# 1974 Air Canada Silver Broom

The 1974 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from March 18 to 23 at the Allmend Eisstadion in Bern, Switzerland.

## Teams

| Canada | Denmark | France | Germany | Italy |
| St. Albert CC, St. Albert Skip: Hector Gervais Third: Ron Anton Second: Warren Hansen Lead: Darrel Sutton | Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Flemming Pedersen Third: Arne Pedersen Second: Arvid Petersen Lead: Hans Henriksen | Megève CC, Megève Skip: Pierre Duclos Third: Raymond Bouvet Second: Maurice Mercier Lead: Aldo Merlin | EC Oberstdorf, Oberstdorf Skip: Manfred Räderer Third: Franz Sperger Second: Hansjörg Jacoby Lead: Roland Liedtke | Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Renato Ghezze Third: Lino Mariani Maier Second: Roberto Zangara Lead: Andrea Pavani |
| Norway | Scotland | Sweden | Switzerland | United States |
| Brumunddal CC, Oslo Skip: Sjur Loen Third: Hans Bekkelund Second: Morten Søgaard Lead: Hans Økelsrud | Hamilton & Thornyhill CC, Hamilton Skip: Jimmy Waddell Third: Jim Steele Second: Robert Kirkland Lead: Willie Frame | Sundsvalls CK, Sundsvall Skip: Jan Ullsten Third: Tom Berggren Second: Anders Grahn Lead: Roger Bredin | Dübendorf CC, Dübendorf Skip: Peter Attinger Jr. Third: Bernhard Attinger Second: Mattias Neuenschwander Lead: Jürg Geiler | Superior CC, Superior Skip: Raymond "Bud" Somerville Third: Bob Nichols Second: Bill Strum Lead: Tom Locken |

## Round-robin standings

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Switzerland | Peter Attinger, Jr. | 9 | 0 |
| Canada | Hector Gervais | 7 | 2 |
| United States | Bud Somerville | 6 | 3 |
| Sweden | Jan Ullsten | 6 | 3 |
| Denmark | Flemming Pedersen | 4 | 5 |
| France | Pierre Duclos | 4 | 5 |
| Germany | Manfred Räderer | 4 | 5 |
| Scotland | Jimmy Waddell | 2 | 7 |
| Norway | Sjur Loen | 2 | 7 |
| Italy | Renato Ghezze | 1 | 8 |

## Round-robin results
### Draw 1

| Team | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 10 |
| Denmark (Pedersen) | 4 |
| Team | Final |
| Norway (Loen) | 3 |
| Canada (Gervais) | 7 |
| Team | Final |
| Switzerland (Attinger) | 6 |
| France (Duclos) | 5 |
| Team | Final |
| Scotland (Waddell) | 3 |
| Italy (Ghezze) | 6 |
| Team | Final |
| Sweden (Ullsten) | 4 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 3 |

### Draw 2

| Team | Final |
| Italy (Ghezze) | 2 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 11 |
| Team | Final |
| France (Duclos) | 5 |
| Scotland (Waddell) | 7 |
| Team | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 8 |
| Norway (Loen) | 4 |
| Team | Final |
| Switzerland (Attinger) | 6 |
| Sweden (Ullsten) | 2 |
| Team | Final |
| Denmark (Pedersen) | 2 |
| Canada (Gervais) | 11 |

### Draw 3

| Team | Final |
| Norway (Loen) | 4 |
| Scotland (Waddell) | 8 |
| Team | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 6 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 10 |
| Team | Final |
| Denmark (Pedersen) | 7 |
| Sweden (Ullsten) | 10 |
| Team | Final |
| Canada (Gervais) | 9 |
| France (Duclos) | 2 |
| Team | Final |
| Switzerland (Attinger) | 10 |
| Italy (Ghezze) | 2 |

### Draw 4

| Team | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 7 |
| Canada (Gervais) | 3 |
| Team | Final |
| Norway (Loen) | 2 |
| Switzerland (Attinger) | 6 |
| Team | Final |
| France (Duclos) | 3 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 7 |
| Team | Final |
| Denmark (Pedersen) | 8 |
| Italy (Ghezze) | 7 |
| Team | Final |
| Scotland (Waddell) | 3 |
| Sweden (Ullsten) | 8 |

### Draw 5

| Team | Final |
| Denmark (Pedersen) | 4 |
| France (Duclos) | 5 |
| Team | Final |
| Canada (Gervais) | 3 |
| Scotland (Waddell) | 2 |
| Team | Final |
| Norway (Loen) | 8 |
| Italy (Ghezze) | 7 |
| Team | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 4 |
| Sweden (Ullsten) | 5 |
| Team | Final |
| Switzerland (Attinger) | 6 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 4 |

### Draw 6

| Team | Final |
| Canada (Gervais) | 3 |
| Switzerland (Attinger) | 5 |
| Team | Final |
| Italy (Ghezze) | 2 |
| Sweden (Ullsten) | 9 |
| Team | Final |
| Denmark (Pedersen) | 4 |
| Scotland (Waddell) | 3 |
| Team | Final |
| Norway (Loen) | 7 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 5 |
| Team | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 12 |
| France (Duclos) | 2 |

### Draw 7

| Team | Final |
| France (Duclos) | 7 |
| Sweden (Ullsten) | 5 |
| Team | Final |
| Scotland (Waddell) | 3 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 5 |
| Team | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 4 |
| Switzerland (Attinger) | 5 |
| Team | Final |
| Canada (Gervais) | 8 |
| Italy (Ghezze) | 4 |
| Team | Final |
| Denmark (Pedersen) | 5 |
| Norway (Loen) | 4 |

### Draw 8

| Team | Final |
| Switzerland (Attinger) | 13 |
| Scotland (Waddell) | 5 |
| Team | Final |
| Norway (Loen) | 7 |
| France (Duclos) | 12 |
| Team | Final |
| Canada (Gervais) | 5 |
| Sweden (Ullsten) | 2 |
| Team | Final |
| Denmark (Pedersen) | 7 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 6 |
| Team | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 9 |
| Italy (Ghezze) | 2 |

### Draw 9

| Team | Final |
| Norway (Loen) | 3 |
| Sweden (Ullsten) | 4 |
| Team | Final |
| Denmark (Pedersen) | 5 |
| Switzerland (Attinger) | 11 |
| Team | Final |
| France (Duclos) | 13 |
| Italy (Ghezze) | 8 |
| Team | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 8 |
| Scotland (Waddell) | 2 |
| Team | Final |
| Canada (Gervais) | 7 |
| Germany (Räderer) | 1 |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Switzerland | 2 | | | |
| 4 | United States | 3 | | | |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 3 | Sweden | 4 |
| | | | 4 | United States | 11 |
| 2 | Canada | 7 | 4 | United States | 11 |
| 3 | Sweden | 8 | | | |

### Semifinals

| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| Switzerland (Attinger) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| United States (Somerville) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Sweden (Ullsten) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Canada (Gervais) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |

### Final

| Team | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 11 |
| Sweden (Ullsten) | 4 |
* 1974 Air Canada Silver Broom
* United States 2nd title