1999 World Men's Curling Championship
# 1999 World Men's Curling Championship

The 1999 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1999 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick from April 3–11, 1999.

## Teams

| Canada | Denmark | Finland | Germany | New Zealand |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Charleswood CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba Skip: Jeff Stoughton Third: Jon Mead Second: Garry Vandenberghe Lead: Doug Armstrong Alternate: Steve Gould | Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Ulrik Schmidt Third: Lasse Lavrsen Second: Brian Hansen Lead: Carsten Svensgaard Alternate: Frants Gufler | Vierumäki CR, Vierumäki Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Tommi Häti Lead: Jari Laukkanen Alternate: Raimo Lind | Füssen CC, Füssen Skip: Andy Kapp Third: Uli Kapp Second: Oliver Axnick Lead: Holger Höhne Alternate: Sebastian Linkemann | Ranfurly CC, Ranfurly Skip: Sean Becker Third: Hans Frauenlob Second: Jim Allan Lead: Lorne De Pape Alternate: Darren Carson |
| Norway | Scotland | Sweden | Switzerland | United States |
| Stabekk CC, Oslo Skip: Pål Trulsen Third: Lars Vågberg Second: Flemming Davanger Lead: Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Alternate: Thomas Ulsrud | Inverness CC, Inverness Skip: Hammy McMillan Third: Warwick Smith Second: Ewan MacDonald Lead: Peter Loudon Alternate: Gordon Muirhead | Sundsvalls CK, Sundsvall Skip: Per Carlsén Third: Mikael Norberg Second: Tommy Olin Lead: Niklas Berggren Alternate: Jan Strandlund | Lausanne-Olympique CC, Lausanne Skip: Patrick Hürlimann Third: Dominic Andres Second: Martin Romang Lead: Diego Perren Alternate: Patrik Lörtscher | St. Paul CC, St. Paul Skip: Tim Somerville Third: Don Barcome Jr. Second: Myles Brundidge Lead: John Gordon Alternate: Mark Haluptzok |

## Round-robin standings

Key :

* Teams to playoffs
* Teams to tiebreaker

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Canada | Jeff Stoughton | 8 | 1 |
| Scotland | Hammy McMillan | 6 | 3 |
| United States | Tim Somerville | 6 | 3 |
| Switzerland | Patrick Hürlimann | 5 | 4 |
| Norway | Pål Trulsen | 5 | 4 |
| Denmark | Ulrik Schmidt | 5 | 4 |
| Germany | Andy Kapp | 4 | 5 |
| Finland | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | 4 | 5 |
| Sweden | Per Carlsén | 2 | 7 |
| New Zealand | Sean Becker | 0 | 9 |

## Round-robin results

### Draw 1

| Sheet A | Final |
| - | - |
| Sweden (Carlsén) | 4 |
| Germany (Kapp) | 10 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Denmark (Schmidt) | 7 |
| Scotland (McMillan) | 3 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Norway (Trulsen) | 9 |
| Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 6 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| New Zealand (Becker) | 5 |
| United States (Somerville) | 8 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Canada (Stoughton) | 7 |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 5 |

### Draw 2

| Sheet A | Final |
| - | - |
| United States (Somerville) | 4 |
| Scotland (McMillan) | 7 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 10 |
| Norway (Trulsen) | 7 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Sweden (Carlsén) | 6 |
| Denmark (Schmidt) | 7 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 4 |
| Canada (Stoughton) | 9 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Germany (Kapp) | 7 |
| New Zealand (Becker) | 6 |

### Draw 3

| Sheet A | Final |
| - | - |
| Norway (Trulsen) | 7 |
| Sweden (Carlsén) | 6 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 10 |
| New Zealand (Becker) | 4 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Scotland (McMillan) | 5 |
| Canada (Stoughton) | 6 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 1 |
| Germany (Kapp) | 11 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Denmark (Schmidt) | 6 |
| United States (Somerville) | 7 |

### Draw 4

| Sheet A | Final |
| - | - |
| Germany (Kapp) | 5 |
| Denmark (Schmidt) | 6 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Canada (Stoughton) | 8 |
| Sweden (Carlsén) | 3 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 4 |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 2 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Scotland (McMillan) | 10 |
| Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 7 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| New Zealand (Becker) | 6 |
| Norway (Trulsen) | 10 |

### Draw 5

| Sheet A | Final |
| - | - |
| Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 8 |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 5 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| New Zealand (Becker) | 3 |
| Denmark (Schmidt) | 0 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Canada (Stoughton) | 9 |
| Norway (Trulsen) | 6 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 7 |
| Sweden (Carlsén) | 10 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Scotland (McMillan) | 6 |
| Germany (Kapp) | 5 |

### Draw 6

| Sheet A | Final |
| - | - |
| Canada (Stoughton) | 7 |
| United States (Somerville) | 4 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Scotland (McMillan) | 3 |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 8 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| New Zealand (Becker) | 3 |
| Sweden (Carlsén) | 8 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Germany (Kapp) | 4 |
| Norway (Trulsen) | 5 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 6 |
| Denmark (Schmidt) | 5 |

### Draw 7

| Sheet A | Final |
| - | - |
| Scotland (McMillan) | 6 |
| New Zealand (Becker) | 5 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Norway (Trulsen) | 7 |
| United States (Somerville) | 8 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 5 |
| Germany (Kapp) | 4 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Canada (Stoughton) | 11 |
| Denmark (Schmidt) | 4 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 7 |
| Sweden (Carlsén) | 4 |

### Draw 8

| Sheet A | Final |
| - | - |
| Denmark (Schmidt) | 1 |
| Norway (Trulsen) | 9 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Germany (Kapp) | 9 |
| Canada (Stoughton) | 4 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 7 |
| New Zealand (Becker) | 4 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Sweden (Carlsén) | 6 |
| Scotland (McMillan) | 8 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 11 |
| Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 4 |

### Draw 9

| Sheet A | Final |
| - | - |
| New Zealand (Becker) | 6 |
| Canada (Stoughton) | 7 |
| Sheet B | Final |
| Sweden (Carlsén) | 4 |
| Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 7 |
| Sheet C | Final |
| Germany (Kapp) | 5 |
| United States (Somerville) | 7 |
| Sheet D | Final |
| Denmark (Schmidt) | 6 |
| Finland (Uusipaavalniemi) | 5 |
| Sheet E | Final |
| Norway (Trulsen) | 3 |
| Scotland (McMillan) | 8 |

## Tiebreakers

| Sheet A | Final |
| - | - |
| Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 7 |
| Denmark (Schmidt) | 4 |
| Sheet A | Final |
| Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 5 |
| Norway (Trulsen) | 4 |

## Playoffs

### Brackets

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canada | 8 | | | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | Canada | 5 |
| | | | 2 | Scotland | 6 |
| 2 | Scotland | 6 | 2 | Scotland | 6 |
| 3 | United States | 4 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | | 3 | United States | 3 |
| | | | 4 | Switzerland | 8 |

### Final

In the final end, Hammy McMillan made a draw to the 4-foot against two Canadian stones to secure the win.

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canada (Stoughton) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Scotland (McMillan) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

* 1999 Ford World Curling Championship
* Scotland 3rd title
