# 1998 World Men's Curling Championship

The 1998 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1998 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Riverside Coliseum in Kamloops, British Columbia from April 4–12, 1998.

## Teams

| Australia | Canada | Denmark | Finland | Germany |
| Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney Skip: Hugh Millikin Third: Trevor Schumm Second: John Theriault Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Stephen Hewitt | St. George's G&CC, Etobicoke, Ontario Skip: Wayne Middaugh Third: Graeme McCarrel Second: Ian Tetley Lead: Scott Bailey Alternate: David Carruthers | Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Tommy Stjerne Third: Gert Larsen Second: Peter Andersen Lead: Ivan Frederiksen Alternate: Anders Søderblom | Hyvinkää CC, Hyvinkää Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Tommi Häti Lead: Jari Laukkanen Alternate: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Füssen CC, Füssen Skip: Roland Jentsch Third: Uli Sutor Second: Florian Zörgiebel Lead: Andreas Kempf Alternate: Alexander Huchel |
| Norway | Scotland | Sweden | Switzerland | United States |
| Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Thomas Due Second: Torger Nergård Lead: Johan Høstmælingen Alternate: Rolf Andreas Lauten | St. Martins CC, Perth Skip: David Smith Third: Warwick Smith Second: Peter Smith Lead: David Hay Alternate: Mike Hay | Östersunds CK, Östersund Skip: Peja Lindholm Third: Tomas Nordin Second: Magnus Swartling Lead: Peter Narup Alternate: Marcus Feldt | Solothurn-Biber & St. Moritz CC Skip: Christof Schwaller Third: Marc Haudenschild Second: Reto Ziegler Lead: Rolf Iseli Alternate: Robert Hürlimann | Hibbing CC, Hibbing, Minnesota Skip: Paul Pustovar Third: Dave Violette Second: Greg Wilson Lead: Cory Ward Alternate: Shawn Rojeski |

## Round-robin standings

Key :
* Teams to playoffs
* Teams to tiebreaker
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Canada | Wayne Middaugh | 8 | 1 |
| Sweden | Peja Lindholm | 6 | 3 |
| Scotland | David Smith | 5 | 4 |
| Finland | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | 5 | 4 |
| Norway | Thomas Ulsrud | 5 | 4 |
| United States | Paul Pustovar | 4 | 5 |
| Denmark | Tommy Stjerne | 4 | 5 |
| Switzerland | Christof Schwaller | 4 | 5 |
| Australia | Hugh Millikin | 2 | 7 |
| Germany | Roland Jentsch | 2 | 7 |

## Round-robin results
### Draw 1

| Sheet A | Final |
| Australia (Millikin) | 8 |
| Germany (Jentsch) | 3 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 4 |
| Scotland (Smith) | 8 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Canada (Middaugh) | 10 |
| Sweden (Lindholm) | 6 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Denmark (Stjerne) | 4 |
| United States (Pustovar) | 8 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Switzerland (Schwaller) | 3 |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 5 |

### Draw 2

| Sheet A | Final |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 3 |
| Sweden (Lindholm) | 8 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Switzerland (Schwaller) | 5 |
| Denmark (Stjerne) | 11 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Scotland (Smith) | 5 |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 6 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Australia (Millikin) | 2 |
| Canada (Middaugh) | 11 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| United States (Pustovar) | 4 |
| Germany (Jentsch) | 11 |

### Draw 3

| Sheet A | Final |
| Switzerland (Schwaller) | 7 |
| Canada (Middaugh) | 8 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 8 |
| United States (Pustovar) | 6 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Denmark (Stjerne) | 5 |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 3 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Germany (Jentsch) | 1 |
| Scotland (Smith) | 8 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Sweden (Lindholm) | 7 |
| Australia (Millikin) | 5 |

### Draw 4

| Sheet A | Final |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 8 |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 3 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Scotland (Smith) | 7 |
| Australia (Millikin) | 4 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Switzerland (Schwaller) | 6 |
| Germany (Jentsch) | 5 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| United States (Pustovar) | 2 |
| Sweden (Lindholm) | 5 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Canada (Middaugh) | 5 |
| Denmark (Stjerne) | 4 |

### Draw 5

| Sheet A | Final |
| Sweden (Lindholm) | 6 |
| Denmark (Stjerne) | 7 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Germany (Jentsch) | 6 |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 9 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Canada (Middaugh) | 7 |
| United States (Pustovar) | 6 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Switzerland (Schwaller) | 9 |
| Scotland (Smith) | 3 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Australia (Millikin) | 5 |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 8 |

### Draw 6

| Sheet A | Final |
| Scotland (Smith) | 7 |
| United States (Pustovar) | 8 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Denmark (Stjerne) | 2 |
| Australia (Millikin) | 9 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 8 |
| Germany (Jentsch) | 3 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Canada (Middaugh) | 6 |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 8 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Sweden (Lindholm) | 5 |
| Switzerland (Schwaller) | 3 |

### Draw 7

| Sheet A | Final |
| Canada (Middaugh) | 10 |
| Germany (Jentsch) | 5 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| United States (Pustovar) | 9 |
| Switzerland (Schwaller) | 6 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 9 |
| Australia (Millikin) | 8 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 2 |
| Sweden (Lindholm) | 5 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Scotland (Smith) | 8 |
| Denmark (Stjerne) | 3 |

### Draw 8

| Sheet A | Final |
| Switzerland (Schwaller) | 9 |
| Australia (Millikin) | 3 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 1 |
| Canada (Middaugh) | 8 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Sweden (Lindholm) | 1 |
| Scotland (Smith) | 4 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Denmark (Stjerne) | 3 |
| Germany (Jentsch) | 8 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| United States (Pustovar) | 7 |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 8 |

### Draw 9

| Sheet A | Final |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 6 |
| Denmark (Stjerne) | 8 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Sweden (Lindholm) | 7 |
| Germany (Jentsch) | 3 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| United States (Pustovar) | 8 |
| Australia (Millikin) | 7 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Switzerland (Schwaller) | 6 |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 2 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Canada (Middaugh) | 6 |
| Scotland (Smith) | 5 |

## Tiebreaker

| Sheet A | Final |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 8 |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 7 |

## Playoffs
### Brackets

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Canada | 9 | | | |
| 4 | Finland | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Finland | 2 | 1 | Canada | 7 |
| | | | 2 | Sweden | 4 |
| 2 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | Sweden | 4 |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | | 3 | Scotland | 5 |
| | | | 4 | Finland | 6 |

### Final

| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Sweden (Lindholm) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Canada (Middaugh) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
* 1998 Ford World Curling Championship
* Canada 25th title