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Teams
Meet the competitors
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Team Canada
Skip:
Brad Gushue
Vice-Skip:
Mark Nichols
Second:
EJ Harnden
Lead:
Geoff Walker
Alternate:
Ryan Harnden
Coach:
Caleb Flaxey
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Team Czech Republic
Skip:
Lukas Klima
Vice-Skip:
Marek Cernovsky
Second:
Radek Bohac
Lead:
Martin Jurik
Alternate:
Lukas Klipa
Coach:
Craig Savill
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Team Germany
Skip:
Sixten Totzek
Vice-Skip:
Klaudius Harsch
Second:
Magnus Sutor
Lead:
Dominik Greindl
Alternate:
Marc Muskatewitz
Coach:
Uli Kapp
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Team Italy
Skip:
Joel Retornaz
Third:
Amos Mosaner
Second:
Sebastiano Arman
Vice-Skip:
Mattia Giovanella
Coach:
Claudio Pescia
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Team Japan
Skip:
Riku Yanagisawa
Vice-Skip:
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Second:
Takeru Yamamoto
Lead:
Satoshi Koizumi
Alternate:
Shingo Usui
Coach:
Robert Ursel
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Team South Korea
Skip:
Byeongjin Jeong
Vice-Skip:
Jeongjae Lee
Second:
Minwoo Kim
Lead:
Taehwan Kim
Coach:
Jaebong Yang
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Team New Zealand
Skip:
Anton Hood
Third:
Ben Smith
Vice-Skip:
Brett Sargon
Lead:
Hunter Walker
Alternate/Coach:
Peter de Boer
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Team Norway
Skip:
Magnus Ramsfjell
Third:
Martin Sesaker
Second:
Bendik Ramsfjell
Vice-Skip:
Gaute Nepstad
Alternate:
Wilhelm Naess
Coach:
Thomas Loevold
Coach:
Paal Trulsen
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Team Scotland
Skip:
Bruce Mouat
Vice-Skip:
Grant Hardie
Second:
Bobby Lammie
Lead:
Hammy McMilllan
Alternate:
Kyle Waddell
Coach:
Michael Goodfellow
Coach:
Ross Paterson
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Team Sweden
Skip:
Niklas Edin
Vice-Skip:
Oskar Eriksson
Second:
Rasmus Wranaa
Lead:
Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate:
Daniel Magnusson
Coach:
Fredrik Lindberg
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Team Switzerland
Skip:
Benoit Schwarz
Vice-Skip:
Yannick Schwaller
Second:
Sven Michel
Lead:
Pablo Lachat
Coach:
Haavard Vad Petersson
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Team Turkiye
Skip:
Ugurcan Karagoz
Vice-Skip:
Muhammet Haydar Demirel
Second:
Muhammed Zeki Ucan
Lead:
Orhun Yuce
Alternate:
Muhammed Faruk Kavaz
Coach:
Ahmet Celik
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Team United States
Skip:
John Shuster
Vice-Skip:
Christopher Plys
Second:
Matt Hamilton
Lead:
John Lamdsteiner
Alternate:
Colin Hufman
Coach:
Steven Birklid