While there are 13 teams competing at the 2022 World Men's Curling Championships, the oddsmakers see two clubs as the clear-cut favorites.
Canada and Sweden begin competition on April 2 as the two leaders to win the title, according to Sports Interaction. Sweden enters the 2022 tournament having won the previous three championships as skip Nicklas Edin eyes a fourth title.
Edin's club is fresh off a gold-medal win at the 2022 Winter Olympics in February. His team took down Great Britain in the gold-medal match, winning 5-4 in extra ends.
Brad Gushue leads the way for Canada, who is looking to get back on the podium for the first time since 2019 and win its first gold since 2017.
But there are 11 other teams looking to take down the two top dogs, with Norway, Italy and Switzerland looking like potential upset threats.
Here are all the betting odds ahead of the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship.
Who is the favorite to win the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship?
Despite coming off three consecutive tournament wins, Sweden is not the favorite to win the World Men's Curling Championship.
Instead, it's Canada getting the slight edge from the oddsmakers to win. Gushue's team enters as +120 favorites while Edin's club is +150, according to Sports Interaction.
It's a far drop-off after those two, with Norway coming with the third-highest odds at +800. Based on Sports Interaction, it appears as though it's going to be a two-horse race in 2022.
Here are the odds for the winner of the championship.
| Canada | +120 |
| Sweden | +150 |
| Norway | +800 |
| Italy | +1100 |
| Scotland | +1200 |
| Switzerland | +1200 |
| United States | +1300 |
| Korea | +6600 |
| Germany | +7500 |
| Czech Republic | +10000 |
| Denmark | +12500 |
| Finland | +20000 |
| Netherlands | +20000 |
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Who has previously won a World Men's Curling Championship?
As mentioned, Edin and Team Sweden are reigning champions, winning the past three tournaments.
Canada holds the most wins in the history of the event with 36 gold medals. Sweden is behind them with 10 while Scotland has five.
Only Canada, Sweden, Scotland, the United States, Norway and Switzerland have won the tournament previously. Germany, Denmark, Finland and France have all medalled but never earned gold.
Here is a look at the winners from the past 10 championships.
2012: Canada (Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill)
2013: Sweden (Niklas Edin, Sebastian Kraupp, Frederik Lindberg, Viktor Kjall)
2014: Norway (Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergard, Christoffer Sva, Havard Vad Petersson)
2015: Sweden (Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren)
2016: Canada (Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert)
2017: Canada (Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker)
2018: Sweden (Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren)
2019: Sweden (Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren)
2020: Canceled because of COVID
2021: Sweden (Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren)
When is the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship?
The 2022 tournament begins Saturday, April 2, and the final of the competition will be played Sunday, April 10, at 5 p.m. ET.
Round-robin play will run from April 2 through April 8. The qualification playoffs and semifinals will take place April 9, with the bronze- and gold-medal games taking place the next day.
What channel is the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship on in Canada?
The world championship will be broadcast on TSN, with live streaming available on TSN Direct, TSN.ca and the TSN app.
You can find most of Canada's matchups on TSN1, with the exception of two on TSN3 and one on TSN5.
Where is the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship taking place?
The tournament will be hosted at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
The venue is home to the Vegas Rollers of World TeamTennis, a mixed-gender professional tennis league. It is also occasionally used by the UNLV basketball teams and is the temporary home of the AHL's Henderson Silver Knights, an affiliate of the Vegas Golden Knights. The hockey team is playing there while its new arena is being constructed in Henderson.
