The 1998 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1998 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Riverside Coliseum in Kamloops, British Columbia from April 4–12, 1998.

Skip: Hugh Millikin Third: Trevor Schumm Second: John Theriault Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Stephen Hewitt Skip: Wayne Middaugh Third: Graeme McCarrel Second: Ian Tetley Lead: Scott Bailey Alternate: David Carruthers Skip: Tommy Stjerne Third: Gert Larsen Second: Peter Andersen Lead: Ivan Frederiksen Alternate: Anders Søderblom Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Tommi Häti Lead: Jari Laukkanen Alternate: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Skip: Roland Jentsch Third: Uli Sutor Second: Florian Zörgiebel Lead: Andreas Kempf Alternate: Alexander Huchel Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Thomas Due Second: Torger Nergård Lead: Johan Høstmælingen Alternate: Rolf Andreas Lauten Skip: David Smith Third: Warwick Smith Second: Peter Smith Lead: David Hay Alternate: Mike Hay Skip: Peja Lindholm Third: Tomas Nordin Second: Magnus Swartling Lead: Peter Narup Alternate: Marcus Feldt Skip: Christof Schwaller Third: Marc Haudenschild Second: Reto Ziegler Lead: Rolf Iseli Alternate: Robert Hürlimann Skip: Paul Pustovar Third: Dave Violette Second: Greg Wilson Lead: Cory Ward Alternate: Shawn Rojeski