Men's Curling World Championship 1970

Utica

Venue: Utica, New York in the United States

The men's curling world championship in 1970 (officially: Air Canada Silver Broom 1970 ) was the 12th event (including the Scotch Cup ) of the men's curling world championships. It took place in the Utica Memorial Auditorium in the US city ​​of Utica ( New York State ).

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, Scotland could not prevent Canada's tenth title win. In the end, the maple leaves won 11: 4.

Participating Nations

BR Germany	France	Canada	Norway
EC Oberstdorf , Oberstdorf Skip: Manfred Rader Third: Ernst Hege Second: Peter Jacoby Lead: Hansjörg Jacoby	Mont d'Arbois CC , Megève Skip: Pierre Boan Third: Jean Albert Sulpice Second: Alain Bozon Lead: Maurice Sulpice	Granite CC , Winnipeg , MB Skip: Don Duguid Third: Rod Hunter Second: Jim Pettapiece Lead: Bryan Wood	Stabekk CC , Oslo Fourth: Knut Bjaanaes Third: Geir Søiland Lead: Josef Bjaanaes
Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
St. Martins CC , Perth Skip: Bill Muirhead Third: George Haggart Second: Derek Scott Lead: Murray Melville	Stallmästargården CK , Stockholm Fourth: Claes Källén Third: Christer Källén Second: Sture Lindén Lead: Tom Schaeffer	Lausanne CC , Lausanne Skip: Roland Schenkel Third: Paul Metraux Second: Ernst Pochon Lead: Michel Weill	Grafton CC , Grafton , ND Skip: Art Tallackson Third: Glenn Gilleshammer Second: Ray Holt Lead: Trueman Thompson

Table of Round Robin

key
	Qualified for the play-offs
	Tie breaker

The teams from Sweden, the United States and Norway tied for points determined the third participant in the semi-finals in the tie-breaker.

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Canada	7th	7th	0
2.	Scotland	7th	6th	1
3.	Sweden	7th	4th	3
3.	United States	7th	4th	3
3.	Norway	7th	4th	3
6th	France	7th	1	6th
6th	BR Germany	7th	1	6th
6th	Switzerland	7th	1	6th

Round Robin results

Round 1

Scotland	BR Germany
16	6th

Sweden	France
19th	4th

Canada	Switzerland
16	8th

United States	Norway
14th	8th

round 2

Sweden	United States
17th	3

Canada	Scotland
9	5

Norway	BR Germany
14th	6th

Switzerland	France
11	9

Round 3

Scotland	Switzerland
10	4th

Norway	Sweden
8th	4th

United States	France
9	8th

Canada	BR Germany
20th	4th

Round 4

Norway	France
17th	7th

BR Germany	Switzerland
8th	7th

Canada	Sweden
12	4th

Scotland	United States
8th	7th

Round 5

Sweden	BR Germany
11	6th

Scotland	France
7th	6th

United States	Switzerland
15th	3

Canada	Norway
14th	6th

Round 6

Canada	United States
10	8th

Norway	Switzerland
10	5

Scotland	Sweden
9	7th

France	BR Germany
14th	4th

Round 7

Canada	France
16	5

United States	BR Germany
12	11

Scotland	Norway
9	6th

Sweden	Switzerland
11	4th

Tie breaker

Round 1

United States	Norway
10	7th

round 2

Sweden	United States
6th	3

Play-off

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
						1	Canada	11
	2	Scotland	8th			2	Scotland	4th
	3	Sweden	7th

Semifinals

Scotland	Sweden
8th	7th

final

Canada	Scotland
11	4th

Final score

space	country
1	Canada
2	Scotland
3	Sweden
4th	United States
5	Norway
6th	France
6th	BR Germany
6th	Switzerland

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The list of the Norwegian team is incomplete.