Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended the Canada-U.S. game at the WCF Ford World Men’s Curling Championships. (CCA/Michael Burns)Only two weeks after women’s curling held its world championships in Gangneung, South Korea, it is now the men’s turn.
The WCF is holding its 51st annual world men’s curling championship this week in Moncton, New Brunswick, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launching of the event.
A total of 78 athletes from 12 countries are participating in the tournament, which began last Saturday and concludes on Sunday. The competition is being held at the 6,000-seat Moncton Coliseum.
Host Canada is joined by the U.S., China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Scotland and Switzerland in the competition, with six curlers on each team.
The competition will be the final opportunity for the 12 countries to earn qualifying points for next year’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
In observance of the event’s 50th anniversary, organizers presented a World Curling Tattoo at the opening ceremony last Friday, in which 16 local performers participated in the traditional Canadian parade involving military music and dancing.
Total attendance for the event as of Wednesday was 36,201. The opening ceremonies attracted a sell-out crowd of 6,000, while an average of around 2,000 spectators have attended the games.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in attendance for Canada’s game with the U.S. on Wednesday. Scotland will play Canada in the gold medal game on Sunday. (CCA/Michael Burns)
The World Curling Federation’s television branch WCTV is providing daily game feeds and highlight packages through television and webstreaming for Eurosport in Europe, CCTV in China, Universal Sports in the U.S. and CurlTV.com
Ford of Canada is the title sponsor and Atlantic Lottery serves at the presenting sponsor. A total of 25 other sponsors are divided into gold, silver and bronze levels.
A combination of warm temperatures both outside and inside the Moncton Coliseum created condensation and frost on the ice during the opening games of the tournament last Saturday, affecting the curling stones on the ice. However, an adjustment to the air conditioning unit being used for the competition has returned conditions to normal.
The WCF FordWorld Men'sCurling Championship will conclude on Sunday, with host Canada playing Scotland in the gold medal game and Norway taking on Switzerland in the bronze medal contest.
Written by Greg Oshust
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