Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) won 11-3 over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario. of the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario; Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) won 11-3 over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario. After receiving a bye through the quarterfinals, Schwaller lost
7-5 to
Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario;
Schwaller finished 11-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated
Gushue 8-3, then won
7-4 against
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) and
7-3 against
Sixten Totzek (Baden Baden, GER). Schwaller went on to lose
8-4 against
Retornaz. Schwaller responded with a
11-4 win over
Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR). Schwaller won
8-4 against
ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR), then won
7-4 against
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) and
8-2 against
Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR). Schwaller won
7-5 against
Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL), then won
12-9 against
John Shuster (Duluth, USA) and
7-6 against
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Schwaller won
8-5 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship, Schwaller earn
49.500 world rankings points, remaining in 7th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 19.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Schwaller ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
307.250 points earned so far this season.
