Men's Curling World Championship 1981

London

Venue: London, Ontario , Canada

The men's curling world championship in 1981 (officially: Air Canada Silver Broom 1981 ) was the 23rd event (including the Scotch Cup ) of the men's curling world title . It was from 23 to 29 March of the year in Canadian London , Ontario in Thompson Arena of the University of Western Ontario organized.

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 .

In the duel for the gold medal, the Swiss were 2-1 ahead in the final against the United States. For the Swiss it was the second World Cup triumph.

Participating Nations

BR Germany	Denmark	France	Italy	Canada
CC Schwenningen , Schwenningen Skip: Keith Wendorf Third: Hans Dieter Kiesel Second: Sven Salle Lead: Heiner Martin	Hvidovre CC , Hvidovre Skip: Tommy Stjerne Third: Oluf Olsen Second: Steen Hansen Lead: Peter Andersen	Megève CC , Megève Fourth: Gerard Ravello Third: André Jouvent Second: Jacques Joulien Skip: Gérard Alazet	Tofane CC , Cortina d'Ampezzo Fourth: Andrea Pavani Skip: Giuseppe Dal Molin Second: Giancarlo Valt Lead: Enea Pavani	Assiniboine Memorial CC , Winnipeg , MB Skip: Kerry Burtnyk Third: Mark Olson Second: Jim Spencer Lead: Ron Kammerlock
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Bygdøy CC , Oslo Skip: Kristian Sørum Third: Eigil Ramsfjell Second: Gunnar Meland Lead: Dagfinn Loen	Carrington CC , Edinburgh Skip: Colin Hamilton Third: W. Michael Dick Second: David Ramsay Lead: Richard Pretsel	Härnösands CK , Härnösand Skip: Jan Ullsten Third: Anders Thidholm Second: Anders Nilsson Lead: Hans Söderström Trainer: Stefan Hasselborg	Lausanne-Riviera CC , Lausanne Skip: Jürg Tanner Third: Jürg Hornisberger Second: Patrik Lörtscher Lead: Franz Tanner	Superior CC , Superior , WI Skip: Bob Nichols Third: Bud Somerville Second: Bob Christman Lead: Bob Buchanan

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

Round Robin results

Round 1

Switzerland	France
9	4th

Norway	Scotland
7th	3

Canada	BR Germany
11	2

Sweden	Italy
6th	8th

Denmark	United States
4th	8th

round 2

Scotland	Sweden
7th	10

BR Germany	Denmark
4th	6th

Italy	Switzerland
5	7th

United States	Norway
4th	6th

Canada	France
13	3

Round 3

Norway	BR Germany
11	3

Canada	Italy
8th	2

Sweden	United States
5	7th

France	Denmark
3	11

Scotland	Switzerland
6th	4th

Round 4

United States	Canada
4th	5

France	Sweden
4th	17th

Denmark	Scotland
6th	7th

Switzerland	BR Germany
7th	4th

Norway	Italy
7th	4th

Round 5

BR Germany	Italy
10	4th

United States	Switzerland
6th	5

Norway	Canada
5	7th

Denmark	Sweden
2	9

France	Scotland
3	15th

Round 6

Canada	Scotland
9	5

Denmark	Norway
3	5

Switzerland	Sweden
9	6th

Italy	France
8th	5

United States	BR Germany
5	7th

Round 7

Sweden	Norway
6th	7th

Switzerland	Canada
3	8th

BR Germany	France
5	6th

Scotland	United States
4th	7th

Italy	Denmark
6th	5

Round 8

France	United States
2	8th

Sweden	BR Germany
10	2

Scotland	Italy
5	4th

Denmark	Canada
3	7th

Switzerland	Norway
7th	4th

Round 9

Denmark	Switzerland
3	9

Italy	United States
4th	6th

France	Norway
4th	12

BR Germany	Scotland
5	6th

Sweden	Canada
9	5

Play-off

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Canada	4th
	4th	Switzerland	7th
						4th	Switzerland	2
						2	United States	1
	2	Norway	4th
	3	United States	7th

Semifinals

Norway	United States
4th	7th

Canada	Switzerland
4th	7th

final

Switzerland	United States
2	1

Final score

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

Web links

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