2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship

The 2009 Ford Men's World Curling Championships will be held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from the 4th to the 12th of April, 2009 at the the Moncton Coliseum. The event, which shall formally celebrate 50 years of World Men’s Curling (1959-2009) plus the 225th anniversary of the host province of New Brunswick, will kick off with a three-hour extravaganza combining the Opening Ceremonies and Opening Banquet, an unprecedented start to the World Men’s Curling Championship. [cite web|url=http://www.worldcurling.org/content/view/398/90/|title=WCF Annual General Assembly 2008|publisher=World Curling Federation|language=english|accessdate=2008-06-20]

Teams

Qualifying will be the same as previous years. Two teams from the Americas region (including Canada as host), two Pacific region teams (via the Pacific Curling Championships) and eight teams from the European region (via the European Curling Championships). For the first time ever, a third country from the Americas has expressed intent to participate in the qualification process, necessitating a qualifying tournament between the United States and Brazil in January 2009. Canada, as defending champions and hosts do not have to participate, as they automatically get to participate. cite web|url=http://www.worldcurling.org/content/view/407/90/|date=2008-08-13|accessdate=2008-08-25|title=Brazil challenges USA for Worlds qualification]

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* 1 from the Americas: Brazil or USA
* 2 Pacific
* 8 European

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