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, Calgary
Skip	Ron Northcott
Third	Jimmy Shields
Second	Bernie Sparkes
Lead	Fred Storey
Finalist	Scotland (Chuck Hay)
« 1967 1969 »

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, Calgary 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, Thun 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 8th title

References

• Results from the World Curling Federation

External links

• WCF Statistics