Men's Curling World Championship 1977

Karlstad

Venue: Karlstad, Sweden

The men's curling world championship in 1977 (officially: Air Canada Silver Broom 1977 ) was the 19th event (including the Scotch Cup ) of the men's curling world championships. It was held from March 28th to April 3rd of that year in Karlstad , Sweden in Färjestads Ishall .

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 , the Switzerland , Denmark and Italy played out.

The games were scheduled for ten ends .

The Swedish team clinched their second world title in front of their home crowd. Canada had to admit defeat 8-5 in the final.

Participating Nations

BR Germany	Denmark	France	Italy	Canada
EC Bad Toelz , Bad Toelz Skip: Klaus Kanz Third: Manfred Schulze Second: Hans Österreicher Lead: Jan Eckhart	Hvidovre CC , Hvidovre Skip: Tommy Stjerne Third: Oluf Olsen Second: Steen Hansen Lead: Peter Andersen	Mont d 'Arbois CC , Megève Skip: Pierre Boan Third: Pierre Duclos Second: Honore Brangi Lead: Jean-Claude Gachet	Cortina CC , Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Giuseppe Dal Molin Third: Andrea Pavani Second: Giancarlo Valt Lead: Enea Pavani	St. Laurent CC , Montreal , QC Skip: Jim Ursel Third: Art Lobel Second: Don Aitken Lead: Brian Ross
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Trondheim CC , Trondheim Skip: Kristian Sørum Third: Eigil Ramsfjell Second: Gunnar Meland Lead: Gunnar Sigstadsø	Carmunnock & Rutherglen CC , Glasgow Skip: Ken Horton Third: Willie Jamieson Second: Keith Douglas Lead: Richard Harding	Härnösands CK , Härnösand Fourth: Ragnar Kamp Third: Håkan Rudström Skip: Björn Rudström Lead: Christer Mårtensson	Scuol Tarsap CC , Scuol Fourth: Jon Carl Rizzi Third: Marcus Florinett Skip: Jon Corradin Lead: Werner Bundi	Hibbing CC , Hibbing , MN Skip: Bruce Roberts Third: Paul Pustovar Second: Jerry Scott Lead: Gary Kleffman

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	7th	2
3.	Scotland	9	6th	3
4th	United States	9	6th	3
5.	Switzerland	9	5	4th
6th	Norway	9	5	4th
7th	Italy	9	4th	5
8th.	BR Germany	9	2	7th
9.	France	9	2	7th
10.	Denmark	9	0	9

Round Robin results

Round 1

Italy	Sweden
7th	10

Norway	Switzerland
5	7th

Scotland	Denmark
7th	5

France	United States
5	8th

Canada	BR Germany
9	3

round 2

Scotland	BR Germany
6th	3

Sweden	France
6th	8th

Switzerland	Canada
6th	8th

Denmark	Italy
5	6th

United States	Norway
6th	5

Round 3

United States	Canada
5	8th

BR Germany	Italy
5	8th

Norway	Sweden
5	6th

Scotland	Switzerland
3	6th

France	Denmark
8th	7th

Round 4

France	Switzerland
3	12

Canada	Denmark
7th	3

Italy	United States
3	7th

BR Germany	Norway
5	6th

Sweden	Scotland
12	1

Round 5

BR Germany	United States
3	6th

Italy	Norway
5	6th

France	Scotland
4th	5

Sweden	Canada
7th	4th

Denmark	Switzerland
4th	7th

Round 6

Sweden	Denmark
7th	2

Switzerland	BR Germany
9	8th

Canada	Norway
5	6th

Italy	France
8th	4th

Scotland	United States
7th	2

Round 7

Switzerland	Italy
7th	9

United States	Sweden
2	8th

Denmark	BR Germany
2	6th

Canada	Scotland
5	4th

Norway	France
12	3

Round 8

Canada	France
5	4th

Italy	Scotland
3	8th

United States	Switzerland
7th	5

Norway	Denmark
7th	1

BR Germany	Sweden
4th	8th

Round 9

Norway	Scotland
5	6th

Denmark	United States
0	8th

BR Germany	France
11	8th

Switzerland	Sweden
2	8th

Italy	Canada
4th	10

Play-off

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
	3	Scotland	5
	2	Canada	8th
						1	Sweden	8th
						2	Canada	5
	4th	United States	0
	1	Sweden	5

Semifinals

Scotland	Canada
5	8th

United States	Sweden
0	5

final

Sweden	Canada
8th	5

Final score

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

Web links

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