1981 Air Canada Silver Broom

1981 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host city	London, Ontario, Canada
Arena	Thompson Arena
Dates	March 23–29, 1981
Winner	Switzerland
Curling club	Lausanne-Riviera CC
Skip	Jürg Tanner
Third	Jürg Hornisberger
Second	Patrik Lörtscher
Lead	Franz Tanner
Finalist	United States (Bud Somerville)
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The 1981 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from at the Thompson Arena in London, Ontario, Canada.

Teams

Canada	Denmark	France	Germany	Italy
Assiniboine Memorial CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba Skip: Kerry Burtnyk Third: Mark Olson Second: Jim Spencer Lead: Ron Kammerlock	Hvidovre CC Skip: Tommy Stjerne Third: Oluf Olsen Second: Steen Hansen Lead: Peter Andersen	Megève CC, Megève Fourth: Gerard Ravello Third: André Jouvent Second: Jacques Joulien Skip: Gérard Alazet	CC Schwenningen Skip: Keith Wendorf Third: Hans Dieter Kiesel Second: Sven Saile Lead: Heiner Martin	Tofane CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo Fourth: Andrea Pavani Skip: Giuseppe Dal Molin Second: Giancarlo Valt Lead: Enea Pavani
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Bygdøy CC, Oslo Skip: Kristian Sørum Third: Eigil Ramsfjell Second: Gunnar Meland Lead: Dagfinn Loen	Carrington CC, Edinburgh Skip: Colin Hamilton Third: W. Michael Dick Second: David Ramsay Lead: Richard Pretsel	Härnösands CK Skip: Jan Ullsten Third: Anders Thidholm Second: Anders Nilsson Lead: Hans Söderström	Lausanne-Riviera CC Skip: Jürg Tanner Third: Jürg Hornisberger Second: Patrik Lörtscher Lead: Franz Tanner	Superior CC, Wisconsin Fourth: Bob Nichols Skip: Bud Somerville Second: Bob Christman Lead: Bob Buchanan

Round-robin standings

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Kerry Burtnyk	8	1
Norway	Kristian Sørum	7	2
United States	Bud Somerville	6	3
Switzerland	Jürg Tanner	6	3
Sweden	Jan Ullsten	5	4
Scotland	Colin Hamilton	5	4
Italy	Giuseppe Dal Molin	3	6
Denmark	Tommy Stjerne	2	7
Germany	Keith Wendorf	2	7
France	Gérard Alazet	1	8

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Team	Final
Switzerland (Tanner)	9
France (Alazet)	4

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	7
Scotland (Hamilton)	3

Team	Final
Canada (Burtnyk)	11
Germany (Wendorf)	2

Team	Final
Sweden (Ullsten)	6
Italy (Dal Molin)	8

Team	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	4
United States (Nichols)	8

Draw 2

Team	Final
Scotland (Hamilton)	7
Sweden (Ullsten)	10

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	4
Denmark (Stjerne)	6

Team	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	5
Switzerland (Tanner)	7

Team	Final
United States (Somerville)	4
Norway (Sørum)	6

Team	Final
Canada (Burtnyk)	13
France (Alazet)	3

Draw 3

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	11
Germany (Wendorf)	3

Team	Final
Canada (Burtnyk)	8
Italy (Dal Molin)	2

Team	Final
Sweden (Ullsten)	5
United States (Somerville)	7

Team	Final
France (Alazet)	3
Denmark (Stjerne)	11

Team	Final
Scotland (Hamilton)	6
Switzerland (Tanner)	4

Draw 4

Team	Final
United States (Somerville)	4
Canada (Burtnyk)	5

Team	Final
France (Alazet)	4
Sweden (Ullsten)	17

Team	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	6
Scotland (Hamilton)	7

Team	Final
Switzerland (Tanner)	7
Germany (Wendorf)	4

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	7
Italy (Dal Molin)	4

Draw 5

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	10
Italy (Dal Molin)	4

Team	Final
United States (Somerville)	6
Switzerland (Tanner)	5

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	5
Canada (Burtnyk)	7

Team	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	2
Sweden (Ullsten)	9

Team	Final
France (Alazet)	3
Scotland (Hamilton)	15

Draw 6

Team	Final
Canada (Burtnyk)	9
Scotland (Hamilton)	5

Team	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	3
Norway (Sørum)	5

Team	Final
Switzerland (Tanner)	9
Sweden (Ullsten)	6

Team	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	8
France (Alazet)	5

Team	Final
United States (Somerville)	5
Germany (Wendorf)	7

Draw 7

Team	Final
Sweden (Ullsten)	6
Norway (Sørum)	7

Team	Final
Switzerland (Tanner)	3
Canada (Burtnyk)	8

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	5
France (Alazet)	6

Team	Final
Scotland (Hamilton)	4
United States (Somerville)	7

Team	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	6
Denmark (Stjerne)	5

Draw 8

Team	Final
France (Alazet)	2
United States (Somerville)	8

Team	Final
Sweden (Ullsten)	10
Germany (Wendorf)	2

Team	Final
Scotland (Hamilton)	5
Italy (Dal Molin)	4

Team	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	3
Canada (Burtnyk)	7

Team	Final
Switzerland (Tanner)	7
Norway (Sørum)	4

Draw 9

Team	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	3
Switzerland (Tanner)	9

Team	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	4
United States (Somerville)	6

Team	Final
France (Alazet)	4
Norway (Sørum)	12

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	5
Scotland (Hamilton)	6

Team	Final
Sweden (Ullsten)	9
Canada (Burtnyk)	5

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Canada	4
	4	Switzerland	7
						4	Switzerland	2
						2	United States	1
	2	Norway	4
	3	United States	7

Semifinals

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	4
United States (Somerville)	7

Team	Final
Canada (Burtnyk)	4
Switzerland (Tanner)	7

Final

Team	Final
Switzerland (Tanner)	2
United States (Somerville)	1

1981 Air Canada Silver Broom
Switzerland 2nd title

External links

• "1981 Air Canada Silver Broom". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29.