# 1988 World Junior Curling Championships

The 1988 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 13 to 19 in Füssen, West Germany for the men's competition and from March 19 to 25 in Chamonix, France for the women's competition. While it was the 14th junior men's competition, this was the inaugural year for the junior women's competition. It has also been the only year that the men's and women's competitions were held separately.
The men's event (sponsored by Uniroyal) was won by Canada, skipped by Jim Sullivan and his rink from Fredericton, New Brunswick.
The women's event was won also won by Canada, skipped by University of Victoria student Julie Sutton's Kelowna, British Columbia rink.

## Men
### Teams

| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
| Canada | Jim Sullivan | Charles Sullivan | Craig Burgess | Danny Alderman | |
| Denmark | Torben Nielsen | Julich Wiberg | Brian Enggaard | Christian Petri | |
| France | Thierry Mercier | Lionel Tournier | Christian Cossetto | René-Georges Wohlfei | Jan Henri Ducroz |
| West Germany | Bernhard Mayr | Mark Sarty | Ralph Schwarzwalder | Andreas Feldenkirchen | |
| Italy | Stefano Ferronato | Gianluca Lorenzi | Elio Maran | Marco Alberti | |
| Norway | Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Due | Krister Aanesen | Mads Rygg | |
| Scotland | Alistair Scott | Peter Loudon | Derek Brown | Douglas Taylor | |
| Sweden | Peter Lindholm | Magnus Swartling | Johan Hansson | Niklas Kallerbäck | |
| Switzerland | Christof Schwaller | Christoph Kaiser | Beat Wyler | Peter Hostettler | |
| United States | Will Marquardt | Jim Falk | Jeff Falk | Kurt Marquardt | |

### Round Robin Standings

| Country | Wins | Losses |
| Canada | 8 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1 |
| Sweden | 6 | 3 |
| Norway | 5 | 4 |
| Denmark | 4 | 5 |
| Scotland | 4 | 5 |
| United States | 4 | 5 |
| West Germany | 3 | 6 |
| France | 3 | 6 |
| Italy | 0 | 9 |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
| 1 | Canada | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Norway | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Norway | 4 | 1 | Canada | 4 |
| | | | 2 | Sweden | 2 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | Sweden | 2 |
| 3 | Sweden | 7 | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| | | | 4 | Norway | 5 |
| | | | 2 | Switzerland | 2 |

#### Gold medal final

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Canada (Sullivan) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sweden (Lindholm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
Player percentages :
| Sweden | Sweden | Canada | Canada |
| Niklas Kallerbäck | 81% | Dan Alderman | 76% |
| Johan Hansson | 83% | Craig Burgess | 91% |
| Magnus Swartling | 81% | Charlie Sullivan | 88% |
| Peter Lindholm | 68% | Jim Sullivan | 90% |
| Total | | Total | |

#### Bronze medal final

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Switzerland (Schwaller) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |

### All Stars

* Skip: Jim Sullivan
* Third: Charlie Sullivan
* Second: Craig Burgess
* Lead: Peter Hostettler
Additionally, Derek Brown of Scotland won the sportsmanship award.

## Women
### Teams

| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead |
| Canada | Julie Sutton | Judy Wood | Susan Auty | Marla Geiger |
| Denmark | Lene Bidstrup | Linda Laursen | Avijaja Petri | Kinnie Steensen |
| France | Karine Caux | Géraldine Girod (skip) | Chrystelle Fournier | Véronique Girod |
| West Germany | Simone Vogel | Kerstin Jüders | Angelika Schaffer | Sabine Belkofer |
| Norway | Nina Grimmer | Trine Helgebostad | Cathrine Ulrichsen | Bettina Graham |
| Scotland | Carolyn Hutchinson | Rhona Howie | Joan Robertson | Tara Brown |
| Sweden | Elisabeth Hansson | Annika Lööf (skip) | Catharina Eklund | Malin Lundberg |
| Switzerland | Marianne Amstutz | Sandra Bracher | Stephanie Walter | Franziska von Känel |
| United States | Tracy Zeman | Erika Brown | Marni Vaningan | Shellie Holerud |

### Round Robin Standings

| Country | Wins | Losses |
| Canada | 7 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 2 |
| Denmark | 5 | 3 |
| Scotland | 4 | 4 |
| Norway | 4 | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 5 |
| United States | 2 | 6 |
| West Germany | 2 | 6 |

#### Tiebreaker

| For 4th place | For 4th place | For 4th place |
| Scotland | Scotland | 10 |
| Norway | Norway | 1 |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
| 1 | Canada | 7 | | | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | Canada | 6 |
| | | | 2 | Switzerland | 4 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 6 | 2 | Switzerland | 4 |
| 3 | Denmark | 5 | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| | | | 4 | Scotland | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Denmark | 5 |

#### Gold medal final

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Switzerland (Amstutz) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| Canada (Sutton) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
Player percentages :
| Canada | Canada | Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Marla Geiger | 83% | Franziska von Känel | 83% |
| Susan Auty | 81% | Stephanie Walter | 70% |
| Judy Wood | 80% | Sandra Bracher | 60% |
| Julie Sutton | 67% | Marianne Amstutz | 61% |
| Total | | Total | |

#### Bronze medal final

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Denmark (Bidstrup) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Scotland (Hutchinson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |