1997 FORD WOMEN'S WORLD CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Allmend Stadium Berne, Switzerland April 12-20, 1997 FINAL STANDINGS: Canada [CAN] Caledonian CC, Regina, Saskatchewan 10-1 Sandra Schmirler, Jan Betker, Joan McCusker, Marcia Gudereit, Atina Ford Norway [NOR] Snarøen CC, Oslo 8-3 Dordi Nordby, Marianne Haslum, Marianne Aspelin, Kristin Løvseth, Hanne Woods Denmark [DEN] Hvidovre CC 7-5 Helena Blach Lavrsen, Margit Pörtner, Dorthe Holm, Lisa Richardson, Jane Bidstrup Japan [JPN] Obihiro CC, Hokkaido 6-5 Mayumi Ohkutsu, Akiko Katoh, Yukari Kondo, Yoko Mimura, Akemi Niwa Sweden [SWE] Härnösands CK 5-5 Catherine Norberg, Helena Svensson, Anna Blom, Annika Lööf, Margaretha Lindahl Germany [GER] SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 4-5 Andrea Schöpp, Monika Wagner, Natalie Neßler, Carina Meidele, Heike Wieländer United States [USA] Arlington CC, Wisconsin 4-5 Patti Lank, Annalissa Johnson, Joni Cotten, Tarci Sachtjen, Allison Darragh Finland [FIN] Hyvinkää CC 2-7 Anne Eerikäinen, Jaana Jokela, Nina Pöllänen, Laura Franssila, Tiina Kautonen Scotland [SCO] Lockerbie CC 2-7 Carolyn Hutchinson, Heather Crockett, Jan Byers, Lucy Levack, Gillian Barr Switzerland [SUI] Bern CC 2-7 Mirjam Ott, Manuela Kormann, Franziska von Känel, Caroline Balz, Marianne Flotron ROUND ROBIN RESULTS: Draw 1: sco 5 FIN 6 DEN 8 sui 5 SWE 7 usa 5 ger 6 JPN 7 nor 3 CAN 5 Draw 2: NOR 7 sui 5 CAN 9 usa 4 sco 3 GER 10 SWE 7 fin 4 DEN 11 jpn 4 Draw 3: jpn 4 CAN 7 ger 3 FIN 7 den 4 NOR 5 USA 10 sco 2 swe 4 SUI 8 Draw 4: fin 8 DEN 10 SCO 11 swe 3 sui 5 CAN 7 jpn 6 NOR 8 GER 8 usa 5 Draw 5: SWE 9 nor 7 USA 9 den 8 JPN 7 fin 4 sui 6 GER 7 CAN 8 sco 4 Draw 6: can 5 GER 8 JPN 8 sco 5 USA 10 sui 6 den 5 SWE 8 fin 3 NOR 14 Draw 7: sui 3 SCO 12 fin 6 CAN 9 ger 5 DEN 6 NOR 9 usa 5 JPN 5 swe 4 Draw 8: usa 6 JPN 9 NOR 9 ger 1 CAN 12 swe 4 fin 3 SUI 11 sco 1 DEN 8 Draw 9: ger 7 SWE 10 sui 6 JPN 10 NOR 8 sco 5 CAN 9 den 3 USA 10 fin 2 ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS: Country W/L Canada 8-1 Norway 7-2 Japan 6-3 Denmark 5-4 Sweden 5-4 Germany 4-5 USA 4-5 Finland 2-7 Scotland 2-7 Switzerland 2-7 TIE BREAKER: DEN 5 swe 4 SEMI-FINALS: den 2 CAN 5 jpn 5 NOR 12 BRONZE MEDAL GAME: DEN 7 jpn 6 FINAL: nor 4 CAN 8