The 2005 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 3 to 13 at the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio in Pinerolo, Italy, the site of the curling tournament at the 2006 Olympics.

Canada, skipped by Kyle George and his team from Regina, Saskatchewan defeated Sweden, skipped by Nils Carlsén, 6–5 in the men's final. The game went to an extra end, where George tapped a Canadian stone for shot on his first, which was followed up by Carlsén missing a double-raise takeout attempt, clinching the victory for Canada. George did not have to throw his last stone.

Switzerland, skipped by Tania Grivel from Biel won the women's final, 10–2 over Sweden's Stina Viktorsson's rink. It was the second women's championship for Switzerland.

Men

Teams Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Kyle George Justin Mihalicz David Kidby Chris Hebert Dustin Kidby Kenneth Jørgensen Rasmus Stjerne Mikkel Adrup Poulsen Dennis Hansen Mikkel Munch Krause Steffen Maier Michael Draxler Patrick Benz Yves Swoboda Denis Kiesel Joël Retornaz Giorgio da Rin Davide Corbellari Mirco Ferretti Silvio Zanotelli Øivind A. Grøseth Hans Tømmervold Håvard Vad Petersson Anders Bjørgum Olav Helge Storli Logan Gray Ross Paterson Sandy Gilmour Graeme Copland Keith Duncan Millar Kim Soo-hyuk Kim Chang-min Park Jong-duk Park Jin-oh Ha Jin-hyuk Nils Carlsén Sebastian Kraupp Marcus Hasselborg Emanuel Allberg Niklas Edin Toni Müller Andreas Klauenbösch Andreas Ägler Nicolas Hauswirth Christian von Guten Kristopher Perkovich Jason Smith Jeff Isaacson Kevin Johnson Shaye Perkovich

Round-robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Country Skip W L Logan Gray 9 0 Kristopher Perkovich 7 2 Nils Carlsén 7 2 Kyle George 6 3 Kenneth Jørgensen 4 5 Øivind A. Grøseth 4 5 Toni Müller 4 5 Kim Soo-hyuk2 7 Steffen Maier 2 7 Joël Retornaz 0 9

Round-robin results

Draw 1 Thursday, March 3, 14:00

Draw 2 Friday, March 4, 09:00

Draw 3 Friday, March 4, 19:00

Draw 4 Saturday, March 5, 14:00

Draw 5 Sunday, March 6, 09:00

Draw 6 Sunday, March 6, 19:00

Draw 7 Monday, March 7, 14:00

Draw 8 Tuesday, March 8, 09:00

Draw 9 Tuesday, March 8, 19:00

Draw 11 Wednesday, March 9, 19:00

Draw 10 Wednesday, March 9, 14:00

Draw 12 Thursday, March 10, 14:00

Playoffs

Semifinals Saturday, March 12, 12:00

Bronze-medal game Sunday, March 13, 09:00

Gold-medal game Sunday, March 13, 13:00

Women

Teams Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Andrea Kelly Kristen McDiarmid Jodie deSolla Lianne Sobey Morgan Muise Wang Bingyu Yue Qingshuang Sun Yue Yu Xinna Madeleine Dupont Denise Dupont Lene Nielsen Maria Poulsen Helle Simonsen Diana Gaspari Rosa Pompanin Arianna Lorenzi Anna Ghiretti Georgia Apollonio Kristin Skaslien Marte Bakk Solveig Enoksen Ingrid Stensrud Marianne Rørvik Liudmila Privivkova Nkeiruka Ezekh Ekaterina Galkina Margarita Fomina Angela Tuvaeva Victoria Sloan Kerry Barr Clare Wyllie Laura Kirkpatrick Kay Adams Stina Viktorsson Sofie Sidén Maria Wennerström Jenny Zetterquist Sabina Kraupp Tania Grivel Anna Hügli Stephanie Rüegsegger Franziska Marthaler Michèle Jäggi Gillian Gervais Sarah Gervais Stephanie Jensen Stephanie Sambor Amy Hultstrand

Round-robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker Country Skip W L Andrea Kelly 8 1 Stina Viktorsson 6 3 Madeleine Dupont 6 3 Tania Grivel 5 4 Liudmila Privivkova 5 4 Kristin Skaslien 4 5 Victoria Sloan 4 5 Diana Gaspari 3 6 Wang Bingyu 3 6 Gillian Gervais 1 8

Round-robin results

Draw 1 Thursday, March 3, 09:00

Draw 2 Thursday, March 3, 19:00

Draw 3 Friday, March 4, 14:00

Draw 4 Saturday, March 5, 09:00

Draw 5 Saturday, March 5, 19:00

Draw 6 Sunday, March 6, 14:00

Draw 7 Monday, March 7, 09:00

Draw 8 Monday, March 7, 19:00

Draw 9 Tuesday, March 8, 14:00

Draw 10 Wednesday, March 9, 09:00

Draw 11 Wednesday, March 9, 19:00

Draw 12 Thursday, March 10, 09:00

Tiebreakers Thursday, March 10, 19:00

Playoffs

Semifinals Friday, March 11, 19:00

Bronze-medal game Saturday, March 12, 12:00

Gold-medal game Saturday, March 12, 17:00

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