| 1978 World Junior Curling Championships | |
| Host City: | Grindelwald, Switzerland |
| Dates: | March 10–17 |
| Men's Winner: | (3rd title) |
| Skip: | Paul Gowsell |
| Third: | John Ferguson |
| Second: | Douglas McFarlane |
| Lead: | Kelly Stearne |
| Finalist: | (Thomas Håkansson) |
The 1978 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 10 to 17 in Grindelwald, Switzerland for men's teams only.
| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Curling club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hvidovre CC | ||||||
| Pascal Pagliano | ||||||
| Wolfgang Artinger | Christoph Falk | |||||
| Dennis Ghezze | Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo | |||||
| Tom Søgaard | Brumunddal CC, Oslo | |||||
| Carrington CC, Edinburgh | ||||||
| Karlstads CK, Karlstad | ||||||
| Ueli Bernauer | ||||||
| Jeff Tomlinson | Marc McCartney |
| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Wins | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:5 | 3:5 | 7:5 | 6:5 | 8:4 | 7:4 | 6:4 | 9:4 | 6:2 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 5:8 | 7:2 | 6:4 | 8:2 | 6:4 | 5:4 | 7:5 | 6:5 | 4:3 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 5:3 | 2:7 | 4:8 | 3:4 | 7:5 | 8:6 | 7:5 | 5:4 | 8:2 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 5:7 | 4:6 | 8:4 | 8:6 | 3:2 | 4:7 | 7:4 | 9:3 | 12:2 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 5:6 | 2:8 | 4:3 | 6:8 | 7:3 | 5:6 | 8:7 | 4:3 | 5:3 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 6 | 4:8 | 4:6 | 5:7 | 2:3 | 3:7 | 8:7 | 6:5 | 9:5 | 8:4 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 7 | 4:7 | 4:5 | 6:8 | 7:4 | 6:5 | 7:8 | 7:6 | 13:3 | 5:6 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 8 | 4:6 | 5:7 | 5:7 | 4:7 | 7:8 | 5:6 | 6:7 | 8:5 | 7:6 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 4:9 | 5:6 | 4:5 | 3:9 | 3:4 | 5:9 | 3:13 | 5:8 | 7:3 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 2:6 | 3:4 | 2:8 | 2:12 | 3:5 | 4:8 | 6:5 | 6:7 | 3:7 | 1 | 8 |
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreaker
| Place | Team | Games played | Wins | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 11 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 10 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
All-Star Team:
Paul Gowsell Douglas McFarlane