# 1976 Air Canada Silver Broom

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