1981 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship

1981 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship
Host city	Perth, Scotland
Arena	Perth Ice Arena
Dates	March 16-21
Winner	Sweden
Curling club	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip	Elisabeth Högström
Third	Carina Olsson
Second	Birgitta Sewik
Lead	Karin Sjögren
Finalist	Canada (Susan Seitz)
« 1980 1982 »

The 1981 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, the women's world curling championship, was held from March 16-21 at the Perth Ice Arena in Perth, Scotland.

Teams

Canada	Denmark	Germany	Italy	Netherlands
Calgary CC, Calgary, Alberta Skip: Susan Seitz Third: Judy Erickson Second: Myrna McKay Lead: Betty McCracken	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Fourth: Helena Blach Skip: Marianne Jørgensen Second: Astrid Birnbaum Lead: Malene Krause	EV Oberstdorf Skip: Almut Hege Third: Suzanne Koch Second: Renate Räderer Lead: Ingeborg Stock	Cortina CC, Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Maria-Grazzia Constantini Third: Ann Lacedelli Second: Tea Valt Lead: Marina Pavani	Den Haag CC, The Hague Skip: Laura van Imhoff Third: Hermance van den Houten Second: Annemie de Jongh Lead: Hanneke Veening
Norway	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland	United States
Oslo CC, Oslo Skip: Anne Jøtun Bakke Third: Bente Hoel Second: Elisabeth Skogen Lead: Hilde Jøtun	Broughty Ferry Ladies CC, Dundee Skip: Helen Caird Third: Rae Gray Second: Sheena Hay Lead: Helen Watson	Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Elisabeth Högström Third: Carona Olsson Second: Birgitta Sewik Lead: Karin Sjögren	CC Bern, Bern Skip: Susan Schlapbach Third: Irene Bürgi Second: Ursula Schlapbach Lead: Katrin Peterhans	Granite CC, Seattle, Washington Skip: Nancy Langley Third: Carol Dahl Second: Leslie Frosch Lead: Nancy Wallace

Round Robin Standings

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Susan Seitz	8	1
Sweden	Elisabeth Högström	8	1
Norway	Anne Jøtun Bakke	7	2
Switzerland	Susan Schlapbach	6	3
Denmark	Marianne Jørgensen	5	4
Scotland	Helen Caird	4	5
Italy	Maria-Grazzia Constantini	3	6
United States	Nancy Langley	2	7
Germany	Almut Hege	2	7
Netherlands	Laura van Imhoff	0	9

Round Robin Results

Draw 1

Team	Final
Denmark (Jørgensen)	9
Italy (Constantini)	8

Team	Final
Germany (Hege)	8
Netherlands (van Imhoff)	4

Team	Final
United States (Langley)	2
Switzerland (Schlapbach)	8

Team	Final
Sweden (Högström)	4
Canada (Seitz)	6

Team	Final
Scotland (Caird)	5
Norway (Jøtun Bakke)	8

Draw 2

Team	Final
Switzerland (Schlapbach)	8
Scotland (Caird)	7

Team	Final
Germany (Hege)	6
Denmark (Jørgensen)	9

Team	Final
Netherlands (van Imhoff)	2
Sweden (Högström)	9

Team	Final
Norway (Jøtun Bakke)	7
United States (Langley)	5

Team	Final
Canada (Seitz)	9
Italy (Constantini)	8

Draw 3

Team	Final
Italy (Constantini)	4
Norway (Jøtun Bakke)	10

Team	Final
Netherlands (van Imhoff)	1
Canada (Seitz)	10

Team	Final
Denmark (Jørgensen)	5
Switzerland (Schlapbach)	4

Team	Final
Scotland (Caird)	6
Germany (Hege)	8

Team	Final
United States (Langley)	5
Sweden (Högström)	7

Draw 4

Team	Final
Netherlands (van Imhoff)	2
Norway (Jøtun Bakke)	12

Team	Final
Sweden (Högström)	8
Germany (Hege)	1

Team	Final
United States (Langley)	6
Italy (Constantini)	13

Team	Final
Canada (Seitz)	7
Switzerland (Schlapbach)	9

Team	Final
Denmark (Jørgensen)	5
Scotland (Caird)	6

Draw 5

Team	Final
United States (Langley)	5
Scotland (Caird)	6

Team	Final
Italy (Constantini)	4
Sweden (Högström)	8

Team	Final
Norway (Jøtun Bakke)	6
Canada (Seitz)	8

Team	Final
Denmark (Jørgensen)	10
Netherlands (van Imhoff)	4

Team	Final
Switzerland (Schlapbach)	9
Germany (Hege)	4

Draw 6

Team	Final
Canada (Seitz)	7
Denmark (Jørgensen)	3

Team	Final
Netherlands (van Imhoff)	5
United States (Langley)	8

Team	Final
Switzerland (Schlapbach)	7
Norway (Jøtun Bakke)	8

Team	Final
Scotland (Caird)	6
Sweden (Högström)	11

Team	Final
Germany (Hege)	9
Italy (Constantini)	10

Draw 7

Team	Final
Switzerland (Schlapbach)	5
Sweden (Högström)	7

Team	Final
Scotland (Caird)	3
Canada (Seitz)	8

Team	Final
Germany (Hege)	6
United States (Langley)	8

Team	Final
Norway (Jøtun Bakke)	5
Denmark (Jørgensen)	4

Team	Final
Italy (Constantini)	11
Netherlands (van Imhoff)	2

Draw 8

Team	Final
Norway (Jøtun Bakke)	9
Germany (Hege)	8

Team	Final
Sweden (Högström)	8
Denmark (Jørgensen)	3

Team	Final
Italy (Constantini)	5
Scotland (Caird)	11

Team	Final
Switzerland (Schlapbach)	13
Netherlands (van Imhoff)	2

Team	Final
Canada (Seitz)	9
United States (Langley)	2

Draw 9

Team	Final
Netherlands (van Imhoff)	6
Scotland (Caird)	11

Team	Final
Italy (Constantini)	4
Switzerland (Schlapbach)	12

Team	Final
Sweden (Högström)	12
Norway (Jøtun Bakke)	4

Team	Final
Germany (Hege)	4
Canada (Seitz)	5

Team	Final
Denmark (Jørgensen)	7
United States (Langley)	6

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Canada	7
	4	Switzerland	6
						1	Canada	2
						2	Sweden	7
	2	Sweden	4
	3	Norway	2

Semifinals

Team	Final
Canada (Seitz)	7
Switzerland (Schlapbach)	6

Team	Final
Sweden (Högström)	4
Norway (Jøtun Bakke)	2

Final

Team	Final
Canada (Seitz)	2
Sweden (Högström)	7

1981 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship
Sweden 1st title