1981 Air Canada Silver Broom

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1981 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host cityLondon, Ontario, Canada
Arena
DatesMarch 23–29, 1981
Winner  Switzerland
Curling clubLausanne-Riviera CC
SkipJürg Tanner
ThirdJürg Hornisberger
SecondPatrik Lörtscher
LeadFranz Tanner
Finalist United States (Bud Somerville)
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The 1981 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from at the in London, Ontario, Canada.

Teams[]

 Canada  Denmark  France  Germany  Italy
Assiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Skip: Kerry Burtnyk
Third: Mark Olson
Second: Jim Spencer
Lead: Ron Kammerlock

Hvidovre CC

Skip: Tommy Stjerne
Third: Oluf Olsen
Second: Steen Hansen
Lead: Peter Andersen

Megève CC, Megève

Fourth: Gerard Ravello
Third:
Second:
Skip:

CC Schwenningen

Skip: Keith Wendorf
Third: Hans Dieter Kiesel
Second:
Lead: Heiner Martin

Tofane CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo

Fourth: Andrea Pavani
Skip:
Second:
Lead:

 Norway  Scotland  Sweden   Switzerland  United States
Bygdøy CC, Oslo

Skip: Kristian Sørum
Third: Eigil Ramsfjell
Second: Gunnar Meland
Lead: Dagfinn Loen

Carrington CC, Edinburgh

Skip: Colin Hamilton
Third:
Second:
Lead:

Härnösands CK

Skip: Jan Ullsten
Third: Anders Thidholm
Second: Anders Nilsson
Lead: Hans Söderström

Lausanne-Riviera CC

Skip: Jürg Tanner
Third: Jürg Hornisberger
Second: Patrik Lörtscher
Lead: Franz Tanner

Superior CC, Wisconsin

Fourth: Bob Nichols
Skip: Bud Somerville
Second: Bob Christman
Lead: Bob Buchanan

Round robin standings[]

Country Skip W L
 Canada Kerry Burtnyk 8 1
 Norway Kristian Sørum 7 2
 United States Bud Somerville 6 3
  Switzerland Jürg Tanner 6 3
 Sweden Jan Ullsten 5 4
 Scotland Colin Hamilton 5 4
 Italy 3 6
 Denmark Tommy Stjerne 2 7
 Germany Keith Wendorf 2 7
 France 1 8

Round robin results[]

Draw 1[]

Team Final
  Switzerland (Tanner) 9
 France (Alazet) 4
Team Final
 Norway (Sørum) 7
 Scotland (Hamilton) 3
Team Final
 Canada (Burtnyk) 11
 Germany (Wendorf) 2
Team Final
 Sweden (Ullsten) 6
 Italy (Dal Molin) 8
Team Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 4
 United States (Nichols) 8

Draw 2[]

Team Final
 Scotland (Hamilton) 7
 Sweden (Ullsten) 10
Team Final
 Germany (Wendorf) 4
 Denmark (Stjerne) 6
Team Final
 Italy (Dal Molin) 5
  Switzerland (Tanner) 7
Team Final
 United States (Somerville) 4
 Norway (Sørum) 6
Team Final
 Canada (Burtnyk) 13
 France (Alazet) 3

Draw 3[]

Team Final
 Norway (Sørum) 11
 Germany (Wendorf) 3
Team Final
 Canada (Burtnyk) 8
 Italy (Dal Molin) 2
Team Final
 Sweden (Ullsten) 5
 United States (Somerville) 7
Team Final
 France (Alazet) 3
 Denmark (Stjerne) 11
Team Final
 Scotland (Hamilton) 6
  Switzerland (Tanner) 4

Draw 4[]

Team Final
 United States (Somerville) 4
 Canada (Burtnyk) 5
Team Final
 France (Alazet) 4
 Sweden (Ullsten) 17
Team Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 6
 Scotland (Hamilton) 7
Team Final
  Switzerland (Tanner) 7
 Germany (Wendorf) 4
Team Final
 Norway (Sørum) 7
 Italy (Dal Molin) 4

Draw 5[]

Team Final
 Germany (Wendorf) 10
 Italy (Dal Molin) 4
Team Final
 United States (Somerville) 6
  Switzerland (Tanner) 5
Team Final
 Norway (Sørum) 5
 Canada (Burtnyk) 7
Team Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 2
 Sweden (Ullsten) 9
Team Final
 France (Alazet) 3
 Scotland (Hamilton) 15

Draw 6[]

Team Final
 Canada (Burtnyk) 9
 Scotland (Hamilton) 5
Team Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 3
 Norway (Sørum) 5
Team Final
  Switzerland (Tanner) 9
 Sweden (Ullsten) 6
Team Final
 Italy (Dal Molin) 8
 France (Alazet) 5
Team Final
 United States (Somerville) 5
 Germany (Wendorf) 7

Draw 7[]

Team Final
 Sweden (Ullsten) 6
 Norway (Sørum) 7
Team Final
  Switzerland (Tanner) 3
 Canada (Burtnyk) 8
Team Final
 Germany (Wendorf) 5
 France (Alazet) 6
Team Final
 Scotland (Hamilton) 4
 United States (Somerville) 7
Team Final
 Italy (Dal Molin) 6
 Denmark (Stjerne) 5

Draw 8[]

Team Final
 France (Alazet) 2
 United States (Somerville) 8
Team Final
 Sweden (Ullsten) 10
 Germany (Wendorf) 2
Team Final
 Scotland (Hamilton) 5
 Italy (Dal Molin) 4
Team Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 3
 Canada (Burtnyk) 7
Team Final
  Switzerland (Tanner) 7
 Norway (Sørum) 4

Draw 9[]

Team Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 3
  Switzerland (Tanner) 9
Team Final
 Italy (Dal Molin) 4
 United States (Somerville) 6
Team Final
 France (Alazet) 4
 Norway (Sørum) 12
Team Final
 Germany (Wendorf) 5
 Scotland (Hamilton) 6
Team Final
 Sweden (Ullsten) 9
 Canada (Burtnyk) 5

Playoffs[]

Semifinals Final
      
1  Canada 4
4   Switzerland 7
4   Switzerland 2
2  United States 1
2  Norway 4
3  United States 7

Semifinals[]

Team Final
 Norway (Sørum) 4
 United States (Somerville) 7
Team Final
 Canada (Burtnyk) 4
  Switzerland (Tanner) 7

Final[]

Team Final
  Switzerland (Tanner) 2
 United States (Somerville) 1
1981 Air Canada Silver Broom
Switzerland
Switzerland
2nd title

External links[]

  • "1981 Air Canada Silver Broom". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29.
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