1976 World Junior Curling Championships

1976 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Aviemore, Scotland
Dates	February 22–27
Men's winner	Canada (1st title)
Skip	Paul Gowsell
Third	Neil Houston
Second	Glen Jackson
Lead	Kelly 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
	Canada	11	9	2
	Sweden	11	7	4
	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

• WJCC Sportsmanship Award:
  Massimo Alvera

All-Star Team:

• Skip: Robert Kelly
• Third: Ken Horton
• Second: Sjur Loen
• Lead: Kelly Stearne

References