sheet C | Korea vs Czech Republic |
| Sheet D | Switzerland vs Scotland |
5th April, 2023
| Round Robin Session 12 – 09:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Norway vs Sweden |
| Sheet B | Scotland vs Japan |
| Sheet C | Germany vs New Zealand |
| Sheet D | Canada vs Korea |
| Round Robin Session 13 – 14:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Czech Republic vs Japan |
| Sheet B | Norway vs Germany |
| Sheet C | Türkiye vs Switzerland |
| Sheet D | Italy vs United States |
| Round Robin Session 14 – 19:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Korea vs Scotland |
| Sheet B | Switzerland vs New Zealand |
| Sheet C | United States vs Canada |
| Sheet D | Sweden vs Czech Republic |
6th April, 2023
| Round Robin Session 15 – 09:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Germany vs Canada |
| Sheet B | Italy vs Sweden |
| Sheet C | Japan vs Norway |
| Sheet D | New Zealand vs Türkiye |
| Round Robin Session 16 – 14:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Switzerland vs United States |
| Sheet B | Türkiye vs Korea |
| Sheet C | Czech Republic vs Italy |
| Sheet D | Scotland vs Norway |
| Round Robin Session 17 – 19:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Sweden vs New Zealand |
| Sheet B | Canada vs Scotland |
| Sheet C | Germany vs Korea |
| Sheet D | Japan vs Switzerland |
7th April, 2023
| Round Robin Session 18 – 09:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Italy vs Japan |
| Sheet B | Norway vs Czech Republic |
| Sheet C | Canada vs Türkiye |
| Sheet D | United States vs Germany |
| Round Robin Session 19 – 14:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Scotland vs Czech Republic |
| Sheet B | New Zealand vs United States |
| Sheet C | Switzerland vs Sweden |
| Sheet D | Korea vs Italy |
| Round Robin Session 20 – 19:00 | |
| SHEET | TEAM |
| Sheet A | Türkiye vs Norway |
| Sheet B | Germany vs Japan |
| Sheet C | New Zealand vs Scotland |
| Sheet D | Sweden vs Canada |
8th April, 2023
Qualification Games – 14:00
Semi-finals – 19:00
9th April, 2023
Bronze Medal Game – 11:00
Gold Medal Game – 16:00
Team Overview
Thirteen teams representing the Americas, Europe, and Pacific-Asia zones of the International Curling Federation compete in 2023 World Men’s Curling Championship.
Here is the full lineup of each team.
Canada
4 : Brad GUSHUE (Skip)
3 : Mark NICHOLS (Vice-Skip)
2 : E.J. HARNDEN
1 : Geoff WALKER
A : Ryan HARNDEN
Czech Republic
4 : Lukas KLIMA (Skip)
3 : Marek CERNOVSKY (Vice-Skip)
2 : Radek BOHAC
1 : Martin JURIK
A : Lukas KLIPA
Germany
4 : Sixten TOTZEK (Skip)
3 : Klaudius HARSCH (Vice-Skip)
2 : Magnus SUTOR
1 : Dominik GREINDL
A : Marc MUSKATEWITZ
Italy
4 : Joel RETORNAZ (Skip)
3 : Amos MOSANER
2 : Sebastiano ARMAN
1 : Mattia GIOVANELLA (Vice-Skip)
Japan
4 : YANAGISAWA Riku (Skip)
3 : YAMAGUCHI Tsuyoshi (Vice-Skip)
2 : YAMAMOTO Takeru
1 : KOIZUMI Satoshi
A : USUI Shingo
Korea
4 : JEONG Byeongjin (Skip)
3 : LEE Jeongjae (Vice-Skip)
2 : KIM Minwoo
1 : KIM Taehwan
New Zealand
4 : Anton HOOD (Skip)
3 : Ben SMITH
2 : Brett SARGON (Vice-Skip)
1 : Hunter WALKER
A : Peter DE BOER
Norway
4 : Magnus RAMSFJELL (Skip)
3 : Martin SESAKER
2 : Bendik RAMSFJELL
1 : Gaute NEPSTAD (Vice-Skip)
A : Wilhelm NAESS
Scotland
4 : Bruce MOUAT (Skip)
3 : Grant HARDIE (Vice-Skip)
2 : Bobby LAMMIE
1 : Hammy McMILLAN
A : Kyle WADDELL
Sweden
4 : Niklas EDIN (Skip)
3 : Oskar ERIKSSON (Vice-Skip)
2 : Rasmus WRANAA
1 : Christoffer SUNDGREN
A : Daniel MAGNUSSON
Switzerland
4 : Benoit SCHWARZ (Vice-Skip)
3 : Yannick SCHWALLER (Skip)
2 : Sven MICHEL
1 : Pablo LACHAT
Türkiye
4 : Ugurcan KARAGOZ (Skip)
3 : Muhammet Haydar DEMIREL (Vice-Skip)
2 : Muhammed Zeki UCAN
1 : Orhun YUCE
A : Faruk KAVAZ
United States
4 : John SHUSTER (Skip)
3 : Chris PLYS (Vice-Skip)
2 : Matt HAMILTON
1 : John LANDSTEINER
A : Colin HUFMAN
In Ottawa, team Turkey is making their debut in the World Men’s Curling Championship.
Broadcast Information
The World Curling Federation broadcast the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men’s Curling Championship. The Curling Channel, TSN (Canada), JTCB (Korea), NHK (Japan), STV (Sweden), SSR (Switzerland), and EuroSport carry a selection of games.
The Curling Channel, a page run by the World Curling Federation, streams the games live on GamePassTV without any GEO restriction and one-time payment no monthly subscription. The time zone is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) -4, or Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDST).
It’s possible for broadcasters to alter. Due to agreements with broadcast partners, geo-blocking can be applicable to broadcast games. Use the hashtags #WMCC2023 and #curling to interact with the World Curling Federation as the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men’s Curling Championship 2023 approaches on social media.
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