1978 Air Canada Silver Broom

1978 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host city	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Arena	Winnipeg Arena
Dates	March 27-April 2
Winner	United States
Curling club	Superior CC, Wisconsin
Skip	Bob Nichols
Third	Bill Strum
Second	Tom Locken
Lead	Bob Christman
Finalist	Norway (Kristian Sørum)

The 1978 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from March 27 to April 2 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Teams

Canada	Denmark	France	Germany	Italy
Medicine Hat CC, Medicine Hat, Alberta Fourth: Ed Lukowich Skip: Mike Chernoff Second: Dave Johnston Lead: Ron Schindle	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Arvid Petersen Third: Arne Pedersen Second: John Christiansen Lead: Erik Kelnaes	Mont d’Arbois CC, Megève Skip: Pierre Boan Third: Pierre Duclos Second: Honore Brangi Lead: Jean-Claude Gachet	Munchener EV, Münich Skip: Keith Wendorf Third: Balint von Bery Second: Sascha Fischer-Weppler Lead: Heino von L’Estocq	66 CC, Cortina d’Ampezzo Skip: Leone Rezzadore Third: Roberto Zangara Second: Franco Caldara Lead: Roberto Bocus
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Trondheim CC Skip: Kristian Sørum Third: Morten Sørum Second: Eigil Ramsfjell Lead: Gunnar Meland	Oxenfoord CC, Edinburgh Skip: James Sanderson Third: Iain Baxter Second: Willie Sanderson Lead: Colin Baxter	Djursholms CK, Stockholm Skip: Tom Schaeffer Third: Svante Ödman Second: Fred Ridderstad Lead: Claes-Göran Carlman	Bern-Zähringer CC, Bern Skip: Fred Collioud Third: Roland Schneider Second: René Collioud Lead: Kurt Schneider	Superior CC, Wisconsin Skip: Bob Nichols Third: Bill Strum Second: Tom Locken Lead: Bob Christman

Round Robin Standings

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Mike Chernoff	7	2
United States	Bob Nichols	7	2
Sweden	Tom Schaeffer	6	3
Norway	Kristian Sørum	5	4
Scotland	James Sanderson	5	4
Germany	Keith Wendorf	4	5
France	Pierre Boan	3	6
Italy	Leone Rezzadore	3	6
Switzerland	Fred Collioud	3	6
Denmark	Arvid Petersen	2	7

Round Robin Results

Draw 1

Team	Final
Canada (Chernoff)	14
Norway (Sørum)	3

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	8
France (Boan)	4

Team	Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)	10
Switzerland (Collioud)	4

Team	Final
United States (Nichols)	5
Scotland (Sanderson)	4

Team	Final
Italy (Rezzadore)	9
Denmark (Petersen)	4

Draw 2

Team	Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)	8
Denmark (Petersen)	3

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	3
United States (Nichols)	9

Team	Final
France (Boan)	6
Italy (Rezzadore)	5

Team	Final
Switzerland (Collioud)	6
Canada (Lukowich)	3

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	4
Germany (Wendorf)	7

Draw 3

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	5
Italy (Rezzadore)	3

Team	Final
Denmark (Petersen)	5
Canada (Lukowich)	11

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	6
Norway (Sørum)	7

Team	Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)	11
France (Boan)	4

Team	Final
United States (Nichols)	5
Switzerland (Collioud)	4

Draw 4

Team	Final
United States (Nichols)	7
France (Boan)	5

Team	Final
Italy (Rezzadore)	8
Switzerland (Collioud)	3

Team	Final
Canada (Lukowich)	4
Scotland (Sanderson)	6

Team	Final
Denmark (Petersen)	7
Germany (Wendorf)	5

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	7
Sweden (Schaeffer)	8

Draw 5

Team	Final
Denmark (Petersen)	5
Scotland (Sanderson)	8

Team	Final
Canada (Lukowich)	9
Germany (Wendorf)	3

Team	Final
United States (Nichols)	7
Sweden (Schaeffer)	9

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	11
Italy (Rezzadore)	3

Team	Final
Switzerland (Collioud)	8
France (Boan)	7

Draw 6

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	9
Switzerland (Collioud)	6

Team	Final
France (Boan)	5
Denmark (Petersen)	7

Team	Final
Italy (Rezzadore)	3
Germany (Wendorf)	12

Team	Final
Canada (Lukowich)	8
United States (Nichols)	6

Team	Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)	4
Scotland (Sanderson)	10

Draw 7

Team	Final
France (Boan)	6
Canada (Lukowich)	8

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	6
Norway (Sørum)	7

Team	Final
Switzerland (Collioud)	7
Denmark (Petersen)	5

Team	Final
Italy (Rezzadore)	5
Sweden (Schaeffer)	3

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

Draw 8

Team	Final
Italy (Rezzadore)	3
United States (Nichols)	5

Team	Final
Sweden (Schaeffer)	5
Canada (Lukowich)	8

Team	Final
Scotland (Sanderson)	2
France (Boan)	6

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	7
Switzerland (Collioud)	2

Team	Final
Denmark (Petersen)	3
Norway (Sørum)	8

Draw 9

Team	Final
Germany (Wendorf)	3
Sweden (Schaeffer)	8

Team	Final
Switzerland (Collioud)	3
Scotland (Sanderson)	10

Team	Final
Denmark (Petersen)	4
United States (Nichols)	6

Team	Final
France (Boan)	5
Norway (Sørum)	4

Team	Final
Canada (Lukowich)	9
Italy (Rezzadore)	2

Tiebreaker

Team	Final
Norway (Sørum)	4
Scotland (Sanderson)	1

Playoffs

Semifinals			Final


1	Canada	2

4	Norway	6
			4	Norway	4

			2	United States	6
2	United States	6

3	Sweden	5

Semifinals

Team	Final
Canada (Chernoff)	2
Norway (Sørum)	6

Team	Final
United States (Nichols)	6
Sweden (Schaeffer)	5

Final

Team	Final
United States (Nichols)	6
Norway (Sørum)	4

1978 Air Canada Silver Broom
United States 4th title

External links

"1978 Air Canada Silver Broom". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 27 April 2011.

World Curling Championships

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Mixed Doubles	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Wheelchair	2002 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016

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