Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) qualified for the 2018 World Mens Curling Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
7-5 against
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR). of the 2018 World Mens Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada;
Walstad finished 7-5 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) 10-4, then won
8-2 against
Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER) and
8-4 against
Masaki Iwai (Hokkaido, JPN). Walstad won
7-5 against
Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, USA). Walstad went on to lose
10-8 against
Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS). Walstad responded with a
6-5 win over
De Jia Zou (Harbin, CHN). Walstad won
5-3 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Walstad went on to lose
8-2 against
Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Walstad lost
8-6 to
Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). Walstad lost
8-6 to
Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) where Walstad responded with a
7-6 win over
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Walstad went on to lose
9-5 against
Kim in their final qualifying round match.
Walstad earned
28.991 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the World Mens Curling Championship. Walstad move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 26.2 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with
402.402 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Walstad ranks 14th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
226.874 points earned so far this season.
