John Shuster (Duluth, USA) qualified for the 2019 Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
7-6 against
Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN). of the 2019 Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta;
Shuster finished 8-4 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster lost
6-5 to
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED), then responded with a
6-3 win over
SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR). Shuster won
8-6 against
Marc Muskatewitz (Baden Baden, GER), then won
9-8 against
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) and
10-3 against
Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS). Shuster went on to lose
7-4 against
Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI). Shuster responded with a
8-3 win over
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Shuster won
7-5 against
Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN). Shuster went on to lose
6-3 against
Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN). Shuster responded with a
10-4 win over
Matsumura. Shuster went on to lose
8-4 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Shuster responded with a
8-4 win over
Magnus Ramsfjell (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.
Shuster earned
34.432 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship. For week 34 of the event schedule, Shuster did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Shuster ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
