2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
| 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship | |
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| Host city | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Arena | Save on Foods Memorial Centre |
| Dates | April 2-10, 2005 |
| Winner |
 Canada
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| Curling club | Granite CC, Edmonton, Alberta |
| Skip | Randy Ferbey |
| Third | David Nedohin |
| Second | Scott Pfeifer |
| Lead | Marcel Rocque |
| Alternate | Dan Holowaychuk |
| Coach | Brian Moore |
| Finalist |
 Scotland
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The 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 2-10, 2005 at the new Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event that was held separately from the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship (held in Paisley, Scotland in March 2005). The winner was Randy Ferbey and his team from Canada. Ferbey won his fourth world championship, the rest of his team won their third. As a country, it was Canada's 29th World Championship. Scotland won silver, and Germany bronze.
For the first time ever, the World championships used the page playoff system where the top four teams with the best records at the end of round-robin play meet in the playoff rounds.
One reason for the separation of the men's and women's tournaments was to allow for an expansion from 10 to 12 teams. This expansion was deemed appropriate because more countries are now producing competitive rinks, particularly in Europe but also including Japan and even New Zealand. Teams included 3 time World Champion Randy Ferbey of Canada, 2002 Silver medalist Pål Trulsen of Norway, 2001 Silver medalist Andreas Schwaller of Switzerland, 1997 Silver medalist Andy Kapp of Germany, 2 time World bronze medalist Markku Uusipaavalniemi of Finland, 1993 bronze medalist Pete Fenson of the United States, 7 time World Championship participant Hugh Millikin of Australia, 3 time participant Sean Becker of New Zealand, 2 time participant Johnny Frederiksen of Denmark and making their first appearances were Stefano Ferronato's team from Italy, David Murdoch's team from Scotland and Eric Carlsén's team from Sweden.
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