Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) lost
9-3 to
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship, held April 1 - 9, 2023 in Ottawa, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
7-5 over
Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario; and won
9-1 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario;
Gushue finished 9-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue lost
8-3 to
Schwaller, then responded with a
10-6 win over
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Gushue won
8-2 against
Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Gushue went on to lose
8-6 against
Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR). Gushue responded with a
6-3 win over
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Gushue won
8-3 against
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE), then won
9-4 against
ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) and
9-6 against
John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Gushue won
9-4 against
Sixten Totzek (Baden Baden, GER). Gushue went on to lose
6-3 against
Mouat. Gushue responded with a
9-5 win over
Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR). Gushue won
8-5 against
Edin in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship, Gushue take home
60.500 world rankings points, moving up 4 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 1st place overall with
376.250 total points. Gushue ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
376.250 points earned so far this season.
