1979 Air Canada Silver Broom

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1979 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host city Bern, Switzerland
Arena Allmend Eisstadion
DatesMarch 26 – April 1, 1979
WinnerFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Curling clubBygdøy CC, Oslo
Skip Kristian Sørum
Third Morten Sørum
Second Eigil Ramsfjell
Lead Gunnar Meland
FinalistFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Peter Attinger, Jr.)
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The 1979 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from March 26–April 1 at the Allmend Eisstadion in Bern, Switzerland.

Contents

Teams

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Deer Lodge CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Skip: Barry Fry
Third: Bill Carey
Second: Gordon Sparkes
Lead: Bryan Wood

Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Jørn Blach
Third: Freddy Bartelsen
Second: Bent Jørgensen
Lead: Antonny Hinge

Mont d'Arbois CC, Megève

Skip: Georges Mangier
Third: Pierre Saas
Second: René Robert
Lead: Gérard Wendling

Munchener EV, Munich

Skip: Keith Wendorf
Third: Balint von Bery
Second: Sascha Fischer-Weppler
Lead: Heino von L'Estocq

Tofane CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo

Skip: Giuseppe Dal Molin
Third: Andrea Pavani
Second: Giancarlo Valt
Lead: Enea Pavani

Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bygdøy CC, Oslo

Skip: Kristian Sørum
Third: Morten Sørum
Second: Eigil Ramsfjell
Lead: Gunnar Meland

Hamilton & Thornyhill CC, Hamilton

Skip: Jimmy Waddell
Third: Willie Frame
Second: Jim Forrest
Lead: George Bryan

Sundsvalls CK

Fourth: Anders Grahn
Third: Ken Bruneflod
Skip: Karl-Erik Bruneflod
Lead: Roger Bredin

Dübendorf CC

Skip: Peter Attinger, Jr.
Third: Bernhard Attinger
Second: Mattias Neuenschwander
Lead: Ruedi Attinger

Bemidji CC, Bemidji, Minnesota

Skip: Scott Baird
Third: Dan Haluptzok
Second: Mark Haluptzok
Lead: Bob Fenson

Round-robin standings

CountrySkipWL
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Peter Attinger, Jr. 72
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Kristian Sørum 63
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Barry Fry 63
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Keith Wendorf 63
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Scott Baird 63
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Jimmy Waddell 54
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Karl-Erik Bruneflod 36
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giuseppe Dal Molin 36
Flag of France.svg  France Georges Magnier 27
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Jørn Blach 18

Round-robin results

Draw 1

TeamFinal
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Baird)8
Flag of France.svg  France (Magnier)3
TeamFinal
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Attinger)7
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Dal Molin)4
TeamFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Sørum)4
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Blach)3
TeamFinal
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Waddell)4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Fry)3
TeamFinal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wendorf)12
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Bruneflod)3

Draw 2

TeamFinal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wendorf)6
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Attinger)5
TeamFinal
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Bruneflod)7
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Waddell)6
TeamFinal
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Baird)11
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Dal Molin)5
TeamFinal
Flag of France.svg  France (Magnier)6
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Blach)4
TeamFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Sørum)6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Fry)4

Draw 3

TeamFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Sørum)8
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Bruneflod)5
TeamFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Fry)6
Flag of France.svg  France (Magnier)4
TeamFinal
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Attinger)10
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Waddell)7
TeamFinal
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Baird)9
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wendorf)6
TeamFinal
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Dal Molin)8
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Blach)3

Draw 4

TeamFinal
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Waddell)12
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Blach)3
TeamFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Sørum)6
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Baird)5
TeamFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Fry)6
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wendorf)3
TeamFinal
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Bruneflod)10
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Dal Molin)2
TeamFinal
Flag of France.svg  France (Magnier)7
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Attinger)4

Draw 5

TeamFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Fry)6
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Dal Molin)4
TeamFinal
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Waddell)5
Flag of France.svg  France (Magnier)3
TeamFinal
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Attinger)5
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Blach)2
TeamFinal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wendorf)9
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Sørum)6
TeamFinal
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Baird)9
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Bruneflod)2

Draw 6

TeamFinal
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Attinger)4
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Baird)3
TeamFinal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wendorf)8
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Dal Molin)4
TeamFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Sørum)6
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Waddell)5
TeamFinal
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Bruneflod)10
Flag of France.svg  France (Magnier)4
TeamFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Fry)9
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Blach)4

Draw 7

TeamFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Fry)6
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Bruneflod)5
TeamFinal
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Attinger)5
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Sørum)4
TeamFinal
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Dal Molin)6
Flag of France.svg  France (Magnier)3
TeamFinal
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Baird)8
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Blach)2
TeamFinal
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Waddell)7
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wendorf)5

Draw 8

TeamFinal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wendorf)8
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Blach)5
TeamFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Fry)6
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Baird)4
TeamFinal
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Attinger)7
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Bruneflod)6
TeamFinal
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Waddell)7
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Dal Molin)4
TeamFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Sørum)6
Flag of France.svg  France (Magnier)1

Draw 9

TeamFinal
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Dal Molin)7
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Sørum)6
TeamFinal
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Blach)5
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Bruneflod)4
TeamFinal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wendorf)7
Flag of France.svg  France (Magnier)4
TeamFinal
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Attinger)6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Fry)5
TeamFinal
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Baird)5
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (Waddell)4

Tiebreakers

Tiebreaker 1

TeamFinal
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Fry)8
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Baird)4
TeamFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Sørum)6
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wendorf)5

Tiebreaker 2

TeamFinal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wendorf)7
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Baird)4

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 9
4 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4
2 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5
2 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3

Semifinals

TeamFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Sørum)6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Fry)3
TeamFinal
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Attinger)9
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Wendorf)5

Final

TeamFinal
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Sørum)5
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (Attinger)4
1979 Air Canada Silver Broom
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
1st title

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