1977 World Junior Curling Championships

The 1977 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 27 to March 3 at Laval University in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada.[1] The tournament only consisted of a men's event.[2]

1977 World Junior Curling Championships
Host citySainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada
DatesFebruary 27 – March 3
Men's winner Canada (2nd title)
SkipBill Jenkins
ThirdJohn Scales
SecondSandy Stewart
LeadAlan Mayhew
Finalist Sweden (Anders Grahn)
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Teams

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Country Skip Third Second Lead Curling club
  Canada Bill Jenkins John Scales Sandy Stewart Alan Mayhew
  Denmark Peter Sundberg Lars Erik Sundberg Holger Bo Nissen Morten Andreasen
  France Claude Feige Marc Sibuet Gilles Marin-Pache Yves Tronc Mont d'Arbois CC, Megève
  West Germany Ralph Zimmerman Florian Zimmerman Pascal Piroue Thomas Mueller-Stoy
  Italy Massimo Alvera Franco Sovilla Fabio Bovolenta Stefano Morona Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo
  Norway Sjur Loen Morten Søgaard Hans Bekkelund Roar Rise Brumunddal CC, Oslo
  Scotland Lockhart Steele Gavin Wiseman Tom McGregor Archibald Craig
  Sweden Anders Grahn Mats Nyberg Bo Söderström Bo-Göran Strömberg Sundsvalls CK, Sundsvall
  Switzerland Jürg Tanner Jean Pierre Morisetti Jürg Hornisberger Patrik Lörtscher Lausanne-Riviera CC
  United States Donald Barcome Jr. Dale Mueller Gary Mueller Earl Barcome Grand Forks CC, North Dakota

Round robin

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Place Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Wins Losses
1   United States * 10:7 8:5 7:3 8:4 8:12 9:3 8:7 9:4 9:6 8 1
2   Norway 7:10 * 9:8 5:7 7:5 7:8 10:5 10:9 7:2 11:1 6 3
3   Sweden 5:8 8:9 * 10:4 10:7 3:6 8:4 7:4 16:1 14:5 6 3
4   Canada 3:7 7:5 4:10 * 4:7 9:8 7:5 6:8 11:4 13:5 5 4
4   Switzerland 4:8 5:7 7:10 7:4 * 9:6 10:3 1:9 7:4 12:5 5 4
4   France 12:8 8:7 6:3 8:9 6:9 * 5:6 10:4 2:9 12:2 5 4
7   Scotland 3:9 5:10 4:8 5:7 3:10 6:5 * 7:4 8:6 12:4 4 5
8   Italy 7:8 9:10 4:7 8:6 9:1 4:10 4:7 * 7:6 11:7 4 5
9   Denmark 4:9 2:7 1:16 4:11 4:7 9:2 6:8 6:7 * 7:3 2 7
10   Germany 6:9 1:11 5:14 5:13 5:12 2:12 4:12 7:11 3:7 * 0 9
  Teams to playoffs
  Teams to tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

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Round 1 Round 2
  Switzerland 2
  Canada 7   Canada 4
  France 3

Playoffs

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Semifinal Gold Medal Game
      
1   United States 6
4   Canada 7
4   Canada 9
2   Sweden 5
2   Norway 5
3   Sweden 6

Final standings

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Place Team Games
played
Wins Losses
    Canada 13 9 4
    Sweden 11 7 4
    United States 10 8 2
4   Norway 10 6 4
5   Switzerland 10 5 5
6   France 10 5 5
7   Scotland 9 4 5
8   Italy 9 4 5
9   Denmark 9 2 7
10   Germany 9 0 9

Awards

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All-Star Team:

References

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  1. ^ "Canada, France rinks unbeaten". Montreal Gazette. March 2, 1977.
  2. ^