2006 European Curling Championships
# 2006 European Curling Championships

The 2006 European Curling Championships were held December 9–16, 2006 at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.

## Men Division A

### Teams

| Denmark | Finland | France |
| - | - | - |
| Skip: Johnny Frederiksen Third: Lars Vilandt Second: Bo Jensen Lead: Kenneth Hertsdahl Alternate: Ivan Frederiksen | Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Kalle Kiiskinen Second: Jani Sullanmaa Lead: Teemu Salo Alternate: Jari Rouvinen | Skip: Thomas Dufour Third: Tony Angiboust Second: Jan Ducroz Lead: Richard Ducroz Alternate: Raphael Mathieu |
| Germany | Ireland | Norway |
| Skip: Sebastian Stock Third: Daniel Herberg Second: Markus Messenzehl Lead: Patrick Hoffman Alternate: Bernhard Mayr | Skip: Robin Gray Third: John Kenny Second: Neil Fyfe Lead: Peter Wilson Alternate: Tony Tierney | Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergaard Second: Thomas Due Lead: Jan Thoresen Alternate: Petter Moe |
| Scotland | Sweden | Switzerland |
| Skip: David Murdoch Third: Ewan MacDonald Second: Peter Smith Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: David Hay | Skip: Per Carlsen Third: Mickael Norberg Second: Rickard Hallström Lead: Fredrik Hallström Alternate: Nils Carlsen | Skip: Andy Schwaller Third: Ralph Stöckli Second: Thomas Lips Lead: Damian Grichting Alternate: Raphael Brütsch |
| Wales | | |
| Skip: Adrian Meikle Third: Jamie Meikle Second: Stuart Hills Lead: Andrew Tanner Alternate: Colin Morrison | | |

### A tournament

**Final round-robin standings**

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Scotland | David Murdoch | 7 | 2 |
| Switzerland | Andy Schwaller | 7 | 2 |
| Germany | Sebastian Stock | 6 | 3 |
| Sweden | Per Carlsen | 5 | 4 |
| Norway | Thomas Ulsrud | 5 | 4 |
| Finland | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | 5 | 4 |
| Denmark | Johnny Frederiksen | 3 | 6 |
| Ireland | Robin Gray | 3 | 6 |
| France | Thomas Dufour | 3 | 6 |
| Wales | Adrian Meikle | 1 | 8 |

**Session 1**

December 9, 2006

| Switzerland | 8–6 | France |
| - | - | - |
| Finland | 5–6 | Germany |
| Denmark | 4–5 | Ireland |
| Wales | 7–9 | Scotland |
| Norway | 5–6 | Sweden |

**Session 2**

December 9, 2006

| Denmark | 9–7 | France |
| - | - | - |
| Scotland | 10–3 | Germany |
| Sweden | 8–6 | Ireland |
| Wales | 3–8 | Switzerland |
| Norway | 8–7 | Finland |

**Session 3**

December 10, 2006

| Scotland | 6–4 | Sweden |
| - | - | - |
| France | 9–7 | Wales |
| Germany | 3–4 | Norway |
| Ireland | 5–8 | Switzerland |
| Denmark | 2–8 | Finland |

**Session 4**

December 11, 2006

| Wales | 7–8 | Ireland |
| - | - | - |
| France | 5–10 | Germany |
| Scotland | 5–4 | Norway |
| Denmark | 1–4 | Switzerland |
| Sweden | 5–7 | Finland |

**Session 5**

December 11, 2006

| Germany | 10–7 | Ireland |
| - | - | - |
| Sweden | 5–6 | Switzerland |
| Scotland | 11–5 | France |
| Denmark | 2–8 | Norway |
| Wales | 8–9 | Finland |

**Session 6**

December 12, 2006

| Wales | 2–7 | Sweden |
| - | - | - |
| Denmark | 4–7 | Germany |
| France | 4–9 | Norway |
| Scotland | 8–3 | Switzerland |
| Ireland | 6–9 | Finland |

**Session 7**

December 12, 2006

| Wales | 6–4 | Germany |
| - | - | - |
| France | 2–8 | Sweden |
| Scotland | 7–9 | Denmark |
| Finland | 4–7 | Switzerland |
| Norway | 4–6 | Ireland |

**Session 8**

December 13, 2006

| Wales | 5–7 | Norway |
| - | - | - |
| France | 6–2 | Finland |
| Scotland | 7–1 | Ireland |
| Denmark | 5–7 | Sweden |
| Switzerland | 3–7 | Germany |

**Session 9**

December 14, 2006

| Wales | 5–7 | Denmark |
| - | - | - |
| France | 8–2 | Ireland |
| Scotland | 3–9 | Finland |
| Norway | 2–6 | Switzerland |
| Sweden | 4–5 | Germany |

**Tie-breakers**

December 14, 2006

| Finland | 5–6 | Norway |
| - | - | - |
| Ireland | 4–5 | France |
| Denmark | 5–6 | France |
| Sweden | 7–6 | Norway |

**Play-off**

December 15, 2006

| Sweden | 6–2 | Germany |
| - | - | - |
| Switzerland | 9–5 | Scotland |

**Semi final**

December 15, 2006

| Sweden | 2–5 | Scotland |
| - | - | - |

**Final**

December 16, 2006

| Switzerland | 7–6 | Scotland |
| - | - | - |

## Men Division B

### Teams Group 1

| Austria | Belgium | Bulgaria |
| - | - | - |
| Skip: Harald Fendt Third: Andreas Schlögel Second: Peter Mondl Lead: Markus Schlögel Alternate: Hubert Hierner | Skip: Pieter-Jan Witzig Third: Marc Suter Second: Thomas Suter Lead: Samie Witzig Alternate: Dirk Heylen | Skip: Lubomir Velinov Third: Tihomir Todorov Second: Stoil Georgiev Lead: Svetlin Rangelov Alternate: Ilian Kirilov |
| Croatia | Czech Republic | Italy |
| Skip: Alen Cadez Third: Dalibor Golec Second: Drazen Gutic Lead: Ognjen Golubic Alternate: Davor Palcec | Skip: Jiri Snitil Third: Martin Snitil Second: Jindrich Kitzberger Lead: Marek Vydra Alternate: Marek David | Skip: Stefano Ferronato Third: Alessandro Zisa Second: Marco Mariani Lead: Adriano Lorenzi Alternate: Giorgio da Rin |
| Latvia | Lithuania | Slovakia |
| Skip: Kārlis Smilga Third: Artis Zentelis Second: Roberts Krusts Lead: Jānis Laizāns Alternate: Jānis Klīve | Skip: Arunas Skrolis Third: Paulius Kamarauskas Second: Irtmantas Jakutis Lead: Martynas Norkus Alternate: Vygantas Zalieckas | Skip: Frantisek Pitonak Third: Milan Kajan Second: Boris Kutka Lead: Rene Petko Alternate: Karel Pospichal |
| Spain |
| Skip: Luis Domingo Vicent Third: Hector Manero Vicente Second: Jesus Manero Casas Lead: Javier Fernandez Dominguez Alternate: Juan Pablo Percides Pla |

### Standings

| Country | G | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Italy | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Belgium | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Latvia | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Austria | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Croatia | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| Spain | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| Lithuania | 9 | 0 | 9 |

### Teams Group 2

| Belarus | England | Estonia |
| - | - | - |
| Skip: Yauhen Puchkou Third: Ihar Mishaniou Second: Yauheni Mamadaliyeu Lead: Barys Rutman Alternate: Dmitry Kirillov | Skip: Michael Opel Third: Jamie Malton Second: Andrew Woolston Lead: Kenneth Malton Alternate: John Brown | Skip: Leo Jakobson Third: Andres Jakobson Second: Sven Petermann Lead: Juri Rouk Alternate: none |
| Greece | Hungary | Kazakhstan |
| Skip: Athanasios Pantios Third: Nikolaos Zacharias Second: Dimitrios Kolonas Lead: Nicholas Sarris Alternate: Efstratios Kokkinellis | Skip: Gyoergy Nagy Third: Balazs Nemeth Second: Zoltan Jakab Lead: Krisztian Barna Alternate: Zsombor Rokusfalvy | Skip: Viktor Kim Third: Vladislav Kogay Second: Zhanibek Ukubayev Lead: Bashir Chimirov Alternate: Arman Kassenov |
| Netherlands | Poland | Russia |
| Skip: Steven van der Cammen Third: Reg Wiebe Second: Mark Neeleman Lead: Christiaan Offringa Alternate: Greg Dunn | Skip: Damian Herman Third: Piotr Podgórski Second: Krzysztof Beck Lead: Tomasz Sapiński Alternate: Maciej Cesarz | Skip: Alexander Kirikov Third: Petr Dron Second: Dmitriy Abanin Lead: Aleksey Kamnev Alternate: Vadim Shkolnikov |
| Serbia |
| Skip: Marko Stojanovic Third: Darko Sovran Second: Bojan Mijatovic Lead: Vuk Krajacic Alternate: none |

### Standings

| Country | G | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Russia | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| England | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Hungary | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Poland | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Greece | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Belarus | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Serbia | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| Estonia | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | 9 | 0 | 9 |

### Tie-breakers

December 13–14, 2006

| Hungary | 8–5 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |
| Hungary | 12–6 | England |

### Play-off

December 14, 2006

| Italy | 6–4 | Russia |
| - | - | - |
| Hungary | 3–8 | Czech Republic |

### Semi final

December 15, 2006

| Russia | 7–12 | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |

### Final

December 15, 2006

| Italy | 6–9 | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |

### World Cup Challenge

December 16, 2006

| Denmark | 2–1 | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |

## Women Division A

### Teams

| Czech Republic | Denmark | Germany |
| - | - | - |
| Skip: Hana Synackova Third: Lenka Danielisova Second: Lenka Kucerova Lead: Karolina Pilarova Alternate: Michala Souhradová | Fourth: Madeleine Dupont Third: Camilla Jensen Second: Denise Dupont Skip: Angelina Jensen Alternate: Charlotte Hedegaard | Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Monika Wagner Second: Anna Hartelt Lead: Marie-Therese Rotter Alternate: Martina Tichatschke |
| Italy | Netherlands | Norway |
| Skip: Diana Gaspari Third: Giulia Lacedelli Second: Giorgia Apollonio Lead: Violetta Caldart Alternate: Elettra de Col | Skip: Shari Leibbrandt Third: Margrietha Voskuilen Second: Idske de Jong Lead: Marlijn Muller Alternate: Ester Romijn | Skip: Dordi Nordby Third: Marianne Rørvik Second: Charlotte Hovring Lead: Camilla Holth Alternate: Kristin Skaslien |
| Russia | Scotland | Sweden |
| Skip: Ludmila Privivkova Third: Olga Jarkova Second: Nkeirouka Ezekh Lead: Ekaterina Galkina Alternate: Margarita Fomina | Skip: Rhona Martin Third: Debbie Knox Second: Claire Milne Lead: Lynn Cameron Alternate: Jacqui Byers | Skip: Camilla Johansson Third: Katarina Nyberg Second: Mio Hasselborg Lead: Elisabeth Persson Alternate: Linda Ohlson |
| Switzerland | | |
| Skip: Mirjam Ott Third: Binia Feltscher-Beeli Second: Valeria Spälty Lead: Janine Greiner Alternate: Manuela Kormann | | |

**Standings**

| Country | G | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Russia | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Italy | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Scotland | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Germany | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Sweden | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Denmark | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Norway | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 0 | 9 |

### Results

**Session 1**

December 9, 2006

| Scotland | 5–2 | Czech Republic |
| - | - | - |
| Denmark | 3–7 | Sweden |
| Norway | 9–3 | Netherlands |
| Russia | 12–6 | Switzerland |
| Germany | 8–5 | Italy |

**Session 2**

December 9, 2006

| Germany | 0–9 | Denmark |
| - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 6–9 | Italy |
| Scotland | 2–7 | Russia |
| Norway | 6–4 | Czech Republic |
| Sweden | 8–6 | Switzerland |

**Session 3**

December 10, 2006

| Switzerland | 4–7 | Italy |
| - | - | - |
| Czech Republic | 5–9 | Russia |
| Sweden | 4–8 | Germany |
| Netherlands | 2–6 | Scotland |
| Norway | 2–9 | Denmark |

**Session 4**

December 10, 2006

| Czech Republic | 9–8 | Sweden |
| - | - | - |
| Norway | 5–7 | Scotland |
| Denmark | 6–7 | Italy |
| Switzerland | 7–6 | Germany |
| Russia | 14–3 | Netherlands |

**Session 5**

December 11, 2006

| Norway | 2–10 | Germany |
| - | - | - |
| Sweden | 7–2 | Netherlands |
| Czech Republic | 2–9 | Switzerland |
| Denmark | 6–10 | Russia |
| Italy | 2–6 | Scotland |

**Session 6**

December 11, 2006

| Italy | 4–6 | Russia |
| - | - | - |
| Scotland | 4–5 | Switzerland |
| Netherlands | 7–9 | Denmark |
| Sweden | 7–5 | Norway |
| Czech Republic | 5–10 | Germany |

**Session 7**

December 12, 2006

| Denmark | 8–4 | Scotland |
| - | - | - |
| Italy | 6–5 | Czech Republic |
| Russia | 7–3 | Sweden |
| Germany | 9–3 | Netherlands |
| Switzerland | 6–5 | Norway |

**Session 8**

December 13, 2006

| Netherlands | 5–6 | Switzerland |
| - | - | - |
| Russia | 9–6 | Germany |
| Italy | 9–5 | Norway |
| Czech Republic | 8–7 | Denmark |
| Scotland | 2–5 | Sweden |

**Session 9**

December 13, 2006

| Russia | 7–5 | Norway |
| - | - | - |
| Switzerland | 7–3 | Denmark |
| Germany | 3–6 | Scotland |
| Italy | 9–2 | Sweden |
| Netherlands | 4–11 | Czech Republic |

**Tie-breakers**

December 14, 2006

| Scotland | 7–6 | Sweden |
| - | - | - |
| Scotland | 4–3 | Germany |

**Play-off**

December 15, 2006

| Russia | 5–7 | Italy |
| - | - | - |
| Switzerland | 8–3 | Scotland |

**Semi final**

December 15, 2006

| Switzerland | 5–7 | Russia |
| - | - | - |

**Final**

December 16, 2006

| Russia | 9–4 | Italy |
| - | - | - |

## Women Division B

### Teams

| Austria | Croatia | England |
| - | - | - |
| Skip: Claudia Toth Third: Karina Toth Second: Constanze Hummelt Lead: Alexandra Bruckmiller Alternate: none | Skip: Katarina Radonic Third: Nikolina Petric Second: Zrinka Muhek Lead: Marta Muzdalo Alternate: Slavica Roso | Skip: Joan Reed Third: Lorna Rettig Second: Claire Grimwood Lead: Kirsty Balfour Alternate: Sarah McVey |
| Estonia | Finland | France |
| Skip: Maile Moelder Third: Marge Vaher Second: Anne-Liis Leht Lead: Margit Peebo Alternate: none | Skip: Anne Malmi Third: Mimmi Koivula Second: Sari Auvinen Lead: Katri Maatta Alternate: Tuire Autio | Skip: Sandrine Morand Third: Karine Baechelen Second: Delphine Charlet Lead: Brigitte Mathieu Alternate: Alexandra Seimbille |
| Hungary | Latvia | Lithuania |
| Skip: Ildikó Szekeres Third: Alexandra Béres Second: Gyoengyi Nagy Lead: Boglarka Adam Alternate: none | Skip: Evita Regza Third: Dace Regza Second: Anete Regza Lead: Solvita Gulbe Alternate: none | Skip: Virginija Paulauskaitė Third: Evelina Alekseijenko Second: Ruta Norkiene Lead: Rasa Smaliukiene Alternate: none |
| Poland | Slovakia | Spain |
| Skip: Marta Szeliga-Frynia Third: Katarzyna Wicik Second: Agnieszka Ogrodniczek Lead: Marianna Das Alternate: Justyna Zalewska | Skip: Barbora Bugarova Third: Gabriela Kajanova Second: Veronika Kvasnovska Lead: Zuzana Axamitova Alternate: none | Skip: Ellen Kittelsen Third: Ana Arce Second: Leti Hino Josa Lead: Merce Pascual Alternate: Martina Zurlohe |

### Standings Group 1

| Country | G | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| England | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| France | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Austria | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Estonia | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 0 | 5 |

### Standings Group 2

| Country | G | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Finland | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Hungary | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Latvia | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Croatia | 5 | 0 | 5 |

### Tie-breakers

December 13, 2006

| Austria | 7–6 | France |
| - | - | - |

### Play-off

December 14, 2006

| England | 4–7 | Finland |
| - | - | - |
| Hungary | 8–9 | Austria |

### Semi final

December 15, 2006

| Austria | 8–6 | England |
| - | - | - |

### Final

December 15, 2006

| Austria | 7–3 | Finland |
| - | - | - |
