1997 World Men's Curling Championship

1997 World Men's Curling Championship Bern, Switzerland Allmend Stadium April 12–20, 1997 Östersunds CK, Östersund Peja Lindholm Tomas Nordin Magnus Swartling Peter Narup Marcus Feldt (Andy Kapp) 1996 1998 The 1997 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1997 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Allmend Stadium in Bern, Switzerland from April 12–20, 1997. Teams Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney Skip: Hugh Millikin Third: Gerald Chick Second: Stephen Johns Lead: Stephen Hewitt Alternate: Jonathan WadeOttewell CC, Edmonton, Alberta Skip: Kevin Martin Third: Don Walchuk Second: Rudy Ramcharan Lead: Don Bartlett Alternate: Jules OwcharHvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Ulrik Schmidt Third: Lasse Lavrsen Second: Brian Hansen Lead: Ulrik Damm Alternate: Carsten SvensgaardHyvinkää CC, Hyvinkää Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Lead: Tommi Häti Alternate: Jouni WeckmanFüssen CC, Füssen Skip: Andy Kapp Third: Uli Kapp Second: Oliver Axnick Lead: Holger Höhne Alternate: Michael Schäffer Stabekk CC, Oslo Skip: Pål Trulsen Third: Lars Vågberg Second: Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Lead: Knut Ivar Moe Alternate: Morten Halsa Castle Kennedy CC, Stranraer Skip: Hammy McMillan Third: Norman Brown Second: Mike Hay Lead: Brian Binnie Alternate: Peter LoudonÖstersunds CK, Östersund Skip: Peja Lindholm Third: Tomas Nordin Second: Magnus Swartling Lead: Peter Narup Alternate: Marcus FeldtBasel-Ysfäger CC, Basel Skip: Patrick Netzer Third: Markus Widmer Second: Damian Grichting Lead: Fabian Burckhardt Alternate: Tobias Treyer Langdon CC, Langdon Skip: Craig Disher Third: Kevin Kakela Second: Joel Jacobson Lead: Paul Peterson Alternate: Randy Darling Round robin standings KeyTeams to playoffs Country Skip W L Kevin Martin 7 2 Hammy McMillan 7 2 Andy Kapp 6 3 Peja Lindholm 6 3 Ulrik Schmidt 5 4 Craig Disher 4 5 Hugh Millikin 3 6 Pål Trulsen 3 6 Patrick Netzer 3 6 Markku Uusipaavalniemi 1 8 Round robin results Draw 1 A (Martin) 9 (Lindholm) 6 B (Kapp) 7 (Uusipaavalniemi) 6 C (Disher) 9 (Millikin) 5 D (McMillan) 3 (Netzer) 6 E (Trulsen) 5 (Schmidt) 7 Draw 2 A (Trulsen) 7 (Uusipaavalniemi) 5 B (Schmidt) 4 (Millikin) 3 C (Martin) 7 (McMillan) 6 D (Disher) 7 (Lindholm) 8 E (Kapp) 5 (Netzer) 4 Draw 3 A (Netzer) 3 (Schmidt) 8 B (McMillan) 8 (Lindholm) 3 C (Kapp) 5 (Trulsen) 4 D (Millikin) 5 (Martin) 8 E (Disher) 5 (Uusipaavalniemi) 6 Draw 4 A (Lindholm) 3 (Kapp) 12 B (Martin) 7 (Disher) 5 C (Uusipaavalniemi) 4 (Schmidt) 7 D (Netzer) 5 (Trulsen) 7 E (McMillan) 9 (Millikin) 5 Draw 5 A (Disher) 6 (Trulsen) 5 B (Millikin) 8 (Kapp) 6 C (Netzer) 4 (Lindholm) 12 D (Uusipaavalniemi) 1 (McMillan) 9 E (Schmidt) 8 (Martin) 6 Draw 6 A (Schmidt) 3 (McMillan) 5 B (Netzer) 4 (Martin) 7 C (Millikin) 8 (Uusipaavalniemi) 4 D (Kapp) 6 (Disher) 8 E (Lindholm) 6 (Trulsen) 4 Draw 7 A (Uusipaavalniemi) 2 (Martin) 10 B (Lindholm) 6 (Schmidt) 4 C (McMillan) 5 (Kapp) 2 D (Trulsen) 7 (Millikin) 6 E (Netzer) 8 (Disher) 6 Draw 8 A (Millikin) 8 (Netzer) 7 B (Trulsen) 4 (McMillan) 5 C (Schmidt) 8 (Disher) 9 D (Lindholm) 8 (Uusipaavalniemi) 7 E (Martin) 6 (Kapp) 7 Draw 9 A (McMillan) 7 (Disher) 6 B (Uusipaavalniemi) 7 (Netzer) 9 C (Trulsen) 6 (Martin) 11 D (Schmidt) 6 (Kapp) 7 E (Millikin) 5 (Lindholm) 7 Playoffs Semi-final Final 1 4 4 6 2 3 3 6 4 6 3 3 Bronze medal 1 4 2 8 Final A (Lindholm) 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 X 6 (Kapp) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3 1997 Ford World Curling Championship SWE Sweden 3rd References http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship.aspx?id=49 Ford World Curling Championships 1997 World Curling Federation 2010-04-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20120401065604/http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship.aspx?id=49 2012-04-01 dead Curling Ford World Mens Curling Championship, 1997 Category:International curling competitions hosted by Switzerland Category:Sports competitions in Bern Category:World Men's Curling Championship Category:21st century in Bern Category:April 1997 sports events in Europe