1997 World Junior Curling Championships

1997 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Karuizawa, Japan
Dates	March 22–30, 1997
Men's winner	Switzerland
Skip	Ralph Stöckli
Third
Second	Pascal Sieber
Lead
Alternate
Finalist	Finland (Perttu Piilo)
Women's winner	Scotland
Skip
Third
Second
Lead	Lynn Cameron
Alternate
Coach	Peter Loudon
Finalist	Sweden (Margaretha Sigfridsson)
« 1996 1998 »

The 1997 Coca-Cola World Junior Curling Championships were held in Karuizawa, Japan March 22–30.

Men's[]

Country	Skip	Wins	Losses
Canada		7	2
Finland	Perttu Piilo	7	2
Japan	Makoto Tsuruga	6	3
Switzerland	Ralph Stöckli	5	4
Denmark	Joel Ostrowski	5	4
Germany	Sebastian Stock	4	5
Scotland	Ricky Tasker	4	5
Sweden		4	5
United States		3	6
Norway		0	9

Tiebreaker[]

•   Switzerland 3-2  Denmark

Playoffs[]

	Semi-final					Final
	1	Canada	4
	4	Switzerland	5
						4	Switzerland	5
						2	Finland	3
	2	Finland	5
	3	Japan	3			Bronze medal
						1	Canada	9
						3	Japan	6

Women's[]

Country	Skip	Wins	Losses
Sweden	Margaretha Sigfridsson	8	1
Canada	Meredith Doyle	8	1
Scotland		7	2
United States		7	2
Japan	Akiko Katoh	5	4
Denmark		3	6
Switzerland		3	6
Germany	Natalie Nessler	2	7
France		2	7
Norway	Linn Githmark	0	9

Playoffs[]

	Semi-final					Final
	1	Sweden	7
	4	United States	6
						1	Sweden	3
						3	Scotland	11
	2	Canada	5
	3	Scotland	6			Bronze medal
						4	United States	2
						2	Canada	5

Sources[]

• Men's results from the World Curling Federation
• Women's results from the World Curling Federation