2013 World Men's Curling Championship

2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship
Host city	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Arena	Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Dates	March 30 – April 7
Winner	Sweden
Curling club	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip	Niklas Edin
Third	Sebastian Kraupp
Second	Fredrik Lindberg
Lead	Viktor Kjäll
Alternate	Oskar Eriksson
Coach	Peja Lindholm Eva Lund
Finalist	Canada (Brad Jacobs)
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The 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 30 to April 7 at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. This marked the twenty-first time that Canada hosted the World Men's Championship, the fifth time that the province of British Columbia hosted the World Men's Championship, and the second time that Victoria hosted the World Men's Championship. Victoria previously hosted the championships in 2005. The event was also a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics, awarding points to countries based on performance at this tournament.

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship:

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip: Brad Jacobs
Third: Ryan Fry
Second: E. J. Harnden
Lead: Ryan Harnden
Alternate: Matt Dumontelle

Skip: Liu Rui
Third: Xu Xiaoming
Second: Ba Dexin
Lead: Zang Jialiang
Alternate: Zou Dejia

Skip: Jiří Snítil
Third: Martin Snítil
Second: Jakub Bareš
Lead: Marek Vydra
Alternate: Jindřich Kitzberger

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