World Junior Curling Championships

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World Junior Championship banners awarded to John Morris and his two teams from 1998 and 1999.
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World Junior Championship banners awarded to John Morris and his two teams from 1998 and 1999.

The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988.

There is also a "B" tournament where the bottom 2 teams are demoted to and the top two teams of which are promoted.

[edit] Winners

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Year Men's Women's Host city
1975 Jan Ullsten, Sweden   East York, Canada
1976 Paul Gowsell, Canada   Aviemore, Scotland
1977 Bill Jenkins, Canada   Quebec City, Canada
1978 Paul Gowsell, Canada   Grindelwald, Switzerland
1979 Donald Barcome, Jr., United States   Moose Jaw, Canada
1980 Andrew McQuistin, Scotland   Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada
1981 Peter Wilson, Scotland   Megève, France
1982 Sören Grahn, Sweden   Fredericton, Canada
1983 John Base, Canada   Medicine Hat, Canada
1984 Al Edwards, United States   Cornwall, Canada
1985 Bobby Ursel, Canada   Perth, Scotland
1986 David Aitken, Scotland   Dartmouth, Canada
1987 Douglas Dryburgh, Scotland   Victoria, Canada
1988 Jim Sullivan, Canada Julie Sutton, Canada Füssen, Germany (men's)
Chamonix, France (women's)
1989 Peter Lindholm, Sweden LaDawn Funk, Canada Markham, Canada
1990 Stefan Traub, Switzerland Kirsty Addison, Scotland Portage la Prairie, Canada
1991 Alan MacDougall, Scotland Eva Eriksson, Sweden Glasgow, Scotland
1992 Stefan Heilman, Switzerland Gillian Barr, Scotland Oberstdorf, Germany
1993 Craig Wilson, Scotland Kirsty Hay, Scotland Grindelwald, Switzerland
1994 Colin Davison, Canada Kim Gellard, Canada Sofia, Bulgaria
1995 Tom Brewster, Jr., Scotland Kelly Mackenzie, Canada Perth, Scotland
1996 James Dryburgh, Scotland Heather Godberson, Canada Red Deer, Canada
1997 Ralph Stöckli, Switzerland Julia Ewart, Scotland Karuizawa, Japan
1998 John Morris, Canada Melissa McClure, Canada Thunder Bay, Canada
1999 John Morris, Canada Silvana Tirinzoni, Switzerland Östersund, Sweden
2000 Brad Kuhn, Canada Matilda Mattsson, Sweden Geising, Germany
2001 Brad Gushue, Canada Suzanne Gaudet, Canada Ogden, United States
2002 David Hamblin, Canada Cassandra Johnson, United States Kelowna, Canada
2003 Steve Laycock, Canada Marliese Miller, Canada Flims, Switzerland
2004 Niklas Edin, Sweden Linn Githmark, Norway Trois-Rivières, Canada
2005 Kyle George, Canada Tania Grivel, Switzerland Pinerolo, Italy
2006 Charley Thomas, Canada Ludmila Privivkova , Russia Jeonju, South Korea
2007 Eveleth, United States
2008 Östersund, Sweden
2009 Vancouver, Canada
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