1997 FORD WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Allmend Stadium Berne, Switzerland April 12-20, 1997 FINAL STANDINGS: Sweden [SWE] Östersunds CK 8-3 Peter Lindholm, Tomas Nordin, Magnus Swartling, Peter Narup, Marcus Feldt Germany [GER] Füssen CC 7-4 Andy Kapp, Uli Kapp, Oliver Axnick, Holger Höhne, Michael Schäffer Scotland [SCO] Castle Kennedy CC, Stranraer 8-3 Hammy McMillan, Norman Brown, Mike Hay, Brian Binnie, Peter Loudon Canada [CAN] Ottewell CC, Edmonton, Alberta 7-4 Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Rudy Ramcharan, Don Bartlett, Jules Owchar Denmark [DEN] Hvidovre CC 5-4 Ulrik Schmidt, Lasse Lavrsen, Brian Hansen, Ulrik Damm, Carsten Svensgaard United States [USA] Langdon CC, North Dakota 4-5 Craig Disher, Kevin Kakela, Joel Jacobson, Paul Peterson, Randy Darling Australia [AUS] Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney 3-6 Hugh Millikin, Gerald Chick, Stephen Johns, Steve Hewitt, Jonathan Wade Norway [NOR] Stabekk CC, Oslo 3-6 Pål Trulsen, Lars Vågberg, Bent Ånund Ramsfjell, Knut Ivar Moe, Morten Halsa Switzerland [SUI] Basel-Ysfäger CC, Basel 3-6 Patrick Netzer, Markus Widmer, Damian Grichting, Fabian Burckhardt, Tobias Treyer Finland [FIN] Hyvinkää CC 1-8 Markku Uusipaavalniemi, Wille Mäkelä, Jussi Uusipaavalniemi, Tommi Häti, Jouni Weckman ROUND ROBIN RESULTS: Draw 1: CAN 9 swe 6 GER 7 fin 6 USA 9 aus 5 sco 3 SUI 6 nor 5 DEN 7 Draw 2: NOR 7 fin 5 DEN 4 aus 3 CAN 7 sco 6 usa 7 SWE 8 GER 5 sui 4 Draw 3: sui 3 NOR 8 SCO 8 swe 3 GER 5 nor 4 aus 5 CAN 8 usa 5 FIN 6 Draw 4: swe 3 GER 12 CAN 7 usa 5 fin 4 DEN 7 sui 5 NOR 7 SCO 9 aus 5 Draw 5: USA 6 nor 5 AUS 8 ger 6 sui 4 SWE 12 fin 1 SCO 9 DEN 8 can 6 Draw 6: den 3 SCO 5 sui 4 CAN 7 AUS 8 fin 4 ger 6 USA 8 SWE 6 nor 4 Draw 7: fin 2 CAN 10 SWE 6 den 4 SCO 5 ger 2 NOR 7 aus 6 SUI 8 usa 6 Draw 8: AUS 8 sui 7 nor 4 SCO 5 den 8 USA 9 SWE 8 fin 7 can 6 GER 7 Draw 9: SCO 7 usa 6 fin 7 SUI 9 nor 6 CAN 11 den 6 GER 7 aus 5 SWE 7 ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS: Country W/L Canada 7-2 Scotland 7-2 Germany 6-3 Sweden 6-3 Denmark 5-4 USA 4-5 Australia 3-6 Norway 3-6 Switzerland 3-6 Finland 1-8 SEMI-FINALS: SWE 6 can 4 sco 3 GER 6 BRONZE MEDAL GAME: SCO 8 can 4 FINAL: SWE 6 ger 3