1997 World Junior Curling Championships
# 1997 World Junior Curling Championships

The 1997 Coca-Cola World Junior Curling Championships were held in Karuizawa, Japan March 22–30.

## Men's

| Country | Skip | Wins | Losses |
| - | - | - | - |
| Canada | Ryan Keane | 7 | 2 |
| Finland | Perttu Piilo | 7 | 2 |
| Japan | Makoto Tsuruga | 6 | 3 |
| Switzerland | Ralph Stöckli | 5 | 4 |
| Denmark | Joel Ostrowski | 5 | 4 |
| Germany | Sebastian Stock | 4 | 5 |
| Scotland | Ricky Tasker | 4 | 5 |
| Sweden | Martin Mattsson | 4 | 5 |
| United States | Matt Stevens | 3 | 6 |
| Norway | Jan Marcus Lilledal | 0 | 9 |

### Tiebreaker

* Switzerland 3-2 Denmark

### Playoffs

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Canada | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | 4 | Switzerland | 5 |
| | | | 2 | Finland | 3 |
| 2 | Finland | 5 | 2 | Finland | 3 |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | | 1 | Canada | 9 |
| | | | 3 | Japan | 6 |

## Women's

| Country | Skip | Wins | Losses |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sweden | Margaretha Sigfridsson | 8 | 1 |
| Canada | Meredith Doyle | 8 | 1 |
| Scotland | Julia Ewart | 7 | 2 |
| United States | Risa O'Connell | 7 | 2 |
| Japan | Akiko Katoh | 5 | 4 |
| Denmark | Ane Håkanson Hansen | 3 | 6 |
| Switzerland | Bianca Röthlisberger | 3 | 6 |
| Germany | Natalie Nessler | 2 | 7 |
| France | Nadia Bénier | 2 | 7 |
| Norway | Linn Githmark | 0 | 9 |

### Playoffs

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sweden | 7 | | | |
| 4 | United States | 6 | | | |
| 4 | United States | 6 | 1 | Sweden | 3 |
| | | | 3 | Scotland | 11 |
| 2 | Canada | 5 | 3 | Scotland | 11 |
| 3 | Scotland | 6 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | | 4 | United States | 2 |
| | | | 2 | Canada | 5 |

## Sources

* Men's results from the World Curling Federation
* Women's results from the World Curling Federation
