1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship

The 1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship also known as the Women's World Invitational Curling Championship or The Royal Bank Ladies World Curling Championship was the first ever women's world championship. It was held at the Perth Ice Rink in Perth, Scotland from 17 March to 23 March 1979.

1979 World Women's Curling Championships
Host city	Perth, Scotland
Arena	Perth Ice Rink
Dates	17–23 March 1979
Winner	Switzerland
Curling club	Basel-Albeina CC
Skip	Gaby Casanova
Third	Betty Bourquin
Second	Linda Thommen
Lead	Rosi Manger
Finalist	Sweden (Birgitta Törn)
« none 1980 »

Canada and the USA joined the nine teams that played in the 1978 European Curling Championships. The Championship was won by Switzerland, who beat Sweden 13-5 in the final.

The event was billed as the women's world championship, but was not sanctioned by the International Curling Federation at the time.

Teams

Canada	Denmark	England	France
North Shore WC, North Vancouver Skip: Lindsay Sparkes Third: Dawn Knowles Second: Robin Wilson Lead: Lorraine Anne Bowles	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Iben Larsen Third: Astrid Birnbaum Second: Marianne Jørgensen Lead: Helena Blach	Glendale CC, Northumberland Skip: Janette Forrest Third: Enid Logan Second: Mary Aitchison Lead: Dorothy Shell	Megève CC, Megève Fourth: Erna Gay Skip: Paulette Delachat Second: Suzanne Parodi Lead: Huguette Jullien
West Germany	Italy	Norway	Scotland
CC Schwenningen, Schwenningen Skip: Susi Kiesel Third: Gisela Lunz Second: Heidi Schapman Lead: Trudi Benzing	Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Nella Alvera Third: Paola Zardini Second: Lidia Cavallini Lead: Loredana Da Giau	Asker CC, Oslo Skip: Ellen Githmark Third: Eli Kolstad Second: Kirsten Vaule Lead: Ingvill Githmark	Ayr CC, Ayr Skip: Beth Lindsay Third: Ann McKellar Second: Jeanette Johnston Lead: May Taylor
Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Amatörföreningens CK, Stockholm Skip: Birgitta Törn Third: Katarina Hultling Second: Susanne Gynning-Ödling Lead: Gunilla Bergman	Basel-Albeina CC, Basel Skip: Gaby Casanova Third: Betty Bourquin Second: Linda Thommen Lead: Rosi Manger	Granidears CC, Seattle Skip: Nancy Langley Third: Dolores Wallace Second: Leslie Frosch Lead: Nancy Wallace

Round-robin standings

Country	Skip	W	L
Sweden	Birgitta Törn	8	2
Canada	Lindsay Sparkes	7	3
Switzerland	Gaby Casanova	7	3
Scotland	Beth Lindsay	7	3
France	Paulette Delachat	7	3
United States	Nancy Langley	7	3
Denmark	Iben Larsen	4	6
West Germany	Susi Kiesel	4	6
Norway	Ellen Githmark	3	7
Italy	Nella Alvera	1	9
England	Janette Forrest	0	10

Results

Draw 1

Sheet A	Final
Norway (Githmark)	5
West Germany (Kiesel)	17

Sheet B	Final
England (Forrest)	3
Scotland (Lindsay)	16

Sheet C	Final
France (Delachat)	3
Canada (Sparkes)	11

Sheet D	Final
United States (Langley)	6
Denmark (Larsen)	5

Sheet E	Final
Switzerland (Casanova)	18
Italy (Alvera)	1

Draw 2

Sheet A	Final
United States (Langley)	10
Italy (Alvera)	9

Sheet B	Final
France (Delachat)	8
Sweden (Törn)	10

Sheet C	Final
England (Forrest)	7
Denmark (Larsen)	8

Sheet D	Final
Switzerland (Casanova)	9
West Germany (Kiesel)	6

Sheet E	Final
Scotland (Lindsay)	13
Norway (Githmark)	8

Draw 3

Sheet A	Final
France (Delachat)	10
Switzerland (Casanova)	5

Sheet B	Final
United States (Langley)	8
England (Forrest)	6

Sheet C	Final
Sweden (Törn)	8
Scotland (Lindsay)	5

Sheet D	Final
Denmark (Larsen)	9
Norway (Githmark)	5

Sheet E [1]	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Sparkes)	3	0	4	1	2	1	1	0	X	X	12
West Germany (Kiesel)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	2

Draw 4

Sheet A [2]	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Törn)	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	X	9
Canada (Sparkes)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet B	Final
Scotland (Lindsay)	11
Denmark (Larsen)	2

Sheet C	Final
England (Forrest)	2
Italy (Alvera)	11

Sheet D	Final
United States (Langley)	9
West Germany (Kiesel)	8

Sheet E	Final
France (Delachat)	9
Norway (Githmark)	4

Draw 5

Sheet A	Final
England (Forrest)	6
West Germany (Kiesel)	14

Sheet B [3]	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Sparkes)	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	4	1	12
Switzerland (Casanova)	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	5

Sheet C	Final
Sweden (Törn)	7
Norway (Githmark)	3

Sheet D	Final
France (Delachat)	7
Denmark (Larsen)	5

Sheet E	Final
Scotland (Lindsay)	13
Italy (Alvera)	2

Draw 6

Sheet A [4]	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Sparkes)	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	5
Norway (Githmark)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	7

Sheet B	Final
United States (Langley)	9
France (Delachat)	8

Sheet C	Final
Denmark (Larsen)	7
Italy (Alvera)	6

Sheet D	Final
Scotland (Lindsay)	15
West Germany (Kiesel)	6

Sheet E	Final
Sweden (Törn)	10
Switzerland (Casanova)	6

Draw 7

Sheet A	Final
United States (Langley)	9
Sweden (Törn)	6

Sheet B	Final
Denmark (Larsen)	9
West Germany (Kiesel)	7

Sheet C	Final
Scotland (Lindsay)	4
Switzerland (Casanova)	7

Sheet D [5]	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Sparkes)	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	10
Italy (Alvera)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	6

Sheet E	Final
France (Delachat)	13
England (Forrest)	11

Draw 8

Sheet A	Final
Italy (Alvera)	2
West Germany (Kiesel)	10

Sheet B	Final
England (Forrest)	3
Sweden (Törn)	10

Sheet C [6]	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Sparkes)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	3
United States (Langley)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	1

Sheet D	Final
Switzerland (Casanova)	9
Norway (Githmark)	7

Sheet E	Final
France (Delachat)	10
Scotland (Lindsay)	5

Draw 9

Sheet A [7]	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Sparkes)	1	2	2	3	0	1	3	0	X	X	12
Denmark (Larsen)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	2

Sheet B	Final
United States (Langley)	5
Switzerland (Casanova)	11

Sheet C	Final
France (Delachat)	14
West Germany (Kiesel)	3

Sheet D	Final
Sweden (Törn)	11
Italy (Alvera)	3

Sheet E	Final
England (Forrest)	6
Norway (Githmark))	10

Draw 10

Sheet A	Final
United States (Langley)	6
Norway (Githmark))	2

Sheet B	Final
France (Delachat)	11
Italy (Alvera)	4

Sheet C	Final
England (Forrest)	2
Switzerland (Casanova)	11

Sheet D [8]	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Lindsay)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	7
Canada (Sparkes)	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	6

Sheet E	Final
Sweden (Törn)	11
Denmark (Larsen)	4

Draw 11

Sheet A	Final
Sweden (Törn)	9
West Germany (Kiesel)	11

Sheet B	Final
United States (Langley)	4
Scotland (Lindsay)	6

Sheet C	Final
Italy (Alvera)	3
Norway (Githmark)	11

Sheet D	Final
Denmark (Larsen)	5
Switzerland (Casanova)	10

Sheet E [9]	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
England (Forrest)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	2
Canada (Sparkes)	2	0	3	2	1	2	0	1	3	X	13

Tiebreakers

Sheet A	Final
Scotland (Lindsay)	6
United States (Langley)	4

Sheet B	Final
Switzerland (Casanova)	8
France (Delachat)	5

Playoffs

	Semi-final					Final
	1	Sweden	7
	4	Scotland	5
						1	Sweden	5
						3	Switzerland	13
	3	Switzerland	6
	2	Canada	3

Semifinals

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Törn)	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	X	7
Scotland (Lindsay)	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Sparkes)	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	3
Switzerland (Casanova)	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	X	6

Final

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Törn)	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	5
Switzerland (Casanova)	0	0	3	2	0	4	0	4	X	X	13

1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship winner
Switzerland 1st title