The 2005 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 2–10, 2005 at the new Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia.

This expansion was deemed appropriate because more countries are now producing competitive rinks, particularly in Europe but also including Japan and even New Zealand.

Teams included 3 time World Champion Randy Ferbey of Canada, 2002 Silver medallist Pål Trulsen of Norway, 2001 Silver medallist Andreas Schwaller of Switzerland, 1997 Silver medallist Andy Kapp of Germany, 2 time World bronze medallist Markku Uusipaavalniemi of Finland, 1993 bronze medallist Pete Fenson of the United States, 7 time World Championship participant Hugh Millikin of Australia, 3 time participant Sean Becker of New Zealand, 2 time participant Johnny Frederiksen of Denmark and making their first appearances were Stefano Ferronato's team from Italy, David Murdoch's team from Scotland and Eric Carlsén's team from Sweden.

Fourth: Ian Palangio Skip: Hugh Millikin Second: John Theriault Lead: Stephen Johns Alternate: Stephen Hewitt Fourth: David Nedohin Skip: Randy Ferbey Second: Scott Pfeifer Lead: Marcel Rocque Alternate: Dan Holowaychuk Skip: Johnny Frederiksen Third: Lars Vilandt Second: Kenneth Hertsdahl Lead: Bo Jensen Alternate: Ivan Frederiksen Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Kalle Kiiskinen Lead: Teemu Salo Alternate: Perttu Piilo Skip: Andy Kapp Third: Uli Kapp Second: Oliver Axnick Lead: Holger Höhne Alternate: Andreas Kempf Skip: Stefano Ferronato Third: Fabio Alvera Second: Marco Mariani Lead: Alessandro Zisa Alternate: Joel Retornaz Skip: Sean Becker Third: Hans Frauenlob Second: Dan Mustapic Lead: Lorne De Pape Alternate: Warren Dobson Skip: Pål Trulsen Third: Lars Vågberg Second: Flemming Davanger Lead: Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Alternate: Niels Siggaard Andersen Skip: David Murdoch Third: Craig Wilson Second: Neil Murdoch Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: Ewan MacDonald Skip: Eric Carlsén Third: Andreas Prytz Second: Daniel Prytz Lead: Patric Håkansson Alternate: Mathias Carlsson Skip: Andreas Schwaller Third: Markus Eggler Second: Marco Ramstein Lead: Christof Schwaller Alternate: Stefan Karnusian Skip: Pete Fenson Third: Shawn Rojeski Second: Joe Polo Lead: John Shuster Fifth: Scott Baird Final round-robin standings To first break the massive 6-way tie at 8-3, the two teams with the best record against the other teams involved (Scotland and Germany) were given automatic playoff spots.

The other teams were ranked based on their record against each other, or if that didn't break the tie, a draw to the button which occurred before the tournament began.