1976 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host cityDuluth, Minnesota, United States
ArenaMemorial Auditorium
DatesMarch 22–28, 1976
Winner United States
Curling clubHibbing CC, Minnesota
SkipBruce Roberts
ThirdJoe Roberts
SecondGary Kleffman
LeadJerry Scott
Finalist Scotland
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The 1976 Air Canada Silver Broom was held at the Memorial Auditorium in Duluth, Minnesota, United States from March 22–28, 1976.

Teams

 Canada  Denmark  France  Germany  Italy
St. John's CC, St. John's, Newfoundland

Skip: Jack MacDuff
Third: Toby McDonald
Second: Doug Hudson
Lead: Ken Templeton

Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Ole Larsen
Third: Jørn Blach
Second: Freddy Bartelsen
Lead: Jørn Jørgensen

Mont d' Arbois CC, Megève

Skip: André Tronc
Third: Gerard Pasquier
Second: Richard Duvillard
Lead: Henri Woehrling

EC Bad Tölz, Bad Tölz

Skip: Klaus Kanz
Third: Manfred Rösgen
Second: Manfred Schulze
Lead: Adalbert Mayer

Cortina CC, Cortina d' Ampezzo

Skip: Giuseppe Dal Molin
Third: Andrea Pavani
Second: Enea Pavani
Lead: Leone Rezzadore

 Norway  Scotland  Sweden  Switzerland  United States
Trondheim CC, Trondheim

Skip: Kristian Sørum
Third: Eigil Ramsfjell
Second: Gunnar Meland
Lead: Gunnar Sigstadsø

St. Martin's CC, Perth

Skip: Bill Muirhead
Third: Derek Scott
Second: Len Dudman
Lead: Roy Sinclair

Oden CK, Östersund

Fourth: Kjell Edfalk
Third: Roger Svanberg
Skip: Bengt Cederwall*
Lead: Mats Olofsson

Olten CC, Olten

Skip: Adolf Aerni
Third: Martin Sägesser
Second: Martin Plüss
Lead: Robert Stettler

Hibbing CC, Minnesota

Skip: Bruce Roberts
Third: Joe Roberts
Second: Gary Kleffman
Lead: Jerry Scott

*Throws second rocks.

Round-robin standings

Country Skip W L
 United States Bruce Roberts 8 1
 Switzerland Adolf Aerni 7 2
 Scotland Bill Muirhead 6 3
 Sweden Bengt Cederwall 5 4
 Italy Giuseppe Dal Molin 5 4
 Norway Kristian Sørum 4 5
 France André Tronc 4 5
 Germany Klaus Kanz 3 6
 Canada Jack MacDuff 2 7
 Denmark Ole Larsen 1 8

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Cederwall) 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 X 9
 Germany (Kanz) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Sørum) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 3
 Canada (MacDuff) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Roberts) 2 0 0 6 0 4 1 0 2 X 15
 France (Tronc) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Dal Molin) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 2
 Switzerland (Aerni) 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 X 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Muirhead) 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 X 7
 Denmark (Larsen) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 5

Draw 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Aerni) 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 9
 Denmark (Larsen) 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 8
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Tronc) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 Italy (Dal Molin) 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Cederwall) 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 5
 Norway (Sørum) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Roberts) 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 10
 Scotland (Muirhead) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kanz) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 4
 Canada (MacDuff) 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 X 8

Draw 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Norway (Sørum) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
 Italy (Dal Molin) 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Cederwall) 1 2 2 0 3 0 1 1 X X 10
 Denmark (Larsen) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kanz) 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 X 9
 Scotland (Muirhead) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (MacDuff) 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 5
 France (Tronc) 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Roberts) 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 X 10
 Switzerland (Aerni) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 5

Draw 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Cederwall) 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 X 8
 Canada (MacDuff) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Sørum) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X 2
 United States (Roberts) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 4 X X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Tronc) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 X 9
 Denmark (Larsen) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kanz) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
 Switzerland (Aerni) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Italy (Dal Molin) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
 Scotland (Muirhead) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5

Draw 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kanz) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 2
 France (Tronc) 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 X 12
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (MacDuff) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 X 4
 Italy (Dal Molin) 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Sørum) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 X 5
 Switzerland (Aerni) 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 3 0 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Cederwall) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 X 5
 Scotland (Muirhead) 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Roberts) 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 X 12
 Denmark (Larsen) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3

Draw 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (MacDuff) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 X 5
 United States (Roberts) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 X 10
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Aerni) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
 Scotland (Muirhead) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kanz) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
 Italy (Dal Molin) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Sørum) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 9
 Denmark (Larsen) 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Sweden (Cederwall) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 7
 France (Tronc) 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 8

Draw 7

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Tronc) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 3
 Scotland (Muirhead) 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Dal Molin) 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 X 10
 Denmark (Larsen) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Cederwall) 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 X 9
 United States (Roberts) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (MacDuff) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Switzerland (Aerni) 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 X 7
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kanz) 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 5
 Norway (Sørum) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 3

Draw 8

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Roberts) 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 X 8
 Italy (Dal Molin) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Sørum) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 5
 France (Tronc) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (MacDuff) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
 Scotland (Muirhead) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kanz) 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 X 8
 Denmark (Larsen) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 5
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Cederwall) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6
 Switzerland (Aerni) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3

Draw 9

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Sørum) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
 Scotland (Muirhead) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kanz) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3
 United States (Roberts) 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 2 X 11
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Tronc) 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 7
 Switzerland (Aerni) 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Cederwall) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 6
 Italy (Dal Molin) 0 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 9
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (MacDuff) 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 8
 Denmark (Larsen) 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 10

Tie-breaker

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Cederwall) 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 8
 Italy (Dal Molin) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4

Playoffs

Semi-final Final
      
1  United States 9
4  Sweden 3
1  United States 6
2  Scotland 5
2  Scotland 5
3  Switzerland 3 Bronze Medal Match
3  Switzerland
4  Sweden

Semifinals

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Cederwall) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 3
 United States (Roberts) 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Aerni) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
 Scotland (Muirhead) 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 5

Final

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Roberts) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
 Scotland (Muirhead) 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 5
1976 Air Canada Silver Broom
United States
United States
3rd title

References

External links

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