1975 World Junior Curling Championships

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1975 World Junior Curling Championships
Host cityEast York, Ontario, Canada
DatesFebruary 25 – March 1
Men's winner Sweden (1st title)
Curling clubSundsvalls CK, Sundsvall
SkipJan Ullsten
ThirdMats Nyberg
SecondAnders Grahn
LeadBo Söderström
Finalist Canada (Robb King)
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The 1975 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 25 to March 1 at the East York Curling Club in East York, Ontario, Canada.[1] The tournament only consisted of a men's event.[2]

Teams[edit]

Country Skip Third Second Lead Curling club
 Canada Robb King Brad Hannah Bill Fowlis Chris King
 France Claude Feige Jean-Louis Sibuet Christian Marin-Pache Marc Sibuet Mont d'Arbois CC, Megève
 West Germany Hans Dieter Kiesel Rainer Schöpp Peter Lessinger Roland Liedtke
 Italy Massimo Alvera Antonio Colli Marco Lorenzi Fabio Bovolenta Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo
 Norway Morten Sørum Bjørn Skutbergaveen Hans Bekkelund Dagfinn Loen Brumunddal CC, Oslo
 Scotland Peter J. D. Wilson Andrew McQuistin Neale McQuistin John Sharp Limeline CC, Stranraer
 Sweden Jan Ullsten Mats Nyberg Anders Grahn Bo Söderström Sundsvalls CK, Sundsvall
 Switzerland René Geisser Peter Bösch Nick Gartermann Felix Trueb
 United States Steve Penencello Rick Novak Ben Gardeski Ken Baher

Round robin[edit]

Place Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Wins Losses
1  Canada * 8:4 6:3 8:3 5:3 12:4 4:3 12:5 12:2 8 0
2  Sweden 4:8 * 8:7 6:2 6:7 10:3 9:3 14:4 15:9 6 2
3  Scotland 3:6 7:8 * 7:5 8:6 5:10 8:4 10:8 10:7 5 3
4  Norway 3:8 2:6 5:7 * 5:4 4:3 8:3 7:5 11:3 5 3
5  United States 3:5 7:6 6:8 4:5 * 10:5 15:7 11:1 12:2 5 3
6  Switzerland 4:12 3:10 10:5 3:4 5:10 * 7:6 4:7 10:7 3 5
7  West Germany 3:4 3:9 4:8 3:8 7:15 6:7 * 18:7 10:5 2 6
8  France 5:12 4:14 8:10 5:7 1:11 7:4 7:18 * 12:4 2 6
9  Italy 2:12 9:15 7:10 3:11 2:12 7:10 5:10 4:12 * 0 8
  Team to final
  Teams to semifinal

Playoffs[edit]

Semifinal Gold Medal Game
1  Canada 6
2  Sweden 9  Sweden 8
3  Scotland 8

Final standings[edit]

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

Awards[edit]

All-Star Team:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CTV covers junior curling". Victoria Times Colonist. April 4, 1975.
  2. ^