Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won
7-3 over
Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) in the Final of the World Mens Curling Championship, held March 30 - April 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Edin won
9-8 over
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 World Mens Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada; of the 2018 World Mens Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada;
Edin finished 11-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated
Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER) 6-5, then won
7-3 against
Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI) and
5-2 against
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Edin won
7-6 against
Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO), then won
5-4 against
Kim and
7-2 against
Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, USA). Edin went on to lose
5-3 against
Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR). Edin responded with a
9-4 win over
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Edin won
10-2 against
De Jia Zou (Harbin, CHN), then won
7-3 against
Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS) and
6-5 against
Gushue. Edin won
7-3 against
Masaki Iwai (Hokkaido, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the World Mens Curling Championship Championship title, Edin earned
67.646 world rankings points, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -992.775 after improving upon their best so far this season. Edin ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
479.524 points earned so far this season.
