# 2020 World Men's Curling Championship

The 2020 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2020 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 28 to April 5 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. On March 14, 2020, the World Curling Federation announced the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event was set to be the first event to start gathering points towards the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification. Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear. It was later announced that any country who were scheduled to compete in the event and did not qualify through the 2021 World Championships would take part in a final Olympic Qualifying Tournament in December 2021.

## Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship:
| Event | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Scotland |
| 2019 Americas Challenge | 2 | Canada United States |
| 2019 European Curling Championships | 7 | Sweden Switzerland Denmark Italy Norway Germany Netherlands |
| 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships | 1 | South Korea |
| 2020 World Qualification Event | 2 | China Russia |
| TOTAL | 13 | |

### World Ranking

The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.
| Member Associations | Rank | Points |
| Sweden | 1 | 89.020 |
| Canada | 2 | 75.980 |
| United States | 3 | 71.029 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 65.196 |
| Scotland | 5 | 52.059 |
| Norway | 7 | 40.392 |
| South Korea | 8 | 35.343 |
| Italy | 9 | 34.461 |
| Denmark | 10 | 24.520 |
| Russia | 11 | 19.412 |
| Germany | 12 | 18.578 |
| China | 13 | 18.358 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 16.951 |

## Teams

The teams were to be:
| Canada | China | Denmark | Germany | Italy |
| St. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Brett Gallant Lead: Geoff Walker Alternate: Jeff Thomas | Harbin CC, Harbin Skip: Zou Qiang Third: Tian Jiafeng Second: Wang Zhiyu Lead: Xu Jingtao Alternate: Han Peng | Gentofte CC, Gentofte & Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Tobias Thune Third: Kasper Wiksten Second: Daniel Poulsen Lead: Oliver Rosenkrands Søe Alternate: Kenneth Hertsdahl | EC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf Skip: Marc Muskatewitz Third: Sixten Totzek Second: Joshua Sutor Lead: Dominik Greindl Alternate: Klaudius Harsch | SC Pinerolo, Pinerolo Skip: Joël Retornaz Third Amos Mosaner Second: Sebastiano Arman Lead: Simone Gonin Alternate: Alberto Pimpini |
| Netherlands | Norway | Russia | Scotland | South Korea |
| CC PWA Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer Fourth: Wouter Gösgens Skip: Jaap van Dorp Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Alexander Magan | Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Steffen Walstad Second: Markus Høiberg Lead: Magnus Vågberg Alternate: Torger Nergård | Ice Cube CC, Sochi Skip: Sergey Glukhov Third: Alexey Tuzov Second: Evgeny Klimov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Dmitry Mironov | Gogar Park CC, Edinburgh Skip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr. Alternate: Ross Whyte | Uiseong CC, Uiseong Skip: Kim Chang-min Third: Lee Ki-jeong Second: Kim Hak-kyun Lead: Lee Ki-bok |
| Sweden | Switzerland | United States | | |
| Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Daniel Magnusson | Baden Regio CC, Baden Skip: Yannick Schwaller Third: Michael Brunner Second: Romano Meier Lead: Marcel Käufeler Alternate: Lucien Lottenbach | Duluth CC, Duluth Skip: John Shuster Third: Chris Plys Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Colin Hufman | | |

## National playdowns

* 2020 Tim Hortons Brier
* 2020 United States Men's Curling Championship