Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN) lost
7-2 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship, held March 30 - April 7, 2019 in Lethbridge, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Koe won
6-5 over
Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2019 Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta; and won
6-5 over
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta;
Koe finished 9-3 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe defeated
SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR) 6-5, then won
11-3 against
Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS) and
9-5 against
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Koe won
8-6 against
Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN), then won
10-2 against
Magnus Ramsfjell (Oslo, NOR) and
7-4 against
Marc Muskatewitz (Baden Baden, GER). Koe went on to lose
9-3 against
Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN). Koe lost
9-4 to
Edin where Koe responded with a
6-3 win over
John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Koe went on to lose
8-6 against
Mouat. Koe responded with a
10-3 win over
De Cruz. Koe won
6-5 against
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling Championship, Koe take home
63.125 world rankings points, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 31.447 after improving upon their best so far this season. Koe ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
462.853 points earned so far this season.
