Norway no relation Canada
Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship:Canada (host nation)
One team from the Americas zone
 United States (given that no challenges in the Americas zone were issued)
Eight teams from the 2012 European Curling Championships
 Norway
 Sweden
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Russia
 Switzerland
 Scotland
 Finland (winner of the World Challenge Games)
Two teams from the 2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships China
 Japan
no relation