1978 World Junior Curling Championships

1978 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Grindelwald, Switzerland
Dates	March 10–17
Men's winner	Canada (3rd title)
Skip	Paul Gowsell
Third	John Ferguson
Second
Lead	Kelly Stearne
Finalist	Sweden (Thomas Håkansson)
« 1977 1979 »

The 1978 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 10 to 17 in Grindelwald, Switzerland for men's teams only.^[1]

Teams[]

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

Round robin[]

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[]

Team	Final
Norway	6
United States	5

Playoffs[]

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

Final standings[]

Place	Team	Games played	Wins	Losses
	Canada	11	10	1
	Sweden	11	7	4
	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[]

• WJCC Sportsmanship Award: Colin Hamilton

All-Star Team:

• Skip: Paul Gowsell
• Third:
• Second:
• Lead:

References[]