The 39th men's curling world championship was held in Bern ( Switzerland ) from April 12 to 20, 1997 . Switzerland hosted the men's world championship for the 5th time. The tournament was held in Bern for the third time.
| Men's World Curling Championship 1997 | |
|---|---|
| Championship Details | |
| Location |  Berne |
| Stadiums | Allmend stadium |
| Final Tournament Dates | April 12 - 20, 1997 |
| in the final stage | ten |
| Top places | |
 Champion |  Sweden (3rd time) |
 Second place |  Germany |
 Third place |  Scotland |
| Fourth place |  Canada |
| Championship Statistics | |
The Swedish national team became the world champion (for the third time in its history), defeating the German national team in the final with a score of 6: 3. The third place was taken by the Scottish team , who won the Canadian team with a score of 8: 4 in the match for 3rd place [1] .
At the same time as the men 's championship, the women's 1997 World Cup was held in Bern.
Content
Competition Format
First, all teams participate in the group stage, in which each team will play once with each. The four best teams go to the playoff semi -finals , the winners of which will play in the final, and the losers in the match for third place.
Member Teams
The tournament was attended by the Swiss national team (as the national team of the host country), the Canadian national team (as the reigning champion ; Canada was represented by the team of the Canadian men's 1997 team Skip Kevin Martin as the national team), six European men's teams took 1st-7th places at the 1996 European Championship years (except for the Swiss national team), the US national team (together with Canada representing North America), as well as the Australian national team (qualified according to the results of the Pacific Championship 1996 ).
Lineups
( skips are shown in bold)
| Team | Fourth | Third | Second | The first | Spare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Hugh Millikin | Gerald chick | Steven jones | Stephen hewitt | Jonathan wade |
| Germany | Andy kapp | Uli Kapp | Oliver Axnik | Holger Hoehn | Michael Schaeffer |
| Denmark | Ulrik Schmidt | Lasse lavrsen | Brian hansen | Ulrik damm | Carsten svensgaard |
| Canada | Kevin Martin | Don Valchak | Rudy ramcharan | Don Bartlett | Jules Ovchar |
| Norway | Paul trilsen | Lars Vogberg | Bent Onand Ramsfjell | Knut ivar moe | Morten halsa |
| USA | Craig disher | Kevin kakela | Joel jacobson | Paul peterson | Randy darling |
| Finland | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | Ville Meakel | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Tommy Hyati | Jouni weckman |
| Switzerland | Patrick netzer | Markus widmer | Damian Grichting | Fabian burckhardt | Tobias treyer |
| Sweden | Peyia Lindholm | Thomas Nordin | Magnus Swartling | Peter Narup | Marcus Feldt |
| Scotland | Hammy Macmillan | Norman Brown | Mike hay | Brian Binny | Peter Laudon |
Group Stage
| A place | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 | ten | AT | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Canada | * | 7: 6 | 6: 7 | 9: 6 | 6: 8 | 7: 5 | 8: 5 | 11: 6 | 7: 4 | 10: 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Scotland | 6: 7 | * | 5: 2 | 8: 3 | 5: 3 | 7: 6 | 9: 5 | 5: 4 | 3: 6 | 9: 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | Germany | 7: 6 | 2: 5 | * | 12: 3 | 7: 6 | 6: 8 | 6: 8 | 5: 4 | 5: 4 | 7: 6 | 6 | 3 |
| four | Sweden | 6: 9 | 3: 8 | 3:12 | * | 6: 4 | 8: 7 | 7: 5 | 6: 4 | 12: 4 | 8: 7 | 6 | 3 |
| five | Denmark | 8: 6 | 3: 5 | 6: 7 | 4: 6 | * | 8: 9 | 4: 3 | 7: 5 | 8: 3 | 7: 4 | five | four |
| 6 | USA | 5: 7 | 6: 7 | 8: 6 | 7: 8 | 9: 8 | * | 9: 5 | 6: 5 | 6: 8 | 5: 6 | four | five |
| 7 | Australia | 5: 8 | 5: 9 | 8: 6 | 5: 7 | 3: 4 | 5: 9 | * | 6: 7 | 8: 7 | 8: 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Norway | 6:11 a.m. | 4: 5 | 4: 5 | 4: 6 | 5: 7 | 5: 6 | 7: 6 | * | 7: 5 | 7: 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 4: 7 | 6: 3 | 4: 5 | 4:12 | 3: 8 | 8: 6 | 7: 8 | 5: 7 | * | 9: 7 | 3 | 6 |
| ten | Finland | 2:10 | 1: 9 | 6: 7 | 7: 8 | 4: 7 | 6: 5 | 4: 8 | 5: 7 | 7: 9 | * | one | eight |
- Pass to the semifinals of the playoffs.
Playoffs
| Semifinals | The final | ||||||
| Canada | four | ||||||
| Sweden | 6 | ||||||
| Sweden | 6 | ||||||
| Germany | 3 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| Scotland | 3 | Canada | four | ||||
| Germany | 6 | Scotland | eight | ||||
Final classification
| A place | Team | AND | AT | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | eleven | eight | 3 | |
| Germany | eleven | 7 | four | |
| Scotland | eleven | eight | 3 | |
| four | Canada | eleven | 7 | four |
| five | Denmark | 9 | five | four |
| 6 | USA | 9 | four | five |
| 7 | Australia | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Norway | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| ten | Finland | 9 | one | eight |
Rewards
- The Colin Campbell Memorial Award [2] , awarded “for the best embodiment of sporting spirit and sportsmanship,” was awarded to Jussi Uusipaavalniemi [3] (Finland).