1977 World Junior Curling Championships

1977 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada
Dates	February 27 – March 3
Men's winner	Canada (2nd title)
Skip	Bill Jenkins
Third	John Scales
Second	Sandy Stewart
Lead	Alan Mayhew
Finalist	Sweden (Anders Grahn)
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The 1977 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 27 to March 3 at Laval University in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada.^[1] The tournament only consisted of a men's event.^[2]

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Curling club
Canada	Bill Jenkins	John Scales	Sandy Stewart	Alan Mayhew
Denmark	Peter Sundberg	Lars Erik Sundberg	Holger Bo Nissen	Morten Andreasen
France	Claude Feige	Marc Sibuet	Gilles Marin-Pache	Yves Tronc	Mont d'Arbois CC, Megève
West Germany	Ralph Zimmerman	Florian Zimmerman	Pascal Piroue	Thomas Mueller-Stoy
Italy	Massimo Alvera	Franco Sovilla	Fabio Bovolenta	Stefano Morona	Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Norway	Sjur Loen	Morten Søgaard	Hans Bekkelund	Roar Rise	Brumunddal CC, Oslo
Scotland	Lockhart Steele	Gavin Wiseman	Tom McGregor	Archibald Craig
Sweden	Anders Grahn	Mats Nyberg	Bo Söderström	Bo-Göran Strömberg	Sundsvalls CK, Sundsvall
Switzerland	Jürg Tanner	Jean Pierre Morisetti	Jürg Hornisberger	Patrik Lörtscher	Lausanne-Riviera CC
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	United States	*	10:7	8:5	7:3	8:4	8:12	9:3	8:7	9:4	9:6	8	1
2	Norway	7:10	*	9:8	5:7	7:5	7:8	10:5	10:9	7:2	11:1	6	3
3	Sweden	5:8	8:9	*	10:4	10:7	3:6	8:4	7:4	16:1	14:5	6	3
4	Canada	3:7	7:5	4:10	*	4:7	9:8	7:5	6:8	11:4	13:5	5	4
4	Switzerland	4:8	5:7	7:10	7:4	*	9:6	10:3	1:9	7:4	12:5	5	4
4	France	12:8	8:7	6:3	8:9	6:9	*	5:6	10:4	2:9	12:2	5	4
7	Scotland	3:9	5:10	4:8	5:7	3:10	6:5	*	7:4	8:6	12:4	4	5
8	Italy	7:8	9:10	4:7	8:6	9:1	4:10	4:7	*	7:6	11:7	4	5
9	Denmark	4:9	2:7	1:16	4:11	4:7	9:2	6:8	6:7	*	7:3	2	7
10	Germany	6:9	1:11	5:14	5:13	5:12	2:12	4:12	7:11	3:7	*	0	9

  Teams to playoffs

  Teams to tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

	Round 1					Round 2
							Switzerland	2
		Canada	7				Canada	4
		France	3

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Gold Medal Game
	1	United States	6
	4	Canada	7
						4	Canada	9
						2	Sweden	5
	2	Norway	5
	3	Sweden	6

Final standings

Place	Team	Games played	Wins	Losses
	Canada	13	9	4
	Sweden	11	7	4
	United States	10	8	2
4	Norway	10	6	4
5	Switzerland	10	5	5
6	France	10	5	5
7	Scotland	9	4	5
8	Italy	9	4	5
9	Denmark	9	2	7
10	Germany	9	0	9

Awards

• WJCC Sportsmanship Award: Donald Barcome Jr.

All-Star Team:

• Skip: Donald Barcome Jr.
• Third: Mats Nyberg
• Second: Gary Mueller
• Lead: Roar Rise

References

1. "Canada, France rinks unbeaten". Montreal Gazette. March 2, 1977.
2. • Results from the World Curling Federation