1996 World Men's Curling Championship

1996 World Men's Curling Championships
Host city	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Arena	Copps Coliseum
Dates	March 23–31, 1996
Winner	Canada
Curling club	Charleswood CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Skip	Jeff Stoughton
Third	Ken Tresoor
Second	Garry Vandenberghe
Lead	Steve Gould
Alternate	Darryl Gunnlaugson
Finalist	Scotland (Warwick Smith)
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The 1996 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1996 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from March 23–31, 1996.

Teams

Australia	Canada	England	Germany
Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney Skip: Hugh Millikin Third: Stephen Johns Second: Gerald Chick Lead: Andy Campbell Alternate: Stephen Hewitt	Charleswood CC, Winnipeg Skip: Jeff Stoughton Third: Ken Tresoor Second: Garry Vandenberghe Lead: Steve Gould Alternate: Darryl Gunnlaugson	Wigan CC, Wigan Haigh CC, Wigan Skip: Alistair Burns Third: Andrew Hemming Second: Neil Hardie Lead: Stephen Watt Alternate: Phil Atherton	CC Hamburg Skip: Johnny Jahr Third: Sven Goldemann Second: Andreas Feldenkirchen Lead: Till Thomsen Alternate: Dirk Hornung
Italy	Norway	Scotland	Sweden
Auros, Auronzo Skip: Claudio Pescia Third: Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo Second: Valter Bombassei Lead: Diego Bombassei Alternate: Davide Zandiegiacomo	Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Eigil Ramsfjell Third: Anthon Grimsmo Second: Jan Thoresen Lead: Tore Torvbråten Alternate: Sjur Loen	Airleywight CC, Perth Skip: Warwick Smith Third: David Smith Second: Peter Smith Lead: David Hay Alternate: Richard Dickson	Sollefteå CK Skip: Mikael Hasselborg Third: Stefan Hasselborg Second: Hans Nordin Lead: Peter Eriksson Alternate: Lars-Åke Nordström
Switzerland	United States
Lausanne-Olympique CC Skip: Patrick Hürlimann Third: Patrik Lörtscher Second: Daniel Gutknecht Lead: Diego Perren Alternate: Stephan Keiser	Superior CC, Wisconsin Skip: Tim Somerville Third: Mike Schneeberger Second: Myles Brundidge Lead: John Gordon Alternate: Donald Barcome Jr.

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs
	Teams to tiebreakers

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Jeff Stoughton	8	1
Scotland	Warwick Smith	7	2
Switzerland	Patrick Hürlimann	6	3
Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	4	5
Sweden	Mikael Hasselborg	4	5
England	Alistair Burns	4	5
United States	Tim Somerville	4	5
Italy	Claudio Pescia	3	6
Germany	Johnny Jahr	3	6
Australia	Hugh Millikin	2	7

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Sheet A	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	5
Norway (Ramsfjell)	8

Sheet B	Final
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	4
Scotland (Smith)	6

Sheet C	Final
Germany (Jahr)	7
Italy (Pescia)	8

Sheet D	Final
England (Burns)	9
Australia (Millikin)	2

Sheet E	Final
United States (Somerville)	7
Canada (Stoughton)	9

Draw 2

Sheet A	Final
Australia (Millikin)	6
Scotland (Smith)	9

Sheet B	Final
Canada (Stoughton)	8
Germany (Jahr)	4

Sheet C	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	2
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	5

Sheet D	Final
Italy (Pescia)	8
United States (Somerville)	10

Sheet E	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	6
England (Burns)	5

Draw 3

Sheet A	Final
Germany (Jahr)	10
Sweden (Hasselborg)	3

Sheet B	Final
Italy (Pescia)	8
England (Burns)	6

Sheet C	Final
Scotland (Smith)	1
United States (Somerville)	10

Sheet D	Final
Canada (Stoughton)	6
Norway (Ramsfjell)	5

Sheet E	Final
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	12
Australia (Millikin)	5

Draw 4

Sheet A	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	6
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	7

Sheet B	Final
United States (Somerville)	5
Sweden (Hasselborg)	8

Sheet C	Final
Australia (Millikin)	5
Canada (Stoughton)	11

Sheet D	Final
Scotland (Smith)	10
Italy (Pescia)	5

Sheet E	Final
England (Burns)	8
Germany (Jahr)	6

Draw 5

Sheet A	Final
Italy (Pescia)	5
Canada (Stoughton)	7

Sheet B	Final
England (Burns)	7
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	6

Sheet C	Final
United States (Somerville)	7
Germany (Jahr)	9

Sheet D	Final
Australia (Millikin)	2
Sweden (Hasselborg)	7

Sheet E	Final
Scotland (Smith)	9
Norway (Ramsfjell)	6

Draw 6

Sheet A	Final
United States (Somerville)	10
Australia (Millikin)	3

Sheet B	Final
Scotland (Smith)	3
Canada (Stoughton)	4

Sheet C	Final
England (Burns)	8
Sweden (Hasselborg)	11

Sheet D	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	7
Germany (Jahr)	5

Sheet E	Final
Italy (Pescia)	8
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	9

Draw 7

Sheet A	Final
Scotland (Smith)	6
England (Burns)	4

Sheet B	Final
Germany (Jahr)	4
Australia (Millikin)	10

Sheet C	Final
Italy (Pescia)	1
Norway (Ramsfjell)	9

Sheet D	Final
United States (Somerville)	4
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	6

Sheet E	Final
Canada (Stoughton)	7
Sweden (Hasselborg)	5

Draw 8

Sheet A	Final
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	6
Germany (Jahr)	9

Sheet B	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	8
United States (Somerville)	10

Sheet C	Final
Canada (Stoughton)	6
England (Burns)	5

Sheet D	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	5
Scotland (Smith)	14

Sheet E	Final
Australia (Millikin)	6
Italy (Pescia)	9

Draw 9

Sheet A	Final
England (Burns)	5
United States (Somerville)	4

Sheet B	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	8
Italy (Pescia)	6

Sheet C	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	6
Australia (Millikin)	9

Sheet D	Final
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	7
Canada (Stoughton)	6

Sheet E	Final
Germany (Jahr)	4
Scotland (Smith)	6

Tiebreakers

Round 1

Sheet A	Final
United States (Somerville)	3
Norway (Ramsfjell)	9

Sheet B	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	5
England (Burns)	4

Round 2

Sheet A	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	3
Norway (Ramsfjell)	9

Playoffs

	Semi-final					Final
	1	Canada	7
	4	Norway	1
						1	Canada	6
						2	Scotland	2
	2	Scotland	5
	3	Switzerland	4			Third place

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Stoughton)	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	X	6
Scotland (Smith)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2

1996 Ford World Curling Championship
Canada 24th title