1985 World Women's Curling Championship

1985 World Women's Curling Championship
1985 World Women's Curling Championship
Host city	Jönköping, Sweden
Arena	Rosenlundshallen
Dates	March 17–23, 1985
Winner	Canada
Curling club	North Shore Winter Club ; Vancouver, British Columbia
Skip	Linda Moore
Third	Lindsay Sparkes
Second	Debbie Jones
Lead	Laurie Carney
Finalist	Scotland (Isobel Torrance Jr.)
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The 1985 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 1985 H&M World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 17–23 at the Rosenlundshallen in Jönköping, Sweden.

Canada's Linda Moore rink defeated Scotland's Isobel Torrance team in the final, 5–2. Both teams played cautiously, but Scotland, who were the youngest team at the event, made more mistakes. Canada took a significant lead in the sixth end, when they stole a point to lead 3–1 after Torrance tried a hit and stick, but rolled out of the house. Canada stole another point in the ninth to lead 5–2 after Torrance was light on a draw attempt. In the final end, Moore ran Scotland out of stones after making a take out of a rock in the 12-foot. Prior to Moore's shot, Scotland were sitting two, but needed three to tie. It was Canada's second straight championship, the first country to win two straight titles. Switzerland's Erika Müller won the bronze medal, defeating Sweden, skipped by Inga Arfwidsson in the bronze medal game, 6–4.^[1]

Teams

Canada	Denmark	France	West Germany	Italy
North Shore Winter Club, North Vancouver Skip: Linda Moore Third: Lindsay Sparkes Second: Debbie Jones Lead: Laurie Carney	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Helena Blach Third: Jette Olsen Second: Malene Krause Lead: Lone Kristoffersen	Mont d'Arbois CC, Megève Fourth: Huguette Jullien Skip: Paulette Sulpice Second: Andrée Dupont-Roc Lead: Jocelyn Lhenry	SC Riessersee, Garmish-Partenkirchen Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Monika Wagner Second: Christiane Jentsch Lead: Elinore Schöpp	Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Maria-Grazzia Constantini Third: Tea Valt Second: Nella Alvera Lead: Angela Constantini
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Trondheim CC, Trondheim Skip: Eva Vanvik Third: Åse Vanvik Second: Alvhild Fugelmo Lead: Else Skogan	Hamilton & Thornyhill CC, Hamilton Skip: Isobel Torrance Jr. Third: Margaret Craig Second: Jackie Steele Lead: Sheila Harvey Alternate: Isobel Torrance^[1]	Norrköpings CK, Norrköping Fourth: Maud Nordlander Skip: Inga Arfwidsson Second: Ulrika Åkerberg Lead: Barbro Arfwidsson	Bern CC, Bern Skip: Erika Müller Third: Barbara Meyer Second: Barbara Meier Lead: Franziska Jöhr	Fairbanks CC, Fairbanks Skip: Bev Birklid Third: Peggy Martin Second: Jerry Evans Lead: Katrina Sharp

Round robin standings

Country	Skip	W	L
Switzerland	Erika Müller	8	1
Canada	Linda Moore	7	2
Sweden	Inga Arfwidsson	6	3
Scotland	Isobel Torrance Jr.	5	4
West Germany	Andrea Schöpp	5	4
Denmark	Helena Blach	4	5
Norway	Eva Vanvik	4	5
France	Paulette Sulpice	3	6
United States	Bev Birklid	2	7
Italy	Maria-Grazzia Constantini	1	8

Round robin results

Draw 1

Team	Final
United States (Birklid)	3
Canada (Moore)	13

Team	Final
Norway (Vanvik)	4
Switzerland (Müller)	9

Team	Final
Denmark (Blach)	4
Scotland (Torrance)	3

Team	Final
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	8
West Germany (Schöpp)	5

Team	Final
France (Sulpice)	8
Italy (Constantini)	5

Draw 2

Team	Final
France (Sulpice)	9
Norway (Vanvik)	6

Team	Final
Scotland (Torrance)	8
Italy (Constantini)	5

Team	Final
United States (Birklid)	7
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	11

Team	Final
Denmark (Blach)	6
Canada (Moore)	7

Team	Final
Switzerland (Müller)	10
West Germany (Schöpp)	4

Draw 3

Team	Final
West Germany (Schöpp)	12
Italy (Constantini)	6

Team	Final
Canada (Moore)	4
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	3

Team	Final
Switzerland (Müller)	8
France (Sulpice)	6

Team	Final
Scotland (Torrance)	5
United States (Birklid)	7

Team	Final
Denmark (Blach)	12
Norway (Vanvik)	3

Draw 4

Team	Final
Canada (Moore)	8
Switzerland (Müller)	2

Team	Final
Denmark (Blach)	7
United States (Birklid)	6

Team	Final
Norway (Vanvik)	13
Italy (Constantini)	5

Team	Final
West Germany (Schöpp)	5
France (Sulpice)	4

Team	Final
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	9
Scotland (Torrance)	3

Draw 5

Team	Final
Denmark (Blach)	7
France (Sulpice)	1

Team	Final
Switzerland (Müller)	6
Scotland (Torrance)	5

Team	Final
Canada (Moore)	6
West Germany (Schöpp)	5

Team	Final
Norway (Vanvik)	9
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	4

Team	Final
Italy (Constantini)	3
United States (Birklid)	8

Draw 6

Team	Final
Italy (Constantini)	3
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	10

Team	Final
United States (Birklid)	3
West Germany (Schöpp)	7

Team	Final
Scotland (Torrance)	10
Norway (Vanvik)	4

Team	Final
Switzerland (Müller)	8
Denmark (Blach)	5

Team	Final
Canada (Moore)	7
France (Sulpice)	5

Draw 7

Team	Final
Norway (Vanvik)	10
United States (Birklid)	9

Team	Final
Italy (Constantini)	3
Canada (Moore)	10

Team	Final
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	6
Switzerland (Müller)	11

Team	Final
France (Sulpice)	4
Scotland (Torrance)	6

Team	Final
West Germany (Schöpp)	10
Denmark (Blach)	3

Draw 8

Team	Final
Scotland (Torrance)	4
West Germany (Schöpp)	2

Team	Final
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	5
France (Sulpice)	3

Team	Final
Italy (Constantini)	7
Denmark (Blach)	5

Team	Final
Canada (Moore)	4
Norway (Vanvik)	8

Team	Final
United States (Birklid)	4
Switzerland (Müller)	10

Draw 9

Team	Final
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	5
Denmark (Blach)	4

Team	Final
West Germany (Schöpp)	10
Norway (Vanvik)	3

Team	Final
France (Sulpice)	10
United States (Birklid)	2

Team	Final
Italy (Constantini)	3
Switzerland (Müller)	10

Team	Final
Scotland (Torrance)	8
Canada (Moore)	3

Tiebreaker

Team	Final
West Germany (Schöpp)	4
Scotland (Torrance)	10

Playoffs

Semifinals			Final

1	Switzerland	3

4	Scotland	4
			4	Scotland	2

			2	Canada	5
2	Canada	6

3	Sweden	4	Bronze Medal Game


			1	Switzerland	6

			3	Sweden	4

Semifinals

Team	Final
Switzerland (Müller)	3
Scotland (Torrance)	4

Team	Final
Canada (Moore)	6
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	4

Bronze medal game

Team	Final
Switzerland (Müller)	6
Sweden (Arfwidsson)	4

Final

^[2]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Moore)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	X	5
Scotland (Torrance)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

1985 H&M World Women's Curling Championship
Canada 3rd title

References

Results from the World Curling Federation

^ ^a ^b "Moore, mates celebrate a proud day". Victoria Times-Colonist. March 24, 1985. p. 9. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
^ "World Women's". Victoria Times-Colonist. March 24, 1985. p. 12. Retrieved March 22, 2023.