1971 Air Canada Silver Broom

1971 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host city	Megève, France
Arena	Palais de Sports
Dates	March 16–21
Winner	Canada
Curling club	Granite CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Skip	Don Duguid
Third	Rod Hunter
Second	Jim Pettapiece
Lead	Bryan Wood
Finalist	Scotland (James Sanderson)
« 1970 1972 »

The 1971 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from March 16 to 21 at the Palais de Sports in Megève, France.

Teams

Canada	France	Germany	Norway
Granite CC, Winnipeg, Manitoba Skip: Don Duguid Third: Rod Hunter Second: Jim Pettapiece Lead: Bryan Wood	Mont d'Arbois CC, Megève Skip: Pierre Boan Third: André Mabboux Second: André Tronc Lead: Richard Duvillard Alternate: Gerard Pasquier	EC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf Skip: Manfred Räderer Third: Peter Jacoby Second: Peder Ledosquet Lead: Hansjörg Jacoby	Stabekk CC, Oslo Skip: Knut Bjaanaes Third: Sven Kroken Second: Per Dammen Lead: Kjell Ulrichsen
Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Oxenfoord CC, Edinburgh Skip: James Sanderson Third: Willie Sanderson Second: Iain Baxter Lead: Colin Baxter	IF Göta, Karlstad Fourth: Roy Berglöf Skip: Kjell Grengmark* Second: Erik Berglöf Lead: Lars-Erik Håkansson	Zug CC, Zug Skip: Cesare Canepa Third: Werner Oswald Second: Jakob Kluser Lead: Hans-Ruedi Werren	Edmore CC, Edmore, North Dakota Skip: Dale Dalziel Third: Dennis Melland Second: Clark Sampson Lead: Rodney Melland

*Throws third rocks.

Standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs
	Teams to tiebreaker

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Don Duguid	7	0
Scotland	James Sanderson	5	2
United States	Dale Dalziel	4	3
Sweden	Kjell Grengmark	3	4
Switzerland	Cesare Canepa	3	4
France	Pierre Boan	2	5
Germany	Manfred Räderer	2	5
Norway	Knut Bjaanaes	2	5

Results

Draw 1

Team	Final
Canada (Duguid)	9
Switzerland (Canepa)	5

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	7
Germany (Räderer)	6

Team	Final
Sweden (Grengmark)	13
France (Boan)	3

Team	Final
Norway (Bjaanaes)	6
United States (Dalziel)	5

Draw 2

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	11
Sweden (Grengmark)	3

Team	Final
Canada (Duguid)	9
United States (Dalziel)	5

Team	Final
Switzerland (Canepa)	9
Norway (Bjaanaes)	6

Team	Final
France (Boan)	11
Germany (Räderer)	9

Draw 3

Team	Final
United States (Dalziel)	12
Switzerland (Canepa)	4

Team	Final
Germany (Räderer)	7
Sweden (Grengmark)	3

Team	Final
France (Boan)	9
Scotland (Sanderson)	7

Team	Final
Canada (Duguid)	7
Norway (Bjaanaes)	6

Draw 4

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	8
Norway (Bjaanaes)	4

Team	Final
Canada (Duguid)	9
France (Boan)	5

Team	Final
United States (Dalziel)	14
Germany (Räderer)	4

Team	Final
Sweden (Grengmark)	6
Switzerland (Canepa)	5

Draw 5

Team	Final
Canada (Duguid)	10
Sweden (Grengmark)	6

Team	Final
Norway (Bjaanaes)	4
France (Boan)	3

Team	Final
Switzerland (Canepa)	9
Germany (Räderer)	3

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	6
United States (Dalziel)	4

Draw 6

Team	Final
United States (Dalziel)	12
France (Boan)	4

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	7
Switzerland (Canepa)	6

Team	Final
Sweden (Grengmark)	9
Norway (Bjaanaes)	6

Team	Final
Canada (Duguid)	8
Germany (Räderer)	4

Draw 7

Team	Final
Germany (Räderer)	5
Norway (Bjaanaes)	4

Team	Final
United States (Dalziel)	3
Sweden (Grengmark)	2

Team	Final
Canada (Duguid)	10
Scotland (Sanderson)	6

Team	Final
Switzerland (Canepa)	6
France (Boan)	5

Tiebreaker

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Sweden (Grengmark)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	5
Switzerland (Canepa)	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	9

Playoffs

	Semi-final					Final
	1	Canada	9
	4	Switzerland	5
						1	Canada	9
						2	Scotland	5
	2	Scotland	7
	3	United States	6

Semifinals

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Canada (Duguid)	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	9
Switzerland (Canepa)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	7
United States (Dalziel)	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6

Final

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
Canada (Duguid)	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	9
Scotland (Sanderson)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

1971 Air Canada Silver Broom
Canada 11th title

References

• "Air Canada Silver Broom 1971". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2010-05-11.

External links

• Results from the World Curling Federation