1997 Women's World Curling Championship

Bern

Venue: Bern, Switzerland

The World Curling Championships the women's 1,997 (official: Ford World Women's Curling Championship in 1997 ) was the 19th staging of the World Championships in curling of the ladies. The tournament was held from April 12th to 20th of that year in the Swiss federal city of Bern in the Allmend ice stadium .

For the tenth time, the Canadians were at the top of the podium. For Norway it was only enough for a silver medal. In the game for 3rd place, the Danes prevailed against the Japanese team.

Was played a round-robin tournament ( round-robin ), which means that everyone competes against everyone.

Participating Nations

Denmark	Germany	Finland	Japan	Canada
Hvidovre CC , Hvidovre Skip: Helena Blach Lavrsen Third: Margit Pörtner Second: Dorthe Holm Lead: Lisa Richardson Substitute: Jane Bidstrup	SC Riessersee , Garmisch-Partenkirchen Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Monika Wagner Second: Natalie Nessler Lead: Carina Meidele Substitute: Heike Wieländer	Hyvinkää CC , Hyvinkää Skip: Anne Eerikäinen Third: Jaana Jokela Second: Nina Pöllänen Lead: Laura Franssila Substitute: Tiina Kautonen	Obihiro CC , Obihiro Skip: Mayumi Ōkutsu Third: Akiko Katō Second: Yukari Kondō Lead: Yōko Mimura Substitute: Akemi Niwa	Caledonian CC , Regina Skip: Sandra Schmirler Third: Jan Betker Second: Joan McCusker Lead: Marcia Gudereit Replacement: Atina Ford
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Snarøen CC , Oslo Skip: Dordi Nordby Third: Marianne Haslum Second: Marianne Aspelin Lead: Kristin Løvseth Substitute: Hanne Woods	Lockerbie CC , Lockerbie Skip: Carolyn Hutchinson Third: Heather Crockett Second: Jan Byers Lead: Lucy Levack Substitute: Gillian Barr	Härnösands CK , Härnösand Skip: Cathrine Norberg Third: Helena Svensson Second: Anna Blom Lead: Annika Lööf Substitute: Margaretha Lindahl	Bern CC , Bern Skip: Mirjam Ott Third: Manuela Kormann Second: Franziska von Känel Lead: Caroline Balz Substitute: Marianne Flotron	Arlington CC , Arlington Skip: Patti Lank Third: Annalissa Johnson Second: Joni Cotten Lead: Tracy Sachtjen Substitute: Allison Darragh

Table of Round Robin

key
	Qualified for the play-offs
	Tie breaker

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

Round Robin results

Round 1

encounter	result
Scotland - Finland	5: 6

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Denmark - Switzerland	8: 5

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Sweden - United States	7: 5

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Germany - Japan	6: 7

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Norway - Canada	3: 5

round 2

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Norway - Switzerland	7: 5

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Canada - United States	9: 4

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Scotland - Germany	3:10

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Sweden - Finland	7: 4

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Denmark - Japan	11: 4

Round 3

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Japan - Canada	4: 7

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Germany - Finland	3: 7

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Denmark - Norway	4: 5

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United States - Scotland	10: 2

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Sweden - Switzerland	4: 8

Round 4

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Finland - Denmark	8:10

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Scotland - Sweden	11: 3

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Switzerland - Canada	5: 7

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Japan - Norway	6: 8

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Germany - United States	8: 5

Round 5

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Sweden - Norway	9: 7

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United States - Denmark	9: 8

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Japan - Finland	7: 4

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Switzerland - Germany	6: 7

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Canada - Scotland	8: 4

Round 6

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Canada - Germany	5: 8

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Japan - Scotland	8: 5

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United States - Switzerland	10: 6

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Denmark - Sweden	5: 8

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Finland - Norway	3:14

Round 7

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Switzerland - Scotland	3:12

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Finland - Canada	6: 9

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Germany - Denmark	5: 6

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Norway - United States	9: 5

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Japan - Sweden	5: 4

Round 8

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United States - Japan	6: 9

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Norway - Germany	9: 1

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Canada - Sweden	12: 4

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Finland - Switzerland	3:11

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Scotland - Denmark	1: 8

Round 9

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Germany - Sweden	7:10

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Switzerland - Japan	6:10

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Norway - Scotland	8: 5

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Canada - Denmark	9: 3

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United States - Finland	10: 2

Tie breaker

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Denmark - Sweden	5: 4

Play-off

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Canada	5
	4th	Denmark	2
						1	Canada	8th
						2	Norway	4th
	2	Norway	12
	3	Japan	5
						Game for the bronze medal
						4th	Denmark	7th
						3	Japan	6th

Semifinals

encounter	result
Canada - Denmark	5: 2

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Norway - Japan	12: 5

Game for the bronze medal

encounter	result
Denmark - Japan	7: 6

final

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Canada		0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	2	X	8th
Norway		0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	X	4th

Final score

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

Web links

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