| 1988 World Junior Curling Championships | |
| Host City: | Men: Füssen, West Germany Women: Chamonix, France |
| Dates: | Men: March 13–19 Women: March 19–25 |
| Men's Winner: | (6th title) |
| Skip: | James "Jim" Sullivan |
| Third: | Charles Sullivan |
| Second: | Craig Burgess |
| Lead: | Danny Alderman |
| Finalist: | (Peter Lindholm) |
| Women's Winner: | (1st title) |
| Skip2: | Julie Sutton |
| Third2: | Judy Wood |
| Second2: | Susan Auty |
| Lead2: | Marla Geiger |
| Finalist2: | (Marianne Amstutz) |
| Prev: | 1987 |
| Next: | 1989 |
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[1] 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.[2] [3] 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.[4]
The women's event was won also won by Canada, skipped by University of Victoria student Julie Sutton's Kelowna, British Columbia rink.[5]
| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torben Nielsen | Julich Wiberg | Brian Enggaard | Christian Petri | |||
| Christian Cossetto | René-Georges Wohlfei | |||||
| Mark Sarty | Ralph Schwarzwalder | |||||
| Gianluca Lorenzi | Elio Maran | Marco Alberti | ||||
| Alistair Scott | Derek Brown | Douglas Taylor | ||||
| Christoph Kaiser | Beat Wyler | Peter Hostettler | ||||
| Will Marquardt | Jim Falk | Jeff Falk | Kurt Marquardt |
| Country | Wins | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 9 |
Jim Sullivan Charlie Sullivan Craig BurgessAdditionally, Derek Brown of Scotland won the sportsmanship award.[8]
| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karine Caux | Géraldine Girod (skip) | Chrystelle Fournier | Véronique Girod | ||
| Simone Vogel | Kerstin Jüders | Angelika Schaffer | Sabine Belkofer | ||
| Nina Grimmer | Bettina Graham | ||||
| Joan Robertson | |||||
| Annika Lööf (skip) | Catharina Eklund | Malin Lundberg | |||
| Marni Vaningan | Shellie Holerud |