1979 Air Canada Silver Broom

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.

1979 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host city	Bern, Switzerland
Arena	Allmend Eisstadion
Dates	March 26 – April 1, 1979
Winner	Norway
Curling club	Bygdøy CC, Oslo
Skip	Kristian Sørum
Third	Morten Sørum
Second	Eigil Ramsfjell
Lead	Gunnar Meland
Finalist	Switzerland (Peter Attinger, Jr.)
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Teams

Canada	Denmark	France	Germany	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
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	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

Country	Skip	W	L
Switzerland	Peter Attinger, Jr.	7	2
Norway	Kristian Sørum	6	3
Canada	Barry Fry	6	3
Germany	Keith Wendorf	6	3
United States	Scott Baird	6	3
Scotland	Jimmy Waddell	5	4
Sweden	Karl-Erik Bruneflod	3	6
Italy	Giuseppe Dal Molin	3	6
France	Georges Magnier	2	7
Denmark	Jørn Blach	1	8

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Team	Final
United States (Baird)	8
France (Magnier)	3

Team	Final
Switzerland (Attinger)	7
Italy (Dal Molin)	4

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	4
Denmark (Blach)	3

Team	Final
Scotland (Waddell)	4
Canada (Fry)	3

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	12
Sweden (Bruneflod)	3

Draw 2

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	6
Switzerland (Attinger)	5

Team	Final
Sweden (Bruneflod)	7
Scotland (Waddell)	6

Team	Final
United States (Baird)	11
Italy (Dal Molin)	5

Team	Final
France (Magnier)	6
Denmark (Blach)	4

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	6
Canada (Fry)	4

Draw 3

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	8
Sweden (Bruneflod)	5

Team	Final
Canada (Fry)	6
France (Magnier)	4

Team	Final
Switzerland (Attinger)	10
Scotland (Waddell)	7

Team	Final
United States (Baird)	9
Germany (Wendorf)	6

Team	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	8
Denmark (Blach)	3

Draw 4

Team	Final
Scotland (Waddell)	12
Denmark (Blach)	3

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	6
United States (Baird)	5

Team	Final
Canada (Fry)	6
Germany (Wendorf)	3

Team	Final
Sweden (Bruneflod)	10
Italy (Dal Molin)	2

Team	Final
France (Magnier)	7
Switzerland (Attinger)	4

Draw 5

Team	Final
Canada (Fry)	6
Italy (Dal Molin)	4

Team	Final
Scotland (Waddell)	5
France (Magnier)	3

Team	Final
Switzerland (Attinger)	5
Denmark (Blach)	2

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	9
Norway (Sørum)	6

Team	Final
United States (Baird)	9
Sweden (Bruneflod)	2

Draw 6

Team	Final
Switzerland (Attinger)	4
United States (Baird)	3

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	8
Italy (Dal Molin)	4

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	6
Scotland (Waddell)	5

Team	Final
Sweden (Bruneflod)	10
France (Magnier)	4

Team	Final
Canada (Fry)	9
Denmark (Blach)	4

Draw 7

Team	Final
Canada (Fry)	6
Sweden (Bruneflod)	5

Team	Final
Switzerland (Attinger)	5
Norway (Sørum)	4

Team	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	6
France (Magnier)	3

Team	Final
United States (Baird)	8
Denmark (Blach)	2

Team	Final
Scotland (Waddell)	7
Germany (Wendorf)	5

Draw 8

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	8
Denmark (Blach)	5

Team	Final
Canada (Fry)	6
United States (Baird)	4

Team	Final
Switzerland (Attinger)	7
Sweden (Bruneflod)	6

Team	Final
Scotland (Waddell)	7
Italy (Dal Molin)	4

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	6
France (Magnier)	1

Draw 9

Team	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	7
Norway (Sørum)	6

Team	Final
Denmark (Blach)	5
Sweden (Bruneflod)	4

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	7
France (Magnier)	4

Team	Final
Switzerland (Attinger)	6
Canada (Fry)	5

Team	Final
United States (Baird)	5
Scotland (Waddell)	4

Tiebreakers

Tiebreaker 1

Team	Final
Canada (Fry)	8
United States (Baird)	4

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	6
Germany (Wendorf)	5

Tiebreaker 2

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	7
United States (Baird)	4

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Switzerland	9
	4	Germany	5
						1	Switzerland	4
						2	Norway	5
	2	Norway	6
	3	Canada	3

Semifinals

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	6
Canada (Fry)	3

Team	Final
Switzerland (Attinger)	9
Germany (Wendorf)	5

Final

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	5
Switzerland (Attinger)	4

1979 Air Canada Silver Broom
Norway 1st title

External links

• "1979 Air Canada Silver Broom". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29.