1975 World Junior Curling Championships

The 1975 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 25 to March 1 at the East York Curling Club in East York, Ontario, Canada.[1] The tournament only consisted of a men's event.[2]

1975 World Junior Curling Championships
Host cityEast York, Ontario, Canada
DatesFebruary 25 – March 1
Men's winner Sweden (1st title)
Curling clubSundsvalls CK, Sundsvall
SkipJan Ullsten
ThirdMats Nyberg
SecondAnders Grahn
LeadBo Söderström
Finalist Canada (Robb King)
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Teams

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Country Skip Third Second Lead Curling club
  Canada Robb King Brad Hannah Bill Fowlis Chris King
  France Claude Feige Jean-Louis Sibuet Christian Marin-Pache Marc Sibuet Mont d'Arbois CC, Megève
  West Germany Hans Dieter Kiesel Rainer Schöpp Peter Lessinger Roland Liedtke
  Italy Massimo Alvera Antonio Colli Marco Lorenzi Fabio Bovolenta Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo
  Norway Morten Sørum Bjørn Skutbergaveen Hans Bekkelund Dagfinn Loen Brumunddal CC, Oslo
  Scotland Peter J. D. Wilson Andrew McQuistin Neale McQuistin John Sharp Limeline CC, Stranraer
  Sweden Jan Ullsten Mats Nyberg Anders Grahn Bo Söderström Sundsvalls CK, Sundsvall
  Switzerland René Geisser Peter Bösch Nick Gartermann Felix Trueb
  United States Steve Penencello Rick Novak Ben Gardeski Ken Baher

Round robin

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Place Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Wins Losses
1   Canada * 8:4 6:3 8:3 5:3 12:4 4:3 12:5 12:2 8 0
2   Sweden 4:8 * 8:7 6:2 6:7 10:3 9:3 14:4 15:9 6 2
3   Scotland 3:6 7:8 * 7:5 8:6 5:10 8:4 10:8 10:7 5 3
4   Norway 3:8 2:6 5:7 * 5:4 4:3 8:3 7:5 11:3 5 3
5   United States 3:5 7:6 6:8 4:5 * 10:5 15:7 11:1 12:2 5 3
6   Switzerland 4:12 3:10 10:5 3:4 5:10 * 7:6 4:7 10:7 3 5
7   West Germany 3:4 3:9 4:8 3:8 7:15 6:7 * 18:7 10:5 2 6
8   France 5:12 4:14 8:10 5:7 1:11 7:4 7:18 * 12:4 2 6
9   Italy 2:12 9:15 7:10 3:11 2:12 7:10 5:10 4:12 * 0 8
  Team to final
  Teams to semifinal

Playoffs

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Semifinal Gold Medal Game
1   Canada 6
2   Sweden 9   Sweden 8
3   Scotland 8

Final standings

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Place Team Games
played
Wins Losses
    Sweden 10 8 2
    Canada 9 8 1
    Scotland 9 5 4
4   Norway 8 5 3
5   United States 8 5 3
6   Switzerland 8 3 5
7   West Germany 8 2 6
8   France 8 2 6
9   Italy 8 0 8

Awards

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All-Star Team:

References

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  1. ^ "CTV covers junior curling". Victoria Times Colonist. April 4, 1975.
  2. ^