The 2013 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2013 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 30 to April 7, 2013 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
[2][3] This marked the twenty-first time that Canada hosted the World Men's Championship, the fifth time that the province of British Columbia hosted the World Men's Championship, and the second time that Victoria hosted the World Men's Championship.
[3] Victoria previously hosted the championships in 2005.
The event was also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at this tournament.
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship: The teams are listed as follows:[5][6] Skip: Brad Jacobs Third: Ryan Fry Second: E. J. Harnden Lead: Ryan Harnden Alternate: Matt Dumontelle Skip: Liu Rui Third: Xu Xiaoming Second: Ba Dexin Lead: Zang Jialiang Alternate: Zou Dejia Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Martin Snítil Second: Jakub Bareš Lead: Marek Vydra Alternate: Jindřich Kitzberger Skip: Rasmus Stjerne Third: Johnny Frederiksen Second: Mikkel Poulsen Lead: Troels Harry Alternate: Lars Vilandt Skip: Aku Kauste Third: Jani Sullanmaa Second: Pauli Jäämies Lead: Janne Pitko Alternate: Leo Mäkelä Skip: Yusuke Morozumi Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Tetsuro Shimizu Lead: Kosuke Morozumi Alternate: Yoshiro Shimizu Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Thomas Løvold1 Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Markus Høiberg1 Skip: Andrey Drozdov Third: Alexey Stukalskiy Second: Alexey Tselousov Lead: Petr Dron Alternate: Anton Kalalb Skip: David Murdoch Third: Tom Brewster Second: Scott Andrews Lead: Michael Goodfellow Alternate: Greg Drummond Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Sebastian Kraupp Second: Fredrik Lindberg Lead: Viktor Kjäll Alternate: Oskar Eriksson Skip: Sven Michel Third: Claudio Pätz Second: Sandro Trolliet Lead: Simon Gempeler Alternate: Benoît Schwarz Skip: Brady Clark Third: Sean Beighton Second: Darren Lehto Lead: Phil Tilker Alternate: Greg Persinger Final round-robin standings All draw times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7).