1980 World Junior Curling Championships

1980 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Arena	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
Dates	March 10–15
Men's winner	Scotland (1st title)
Skip	Andrew McQuistin
Third	Norman Brown
Second	Hugh Aitken
Lead	Dick Adams
Finalist	Canada (Mert Thompsett)
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The 1980 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 10 to 15 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.^[1] The tournament only had a men's event.^[2]

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Curling club
Canada	Mert Thompsett	Lyle Derry	Joel Gagne	Mike Friesen
Denmark	Jack Kjaerulf	Lasse Lavrsen	Kim Dupont	Henrik Jakobsen	Hvidovre CC
France	Yves Tronc	Christophe Boan	Gerard Ravello	André Jouvent
West Germany	Christoph Möckel	Kai Meidele	Stephan Koch	Hagen Waegerle
Italy	Adriano Lorenzi	Enrico Fumagalli	Alessandro Dal Fabbro	Roberto De Rigo
Norway	Pål Trulsen	Flemming Davanger	Stig-Arne Gunnestad	Kjell Berg	Risenga CK, Oslo
Scotland	Andrew McQuistin	Norman Brown	Hugh Aitken	Dick Adams
Sweden	Thomas Norgren	Peter Svedlund	Conny Ekholm	Erik Pettersson	CK Skvadern, Sundsvall
Switzerland	Rico Simen	Thomas Kläy	Jürg Dick	Urs Dick
United States	Scott Dalziel	Todd Dalziel	Scott Gerrard	Paul Thompson

Round robin

Place	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Wins	Losses
1	Canada	*	4:2	7:4	6:7	15:2	9:3	7:4	W	7:6	7:3	8	1
2	Scotland	2:4	*	7:6	5:4	8:5	7:5	W	9:4	10:2	6:2	8	1
3	United States	4:7	6:7	*	7:6	W	6:3	7:4	7:5	5:6	10:5	6	3
4	Sweden	7:6	4:5	6:7	*	5:3	6:4	6:7	5:3	5:2	10:1	6	3
5	West Germany	2:15	5:8	L	3:5	*	8:5	5:4	3:7	9:6	6:5	4	5
6	Denmark	3:9	5:7	3:6	4:6	5:8	*	10:9	8:7	6:5	W	4	5
7	Switzerland	4:7	L	4:7	7:6	4:5	9:10	*	9:6	8:6	10:6	4	5
8	France	L	4:9	5:7	3:5	7:3	7:8	6:9	*	7:5	8:7	3	6
9	Norway	6:7	2:10	6:5	2:5	6:9	5:6	6:8	5:7	*	11:4	2	7
10	Italy	3:7	2:6	5:10	1:10	5:6	L	6:10	7:8	4:11	*	0	9

  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Gold Medal Game
	1	Canada	6
	4	Sweden	5
						1	Canada	3
						3	Scotland	5
	2	Scotland	4
	3	United States	3			Bronze medal game
						4	Sweden	9
						2	United States	7

Final standings

Place	Team	Games played	Wins	Losses
	Scotland	11	10	1
	Canada	11	9	2
	Sweden	11	7	4
4	United States	11	6	5
5	West Germany	9	4	5
6	Denmark	9	4	5
7	Switzerland	9	4	5
8	France	9	3	6
9	Norway	9	2	7
10	Italy	9	0	9

Awards

• WJCC Sportsmanship Award: Andrew McQuistin

All-Star Team:

• Skip: Mert Thompsett
• Third: Lyle Derry
• Second: Hugh Aitken
• Lead: Erik Pettersson

External links

• Final on YouTube

References