1983 Air Canada Silver Broom

The 1983 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from April 11–17, 1983 in the Agridome in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

1983 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host city	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Arena	Agridome
Dates	April 11–17, 1983
Winner	Canada
Curling club	Avonlea CC, Don Mills
Skip	Ed Werenich
Third	Paul Savage
Second	John Kawaja
Lead	Neil Harrison
Finalist	West Germany (Keith Wendorf)
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The final pitted two skips from Toronto, with Canada, skipped by Ed Werenich against West Germany, skipped by Keith Wendorf, who was born there. After Germany lost the coin toss to determine hammer in the first end, the game started with Canada scoring a deuce in the first, thanks in part to a hit and roll by second John Kawaja. The Germans replied with a single in the second. Werenich had a nervous shot against two in the third, having to hit a partially buried German stone, while avoiding knocking the German guard into the house at the same time. Wereinch made the hit to take a 3–1 lead. Canada then tried to play a more defensive game, but had trouble making peels on the "demanding" ice. But the Werenich team was used to playing aggressive, and were able to pivot. Both Wendorf and Werenich made "clutch" draws to the four-foot on their finals stones in the fourth and fifth ends, respectively, which gave Canada a 4–2 lead into the break. Wendorf made a "pressure-packed" hit in the sixth against two Canadian stones to get within a point of Canada. In the seventh, Wendorf missed on his first, ticking on a guard. Werenich replied by coming throw a port to hit a German counter. Wendorf was light on his last rock, and Werenich drew for a second point to give Canada a 6–3 lead. In the eighth, Wendorf was facing four on his last, and attempted a hit and roll to score. Unfortunately for him, he did not roll far enough, with a measurement giving Canada a steal of one. Canada went on to win the game 7–4.^[1] It was the best showing for West Germany at the World Championship.^[2]

Teams

Austria	Canada	Denmark	West Germany	Italy
Kitzbühel CC, Kitzbühel Skip: Arthur Fabi Third: Günther Märker Second: Manfred Fabi Lead: Dieter Küchenmeister	Avonlea CC, Don Mills Skip: Ed Werenich Third: Paul Savage Second: John Kawaja Lead: Neil Harrison	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Tommy Stjerne Third: Oluf Olsen Second: Steen Hansen Lead: Peter Andersen	CC Schwenningen, Villingen-Schwenningen Skip: Keith Wendorf Third: Hans Dieter Kiesel Second: Sven Saile Lead: Heiner Martin	Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo Fourth: Massimo Alvera[a] Third: Franco Sovilla[a] Skip: Giuseppe Dal Molin Lead: Stefano Morona
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Snarøen CC, Snarøya Skip: Eigil Ramsfjell Third: Sjur Loen Second: Gunnar Meland Lead: Bo Bakke	Magnum CC, Irvine Skip: Graeme Adam Third: Ken Horton Second: Andrew McQuistin Lead: Bob Cowan	Sollefteå CK, Sollefteå Skip: Stefan Hasselborg Third: Mikael Hasselborg Second: Hans Nordin Lead: Lars Wernblom	Bern-Wildstrubel CC, Bern Skip: Urs Studer Third: Bruno Binggeli Second: Jürg Studer Lead: Daniel Wyser	Broadmoor CC, Colorado Springs Skip: Don Cooper Third: Jerry van Brunt Jr. Second: Billy Shipstad Lead: Jack McNelly

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs
	Teams to tiebreaker

Country	Skip	W	L	S%[3]
Canada	Ed Werenich	8	1	79%
West Germany	Keith Wendorf	6	3	73%
Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	6	3	77%
Sweden	Stefan Hasselborg	6	3	76%
Scotland	Graeme Adam	6	3	72%
United States	Don Cooper	5	4	71%
Denmark	Tommy Stjerne	5	4	71%
Switzerland	Urs Studer	2	7	68%
Austria	Arthur Fabi	1	8	53%
Italy	Giuseppe Dal Molin	0	9	64%

Results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).^[4]

Draw 1

Monday, April 11, 12:00pm^[5]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Cooper)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	6
Scotland (Adam)	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramfsjell)	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	X	5
Sweden (Hasselborg)	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	3
Canada (Werenich)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	X	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Studer)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	4
West Germany (Wendorf)	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	X	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Fabi)	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	7
Italy (Dal Molin)	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6

Draw 2

Monday, April 11, 7:30pm^[5]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Fabi)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	3
Norway (Ramfsjell)	0	0	2	2	0	4	2	2	X	X	12

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Werenich)	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	8
Italy (Dal Molin)	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Cooper)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	4
Switzerland (Studer)	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	4
Scotland (Adam)	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	X	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	4
West Germany (Wendorf)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5

Draw 3

Tuesday, April 12, 12:30pm^[6]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
West Germany (Wendorf)	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	X	X	8
Italy (Dal Molin)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Adam)	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	5
Switzerland (Studer)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	2	0	4	1	0	0	3	3	X	X	13
Austria (Fabi)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Werenich)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	X	3
United States (Cooper)	2	0	2	1	0	0	5	X	X	X	10

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	X	7
Norway (Ramfsjell)	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	X	9

Draw 4

Tuesday, April 12, 7:30pm^[6]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Adam)	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
Sweden (Hasselborg)	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	4
United States (Cooper)	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramfsjell)	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	7
Italy (Dal Molin)	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
West Germany (Wendorf)	4	0	1	1	4	0	4	2	X	X	16
Austria (Fabi)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Studer)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	2
Canada (Werenich)	0	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	X	X	8

Draw 5

Wednesday, April 13, 12:30pm^[7]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Stjerne)	1	0	4	1	3	1	0	1	X	X	11
Austria (Fabi)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	6
Canada (Werenich)	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Adam)	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5
West Germany (Wendorf)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramfsjell)	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	9
Switzerland (Studer)	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	1
United States (Cooper)	3	2	3	0	1	2	X	X	X	X	11

Draw 6

Wednesday, April 13, 7:30pm^[7]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	X	3
Switzerland (Studer)	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Cooper)	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	X	9
West Germany (Wendorf)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Canada (Werenich)	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	8
Norway (Ramfsjell)	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
Denmark (Stjerne)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Adam)	1	2	0	2	1	0	4	0	X	X	10
Austria (Fabi)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	3

Draw 7

Thursday, April 14, 12:30pm^[8]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ramfsjell)	1	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	X	7
United States (Cooper)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	X	5
Scotland (Adam)	1	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Studer)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	5
Sweden (Hasselborg)	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Fabi)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	X	3
Canada (Werenich)	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	2	X	X	11

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
West Germany (Wendorf)	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	X	7
Denmark (Stjerne)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	4

Draw 8

Thursday, April 14, 7:30pm^[8]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Canada (Werenich)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	7
West Germany (Wendorf)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Studer)	0	4	0	2	1	0	3	0	X	X	10
Austria (Fabi)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	3
Denmark (Stjerne)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	X	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Adam)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
Norway (Ramfsjell)	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Cooper)	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	X	6
Sweden (Hasselborg)	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	8

Draw 9

Friday, April 15, 9:30am^[9]

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Studer)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	4
Denmark (Stjerne)	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
West Germany (Wendorf)	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	X	X	8
Norway (Ramfsjell)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Fabi)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
United States (Cooper)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Dal Molin)	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	7
Sweden (Hasselborg)	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	3	0	X	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Werenich)	3	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	X	10
Scotland (Adam)	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	X	7

Tiebreakers

Round 1

Friday, April 15, 2:30pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	0	2	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	3
Norway (Ramfsjell)	4	0	2	1	1	0	X	X	X	X	8

Player percentages[3]
Sweden		Norway
Lars Wernblom	96%	Bo Bakke	75%
Hans Nordin	94%	Gunnar Meland	67%
Mikael Hasselborg	92%	Sjur Loen	92%
Stefan Hasselborg	42%	Eigil Ramsfjell	79%
Total	81%	Total	78%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
West Germany (Wendorf)	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	7
Scotland (Adam)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	5

Player percentages[3]
West Germany		Scotland
Heiner Martin	71%	Bob Cowan	92%
Sven Saile	82%	Andrew McQuistin	74%
Hans Dieter Kiesel	83%	Ken Horton	72%
Keith Wendorf	78%	Graeme Adam	78%
Total	78%	Total	79%

Round 2

Friday, April 15, 7:30pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	6
Scotland (Adam)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5

Player percentages[3]
Sweden		Scotland
Lars Wernblom	79%	Bob Cowan	64%
Hans Nordin	80%	Andrew McQuistin	61%
Mikael Hasselborg	58%	Ken Horton	75%
Stefan Hasselborg	66%	Graeme Adam	61%
Total	71%	Total	65%

Playoffs

	Semi-final					Final
	3	Norway	3
	2	West Germany	4
						2	West Germany	4
						1	Canada	7
	1	Canada	8
	4	Sweden	6

Semifinals

Saturday, April 16, 2:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Ramfsjell)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3
West Germany (Wendorf)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4

Player percentages[3]
Norway		West Germany
Bo Bakke	80%	Heiner Martin	67%
Gunnar Meland	84%	Sven Saile	84%
Sjur Loen	70%	Hans Dieter Kiesel	65%
Eigil Ramsfjell	86%	Keith Wendorf	73%
Total	80%	Total	72%

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Werenich)	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	X	8
Sweden (Hasselborg)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	X	5

Player percentages[3]
Canada		Sweden
Neil Harrison	89%	Lars Wernblom	79%
John Kawaja	73%	Hans Nordin	81%
Paul Savage	91%	Mikael Hasselborg	74%
Ed Werenich	71%	Stefan Hasselborg	67%
Total	81%	Total	75%

Final

Sunday, April 17, 1:00pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
West Germany (Wendorf)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	4
Canada (Werenich)	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	X	7

Player percentages[3]
West Germany		Canada
Heiner Martin	80%	Neil Harrison	75%
Sven Saile	79%	John Kawaja	78%
Hans Dieter Kiesel	61%	Paul Savage	73%
Keith Wendorf	68%	Ed Werenich	85%
Total	72%	Total	77%

1983 Air Canada Silver Broom
Canada 15th title

Top five player percentages

^[3]

Leads % Bo Bakke 86 Neil Harrison 84 Lars Wernblom 73 Jack McNelly 72 Peter Andersen 71 Bob Cowan 71

Seconds % Hans Nordin 81 John Kawaja 80 Gunnar Meland 76 Billy Shipstad 74 Steen Hansen 72 Sven Saile 72

Thirds % Paul Savage 81 Hans Dieter Kiesel 76 Sjur Loen 76 Oluf Olsen 74 Mikael Hasselborg 74

Skips % Graeme Adam 76 Stefan Hasselborg 76 Ed Werenich 73 Keith Wendorf 73 Eigil Ramsfjell 71

Notes

1. For the last three draws, Alvera threw third stones, while Sovilla threw fourth stones.^[3]