1976 Air Canada Silver Broom

The 1976 Air Canada Silver Broom was held at the Memorial Auditorium in Duluth, Minnesota, United States from March 22–28, 1976.

1976 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host city	Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Arena	Memorial Auditorium
Dates	March 22–28, 1976
Winner	United States
Curling club	Hibbing CC, Minnesota
Skip	Bruce Roberts
Third	Joe Roberts
Second	Gary Kleffman
Lead	Jerry Scott
Finalist	Scotland
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Teams

Canada	Denmark	France	Germany	Italy
St. John's CC, St. John's, Newfoundland Skip: Jack MacDuff Third: Toby McDonald Second: Doug Hudson Lead: Ken Templeton	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Ole Larsen Third: Jørn Blach Second: Freddy Bartelsen Lead: Jørn Jørgensen	Mont d' Arbois CC, Megève Skip: André Tronc Third: Gerard Pasquier Second: Richard Duvillard Lead: Henri Woehrling	EC Bad Tölz, Bad Tölz Skip: Klaus Kanz Third: Manfred Rösgen Second: Manfred Schulze Lead: Adalbert Mayer	Cortina CC, Cortina d' Ampezzo Skip: Giuseppe Dal Molin Third: Andrea Pavani Second: Enea Pavani Lead: Leone Rezzadore
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Trondheim CC, Trondheim Skip: Kristian Sørum Third: Eigil Ramsfjell Second: Gunnar Meland Lead: Gunnar Sigstadsø	St. Martin's CC, Perth Skip: Bill Muirhead Third: Derek Scott Second: Len Dudman Lead: Roy Sinclair	Oden CK, Östersund Fourth: Kjell Edfalk Third: Roger Svanberg Skip: Bengt Cederwall* Lead: Mats Olofsson	Olten CC, Olten Skip: Adolf Aerni Third: Martin Sägesser Second: Martin Plüss Lead: Robert Stettler	Hibbing CC, Minnesota Skip: Bruce Roberts Third: Joe Roberts Second: Gary Kleffman Lead: Jerry Scott

*Throws second rocks.

Round-robin standings

Country	Skip	W	L
United States	Bruce Roberts	8	1
Switzerland	Adolf Aerni	7	2
Scotland	Bill Muirhead	6	3
Sweden	Bengt Cederwall	5	4
Italy	Giuseppe Dal Molin	5	4
Norway	Kristian Sørum	4	5
France	André Tronc	4	5
Germany	Klaus Kanz	3	6
Canada	Jack MacDuff	2	7
Denmark	Ole Larsen	1	8

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Cederwall)	0	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	X	9
Germany (Kanz)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Sørum)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	3
Canada (MacDuff)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Roberts)	2	0	0	6	0	4	1	0	2	X	15
France (Tronc)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	2
Switzerland (Aerni)	1	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Muirhead)	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	7
Denmark (Larsen)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Aerni)	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	9
Denmark (Larsen)	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Tronc)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Italy (Dal Molin)	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Cederwall)	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	5
Norway (Sørum)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Roberts)	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	10
Scotland (Muirhead)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kanz)	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	4
Canada (MacDuff)	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	X	8

Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Sørum)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5
Italy (Dal Molin)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Cederwall)	1	2	2	0	3	0	1	1	X	X	10
Denmark (Larsen)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kanz)	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	3	X	9
Scotland (Muirhead)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (MacDuff)	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	5
France (Tronc)	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Roberts)	2	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	X	10
Switzerland (Aerni)	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	X	5

Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Cederwall)	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	X	8
Canada (MacDuff)	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Sørum)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2
United States (Roberts)	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	4	X	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Tronc)	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	1	X	9
Denmark (Larsen)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kanz)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	2
Switzerland (Aerni)	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Scotland (Muirhead)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	5

Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kanz)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	2
France (Tronc)	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	3	X	12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (MacDuff)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	X	4
Italy (Dal Molin)	1	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Sørum)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	X	5
Switzerland (Aerni)	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	3	0	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Cederwall)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	X	5
Scotland (Muirhead)	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Roberts)	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	X	12
Denmark (Larsen)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	3

Draw 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (MacDuff)	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	5
United States (Roberts)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	2	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Aerni)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
Scotland (Muirhead)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kanz)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Italy (Dal Molin)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Sørum)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	9
Denmark (Larsen)	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Cederwall)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	7
France (Tronc)	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	8

Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Tronc)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	3
Scotland (Muirhead)	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	3	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	X	10
Denmark (Larsen)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Cederwall)	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	X	9
United States (Roberts)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (MacDuff)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Switzerland (Aerni)	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kanz)	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	5
Norway (Sørum)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	3

Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Roberts)	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	1	1	X	8
Italy (Dal Molin)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Sørum)	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	5
France (Tronc)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (MacDuff)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2
Scotland (Muirhead)	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kanz)	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	X	8
Denmark (Larsen)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Cederwall)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6
Switzerland (Aerni)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3

Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Sørum)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4
Scotland (Muirhead)	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kanz)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	3
United States (Roberts)	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	4	2	X	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Tronc)	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	7
Switzerland (Aerni)	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Cederwall)	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	6
Italy (Dal Molin)	0	0	0	3	4	0	2	0	0	1	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (MacDuff)	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	8
Denmark (Larsen)	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	10

Tie-breaker

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Cederwall)	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	X	8
Italy (Dal Molin)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	4

Playoffs

	Semi-final					Final
	1	United States	9
	4	Sweden	3
						1	United States	6
						2	Scotland	5
	2	Scotland	5
	3	Switzerland	3			Bronze Medal Match
						3	Switzerland
						4	Sweden

Semifinals

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Cederwall)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	3
United States (Roberts)	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	0	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Aerni)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Scotland (Muirhead)	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	5

Final

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Roberts)	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
Scotland (Muirhead)	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	5

1976 Air Canada Silver Broom
United States 3rd title

References

• "Air Canada Silver Broom 1976". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2010.

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