1968 Air Canada Silver Broom

1968 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host city Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
Arena Pointe Claire Arena
Dates March 20-24, 1968
Winner  Canada
Curling club Calgary CC, Alberta
Skip Ron Northcott
Third Jimmy Shields
Second Bernie Sparkes
Lead Fred Storey
Finalist  Scotland (Chuck Hay)

The 1968 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada at the Pointe Claire Arena.

Teams

 Canada  France  Germany  Norway
Calgary CC, Alberta

Skip: Ron Northcott
Third: Jimmy Shields
Second: Bernie Sparkes
Lead: Fred Storey

Mont d'Arbois CC, Megève

Fourth: Pierre Boan
Third: Martino Parodi
Skip: Guy Parodi*
Lead: Francois Parodi

EC Bad Tölz

Skip: Werner Fischer-Weppler
Third: Herbert Kellner
Second: Rolf Klug
Lead: Heinz Kellner

Bygdøy CC, Oslo

Skip: Thor Andresen
Third: Lars Askersrud
Second: Øivind Tandberg
Lead: Anders Landemoen

 Scotland  Sweden   Switzerland  United States
Kilgraston & Moncrieffe CC, Perth

Skip: Chuck Hay
Third: John Bryden
Second: Alan Glen
Lead: David Howie

IF Göta, Karlstad

Fourth: Roy Berglöf
Skip: Kjell Grengmark**
Second: Sven Carlsson
Lead: Stig Håkansson

Thun CC

Skip: Franz Marti
Third: Ueli Stauffer
Second: Peter Staudenmann
Lead: Rudolf Rütti

Superior CC, Wisconsin

Skip: Bud Somerville
Third: Bill Strum
Second: Al Gagne
Lead: Tom Wright

*Throws second stones.
**Throws third stones.

Standings

Country Skip W L
 Scotland Chuck Hay 7 0
 Canada Ron Northcott 6 1
 United States Bud Somerville 5 2
 Sweden Kjell Grengmark 4 3
 France Guy Parodi 2 5
 Norway Thor Andresen 2 5
  Switzerland Franz Marti 2 5
 Germany Werner Fischer-Weppler 0 7

Results

Draw 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Scotland (Hay) 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 4 0 4 1 0 16

 Germany (Fischer-Weppler) 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 8

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Sweden (Grengmark) 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 3 2 14

 France (Parodi) 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Canada (Northcott) 3 0 5 0 3 3 1 0 3 0 2 1 21

  Switzerland (Marti) 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 7

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 United States (Somerville) 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 3 2 0 4 X 18

 Norway (Andresen) 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 7

Draw 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Canada (Northcott) 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 10

 United States (Somerville) 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Switzerland (Marti) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 11

 Norway (Andresen) 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Scotland (Hay) 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 13

 Sweden (Grengmark) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 7

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 France (Parodi) 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 13

 Germany (Fischer-Weppler) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 8

Draw 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Sweden (Grengmark) 1 4 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 6 1 22

 Germany (Fischer-Weppler) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Scotland (Hay) 2 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 14

 France (Parodi) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 United States (Somerville) 2 1 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 2 2 1 17

  Switzerland (Marti) 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Canada (Northcott) 1 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 13

 Norway (Andresen) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 8

Draw 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Norway (Andresen) 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 12

 France (Parodi) 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 11

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
  Switzerland (Marti) 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 5 1 1 16

 Germany (Fischer-Weppler) 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Canada (Northcott) 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 7

 Sweden (Grengmark) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Scotland (Hay) 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 11

 United States (Somerville) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6

Draw 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 United States (Somerville) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 8

 Sweden (Grengmark) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Scotland (Hay) 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 10

 Canada (Northcott) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Norway (Andresen) 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 12

 Germany (Fischer-Weppler) 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 8

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 France (Parodi) 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 12

  Switzerland (Marti) 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6

Draw 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Scotland (Hay) 1 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 2 19

  Switzerland (Marti) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 8

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Sweden (Grengmark) 1 2 0 2 4 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 15

 Norway (Andresen) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 10

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 United States (Somerville) 0 2 0 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 14

 France (Parodi) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Canada (Northcott) 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 1 19

 Germany (Fischer-Weppler) 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6

Draw 7

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Canada (Northcott) 2 1 1 0 2 3 3 0 4 5 0 2 23

 France (Parodi) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 United States (Somerville) 3 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 3 2 0 16

 Germany (Fischer-Weppler) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Scotland (Hay) 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 13

 Norway (Andresen) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 8

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Sweden (Grengmark) 4 2 0 0 0 3 2 4 4 1 0 0 20

  Switzerland (Marti) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6

Playoffs

Brackets

  Semi-Final     Final
                 
    1   Scotland 6
  2   Canada 12     2   Canada 8
  3   United States 2  

Semifinals

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Canada (Northcott) 0 2 0 4 1 1 4 X X X X X 12

 United States (Somerville) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X X X 2

Final

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final
 Canada (Northcott) 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 8

 Scotland (Hay) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 X 6

1968 Air Canada Silver Broom Winners
Canada
Canada
8th title

References

External links

WCF Statistics