For the fourth consecutive time, Sweden is your world men's curling champion.
Niklas Edin's team defeated Canada's Team Gushue 8-6 in the gold medal game of the event to pull out the win.
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Sweden notched two points in the 10th end to grab the victory. It's the 11th time the country has won the tournament and the fifth win in the last 10 years.
Canada is still looking for the country's first win at the event since 2017.
Who has previously won a World Men's Curling Championship?
As mentioned, Edin and Team Sweden are reigning champions, winning the past four tournaments.
Canada holds the most wins in the history of the event with 36 gold medals. Sweden is still behind them with 11 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)
2022 World Men's Curling Championship standings
Thirteen teams made up the field for the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship, which returned to its usual format after including 14 teams in the 2021 tournament.
In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the World Curling Federation removed all Russian Curling Federation teams from competing at the world championships. Their spot was taken by Finland.
Each team played every one of the other participants, resulting in 12 matches in round-robin play. After the round-robin stage concludes, the top six teams advanced to the playoffs.
The top two seeds received a bye to the semifinals, with the Nos. 3-6 teams participating in qualification games. The winners of those two matches advanced to the semifinals and the winner of the two semifinal matches played in the gold medal game. The losers of the semifinals played for the bronze medal.
| Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada* | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| Sweden* | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Italy* | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Scotland* | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| United States* | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Switzerland* | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Germany | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Korea | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| Norway | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| Finland | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| Denmark | 12 | 2 | 10 |
* - qualified for playoffs
2022 Men's World Curling Championship schedule
Draw 1 (April 2, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Canada — 6
Czech Republic — 4
Sheet B
Sweden — 7
Netherlands — 4
Sheet C
Denmark — 2
United States — 8
Sheet D
Korea — 3
Norway — 7
Draw 2 (April 2, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Italy — 4
Scotland — 5
Sheet B
Canada — 8
Norway — 7
Sheet C
Finland — 6
Switzerland — 4
Sheet D
Germany — 13
Netherland — 7
Draw 3 (April 3, noon ET)
Sheet A
Switzerland — 8
Sweden — 7
Sheet B
Scotland — 6
Korea — 9
Sheet C
Czech Republic — 9
Germany — 4
Sheet D
Finland — 10
Denmark — 6
Draw 4 (April 3, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Korea — 6
Denmark — 7
Sheet B
United States — 7
Czech Republic — 5
Sheet C
Netherlands — 6
Canada — 9
Sheet D
Sweden — 8
Italy — 10
Draw 5 (April 3, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Germany — 8
United States — 3
Sheet B
Italy — 10
Finland — 7
Sheet C
Norway — 7
Scotland — 4
Sheet D
Switzerland — 6
Canada — 10
Draw 6 (April 4, noon ET)
Sheet A
Czech Republic — 7
Norway — 4
Sheet B
Denmark — 4
Sweden — 11
Sheet C
Germany — 11
Finland — 4
Draw 7 (April 4, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Denmark — 3
Scotland — 7
Sheet B
Netherlands — 3
Switzerland — 6
Sheet C
Canada — 10
Italy — 4
Sheet D
United States — 7
Korea — 9
Draw 8 (April 4, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Finland — 2
Sween — 7
Sheet B
Norway — 8
United States — 10
Sheet C
Switzerland — 9
Czech Republic — 5
Sheet D
Scotland — 6
Germany — 4
Draw 9 (April 5, noon ET)
Sheet A
Sweden — 8
Czech Republic — 4
Sheet B
Korea — 4
Finland — 11
Sheet C
Italy — 9
Netherlands — 11
Draw 10 (April 5, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Scotland — 9
United States — 7
Sheet B
Germany — 7
Canada — 11
Sheet C
Italy — 7
Denmark — 3
Sheet D
Norway — 3
Switzerland — 9
Draw 11 (April 5, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Netherlands — 3
Norway — 8
Sheet B
Finland — 5
Scotland — 10
Sheet C
Sweden — 7
Germany — 2
Sheet D
Czech Republic — 4
Korea — 10
Draw 12 (April 6, noon ET)
Sheet A
Switzerland — 7
Denmark — 0
Sheet B
Korea — 10
Italy — 5
Sheet C
United States — 8
Netherlands — 3
Sheet D
Canada — 5
Sweden — 7
Draw 13 (April 6, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Germany — 8
Italy — 11
Sheet B
Switzerland — 4
United States — 7
Sheet C
Scotland — 6
Czech Republic — 0
Sheet D
Norway — 5
Finland — 4
Draw 14 (April 6, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Sweden — 5
Korea — 7
Sheet B
Czech Republic — 11
Netherlands — 5
Sheet C
Finland — 3
Canada — 8
Sheet D
Denmark — 7
Germany — 10
Draw 15 (April 7, noon ET)
Sheet A
United States — 10
Canada — 6
Sheet B
Norway — 10
Denmark — 6
Sheet C
Italy — W
Switzerland — L
Sheet D
Netherlands — 5
Scotland — 4
Draw 16 (April 7, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Czech Republic — 10
Finland — 4
Sheet B
Scotland — 2
Sweden — 8
Sheet C
Germany — 10
Norway — 6
Sheet D
Korea — 7
Switzerland — 9
Draw 17 (April 7, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Denmark — 7
Netherlands — 2
Sheet B
Canada — 10
Korea — 2
Sheet C
United States — 3
Sweden — 5
Sheet D
Italy — 6
Czech Republic — 5
Draw 18 (April 8, noon ET)
Sheet A
Norway — 6
Italy — 9
Sheet B
Switzerland — 3
Germany — 10
Sheet C
Canada — 8
Scotland — 6
Sheet D
Finland — 2
United States —7
Draw 19 (April, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Korea — 9
Germany — 4
Sheet B
Netherlands — 8
Finland — 9
Sheet C
Czech Republic — 9
Denmark — 2
Sheet D
Sweden — 7
Norway — 6
Draw 20 (April 8, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Scotland — 9
Switzerland — 7
Sheet B
United States — 4
Italy — 8
Sheet C
Netherlands — 8
Korea — 7
Sheet D
Canada — 2
Denmark — 9
Qualification playoff games (April 9, 5 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
United States — 6
Scotland — 4
Sheet B
Switzerland — 4
Italy — 10
Semifinals (April 9, 10 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Canada — 8
United States — 5
Sheet B
Sweden — 8
Italy — 4
Bronze-medal game (April 10, 2 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
United States — 4
Italy — 13
Gold-medal game (April 10, 7 p.m. ET)
Sheet A
Canada — 6
Sweden — 8
