1974 Air Canada Silver Broom

1974 Air Canada Silver Broom
Host city	Bern, Switzerland
Arena	Allmend Eisstadion
Dates	March 18–23
Winner	United States
Curling club	Superior CC, Wisconsin, United States
Skip	Raymond "Bud" Somerville
Third	Bob Nichols
Second	Bill Strum
Lead	Tom Locken
Finalist	Sweden

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, Edmonton, Alberta Skip: Hector Gervais Third: Ron Anton Second: Warren Hansen Lead: Darrel Sutton	Hvidovre CC Skip: Flemming Pedersen Third: Arne Pedersen Second: Arvid Petersen Lead: Hans Henriksen	Megève CC Skip: Pierre Duclos Third: Raymond Bouvet Second: Maurice Mercier Lead: Aldo Merlin	EC 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 Skip: Jan Ullsten Third: Tom Berggren Second: Anders Grahn Lead: Roger Bredin	Dübendorf CC Skip: Peter Attinger Jr. Third: Bernhard Attinger Second: Mattias Neuenschwander Lead: Jürg Geiler	Superior CC, Wisconsin 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	Jann 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					Final
	1	Switzerland	2
	4	United States	3
						3	Sweden	4
						4	United States	11
	2	Canada	7
	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