1981 World Junior Curling Championships

{{refimprove|date=January 2026}} {{infobox curling | Name = 1981 World Junior Curling Championships | Logo = | Size = | Host city = Megève, France | Arena = | Dates = March 7–14 | Men's winner = '''{{SCO}}''' <small>(2nd title)</small> | Curling club = | Skip = Peter Wilson | Third = Jim Cannon | Second = Roger McIntyre | Lead = John Parker | Alternate = | Coach = | Finalist = {{CAN}} (Denis Marchand) | prev = {{WJCC|1980}} | next = {{WJCC|1982}} }} The '''1981 World Junior Curling Championships''' were held from March 7 to 14 in Megève, France for men's teams only.

==Teams== {| class=wikitable |- ! Country !! Skip !! Third !! Second !! Lead !! Curling club |- | {{CAN}} || Denis Marchand || Denis Cecil || Larry Phillips || Yves Barrette || |- | {{DEN}} || Jack Kjaerulf || Lasse Lavrsen || Kim Dupont || Henrik Jakobsen || Hvidovre CC |- | {{FRA}} || Christophe Boan || Dominique Dupont-Roc || Philippe Pomi || Christophe Michaud || |- | {{FRG}} || Christoph Möckel || Uwe Saile || Michael Neumaier || Harald Zinsmeister || CC Schwenningen |- | {{ITA}} || Dennis Ghezze || Fabio Mitterhofer || Alessandro Lanaro || Stefano Sartori || Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo |- | {{NOR}} || Pål Trulsen || Flemming Davanger || Stig-Arne Gunnestad || Kjell Berg || Risenga CK, Oslo |- | {{SCO}} || Peter Wilson || Jim Cannon || Roger McIntyre || John Parker || |- | {{SWE}} || Thomas Norgren || Peter Svedlund || Conny Ekholm || Erik Pettersson || CK Skvadern, Sundsvall<!-- all four Sweds are notable, because they had bronze on WJCC 1980; look at WCF database --> |- | {{SUI}} || Rico Simen || Thomas Kläy || Jürg Dick || Mario Gross || |- | {{USA}} || Ted Purvis || Dale Risling || Milton Jr Best || Dean Risling || <!-- all Americans notable, medals on WJCCs --> |}

==Round robin== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; !Place !Team !width="25"| 1 !width="25"| 2 !width="25"| 3 !width="25"| 4 !width="25"| 5 !width="25"| 6 !width="25"| 7 !width="25"| 8 !width="25"| 9 !width="25"| 10 ! Wins ! Losses |- bgcolor=#ffc | 1||align="left"| {{CAN}} || * || 8:7||10:2|| 6:5|| 8:3||10:2|| 6:7|| 4:3|| 7:3|| 9:5|| 8 || 1 |- bgcolor=#ffc | 2||align="left"| {{USA}} || 7:8|| * || 8:2||11:2|| 9:5|| 8:3|| 7:6|| 4:7|| 4:6|| 8:3|| 6 || 3 |- bgcolor=#ffc | 3||align="left"| {{SCO}} ||2:10|| 2:8|| * || 7:6|| 7:6|| 5:8|| 5:6||11:2|| 5:4||11:4|| 5 || 4 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4||align="left"| {{SWE}} || 5:6||2:11|| 6:7|| * ||9:10|| 5:3|| 8:5|| 9:5|| 7:3||17:4|| 5 || 4 |- bgcolor=#cfc | 4||align="left"| {{FRG}} || 3:8|| 5:9|| 6:7||10:9|| * || 9:5|| 7:6|| 7:4||5:10||11:3|| 5 || 4 |- | 6||align="left"| {{DEN}} ||2:10|| 3:8|| 8:5|| 3:5|| 5:9|| * || 7:6|| 2:8|| 7:6|| 8:4|| 4 || 5 |- | 6||align="left"| {{NOR}} || 7:6|| 6:7|| 6:5|| 5:8|| 6:7|| 6:7|| * || 7:6|| 8:3||2:10|| 4 || 5 |- | 6||align="left"| {{SUI}} || 3:4|| 7:4||2:11|| 5:9|| 4:7|| 8:2|| 6:7|| * ||12:5|| 9:5|| 4 || 5 |- | 9||align="left"| {{FRA}} || 3:7|| 6:4|| 4:5|| 3:7||10:5|| 6:7|| 3:8||5:12|| * || 6:5|| 3 || 6 |- |10||align="left"| {{ITA}} || 5:9|| 3:8||4:11||4:17||3:11|| 4:8||10:2|| 5:9|| 5:6|| * || 1 || 8 |} : {{colorbox|#ffc}} Teams to playoffs : {{colorbox|#cfc}} Teams to tiebreaker

===Tiebreaker=== {{curlingbox0 |sheet= |team1={{SWE}} |7 |team2={{FRG}} |6 }}

==Playoffs== {{4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1= Semifinal | RD2= Gold Medal Game

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1='''{{CAN}}''' | RD1-score1='''8''' | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2={{SWE}} | RD1-score2=5 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3={{USA}} | RD1-score3=5 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4='''{{SCO}}''' | RD1-score4='''7'''

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1={{CAN}} | RD2-score1=5 | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2='''{{SCO}}''' | RD2-score2='''8'''

| RD2b=Bronze medal game | RD2b-seed1=4 | RD2b-team1={{SWE}} | RD2b-score1=3 | RD2b-seed2=2 | RD2b-team2='''{{USA}}''' | RD2b-score2='''5''' }}

==Final standings== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; !Place !Team !Games<br>played !Wins !Losses |- |{{Gold1}}||align=left|{{SCO}}||11||7||4 |- |{{Silver2}}||align=left|{{CAN}}||11||9||2 |- |{{Bronze3}}||align=left|{{USA}}||11||7||4 |- | 4||align=left|{{SWE}}||12||6||6 |- | 5||align=left|{{FRG}}||10||5||5 |- | 6||align=left|{{DEN}}||9||4||5 |- | 6||align=left|{{NOR}}||9||4||5 |- | 6||align=left|{{SUI}}||9||4||5 |- | 9||align=left|{{FRA}}||9||3||6 |- |10||align=left|{{ITA}}||9||1||8 |}

==Awards== * WJCC Sportsmanship Award: {{flagicon|SCO}} Peter Wilson<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Award/Details/Wjccsportsmanshipmen |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=results.worldcurling.org}}</ref>

'''All-Star Team:''' *Skip: {{flagicon|CAN}} Denis Marchand *Third: {{flagicon|USA}} Dale Risling *Second: {{flagicon|CAN}} Larry Phillips *Lead: {{flagicon|SWE}} Erik Pettersson

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{WCFevent|106}}

{{World Junior Curling Championships}}

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