The 2020 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2020 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 28 to April 5 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.
[1][2] On March 14, 2020, the World Curling Federation announced the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[5] Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear.
It was later announced that any country who were scheduled to compete in the event and did not qualify through the 2021 World Championships would take part in a final Olympic Qualifying Tournament in December 2021.
[9] The teams were to be:[10] Skip: Brad Gushue Third: Mark Nichols Second: Brett Gallant Lead: Geoff Walker Alternate: Jeff Thomas Skip: Zou Qiang Third: Tian Jiafeng Second: Wang Zhiyu Lead: Xu Jingtao Alternate: Han Peng Skip: Tobias Thune Third: Kasper Wiksten Second: Daniel Poulsen Lead: Oliver Rosenkrands Søe Alternate: Kenneth Hertsdahl Skip: Marc Muskatewitz Third: Sixten Totzek Second: Joshua Sutor Lead: Dominik Greindl Alternate: Klaudius Harsch Skip: Joël Retornaz Third Amos Mosaner Second: Sebastiano Arman Lead: Simone Gonin Alternate: Alberto Pimpini Fourth: Wouter Gösgens Skip: Jaap van Dorp Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Alexander Magan Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Steffen Walstad Second: Markus Høiberg Lead: Magnus Vågberg Alternate: Torger Nergård Skip: Sergey Glukhov Third: Alexey Tuzov Second: Evgeny Klimov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Dmitry Mironov Skip: Bruce Mouat Third: Grant Hardie Second: Bobby Lammie Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr. Alternate: Ross Whyte Skip: Kim Chang-min Third: Lee Ki-jeong Second: Kim Hak-kyun Lead: Lee Ki-bok Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Daniel Magnusson Skip: Yannick Schwaller Third: Michael Brunner Second: Romano Meier Lead: Marcel Käufeler Alternate: Lucien Lottenbach Skip: John Shuster Third: Chris Plys Second: Matt Hamilton Lead: John Landsteiner Alternate: Colin Hufman