Women's Curling World Championship 1981

Perth

Venue: Perth, Scotland

The 1981 World Curling Championship for women (officially: Royal Bank of Scotland World Women’s Curling Championship 1981 ) was the third edition of the world championship title in women’s curling . The tournament took place for the third time in a row in the Scottish city ​​of Perth at the Perth Ice Rink from March 16-21 of that year.

After losing two finals, the Swedish team triumphed in the World Cup finals against the defending champions from Canada.

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

Participating Nations

BR Germany	Denmark	Italy	Canada	Netherlands
EV Oberstdorf , Oberstdorf Skip: Almut Hege Third: Suzanne Koch Second: Renateräderer Lead: Ingeborg Stock	Hvidovre CC , Hvidovre Fourth: Helena Blach Skip: Marianne Jørgensen Second: Astrid Birnbaum Lead: Malene Krause	Cortina CC , Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Maria-Grazzia Constantini Third: Ann Lacedelli Second: Tea Valt Lead: Marina Pavani	Calgary CC , Calgary Skip: Susan Seitz Third: Judy Erickson Second: Myrna McKay Lead: Betty McCracken	Den Haag CC , Den Haag Skip: Laura van Imhoff Third: Hermance van den Houten Second: Annemie de Jongh Lead: Hanneke Veening
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Oslo CC , Oslo Skip: Anne Jøtun Bakke Third: Bente Hoel Second: Elisabeth Skogen Lead: Hilde Jøtun	Broughty Ferry Ladies CC , Dundee Skip: Helen Caird Third: Rae Gray Second: Sheena Hay Lead: Helen Watson	Karlstads CK , Karlstad Skip: Elisabeth Högström Third: Carona Olsson Second: Birgitta Sewik Lead: Karin Sjögren	CC Bern , Bern Skip: Susan Schlapbach Third: Irene Bürgi Second: Ursula Schlapbach Lead: Katrin Peterhans	Granite CC , Seattle Skip: Nancy Langley Third: Carol Dahl Second: Leslie Frosch Lead: Nancy Wallace

Table of Round Robin

key
	Qualified for the semifinals

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Canada	9	8th	1
2.	Sweden	9	8th	1
3.	Norway	9	7th	2
4th	Switzerland	9	6th	3
5.	Denmark	9	5	4th
6th	Scotland	9	4th	5
7th	Italy	9	3	6th
8th.	United States	9	2	7th
9.	BR Germany	9	2	7th
10.	Netherlands	9	0	9

Round Robin results

Round 1

encounter	result
Denmark - Italy	9: 8
Federal Republic of Germany - Netherlands	8: 4
United States - Switzerland	2: 8
Sweden - Canada	4: 6
Scotland - Norway	5: 8

round 2

encounter	result
Switzerland - Scotland	8: 7
Federal Republic of Germany - Denmark	6: 9
Netherlands - Sweden	2: 9
Norway - United States	7: 5
Canada - Italy	9: 8

Round 3

encounter	result
Italy - Norway	4:10
Netherlands - Canada	1:10
Denmark - Switzerland	5: 4
Scotland - FR Germany	6: 8
United States - Sweden	5: 7

Round 4

encounter	result
Netherlands - Norway	2:12
Sweden - FR Germany	8: 1
United States - Italy	6:13
Canada - Switzerland	7: 9
Denmark - Scotland	5: 6

Round 5

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

Round 6

encounter	result
Canada - Denmark	7: 3
Netherlands - United States	5: 8
Switzerland - Norway	7: 8
Scotland - Sweden	6:11
Federal Republic of Germany - Italy	9:10

Round 7

encounter	result
Switzerland - Sweden	5: 7
Scotland - Canada	3: 8
Federal Republic of Germany - United States	6: 8
Norway - Denmark	5: 4
Italy - Netherlands	11: 2

Round 8

encounter	result
Norway - FR Germany	9: 8
Sweden - Denmark	8: 3
Italy - Scotland	5:11
Switzerland - Netherlands	13: 2
Canada - United States	9: 2

Round 9

encounter	result
Netherlands - Scotland	6:11
Italy - Switzerland	4:12
Sweden - Norway	12: 4
Federal Republic of Germany - Canada	4: 5
Denmark - United States	7: 6

Play-off

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Canada	7th
	4th	Switzerland	6th
						1	Canada	2
						2	Sweden	7th
	2	Sweden	4th
	3	Norway	2

Semifinals

encounter	result
Canada - Switzerland	7: 6
Sweden - Norway	4: 2

final

encounter	result
Canada - Sweden	2: 7

Final score

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

Web links

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