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1968 Air Canada Silver Broom

1968 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host cityPointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
ArenaPointe Claire Arena
DatesMarch 20–24, 1968
Winner Canada
Curling clubCalgary CC, Calgary
SkipRon Northcott
ThirdJimmy Shields
SecondBernie Sparkes
LeadFred 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

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 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

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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

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Draw 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Brackets

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

Semifinals

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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

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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) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 X 6
1968 Air Canada Silver Broom Winners
Canada
Canada
8th title

References

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Men's
Women's
Mixed doubles
Mixed
Senior
Junior
Junior-B
Wheelchair
Wheelchair-B
Wheelchair mixed doubles
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