1978 World Junior Curling Championships

1978 World Junior Curling Championships
1978 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Grindelwald, Switzerland
Dates	March 10–17
Men's winner	Canada (3rd title)
Skip	Paul Gowsell
Third	John Ferguson
Second	Douglas McFarlane
Lead	Kelly Stearne
Finalist	Sweden (Thomas Håkansson)
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The 1978 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 10 to 17 in Grindelwald, Switzerland for men's teams only.^[1]

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Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Curling club
Canada	Paul Gowsell	John Ferguson	Douglas McFarlane	Kelly Stearne
Denmark	Tommy Stjerne	Oluf Olsen	Steen Hansen	Peter Andersen	Hvidovre CC
France	Yves Tronc	Pascal Pagliano	Christophe Boan	André Jouvent
West Germany	Rainer Schöpp	Wolfgang Artinger	Norbert Petrasch	Christoph Falk
Italy	Massimo Alvera	Franco Sovilla	Stefano Morona	Dennis Ghezze	Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Norway	Sjur Loen	Morten Søgaard	Roar Rise	Tom Søgaard	Brumunddal CC, Oslo
Scotland	Colin Hamilton	Douglas Edwardson	Trevor Dodds	David Ramsay	Carrington CC, Edinburgh
Sweden	Thomas Håkansson	Per Lindeman	Lars Lindgren	Erik Björemo	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Switzerland	Felix Luchsinger	Thomas Grendelmeier	Danny Strelif	Ueli Bernauer
United States	Jeff Tomlinson	Ted Purvis	Curtis Fish	Marc McCartney

Place	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Wins	Losses
1	Canada	*	8:5	3:5	7:5	6:5	8:4	7:4	6:4	9:4	6:2	8	1
2	Scotland	5:8	*	7:2	6:4	8:2	6:4	5:4	7:5	6:5	4:3	8	1
3	Sweden	5:3	2:7	*	4:8	3:4	7:5	8:6	7:5	5:4	8:2	6	3
4	Norway	5:7	4:6	8:4	*	8:6	3:2	4:7	7:4	9:3	12:2	5	4
4	United States	5:6	2:8	4:3	6:8	*	7:3	5:6	8:7	4:3	5:3	5	4
6	West Germany	4:8	4:6	5:7	2:3	3:7	*	8:7	6:5	9:5	8:4	4	5
7	Switzerland	4:7	4:5	6:8	7:4	6:5	7:8	*	7:6	13:3	5:6	4	5
8	Denmark	4:6	5:7	5:7	4:7	7:8	5:6	6:7	*	8:5	7:6	3	6
9	France	4:9	5:6	4:5	3:9	3:4	5:9	3:13	5:8	*	7:3	1	8
10	Italy	2:6	3:4	2:8	2:12	3:5	4:8	6:5	6:7	3:7	*	1	8

Place	Team	Games played	Wins	Losses
	Canada	11	10	1
	Sweden	11	7	4
	Scotland	10	8	2
4	Norway	11	6	5
5	United States	10	5	5
6	West Germany	9	4	5
7	Switzerland	9	4	5
8	Denmark	9	3	6
9	France	9	1	8
10	Italy	9	1	8

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