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Kevin Martin and his Edmonton rink finally have a world championship under their belts.
(Canadian Press)

2008 World Men's Curling Championship

Kevin Martin wins his first world title

Last Updated April 13, 2008

CBC Sports

Three-time Canadian champion Kevin Martin can finally call himself a world champ after dominating the 12-team field in Grand Forks, N.D.

Relive the tournament via the standings and the complete scoreboard.

Tournament standings ( through 17 draws )
Team Wins Losses
y-Canada ( Martin ) 10 1
x-Scotland ( Murdoch ) 8 3
x-China ( Wang ) 7 4
x-Norway ( Ulsrud ) 7 4
France ( Dufour ) 6 5
Australia ( Millikin ) 5 6
Germany ( Kapp ) 5 6
United States ( Brown ) 5 6
Denmark ( Frederiksen ) 4 7
Sweden ( Kraupp ) 4 7
Switzerland ( Pescia ) 3 8
Czech Republic ( Snitil ) 2 9

    
Rosters for the World Men's Curling Championship
Team Players ( skip, third, second, lead, alternate )
Australia Hugh Millikin, Ian Palangio, Sean Hall, Steve Johns, Steve Hewitt
Canada Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert, Adam Enright
China Fengchun Wang, Rui Liu, Xiaoming Xu, Jialiang Zang, Dongyan Li
Czech Republic Jiri Snitil, Martin Snitil, Jindrich Kitzberger, Marek Vydra, Milos Hoferka
Denmark Johnny Frederiksen, Lars Vilandt, Bo Jensen, Ulrik Schmidt, Mikkel Poulsen
France Thomas Dufour, Tony Angiboust, Jan Ducroz, Richard Ducroz, Raphael Mathieu
Germany Andy Kapp, Andreas Lang, Holger Hohne, Andreas Kempf, Felix Schulze
Norway Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergard, Christoffer Svae, Havard Vad Petersson, Thomas Due
Scotland David Murdoch, Graeme Connal, Peter Smith, Euan Byers, Peter Loudon
Sweden Anders Kraupp, Peder Folke, Bjorn Brandberg, Anton Sandstrom, Mats Nyberg
Switzerland Claudio Pescia, Patrick Hürlimann, Pascal Sieber, Marco Battilana, Toni Muller
United States Craig Brown, Rich Ruohonen, John Dunlop, Peter Annis, Kevin Kakela

2008 Men's Worlds

Standings & Rosters

Draws & Scores

Joan McCusker: The Extra End

Broadcast Schedule

Championship Curling on CBC
2008 World Men's Championship

Semifinal
Saturday, April 12
2:00 p.m. ET

Final
Sunday, April 13
2:30 p.m. ET

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