# 2023 Baden Masters

The 2023 Baden Masters was held from August 17 to 20 at the Curling Club Baden Regio in Baden, Switzerland as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of 35,000 CHF. It was the first men's event of the 2023–24 World Curling Tour. The event category for the event was 500.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
| Sixten Totzek (Fourth) | Steffen Walstad | Alexander Baumann (Skip) | Johannes Patz | | Germany / Norway / Sweden |
| Lars Brauchli | Leon Wittich | Livio Ernst | Felix Lüthold | Jonas Feierabend | Wildhaus, Switzerland |
| Michael Brunner | Anthony Petoud | Romano Meier | Andreas Gerlach | | Bern, Switzerland |
| Cameron Bryce | Duncan Menzies | Luke Carson | Robin McCall | | Border, Scotland |
| James Craik | Mark Watt | Angus Bryce | Blair Haswell | | Forfar, Scotland |
| Korey Dropkin (Fourth) | Andrew Stopera (Skip) | Mark Fenner | – | | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Wouter Gösgens | Laurens Hoekman | Jaap van Dorp | Tobias van den Hurk | Alexander Magan | Zoetermeer, Netherlands |
| Marco Hösli | Philipp Hösli | Simon Gloor | Justin Hausherr | | Glarus, Switzerland |
| Lukas Høstmælingen | Grunde Buraas | Magnus Lillebø | Tinius Haslev Nordbye | | Oslo, Norway |
| Jan Iseli | Max Winz | Matthieu Fague | Sandro Fanchini | | Solothurn, Switzerland |
| Manuel Jermann | Yannick Jermann | Kenjo von Allmen | Simon Hanhart | | Arlesheim, Switzerland |
| Benny Kapp | Felix Messenzehl | Johannes Scheuerl | Mario Trevisol | Marc Muskatewitz | Füssen, Germany |
| Lukáš Klíma | Marek Černovský | Martin Jurík | Lukáš Klípa | Radek Boháč | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Magnus Ramsfjell | Martin Sesaker | Bendik Ramsfjell | Gaute Nepstad | | Trondheim, Norway |
| Joël Retornaz | Amos Mosaner | Sebastiano Arman | Mattia Giovanella | | Trentino, Italy |
| Andrin Schnider | Dean Hürlimann | Marco Hefti | Nicola Stoll | | Schaffhausen, Switzerland |
| Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel (Fourth) | Yannick Schwaller (Skip) | Sven Michel | Pablo Lachat | | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Yves Stocker | Kim Schwaller | Felix Eberhard | Tom Winkelhausen | | Zug, Switzerland |
| Kyle Waddell | Craig Waddell | Mark Taylor | Gavin Barr | | Hamilton, Scotland |
| Ross Whyte | Robin Brydone | Duncan McFadzean | Euan Kyle | | Stirling, Scotland |

## Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Pool A | W | L | PF | PA |
| James Craik | 3 | 1 | 26 | 23 |
| Yannick Schwaller | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 |
| Wouter Gösgens | 2 | 2 | 22 | 20 |
| Manuel Jermann | 1 | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| Lukáš Klíma | 1 | 3 | 23 | 26 |
| Pool B | W | L | PF | PA |
| Joël Retornaz | 4 | 0 | 34 | 8 |
| Kyle Waddell | 3 | 1 | 22 | 19 |
| Lars Brauchli | 1 | 3 | 14 | 36 |
| Marco Hösli | 1 | 3 | 21 | 19 |
| Lukas Høstmælingen | 1 | 3 | 18 | 27 |
| Pool C | W | L | PF | PA |
| Ross Whyte | 4 | 0 | 29 | 10 |
| Magnus Ramsfjell | 3 | 1 | 21 | 15 |
| Yves Stocker | 2 | 2 | 20 | 21 |
| Jan Iseli | 1 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| Benny Kapp | 0 | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| Pool D | W | L | PF | PA |
| Cameron Bryce | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 |
| Michael Brunner | 3 | 1 | 25 | 21 |
| Alexander Baumann | 2 | 2 | 19 | 22 |
| Team Dropkin | 1 | 3 | 18 | 24 |
| Andrin Schnider | 0 | 4 | 15 | 30 |

## Round robin results

All draw times listed in Central European Time.

### Draw 1

Thursday, August 17, 5:00 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Joël Retornaz | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 10 |
| Kyle Waddell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Wouter Gösgens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Yannick Schwaller | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Lars Brauchli | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Lukas Høstmælingen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Manuel Jermann | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| James Craik | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 |

### Draw 2

Thursday, August 17, 8:30 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Alexander Baumann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 1 |
| Michael Brunner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | X | 6 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Magnus Ramsfjell | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Yves Stocker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Andrin Schnider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Cameron Bryce | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jan Iseli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Benny Kapp | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |

### Draw 3

Friday, August 18, 8:00 am
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Wouter Gösgens | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Manuel Jermann | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kyle Waddell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Marco Hösli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yannick Schwaller | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Lukáš Klíma | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Joël Retornaz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Lars Brauchli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |

### Draw 4

Friday, August 18, 11:00 am
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Magnus Ramsfjell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Jan Iseli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Michael Brunner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Team Dropkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yves Stocker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Ross Whyte | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Alexander Baumann | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Andrin Schnider | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |

### Draw 5

Friday, August 18, 2:30 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Lars Brauchli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Kyle Waddell | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | X | 10 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| James Craik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Lukáš Klíma | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Manuel Jermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 0 |
| Yannick Schwaller | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | X | X | X | 7 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Lukas Høstmælingen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Marco Hösli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |

### Draw 6

Friday, August 18, 5:30 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Andrin Schnider | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Michael Brunner | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Benny Kapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Ross Whyte | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Cameron Bryce | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 6 |
| Team Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Jan Iseli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Yves Stocker | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | X | X | X | 7 |

### Draw 7

Friday, August 18, 8:30 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Lukáš Klíma | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Manuel Jermann | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Lukas Høstmælingen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Joël Retornaz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Marco Hösli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Lars Brauchli | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| James Craik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Wouter Gösgens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |

### Draw 8

Saturday, August 19, 8:00 am
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ross Whyte | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 5 |
| Jan Iseli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Cameron Bryce | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Alexander Baumann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Dropkin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Andrin Schnider | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Benny Kapp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 0 |
| Magnus Ramsfjell | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 6 |

### Draw 9

Saturday, August 19, 11:00 am
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Marco Hösli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Joël Retornaz | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yannick Schwaller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| James Craik | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Lukáš Klíma | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Wouter Gösgens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Kyle Waddell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Lukas Høstmælingen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |

### Draw 10

Saturday, August 19, 3:00 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Yves Stocker | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Benny Kapp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ross Whyte | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Magnus Ramsfjell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Michael Brunner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Cameron Bryce | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Team Dropkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Alexander Baumann | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

## Playoffs

Source:
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Joël Retornaz | 6 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Kyle Waddell | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Kyle Waddell | 2 | 1 | Joël Retornaz | 8 | | | |
| | | | 4 | James Craik | 0 | | | |
| 4 | James Craik | 8 | 4 | James Craik | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Michael Brunner | 3 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Michael Brunner | 3 | | | | 1 | Joël Retornaz | 6 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Cameron Bryce | 1 |
| 2 | Cameron Bryce | 8 | | | | | | | 2 | Cameron Bryce | 1 |
| 7 | Magnus Ramsfjell | 4 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Magnus Ramsfjell | 4 | 2 | Cameron Bryce | 6 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Ross Whyte | 5 | | | |
| 3 | Ross Whyte | 4 | 3 | Ross Whyte | 5 | | | |
| 6 | Yannick Schwaller | 3 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Saturday, August 19, 8:30 pm
| Sheet 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| James Craik | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Michael Brunner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Joël Retornaz | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |
| Kyle Waddell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Ross Whyte | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Yannick Schwaller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Sheet 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Cameron Bryce | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | 8 |
| Magnus Ramsfjell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 4 |

### Semifinals

Sunday, August 20, 9:00 am
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Cameron Bryce | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Ross Whyte | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Joël Retornaz | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | X | X | X | 8 |
| James Craik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 0 |

### Final

Sunday, August 20, 1:30 pm
| Sheet 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Joël Retornaz | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 6 |
| Cameron Bryce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 1 |