[[1:67.6459]] CHAMPION: Edin Wins 2018 World Mens Curling Championship

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CHAMPION: Edin Wins 2018 World Mens Curling Championship

Mar 30 - Apr 8, 2018

Karlstad, Sweden
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SKIP
Niklas
Edin
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Third
Oskar
Eriksson
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Second
Rasmus
Wrana
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Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren
  
Games: 14  
Record: 13W - 1L  
PF/G: 7.66  
PA/G: 4.44  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.46  
Steal Defense: 0.14  
Force Efficiency: 0.87  
Steal Efficiency: 0.15  
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.
 

Statistics

 RECORD W L T PCT HMR STL 1PT EEH EES 
 SCORING ENDs PF PA PF/G PA/G +/- EF/G EA/G PF/E PA/E BE/G 
 WITH HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E HE SD 
 WITHOUT HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E FE SE 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  1 vs. Baumann (GER) - WTR:51 W 6-5
  2 vs. Pfister (SUI) - WTR:30 W 7-3
  4 vs. van Dorp (NED) - WTR:49 W 5-2
  5 vs. Mouat (SCO) - WTR:15 W 7-6
  8 vs. Kim (KOR) - WTR:23 W 5-4
  10 vs. Ruohonen (USA) - WTR:25 W 7-2
  11 vs. Walstad (NOR) - WTR:17 L 3-5
  12 vs. Retornaz (ITA) - WTR:67 W 9-4
  15 vs. Zou (CHN) - WTR:128 W 10-2
  16 vs. Timofeev (RUS) - WTR:87 W 7-3
  18 vs. Gushue (CAN) - WTR:2 W 6-5
  19 vs. Iwai (JPN) - WTR:297 W 7-3
  SF vs. Kim (KOR) - WTR:23 W 9-8
  GOLD vs. Gushue (CAN) - WTR:2 W 7-3

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