1998 World Junior Curling Championships

1998 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Arena	Thunder Bay Tournament Centre
Dates	March 21–29, 1998
Men's winner	Canada
Skip	John Morris
Third	Craig Savill
Second
Lead	Brent Laing
Alternate	Brad Gushue
Coach	Earle Morris
Finalist	Scotland ()
Women's winner	Canada
Skip	Melissa McClure
Third
Second
Lead
Alternate
Finalist	Japan (Akiko Katoh)
« 1997 1999 »

1998 World Junior Men's Championship banner (left) awarded to Team Canada.

The 1998 STAR CHOICE World Junior Curling Championships were held in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada March 21–29.

Men's[]

Country	Skip	Wins	Losses
Canada	John Morris	9	0
Germany	Sebastian Stock	6	3
Scotland		6	3
Switzerland	Ralph Stöckli	6	3
Japan	Makoto Tsuruga	5	4
Sweden		5	4
United States		5	4
England		2	7
Denmark	Kasper Wiksten	1	8
Finland	Juha Pekaristo	0	9

Playoffs[]

	Semi-final					Final
	1	Canada	9
	4	Switzerland	3
						1	Canada	5
						3	Scotland	3
	2	Germany	4
	3	Scotland	9			Bronze medal
						2	Germany	4
						4	Switzerland	6

Women's[]

Country	Skip	Wins	Losses
Japan	Akiko Katoh	8	1
Canada	Melissa McClure	7	2
Scotland		6	3
Sweden		5	4
United States		5	4
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	4	5
France		4	5
Norway	Marianne Rørvik	3	6
Germany	Katja Weisser	2	7
Denmark		0	9

Tiebreaker[]

•  Sweden 11-2  United States

Playoffs[]

	Semi-final					Final
	1	Japan	8
	4	Sweden	7
						1	Japan	3
						2	Canada	11
	2	Canada	6
	3	Scotland	4			Bronze medal
						3	Scotland	5
						4	Sweden	6

Sources[]

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