1998 World Junior Curling Championships

The 1998 STAR CHOICE World Junior Curling Championships were held in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada March 21–29.

1998 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Arena	Thunder Bay Tournament Centre
Dates	March 21–29, 1998
Men's winner	Canada
Skip	John Morris
Third	Craig Savill
Second	Andy Ormsby
Lead	Brent Laing
Alternate	Brad Gushue
Coach	Earle Morris
Finalist	Scotland (Garry MacKay)
Women's winner	Canada
Skip	Melissa McClure
Third	Nancy Toner
Second	Brigitte McClure
Lead	Bethany Toner
Alternate	Julie Webb
Finalist	Japan (Akiko Katoh)
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1998 World Junior Men's Championship banner (left) awarded to Team Canada.

Men's

Country	Skip	Wins	Losses
Canada	John Morris	9	0
Germany	Sebastian Stock	6	3
Scotland	Garry MacKay	6	3
Switzerland	Ralph Stöckli	6	3
Japan	Makoto Tsuruga	5	4
Sweden	Henrik Edlund	5	4
United States	Andy Roza	5	4
England	Mark Copperwheat	2	7
Denmark	Kasper Wiksten	1	8
Finland	Juha Pekaristo	0	9

Playoffs

	Semi-final					Final
	1	Canada	9
	4	Switzerland	3
						1	Canada	5
						3	Scotland	3
	2	Germany	4
	3	Scotland	9			Bronze medal
						2	Germany	4
						4	Switzerland	6

Women's

Country	Skip	Wins	Losses
Japan	Akiko Katoh	8	1
Canada	Melissa McClure	7	2
Scotland	Julia Ewart	6	3
Sweden	Matilda Mattsson	5	4
United States	Hope Schmitt	5	4
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	4	5
France	Audé Bénier	4	5
Norway	Marianne Rørvik	3	6
Germany	Katja Weisser	2	7
Denmark	Louise Jensen	0	9

Tiebreaker

• Sweden 11-2 United States

Playoffs

	Semi-final					Final
	1	Japan	8
	4	Sweden	7
						1	Japan	3
						2	Canada	11
	2	Canada	6
	3	Scotland	4			Bronze medal
						3	Scotland	5
						4	Sweden	6

Sources

• Men's results from the World Curling Federation
• Women's results from the World Curling Federation