1988 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship

1988 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Lausanne, Switzerland
Arena	Icehalle
Dates	April 11-17, 1988
Winner	Norway
Curling club	Snarøen CC, Oslo
Skip	Eigil Ramsfjell
Third	Sjur Loen
Second	Morten Søgaard
Lead	Bo Bakke
Finalist	Canada

The 1988 World Men's Curling Championship took place at the Icehalle in Lausanne, Switzerland from April 11-17. The gold medal was won by Team Norway, who also won the Curling competition in the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, Canada. Canada took the silver medal, and Scotland the bronze.

Teams

Canada	Denmark	Finland	France	Germany
Ottewell CC, Edmonton, Alberta Skip: Pat Ryan Third: Randy Ferbey Second: Don Walchuk Lead: Don McKenzie	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Gert Larsen Third: Oluf Olsen Second: Jan Hansen Lead: Michael Harry	Hyvinkää CC, Hyvinkää Skip: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Third: Petri Tsutsunen Second: Jari Laukkanen Lead: Jarmo Jokivalli Alternate: Juhani Heinonen	Megève CC Skip: Christophe Boan Third: Thierry Mercier Second: Gerard Ravello Lead: Alain Brangi	SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Skip: Rainer Schöpp Third: Dieter Kolb Second: Norbert Petrasch Lead: Reinhard Ernst
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Eigil Ramsfjell Third: Sjur Loen Second: Morten Søgaard Lead: Bo Bakke	St. Martins CC, Perth Skip: David Smith Third: Mike Hay Second: Peter Smith Lead: David Hay	Karlstads CK Skip: Sören Grahn Third: Henrik Holmberg Second: Per Axelsson Lead: Håkan Funk	Kloten CC Skip: Daniel Model Third: Beat Stephan Second: Michael Lips Lead: Richard Mähr Alternate: Michael Müller	Granite CC, Seattle Skip: Doug Jones Third: Bard Nordlund Second: Murphy Tomlinson Lead: Mike Grennan

Standings

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Pat Ryan	9	0
Scotland	David Smith	7	2
Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	7	2
Switzerland	Daniel Model	5	4
Sweden	Sören Grahn	4	5
Germany	Rainer Schöpp	3	6
France	Christophe Boan	3	6
Denmark	Gert Larsen	3	6
Finland	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	2	7
United States	Doug Jones	2	7

Round Robin Results

Draw 1

Team	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	4
Germany (Schöpp)	6

Team	Final
United States (Jones)	2
Scotland (Smith)	5

Team	Final
Sweden (Funk)	2
Switzerland (Müller)	5

Team	Final
Denmark (Larsen)	4
Norway (Ramsfjell)	6

Team	Final
Canada (Ryan)	8
France (Boan)	4

Draw 2

Team	Final
Scotland (Smith)	7
France (Boan)	4

Team	Final
Canada (Ryan)	8
Sweden (Funk)	3

Team	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	8
Germany (Schöpp)	4

Team	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	3
Switzerland (Müller)	4

Team	Final
Denmark (Larsen)	8
United States (Jones)	5

Draw 3

Team	Final
Canada (Ryan)	8
Denmark (Larsen)	4

Team	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	6
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	3

Team	Final
France (Boan)	7
United States (Jones)	2

Team	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	2
Sweden (Funk)	8

Team	Final
Scotland (Smith)	7
Switzerland (Müller)	2

Draw 4

Team	Final
United States (Jones)	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	8

Team	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	2
Switzerland (Müller)	6

Team	Final
Canada (Ryan)	6
Scotland (Smith)	2

Team	Final
France (Boan)	9
Denmark (Larsen)	3

Team	Final
Sweden (Funk)	5
Norway (Ramsfjell)	6

Draw 5

Team	Final
France (Boan)	1
Switzerland (Müller)	7

Team	Final
Sweden (Funk)	3
United States (Jones)	6

Team	Final
Denmark (Larsen)	8
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	2

Team	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	4
Scotland (Smith)	6

Team	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	4
Canada (Ryan)	7

Draw 6

Team	Final
Norway (Ramsfjell)	1
Canada (Ryan)	8

Team	Final
Denmark (Larsen)	4
Germany (Schöpp)	6

Team	Final
Scotland (Smith)	5
Sweden (Funk)	6

Team	Final
Switzerland (Müller)	6
United States (Jones)	3

Team	Final
France (Boan)	1
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	2

Draw 7

Team	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	4
Scotland (Smith)	8

Team	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	2
Canada (Ryan)	8

Team	Final
United States (Jones)	3
Norway (Ramsfjell)	9

Team	Final
Sweden (Funk)	5
France (Boan)	6

Team	Final
Switzerland (Müller)	4
Denmark (Larsen)	6

Draw 8

Team	Final
Denmark (Larsen)	4
Sweden (Funk)	7

Team	Final
France (Boan)	5
Norway (Ramsfjell)	6

Team	Final
Switzerland (Müller)	3
Canada (Ryan)	4

Team	Final
Scotland (Smith)	7
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1

Team	Final
United States (Jones)	5
Germany (Schöpp)	3

Draw 9

Team	Final
Switzerland (Müller)	3
Norway (Ramsfjell)	8

Team	Final
Scotland (Smith)	6
Denmark (Larsen)	5

Team	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	8
France (Boan)	3

Team	Final
United States (Jones)	5
Canada (Ryan)	6

Team	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	2
Sweden (Funk)	4

Tiebreakers

Team	Final
France (Boan)	3
Germany (Schöpp)	7

Team	Final
France (Boan)	8
Denmark (Larsen)	6

Playoffs

	Semi-final					Final
	1	Canada	4
	4	Switzerland	2
						1	Canada	4
						3	Norway	5
	2	Scotland	2
	3	Norway	7			Bronze medal
						4	Switzerland	3
						2	Scotland	4

Semifinals

Team	Final
Scotland (Smith)	2
Norway (Ramsfjell)	7

Team	Final
Canada (Ryan)	4
Switzerland (Müller)	2

Bronze Medal Match

Team	Final
Scotland (Smith)	4
Switzerland (Müller)	3

Gold Medal Match

Team	Final
Canada (Ryan)	4
Norway (Ramsfjell)	5

1988 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship
Norway 3rd title

References

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