1962 Scotch Cup

1962 Scotch Cup
Host city	Falkirk and Edinburgh, Scotland
Arena	Falkirk Ice Rink (Falkirk) and Haymarket Ice Rink (Edinburgh)
Dates	15–16 March & 19–20, 1962
Winner	Canada
Curling club	Regina CC Regina, Saskatchewan
Skip	Ernie Richardson
Third	Arnold Richardson
Second	Garnet Richardson
Lead	Wes Richardson
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The 1962 Scotch Cup was the fourth edition of what would later be called the Men's World Curling Championships. It was held at the Falkirk Ice Rink in Falkirk and the Haymarket Ice Rink in Edinburgh, Scotland and saw the debutant of Sweden in a World Championship. The first half of the matches were held 15 and 16 March in Falkirk and the second half of matches were held 19 and 20 March in Edinburgh. If a playoff was necessary, it would have been held on 21 March in Edinburgh. ^[1]

Canada would end up winning the title for the fourth time after winning all of their matches with the United States finishing in second place.

Teams

Canada	Scotland	Sweden	United States
Regina CC, Regina, Saskatchewan Skip: Ernie Richardson Third: Arnold Richardson Second: Garnet Richardson Lead: Wes Richardson	Airth, Bruce Castle & Dunmore CC, Falkirk Skip: Willie Young Third: John Pearson Second: Sandy Anderson Lead: Bobby Young	Norrköpings CK Skip: Rolf Arfwidsson Third: Knut Bartels Second: Per Ivar Rydgren Lead: Arne Stern	Hibbing CC, Minnesota Skip: Dick Brown Third: Terry Kleffman Second: Fran Kleffman Lead: Nick Jerulle

Standings

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Ernie Richardson	6	0
United States	Dick Brown	4	2
Scotland	Willie Young	2	4
Sweden	Rolf Arfwidsson	0	6

Results

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Canada (Richardson)	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	11
United States (Brown)	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Scotland (Young)	0	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	12
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	8

Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Canada (Richardson)	5	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	17
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7

Team	Final
United States (Brown)	10
Scotland (Young)	7

Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Canada (Richardson)	0	2	4	2	3	0	6	0	2	1	0	0	20
Scotland (Young)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	4

Team	Final
United States (Brown)	13
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	8

Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Canada (Richardson)	5	0	4	4	0	3	1	3	0	1	2	1	24
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4

Team	Final
United States (Brown)	14
Scotland (Young)	5

Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Canada (Richardson)	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	9
United States (Brown)	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	8

Team	Final
Scotland (Young)	18
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	4

Draw 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Canada (Richardson)	1	0	2	1	0	4	0	1	0	2	2	0	13
Scotland (Young)	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	8

Team	Final
United States (Brown)	15
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	6

1962 Scotch Cup
Canada 4th title

References

1. Calgary Herald, 11 December 1961

• "Scotch Cup 1962". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
• Youtube promotional video of the event - part 1
• Youtube promotional video of the event - part 2