1978 Air Canada Silver Broom

The 1978 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from March 27 to April 2 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1978 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host city	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Dates	March 27 – April 2, 1978
Winner	United States
Curling club	Superior CC, Wisconsin
Skip	Bob Nichols
Third	Bill Strum
Second	Tom Locken
Lead	Bob Christman
Finalist	Norway (Kristian Sørum)
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Teams

Canada	Denmark	France	Germany	Italy
Medicine Hat CC, Medicine Hat, Alberta Fourth: Ed Lukowich Skip: Mike Chernoff Second: Dale Johnston Lead: Ron Schindle	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Arvid Petersen Third: Arne Pedersen Second: John Christiansen Lead: Erik Kelnaes	Mont d'Arbois CC, Megève Skip: Pierre Boan Third: Pierre Duclos Second: Honore Brangi Lead: Jean-Claude Gachet	Munchener EV, Munich Skip: Keith Wendorf Third: Balint von Bery Second: Sascha Fischer-Weppler Lead: Heino von L'Estocq	66 CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Leone Rezzadore Third: Roberto Zangara Second: Franco Caldara Lead: Roberto Bocus
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Trondheim CC Skip: Kristian Sørum Third: Morten Sørum Second: Eigil Ramsfjell Lead: Gunnar Meland	Oxenfoord CC, Edinburgh Skip: James Sanderson Third: Iain Baxter Second: Willie Sanderson Lead: Colin Baxter	Djursholms CK, Stockholm Skip: Tom Schaeffer Third: Svante Ödman Second: Fred Ridderstad Lead: Claes-Göran Carlman	Bern-Zähringer CC, Bern Skip: Fred Collioud Third: Roland Schneider Second: René Collioud Lead: Kurt Schneider	Superior CC, Wisconsin Skip: Bob Nichols Third: Bill Strum Second: Tom Locken Lead: Bob Christman

Round-robin standings

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Mike Chernoff	7	2
United States	Bob Nichols	7	2
Sweden	Tom Schaeffer	6	3
Norway	Kristian Sørum	5	4
Scotland	James Sanderson	5	4
Germany	Keith Wendorf	4	5
France	Pierre Boan	3	6
Italy	Leone Rezzadore	3	6
Switzerland	Fred Collioud	3	6
Denmark	Arvid Petersen	2	7

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Team	Final
Canada (Chernoff)	14
Norway (Sørum)	3

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	8
France (Boan)	4

Team	Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)	10
Switzerland (Collioud)	4

Team	Final
United States (Nichols)	5
Scotland (Sanderson)	4

Team	Final
Italy (Rezzadore)	9
Denmark (Petersen)	4

Draw 2

Team	Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)	8
Denmark (Petersen)	3

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	3
United States (Nichols)	9

Team	Final
France (Boan)	6
Italy (Rezzadore)	5

Team	Final
Switzerland (Collioud)	6
Canada (Chernoff)	3

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	4
Germany (Wendorf)	7

Draw 3

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	5
Italy (Rezzadore)	3

Team	Final
Denmark (Petersen)	5
Canada (Chernoff)	11

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	6
Norway (Sørum)	7

Team	Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)	11
France (Boan)	4

Team	Final
United States (Nichols)	5
Switzerland (Collioud)	4

Draw 4

Team	Final
United States (Nichols)	7
France (Boan)	5

Team	Final
Italy (Rezzadore)	8
Switzerland (Collioud)	3

Team	Final
Canada (Chernoff)	4
Scotland (Sanderson)	6

Team	Final
Denmark (Petersen)	7
Germany (Wendorf)	5

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	7
Sweden (Schaeffer)	8

Draw 5

Team	Final
Denmark (Petersen)	5
Scotland (Sanderson)	8

Team	Final
Canada (Chernoff)	9
Germany (Wendorf)	3

Team	Final
United States (Nichols)	7
Sweden (Schaeffer)	9

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	11
Italy (Rezzadore)	3

Team	Final
Switzerland (Collioud)	8
France (Boan)	7

Draw 6

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	9
Switzerland (Collioud)	6

Team	Final
France (Boan)	5
Denmark (Petersen)	7

Team	Final
Italy (Rezzadore)	3
Germany (Wendorf)	12

Team	Final
Canada (Chernoff)	8
United States (Nichols)	6

Team	Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)	4
Scotland (Sanderson)	10

Draw 7

Team	Final
France (Boan)	6
Canada (Chernoff)	8

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	6
Norway (Sørum)	7

Team	Final
Switzerland (Collioud)	7
Denmark (Petersen)	5

Team	Final
Italy (Rezzadore)	5
Sweden (Schaeffer)	3

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	4
United States (Nichols)	7

Draw 8

Team	Final
Italy (Rezzadore)	3
United States (Nichols)	5

Team	Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)	5
Canada (Chernoff)	8

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	2
France (Boan)	6

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	7
Switzerland (Collioud)	2

Team	Final
Denmark (Petersen)	3
Norway (Sørum)	8

Draw 9

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	3
Sweden (Schaeffer)	8

Team	Final
Switzerland (Collioud)	3
Scotland (Sanderson)	10

Team	Final
Denmark (Petersen)	4
United States (Nichols)	6

Team	Final
France (Boan)	5
Norway (Sørum)	4

Team	Final
Canada (Chernoff)	9
Italy (Rezzadore)	2

Tiebreaker

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	4
Scotland (Sanderson)	1

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Canada	2
	4	Norway	6
						4	Norway	4
						2	United States	6
	2	United States	6
	3	Sweden	5

Semifinals

Team	Final
Canada (Chernoff)	2
Norway (Sørum)	6

Team	Final
United States (Nichols)	6
Sweden (Schaeffer)	5

Final

Team	Final
United States (Nichols)	6
Norway (Sørum)	4

1978 Air Canada Silver Broom
United States 4th title

External links

• Results from the World Curling Federation