1983 European Curling Championships
# 1983 European Curling Championships

The 1983 European Curling Championships were held from 4 to 10 December at the Rocklundahallen arena in Västerås, Sweden.

The Swiss men's team skipped by Amédéé Biner won their fourth European title, and the Swedish women's team skipped by Elisabeth Högström won their sixth European title.

For the first time, the women's team of Finland took part in the European Championship.

## Men's

### Teams

| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Curling club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Austria | Jakob Küchl | Günther Mochny | Alois Kreidl | Konrad Weiser | |
| Denmark | Frants Gufler | Hans Gufler | Michael Sindt | Holger Slotsager | |
| England | Ronnie Brock | John Brown | Ian Coutts | Duncan Stewart | |
| Finland | Pekka Kouvo | Seppo Hietala | Timo Korhonen | Kai Pahl | |
| France | Henri Müller | René Robert | Fernand Schillinger | Claude Groff | |
| Germany | Keith Wendorf | Hans Dieter Kiesel | Sven Saile | Heiner Martin | CC Schwenningen, Schwenningen |
| Italy | Andrea Pavani | Franco Sovilla | Giancarlo Valt | Stefano Morona | |
| Luxembourg | Nico Schweich | William Bannerman | Gisbert Franz | Georges Schweich | |
| Netherlands | Wim Neeleman | Robert van der Cammen | Gustaf van Imhoff | Jeroen Tilman | |
| Norway | Kristian Sørum | Morten Søgaard | Dagfinn Loen | Morten Skaug | |
| Scotland | Mike Hay | David Hay | David Smith | Russell Keiller | |
| Sweden | Inge Granback | Mats Svedberg | Lars Carlsson | Thomas Brinkeborn | Aroscurlarna, Västerås |
| Switzerland | Amédéé Biner | Walter Bielser | Alex Aufdenblatten | Alfred Paci | |
| Wales | John Hunt | John Stone | Peter Williams | Ray King | |

### Round robin

Group A

| | Team | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | W | L | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A1 | Denmark | * | 13:3 | 7:5 | 6:3 | 3:10 | 3:8 | 7:5 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| A2 | England | 3:13 | * | 5:7 | 8:6 | 2:8 | 5:8 | 6:7 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| A3 | France | 5:7 | 7:5 | * | 9:2 | 2:6 | 3:10 | 3:4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| A4 | Italy | 3:6 | 6:8 | 2:9 | * | 7:4 | 4:5 | 7:3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| A5 | Scotland | 10:3 | 8:2 | 6:2 | 4:7 | * | 8:3 | 5:2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| A6 | Sweden | 8:3 | 8:5 | 10:3 | 5:4 | 3:8 | * | 11:3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| A7 | Wales | 5:7 | 7:6 | 4:3 | 3:7 | 2:5 | 3:11 | * | 2 | 4 | 6 |

Group B

| | Team | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | W | L | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B1 | Austria | * | 3:6 | 2:13 | 11:2 | 0:6 | 5:11 | 3:8 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| B2 | Finland | 6:3 | * | 3:10 | 6:9 | 4:8 | 2:7 | 5:7 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| B3 | Germany | 13:2 | 10:3 | * | 11:4 | 5:3 | 2:3 | 2:8 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| B4 | Luxembourg | 2:11 | 9:6 | 4:11 | * | 4:9 | 1:12 | 3:11 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| B5 | Netherlands | 6:0 | 8:4 | 3:5 | 9:4 | * | 2:6 | 4:7 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| B6 | Norway | 11:5 | 7:2 | 3:2 | 12:1 | 6:2 | * | 8:6 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| B7 | Switzerland | 8:3 | 7:5 | 8:2 | 11:3 | 7:4 | 6:8 | * | 5 | 1 | 2 |

    Teams to playoffs

### Ranking games for 5th-14th places

| For 13th place | For 13th place |
| - | - |
| England | 5 |
| Luxembourg | 4 |
| For 11th place | For 11th place |
| Wales | 5 |
| Austria | 4 |
| For 9th place | For 9th place |
| Italy | 8 |
| Finland | 2 |
| For 7th place | For 7th place |
| France | 6 |
| Netherlands | 8 |
| For 5th place | For 5th place |
| Denmark | 3 |
| Germany | 6 |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A(1) | Scotland | 4 | | | |
| B(2) | Switzerland | 5 | | | |
| B(2) | Switzerland | 5 | Switzerland | Switzerland | 11 |
| | | | Norway | Norway | 2 |
| B(1) | Norway | 6 | Norway | Norway | 2 |
| A(2) | Sweden | 4 | Bronze game | Bronze game | Bronze game |
| | | | Scotland | Scotland | 8 |
| | | | Sweden | Sweden | 3 |

### Final standings

| Place | Team | Skip | GP | W | L |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Switzerland | Amédéé Biner | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| | Norway | Kristian Sørum | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| | Scotland | Mike Hay | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Sweden | Inge Granback | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Germany | Keith Wendorf | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Denmark | Frants Gufler | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Netherlands | Wim Neeleman | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | France | Henri Müller | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Italy | Andrea Pavani | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Finland | Pekka Kouvo | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Wales | John Hunt | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Austria | Jakob Küchl | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | England | Ronnie Brock | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Luxembourg | Nico Schweich | 7 | 1 | 6 |

## Women's

### Teams

| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Curling club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Austria | Edeltraud Koudelka | Christl Naegle | Monika Hölzl | Herta Kuchenmeister | |
| Denmark | Helena Blach | Jette Olsen | Malene Krause | Lone Kristoffersen | Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre |
| England | Gwen French | Jean Picken | Mary Finlay | June Henry | |
| Finland | Anne Eerikäinen | Sirpa Piiroinen | Terhi Aro | Marita Ripatti | |
| France | Huguette Jullien (fourth) | Agnes Mercier | Monique Tournier | Paulette Sulpice (skip) | |
| Germany | Andrea Schöpp | Monika Wagner | Anneliese Diemer | Elinore Schöpp | |
| Italy | Maria-Grazzia Constantini | Tea Valt | Nella Alvera | Angela Constantini | |
| Luxembourg | Cilly Schweich | Madeleine van den Houten | Pat Bannerman | Marie Garritze | |
| Netherlands | Laura Van Imhoff | Gerrie Veening | Kniertje van Kuyk | Hanneke Veening | |
| Norway | Trine Trulsen | Dordi Nordby | Hanne Pettersen | Anne Gotteberg | |
| Scotland | Isobel Torrance Jr | Margaret Craig | Jackie Steele | Sheila Harvey | |
| Sweden | Elisabeth Högström | Katarina Hultling | Birgitta Sewik | Karin Sjögren | Karlstads CK, Karlstad |
| Switzerland | Erika Müller | Barbara Meyer | Barbara Meier | Cristina Wirz | Bern Egghölzi Damen CC, Bern |
| Wales | Elizabeth Hunt | Anne Stone | Helen Lyon | Jean Robinson | |

### Round robin

Group A

| | Team | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | W | L | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A1 | Austria | * | 6:7 | 4:12 | 5:8 | 5:12 | 2:14 | 8:5 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| A2 | France | 7:6 | * | 10:5 | 10:3 | 7:2 | 4:8 | 8:3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| A3 | Germany | 12:4 | 5:10 | * | 13:3 | 5:8 | 3:4 | 8:4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| A4 | Luxembourg | 8:5 | 3:10 | 3:13 | * | 5:12 | 2:12 | 6:8 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| A5 | Norway | 12:5 | 2:7 | 8:5 | 12:5 | * | 15:3 | 7:1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| A6 | Sweden | 14:2 | 8:4 | 4:3 | 12:2 | 3:15 | * | 11:4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| A7 | Wales | 5:8 | 3:8 | 4:8 | 8:6 | 1:7 | 4:11 | * | 1 | 5 | 5 |

Group B

| | Team | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | W | L | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| B1 | Denmark | * | 12:4 | 10:6 | 11:1 | 8:9 | 2:10 | 4:7 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| B2 | England | 4:12 | * | 13:3 | 3:15 | 10:12 | 2:12 | 5:16 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| B3 | Finland | 6:10 | 3:13 | * | 6:12 | 4:13 | 2:19 | 3:10 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| B4 | Italy | 1:11 | 15:3 | 12:6 | * | 8:9 | 5:7 | 10:11 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| B5 | Netherlands | 9:8 | 12:10 | 13:4 | 9:8 | * | 2:9 | 5:8 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| B6 | Scotland | 10:2 | 12:2 | 19:2 | 7:5 | 9:2 | * | 6:2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| B7 | Switzerland | 7:4 | 16:5 | 10:3 | 11:10 | 8:5 | 2:6 | * | 5 | 1 | 2 |

    Teams to playoffs
    Teams to tiebreaker

### Tiebreaker

| Round 1 (winner to playoffs as 1st place) | Round 1 (winner to playoffs as 1st place) | Round 2 (winner to playoffs as 2nd place) | Round 2 (winner to playoffs as 2nd place) |
| - | - | - | - |
| | | Sweden | 4 |
| Norway | 6 | France | 3 |
| Sweden | 4 | | |

### Ranking games for 5th-14th places

| For 13th place | For 13th place |
| - | - |
| Austria | 5 |
| Finland | 8 |
| For 11th place | For 11th place |
| Luxembourg | 13 |
| England | 6 |
| For 9th place | For 9th place |
| Wales | 4 |
| Italy | 7 |
| For 7th place | For 7th place |
| Germany | 5 |
| Denmark | 3 |
| For 5th place | For 5th place |
| France | 6 |
| Netherlands | 8 |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A(1) | Norway | 7 | | | |
| B(2) | Switzerland | 3 | | | |
| B(2) | Switzerland | 3 | Norway | Norway | 3 |
| | | | Sweden | Sweden | 4 |
| B(1) | Scotland | 3 | Sweden | Sweden | 4 |
| A(2) | Sweden | 9 | Bronze game | Bronze game | Bronze game |
| | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 7 |
| | | | Scotland | Scotland | 6 |

### Final standings

| Place | Team | Skip | GP | W | L |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Sweden | Elisabeth Högström | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| | Norway | Trine Trulsen | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| | Switzerland | Erika Müller | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Scotland | Isobel Torrance Jr | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | Netherlands | Laura Van Imhoff | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | France | Paulette Sulpice | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | Germany | Andrea Schöpp | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | Denmark | Helena Blach | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Italy | Maria-Grazzia Constantini | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Wales | Elizabeth Hunt | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Luxembourg | Cilly Schweich | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | England | Gwen French | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Finland | Anne Eerikäinen | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Austria | Edeltraud Koudelka | 7 | 1 | 6 |
