1981 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Megève, France
Dates	March 7–14
Men's winner	Scotland (2nd title)
Skip	Peter Wilson
Third	Jim Cannon
Second	Roger McIntyre
Lead	John Parker
Finalist	Canada (Denis Marchand)
« 1980 1982 »

The 1981 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 7 to 14 in Megève, France for men's teams only.

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Curling club
Canada	Denis Marchand	Denis Cecil	Larry Phillips	Yves Barrette
Denmark	Jack Kjaerulf	Lasse Lavrsen	Kim Dupont	Henrik Jakobsen	Hvidovre CC
France	Christophe Boan	Dominique Dupont-Roc	Philippe Pomi	Christophe Michaud
West Germany	Christoph Möckel	Uwe Saile	Michael Neumaier	Harald Zinsmeister	CC Schwenningen
Italy	Dennis Ghezze	Fabio Mitterhofer	Alessandro Lanaro	Stefano Sartori	Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Norway	Pål Trulsen	Flemming Davanger	Stig-Arne Gunnestad	Kjell Berg	Risenga CK, Oslo
Scotland	Peter Wilson	Jim Cannon	Roger McIntyre	John Parker
Sweden	Thomas Norgren	Peter Svedlund	Conny Ekholm	Erik Pettersson	CK Skvadern, Sundsvall
Switzerland	Rico Simen	Thomas Kläy	Jürg Dick	Mario Gross
United States	Ted Purvis	Dale Risling	Milton Jr Best	Dean Risling

Round robin

Place	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Wins	Losses
1	Canada	*	8:7	10:2	6:5	8:3	10:2	6:7	4:3	7:3	9:5	8	1
2	United States	7:8	*	8:2	11:2	9:5	8:3	7:6	4:7	4:6	8:3	6	3
3	Scotland	2:10	2:8	*	7:6	7:6	5:8	5:6	11:2	5:4	11:4	5	4
4	Sweden	5:6	2:11	6:7	*	9:10	5:3	8:5	9:5	7:3	17:4	5	4
4	West Germany	3:8	5:9	6:7	10:9	*	9:5	7:6	7:4	5:10	11:3	5	4
6	Denmark	2:10	3:8	8:5	3:5	5:9	*	7:6	2:8	7:6	8:4	4	5
6	Norway	7:6	6:7	6:5	5:8	6:7	6:7	*	7:6	8:3	2:10	4	5
6	Switzerland	3:4	7:4	2:11	5:9	4:7	8:2	6:7	*	12:5	9:5	4	5
9	France	3:7	6:4	4:5	3:7	10:5	6:7	3:8	5:12	*	6:5	3	6
10	Italy	5:9	3:8	4:11	4:17	3:11	4:8	10:2	5:9	5:6	*	1	8

  Teams to playoffs

  Teams to tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

Team	Final
Sweden	7
West Germany	6

Playoffs

	Semifinal					Gold Medal Game
	1	Canada	8
	4	Sweden	5
						1	Canada	5
						3	Scotland	8
	2	United States	5
	3	Scotland	7			Bronze medal game
						4	Sweden	3
						2	United States	5

Final standings

Place	Team	Games played	Wins	Losses
	Scotland	11	7	4
	Canada	11	9	2
	United States	11	7	4
4	Sweden	12	6	6
5	West Germany	10	5	5
6	Denmark	9	4	5
6	Norway	9	4	5
6	Switzerland	9	4	5
9	France	9	3	6
10	Italy	9	1	8

Awards

• WJCC Sportsmanship Award: Peter Wilson

All-Star Team:

• Skip: Denis Marchand
• Third: Dale Risling
• Second: Larry Phillips
• Lead: Erik Pettersson