1979 World Junior Curling Championships

1979 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Dates	March 11–17
Men's winner	United States (1st title)
Skip	Donald Barcome Jr.
Third	Randy Darling
Second	Bobby Stalker
Lead	Earl Barcome
Finalist	Scotland (Andrew McQuistin)
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The 1979 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 11 to 17 at the Moose Jaw Civic Centre in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.^[1] The tournament only consisted of a men's event.^[2]

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Curling club
Canada	Darren Fish	Lorne Barker	Murray Ursulak	Randy Ursuliak
Denmark	Tommy Stjerne	Oluf Olsen	Steen Hansen	Peter Andersen	Hvidovre CC
France	Claude Feige	Gilles Marin-Pache	Gerard Ravello	Christophe Boan
West Germany	Roland Jentsch	Hans-Joachim Burba	Wolfgang Burba	Werner Kolb
Italy	Massimo Alvera	Franco Sovilla	Stefano Morona	Dennis Ghezze	Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Norway	Sjur Loen	Morten Skaug	Olav Saugstad	Tom Sørlundsengen	Brumunddal CC, Oslo
Scotland	Andrew McQuistin	Neale McQuistin	Hugh Aitken	Dick Adams
Sweden	Tony Eng	Sören Grahn	Lars Grengmark	Anders Svennerstedt	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Switzerland	Eric Rudolph	Manuel Guiger	Pasqual Bianchi	Tony Weil
United States	Donald Barcome Jr.	Randy Darling	Bobby Stalker	Earl Barcome	Grand Forks CC, North Dakota

Round robin

Place	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Wins	Losses
1	Canada	*	4:8	6:5	6:4	6:5	5:4	9:7	6:4	10:5	11:2	8	1
2	United States	8:4	*	7:3	5:6	6:5	9:3	6:7	6:3	7:5	10:2	7	2
3	Norway	5:6	3:7	*	8:7	6:4	4:6	5:2	9:6	7:5	8:4	6	3
4	Scotland	4:6	6:5	7:8	*	5:3	7:3	2:7	13:2	6:5	7:6	6	3
5	Switzerland	5:6	5:6	4:6	3:5	*	6:5	8:7	6:4	4:2	6:5	5	4
6	Denmark	4:5	3:9	6:4	3:7	5:6	*	4:2	6:4	11:5	9:4	5	4
7	Sweden	7:9	7:6	2:5	7:2	7:8	2:4	*	7:4	7:6	6:4	5	4
8	Italy	4:6	3:6	6:9	2:13	4:6	4:6	4:7	*	9:6	7:5	2	7
9	France	5:10	5:7	5:7	5:6	2:4	5:11	6:7	6:9	*	11:5	1	8
10	Germany	2:11	2:10	4:8	6:7	5:6	4:9	4:6	5:7	5:11	*	0	9

  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Gold Medal Game
	1	Canada	3
	4	Scotland	5
						1	Scotland	4
						3	United States	5
	2	United States	7
	3	Norway	4			Bronze medal game
						1	Canada	8
						3	Norway	4

Final standings

Place	Team	Games played	Wins	Losses
	United States	11	9	2
	Scotland	11	7	4
	Canada	11	9	2
4	Norway	11	6	5
5	Switzerland	9	5	4
6	Denmark	9	5	4
7	Sweden	9	5	4
8	Italy	9	2	7
9	France	9	1	8
10	Germany	9	0	9

Awards

• WJCC Sportsmanship Award: Andrew McQuistin

All-Star Team:

• Skip: Sjur Loen
• Third: Lorne Barker
• Second: Hugh Aitken
• Lead: Randy Ursuliak

References

1. "Tempo picking up for world junior final". Regina Leader-Post. March 19, 1979.
2. • Results from the World Curling Federation