1981 World Junior Curling Championships
# 1981 World Junior Curling Championships

The 1981 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 7 to 14 in Megève, France for men's teams only.

## Teams

| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Curling club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canada | Denis Marchand | Denis Cecil | Larry Phillips | Yves Barrette | |
| Denmark | Jack Kjaerulf | Lasse Lavrsen | Kim Dupont | Henrik Jakobsen | Hvidovre CC |
| France | Christophe Boan | Dominique Dupont-Roc | Philippe Pomi | Christophe Michaud | |
| West Germany | Christoph Möckel | Uwe Saile | Michael Neumaier | Harald Zinsmeister | CC Schwenningen |
| Italy | Dennis Ghezze | Fabio Mitterhofer | Alessandro Lanaro | Stefano Sartori | Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo |
| Norway | Pål Trulsen | Flemming Davanger | Stig-Arne Gunnestad | Kjell Berg | Risenga CK, Oslo |
| Scotland | Peter Wilson | Jim Cannon | Roger McIntyre | John Parker | |
| Sweden | Thomas Norgren | Peter Svedlund | Conny Ekholm | Erik Pettersson | CK Skvadern, Sundsvall |
| Switzerland | Rico Simen | Thomas Kläy | Jürg Dick | Mario Gross | |
| United States | Ted Purvis | Dale Risling | Milton Jr Best | Dean Risling | |

## Round robin

| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Wins | Losses |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canada | * | 8:7 | 10:2 | 6:5 | 8:3 | 10:2 | 6:7 | 4:3 | 7:3 | 9:5 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | United States | 7:8 | * | 8:2 | 11:2 | 9:5 | 8:3 | 7:6 | 4:7 | 4:6 | 8:3 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Scotland | 2:10 | 2:8 | * | 7:6 | 7:6 | 5:8 | 5:6 | 11:2 | 5:4 | 11:4 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Sweden | 5:6 | 2:11 | 6:7 | * | 9:10 | 5:3 | 8:5 | 9:5 | 7:3 | 17:4 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | West Germany | 3:8 | 5:9 | 6:7 | 10:9 | * | 9:5 | 7:6 | 7:4 | 5:10 | 11:3 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Denmark | 2:10 | 3:8 | 8:5 | 3:5 | 5:9 | * | 7:6 | 2:8 | 7:6 | 8:4 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Norway | 7:6 | 6:7 | 6:5 | 5:8 | 6:7 | 6:7 | * | 7:6 | 8:3 | 2:10 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 3:4 | 7:4 | 2:11 | 5:9 | 4:7 | 8:2 | 6:7 | * | 12:5 | 9:5 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | France | 3:7 | 6:4 | 4:5 | 3:7 | 10:5 | 6:7 | 3:8 | 5:12 | * | 6:5 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Italy | 5:9 | 3:8 | 4:11 | 4:17 | 3:11 | 4:8 | 10:2 | 5:9 | 5:6 | * | 1 | 8 |

    Teams to playoffs
    Teams to tiebreaker

### Tiebreaker

| Team | Final |
| - | - |
| Sweden | 7 |
| West Germany | 6 |

## Playoffs

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canada | 8 | | | |
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | Canada | 5 |
| | | | 3 | Scotland | 8 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 3 | Scotland | 8 |
| 3 | Scotland | 7 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | 4 | Sweden | 3 |
| | | | 2 | United States | 5 |

## Final standings

| Place | Team | Games played | Wins | Losses |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Scotland | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| | Canada | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| | United States | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | Sweden | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | West Germany | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Denmark | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Norway | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | France | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Italy | 9 | 1 | 8 |

## Awards

* WJCC Sportsmanship Award: Peter Wilson

All-Star Team:

* Skip: Denis Marchand
* Third: Dale Risling
* Second: Larry Phillips
* Lead: Erik Pettersson
