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1978 World Junior Curling Championships

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1978 World Junior Curling Championships
Host cityGrindelwald, Switzerland
DatesMarch 10–17
Men's winner Canada (3rd title)
SkipPaul Gowsell
ThirdJohn Ferguson
SecondDouglas McFarlane
LeadKelly Stearne
Finalist Sweden (Thomas Håkansson)
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The 1978 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 10 to 17 in Grindelwald, Switzerland for men's teams only.[1]

Teams

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Country Skip Third Second Lead Curling club
 Canada Paul Gowsell John Ferguson Douglas McFarlane Kelly Stearne
 Denmark Tommy Stjerne Oluf Olsen Steen Hansen Peter Andersen Hvidovre CC
 France Yves Tronc Pascal Pagliano Christophe Boan André Jouvent
 West Germany Rainer Schöpp Wolfgang Artinger Norbert Petrasch Christoph Falk
 Italy Massimo Alvera Franco Sovilla Stefano Morona Dennis Ghezze Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo
 Norway Sjur Loen Morten Søgaard Roar Rise Tom Søgaard Brumunddal CC, Oslo
 Scotland Colin Hamilton Douglas Edwardson Trevor Dodds David Ramsay Carrington CC, Edinburgh
 Sweden Thomas Håkansson Per Lindeman Lars Lindgren Erik Björemo Karlstads CK, Karlstad
 Switzerland Felix Luchsinger Thomas Grendelmeier Danny Strelif Ueli Bernauer
 United States Jeff Tomlinson Ted Purvis Curtis Fish Marc McCartney

Round robin

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

Tiebreaker

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Team Final
 Norway 6
 United States 5

Playoffs

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Semifinal Gold Medal Game
      
1  Canada 4
4  Norway 3
1  Canada 4
2  Sweden 2
2  Scotland 4
3  Sweden 5

Final standings

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Place Team Games
played
Wins Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada 11 10 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden 11 7 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Scotland 10 8 2
4  Norway 11 6 5
5  United States 10 5 5
6  West Germany 9 4 5
7  Switzerland 9 4 5
8  Denmark 9 3 6
9  France 9 1 8
10  Italy 9 1 8

Awards

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All-Star Team:

References

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