The men's curling world championship in 1969 (officially: Air Canada Silver Broom 1969 ) was the 11th event (including the Scotch Cup ) of the men's curling world championships. It was held from March 18th to 22nd of that year in the Scottish city of Perth at the Perth Ice Rink .
The World Curling Championships the men was in a round-robin tournament ( round-robin ) between the teams from Scotland , Canada , the United States , the Federal Republic of Germany , Sweden , Norway , France and Switzerland played out. The games were scheduled for twelve ends .
In the final, the United States faced record world champions Canada to break their dominance. The USA lost with the final score of 6: 9.
Participating Nations
Germany BR BR Germany
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France France
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Canada Canada
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Norway Norway
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EC Bad Toelz , Bad Toelz
Skip: Werner Fischer-Weppler
Third: Herbert Kellner
Second: Rolf Klug
Lead: Heinz Kellner
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Mont d'Arbois CC , Megève
Skip: Pierre Boan
Third: André Mabboux
Second: Yves Vallet
Lead: Richard Duvillard
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Calgary CC , Calgary , AB
Skip: Ron Northcott
Third: Dave Gerlach
Second: Bernie Sparkes
Lead: Fred Storey
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Bygdøy CC , Oslo
Skip: Erik Gylenhammar
Third: Sverre Michelsen
Second: Nils Anton Riise-Hanssen
Lead: Kai Dyvik
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Scotland Scotland
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Sweden Sweden
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Switzerland Switzerland
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United States United States
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St. Martins CC , Perth
Skip: Bill Muirhead
Third: George Haggart
Second: Derek Scott
Lead: Alec Young
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Djursholms CK , Stockholm
Skip: Kjell Oscarius
Third: Bengt Oscarius
Second: Claes-Göran "Boa" Carlman
Lead: Christer Wessel
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Bern-Zähringer CC , Bern
Skip: Heinz Beutler
Third: Mario Bettosini
Second: Jean-Pierre Mühlemann
Lead: Kurt Schneider
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Superior CC , Superior , WI
Skip: Raymond "Bud" Somerville
Third: Bill Strum
Second: Franklin Bradshaw
Lead: Gene Ovesen
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Table of Round Robin
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Qualified for the play-offs
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Round Robin results
Round 1
round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Play-off
Tournament tree
Semifinals
final
Final score
Web links
BR Germany
