The 2015 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 28 to April 5 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
It marked the first time that a World Curling Championship had been held in Halifax, and the first time that a World Curling Championship event had been held in the province since the World Junior Curling Championships were held in Dartmouth in 1986.
[2] The following nations qualified to participate in the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship: Skip: Pat Simmons Third: John Morris Second: Carter Rycroft Lead: Nolan Thiessen Alternate: Tom Sallows Skip: Zang Jialiang Third: Zou Dejia Second: Ba Dexin Lead: Wang Jinbo Alternate: Zhang Rongrui Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Lukáš Klíma Second: Martin Snítil Lead: Jindřich Kitzberger Alternate: Samuel Mokriš Skip: Aku Kauste Third: Kasper Hakunti Second: Pauli Jäämies Lead: Janne Pitko Alternate: Leo Mäkelä Fourth: Amos Mosaner Skip: Joël Retornaz Second: Daniele Ferrazza Lead: Andrea Pilzer Alternate: Sebastiano Arman Skip: Yusuke Morozumi Third: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Second: Tetsuro Shimizu Lead: Kosuke Morozumi Alternate: Yuta Matsumura Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Markus Snøve Høiberg Skip: Evgeny Arkhipov Third: Alexander Kozyrev Second: Artur Razhabov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Alexey Stukalskiy Skip: Ewan MacDonald Third: Duncan Fernie Second: Ruairidh Greenwood Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: David Murdoch Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Kristian Lindström Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Henrik Leek Skip: Marc Pfister Third: Enrico Pfister Second: Reto Keller Lead: Raphael Märki Alternate: Sven Michel Skip: John Shuster Third: Tyler George Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Craig Brown World Curling Tour Order of Merit ranking of national teams (year to date total)[5] Final round-robin standings All draw times are listed in Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3).
[6] Saturday, March 28, 14:30 Saturday, March 28, 19:30 Sunday, March 29, 9:30 Sunday, March 29, 14:30 Sunday, March 29, 19:30 Monday, March 30, 9:30 Monday, March 30, 14:30 Monday, March 30, 19:30 Tuesday, March 31, 9:30 Tuesday, March 31, 14:30 Tuesday, March 31, 19:30 Wednesday, April 1, 9:30 Wednesday, April 1, 14:30 Wednesday, April 1, 19:30 Thursday, April 2, 9:30 Thursday, April 2, 14:30 Thursday, April 2, 19:30 Friday, April 3, 14:30 Friday, April 3, 19:30 Saturday, April 4, 14:30 Saturday, April 4, 19:30 Sunday, April 5, 10:00 Sunday, April 5, 16:00 Round robin only