Curling - Team Switzerland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest

Curling

Name	Height	Date of Birth
SCHWARZ BSCHWARZ Benoit		19 Aug 1991
MICHEL SMICHEL Sven		30 Mar 1988
de CRUZ Pde CRUZ Peter		4 Jan 1990
TANNER VTANNER Valentin		2 Oct 1992
LACHAT PLACHAT Pablo		20 Oct 2000

Team Officials

Function	Name
Coach	NOR PETERSSON HPETERSSON Haavard
National Coach	LIPS TLIPS Thomas
Team Leader	BATTILANA MBATTILANA Marco

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Curling	Men	7

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Men's Round Robin Session 1 NOR Norway 7 SUI Switzerland 4	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Men's Round Robin Session 3 SUI Switzerland 6 ROC ROC 3	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Men's Round Robin Session 4 CAN Canada 3 SUI Switzerland 5	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Men's Round Robin Session 5 DEN Denmark 6 SUI Switzerland 8	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Men's Round Robin Session 7 SUI Switzerland 4 ITA Italy 8	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Men's Round Robin Session 8 SUI Switzerland 5 GBR Great Britain 6	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Men's Round Robin Session 9 SUI Switzerland 4 USA United States of America 7	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Men's Round Robin Session 11 CHN People's Republic of China 6 SUI Switzerland 5	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Men's Round Robin Session 12 SWE Sweden 8 SUI Switzerland 10	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Year	Location
1	1998	Nagano, JPN
1	1992	Albertville, FRA
2	1988	Calgary, CAN
3	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
3	2010	Vancouver, CAN
3	2002	Salt Lake City, USA
5	2006	Torino, ITA
8	2014	Sochi, RUS

World Championships
Rank	Year	Location
1	1992	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER
1	1981	London, ON, CAN
1	1975	Perth, SCO
2	2003	Winnipeg, MB, CAN
2	2001	Lausanne, SUI
2	1989	Milwaukee, WI, USA
2	1984	Duluth, MN, USA
2	1982	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER
2	1979	Bern, SUI
3	2021	Calgary, AB, CAN
3	2019	Lethbridge, AB, CAN
3	2017	Edmonton, AB, CAN
3	2014	Beijing, CHN
3	1999	Saint John, NB, CAN
3	1996	Hamilton, ON, CAN
3	1994	Oberstdorf, GER
3	1993	Geneva, SUI
3	1980	Moncton, NB, CAN
3	1976	Duluth, MN, USA
3	1974	Bern, SUI

European Championships
Rank	Year	Location
1	2013	Stavanger, NOR
1	2006	Basel, SUI
1	1986	Copenhagen, DEN
1	1984	Morzine, FRA
1	1983	Vasteras, SWE
1	1981	Grindelwald, SUI
1	1978	Aviemore, SCO
1	1976	West Berlin, GER
2	2019	Helsingborg, SWE
2	2015	Esbjerg, DEN
2	2009	Aberdeen, SCO
2	2001	Vierumaki, FIN
2	1995	Grindelwald, SUI
2	1994	Sundsvall, SWE
3	2017	St. Gallen, SUI
3	2016	Glasgow, SCO
3	2014	Champery, SUI
3	2010	Champery, SUI
3	1996	Copenhagen, DEN
3	1993	Luekerbad, SUI
3	1992	Perth, SCO
3	1991	Chamonix, FRA
3	1988	Perth, SCO
3	1987	Oberstdorf, GER
3	1982	Kirkcaldy, SCO

World Junior Championships
Rank	Year	Location
1	2014	Flims, SUI
1	2010	Flims, SUI
1	1997	Karuizawa, JPN
1	1992	Oberstdorf, GER
1	1990	Portage la Prairie, MB, CAN
2	2020	Krasnoyarsk, RUS
2	2019	Liverpool, NS, CAN
2	2015	Tallinn, EST
2	2011	Perth, SCO
2	2004	Trois Rivieres, QC, CAN
2	2000	Geising, GER
2	1999	Oestersund, SWE
2	1996	Red Deer, AB, CAN
2	1985	Perth, SCO
2	1984	Cornwall, ON, CAN
3	2018	Aberdeen, SCO
3	2007	Eveleth, MN, USA
3	2003	Flims, SUI
3	1998	Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
3	1994	Sofia, BUL
3	1991	Glasgow, SCO
3	1989	Markham, ON, CAN

Nickname:

Team de Cruz

General Interest

Switzerland men are the defending bronze medallists, their third such Olympic medal following Ralph Stoeckli at Vancouver 2010 and Andreas Schwaller at Salt Lake City 2002. Patrick Huerlimann won the first gold medal of the modern era, at Nagano 1998.

Swiss skip Sven Michel placed eighth at Sochi 2014 and joined Team de Cruz at third stone for the current Olympic cycle. De Cruz skips the team but throws second stones, while fourth stones are delivered by Benoit Schwarz.

At World Championships, Swiss men have scored three gold medals to go with six silver and 11 bronze. Team de Cruz have won four of those bronze, in all four appearances starting in 2014.

The bronze rush continues at European Championships, where the squad has captured two bronze in their last four appearances, to go with a silver medal earned in 2015.

This season, Team de Cruz are 33-14 with a scoring average of 7.67 points per game and an average of 5.69 points against. They swept their Olympic Trials challenge series against the rival Yannick Schwaller foursome and won the World Curling Tour’s Swiss Cup in Basel, in addition to third-place finishes at a Grand Slam tournament and the Euro Super Series.

Team de Cruz had a strong head-to-head record against Gushue prior to 2017, winning five of nine matchups, but the Canadians are 9-2 since. De Cruz is 64-69 lifetime against the Beijing field and 34-35 over the last quadrennial, with recent winning records against People's Republic of China and Denmark (2-0), ROC (3-0), Norway (6-3) and USA (3-2). Since 2018, they’re 1-5 against Canada, 7-11 versus Great Britain, 3-5 against Italy and 7-9 versus Sweden. The Swiss and Swedes have battled five times in this Covid-ravaged season alone, with de Cruz holding a slight 3-2 edge.

Team de Cruz’s bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships qualified Switzerland in third place for Beijing.

World Ranking: 2nd (69.937 pts)

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