Women's World Curling Championship 1980

Perth

Venue: Perth, Scotland

The World Curling Championships the women's 1,980 (officially: Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship in 1980 ) was the second staging of the World Championships in curling of the ladies. As in the previous year, the tournament took place in the Scottish city ​​of Perth in the Perth Ice Rink from March 17th to 21st .

With a narrow final victory, Canada became women's curling world champion for the first time.

A round robin tournament was played , which means that everyone competes against everyone else.

Participating Nations

BR Germany	Denmark	France	Italy	Canada
CC Schwenningen , Schwenningen Skip: Susi Kiesel Third: Gisela Lunz Second: Trudi Benzing Lead: Ines Campagnolo	Hvidovre CC , Hvidovre Skip: Iben Larsen Third: Astrid Birnbaum Second: Marianne Jørgensen Lead: Helena Blach	Megève CC , Megève Fourth: Erna Gay Skip: Paulette Delachat Second: Suzanne Parodi Lead: Huguette Jullien	Cortina CC , Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Nella Alvera Third: Paola Zardini Second: Lidia Cavallini Lead: Loredana Da Giau	Caledonian CC , Regina Skip: Lindsay Sparkes Third: Dawn Knowles Second: Robin Wilson Lead: Lorraine Anne Bowles
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
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	Amatörföreningens CK , Stockholm Skip: Birgitta Törn Third: Katarina Hultling Second: Birgitta Sewik Lead: Karin Sjögren	Lausanne CC , Lausanne Skip: Gaby Charrière Third: Marie-Louise Favre Second: Marianne Uhlmann Lead: Cécilie Blanvillian	Granidears CC , Seattle Skip: Sharon Kozai Third: Joan Fish Second: Betty Kozai Lead: Aija Edwards

Table of Round Robin

key
	Qualified for the play-offs
	Tie breaker

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Sweden	9	8th	1
2.	Canada	9	8th	1
3.	Scotland	9	7th	2
4th	United States	9	5	4th
5.	Italy	9	5	4th
6th	France	9	4th	5
7th	Norway	9	4th	5
8th.	Switzerland	9	2	7th
9.	BR Germany	9	1	8th
10.	Denmark	9	1	8th

Round Robin results

Round 1

encounter	result
United States - Norway	7: 9
Switzerland - Federal Republic of Germany	11: 2
France - Sweden	7:10
Canada - Italy	9: 7
Denmark - Scotland	2:10

round 2

encounter	result
Federal Republic of Germany - Canada	3:14
Scotland - Sweden	6:13
Italy - Switzerland	11: 5
Norway - Denmark	10: 6
United States - France	8: 6

Round 3

encounter	result
Sweden - Italy	12: 3
Canada - United States	12: 3
Norway - Scotland	4: 6
France - FR Germany	8: 4
Switzerland - Denmark	10: 6

Round 4

encounter	result
Norway - Italy	2:11
Denmark - United States	4: 8
France - Canada	1:10
Switzerland - Sweden	4:12
Scotland - FR Germany	10: 4

Round 5

encounter	result
Sweden - Denmark	15: 6
France - Norway	7: 4
Italy - Scotland	4: 7
Federal Republic of Germany - United States	9:10
Switzerland - Canada	5: 8

Round 6

encounter	result
Canada - Denmark	9: 1
Scotland - France	8: 4
United States - Sweden	8: 5
Norway - Switzerland	11: 5
Federal Republic of Germany - Italy	9:10

Round 7

encounter	result
Italy - France	8: 9
Federal Republic of Germany - Denmark	9: 3
United States - Switzerland	8: 4
Canada - Scotland	11: 4
Sweden - Norway	9: 7

Round 8

encounter	result
Scotland - Switzerland	10: 5
Italy - United States	9: 2
Sweden - Canada	7: 6
Federal Republic of Germany - Norway	6:15
Denmark - France	6: 5

Round 9

encounter	result
Sweden - FR Germany	15: 7
Norway - Canada	1:10
Denmark - Italy	5: 9
United States - Scotland	5: 8
France - Switzerland	8: 7

Tie breaker

In the tie-breaker, the teams with equal points faced each other for the quarter-finals.

encounter	result
United States - Italy	10: 5

Play-off

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Sweden	9
	4th	United States	5
						1	Sweden	6th
						2	Canada	7th
	2	Canada	9
	3	Scotland	4th

Semifinals

encounter	result
Sweden - United States	9: 5
Canada - Scotland	9: 4

final

encounter	result
Sweden - Canada	6: 7

Final score

space	country
1	Canada
2	Sweden
3	Scotland
4th	United States
5	Italy
6th	France
7th	Norway
8th	Switzerland
9	BR Germany
10	Denmark

Web links

• results.worldcurling.org: Results database of the World Curling Federation (English)