1976 World Junior Curling Championships

1976 World Junior Curling Championships
Host cityAviemore, Scotland
DatesFebruary 22–27
Men's winner Canada (1st title)
SkipPaul Gowsell
ThirdNeil Houston
SecondGlen Jackson
LeadKelly Stearne
Finalist Sweden (Jan Ullsten)
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The 1976 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 22 to 27 in Aviemore, Scotland. The tournament only consisted of a men's event.[1]

Teams

Country Skip Third Second Lead Curling club
 Canada Paul Gowsell Neil Houston Glen Jackson Kelly Stearne William Aberhart HS, Calgary[2]
 Denmark Tommy Stjerne Oluf Olsen Peter Andersen Steen Hansen Hvidovre CC
 France Claude Feige Jean-Louis Sibuet Christian Marin-Pache Marc Sibuet Mont d'Arbois CC, Megève
 West Germany Hans Dieter Kiesel Rainer Schöpp Wolfgang Artinger Norbert Petrasch
 Italy Massimo Alvera Franco Sovilla Fabio Bovolenta Marco Lorenzi Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo
 Norway Sjur Loen Morten Søgaard Hans Bekkelund Roar Rise Brumunddal CC, Oslo
 Scotland Robert Kelly Ken Horton Willie Jamieson Keith Douglas Carmunnock & Rutherglen CC, Glasgow
 Sweden Jan Ullsten Mats Nyberg Anders Grahn Bo Söderström Sundsvalls CK, Sundsvall
 Switzerland Jean-Claude Stettler Marcel Ruefli Hans Peter Ringli Christoph Stiep
 United States Donald Barcome Jr. Dale Mueller Gary Mueller Earl Barcome Grand Forks CC, North Dakota

Round robin

Place Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Wins Losses
1  Norway * 5:3 4:3 5:4 2:4 7:5 5:9 14:7 8:4 10:2 7 2
2  Scotland 3:5 * 8:4 5:9 5:4 6:3 8:5 11:4 8:4 7:4 7 2
3  Canada 3:4 4:8 * 6:3 9:1 9:4 6:2 8:1 8:4 9:2 7 2
4  Sweden 4:5 9:5 3:6 * 7:3 1:7 9:2 7:6 11:3 7:3 6 3
5  France 4:2 4:5 1:9 3:7 * 7:5 10:8 4:5 9:5 8:7 5 4
6  United States 5:7 3:6 4:9 7:1 5:7 * 5:2 7:5 9:3 6:5 5 4
7  Germany 9:5 5:8 2:6 2:9 8:10 2:5 * 11:2 7:4 7:4 4 5
8  Switzerland 7:14 4:11 1:8 6:7 5:4 5:7 2:11 * 7:3 9:5 3 6
9  Denmark 4:8 4:8 4:8 3:11 5:9 3:9 4:7 3:7 * 11:3 1 8
10  Italy 2:10 4:7 2:9 3:7 7:8 5:6 4:7 5:9 3:11 * 0 9
  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

Semifinal Gold Medal Game
      
1  Norway 2
4  Sweden 8
4  Sweden 9
3  Canada 4
2  Scotland 3
3  Canada 10

Final standings

Place Team Games
played 		Wins Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada 11 9 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden 11 7 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Norway 10 7 3
4  Scotland 10 7 3
5  France 9 5 4
6  United States 9 5 4
7  Germany 9 4 5
8  Switzerland 9 3 6
9  Denmark 9 1 8
10  Italy 9 0 9

Awards

All-Star Team:

References

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  2. ^ "Alberta schoolboy champs". Ottawa Journal. 15 March 1975.