2016 European Curling Championships
# 2016 European Curling Championships

The 2016 European Curling Championships were held from November 18 to 26 in Braehead, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Scotland last hosted the European Curling Championships in 2009 in Aberdeen. The Group C competitions will be held in April in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

At the conclusion of the championships, the top eight women's teams will go to the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship in Beijing, and the top eight men's teams will go to the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

## Men

### Group A

The Group A competitions will be contested at the Braehead Arena in Renfrewshire.

**Round-robin standings**

Key :

* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams relegated to 2017 Group B

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sweden | Niklas Edin | 8 | 1 |
| Norway | Thomas Ulsrud | 6 | 3 |
| Switzerland | Peter de Cruz | 6 | 3 |
| Russia | Alexey Timofeev | 6 | 3 |
| Germany | Andreas Kapp | 4 | 5 |
| Scotland | Tom Brewster | 4 | 5 |
| Italy | Joel Retornaz | 3 | 6 |
| Austria | Sebastian Wunderer | 3 | 6 |
| Finland | Aku Kauste | 3 | 6 |
| Denmark | Rasmus Stjerne | 2 | 7 |

**Playoffs**

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sweden | 8 | | | |
| 4 | Russia | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Russia | 5 | 1 | Sweden | 6 |
| | | | 2 | Norway | 5 |
| 2 | Norway | 7 | 2 | Norway | 5 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4 | | | |
| Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game |
| 4 | Russia | 6 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 8 |

**Bronze-medal game**

Friday, November 25, 19:00

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia (Timofeev) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Switzerland (de Cruz) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

**Gold-medal game**

Saturday, November 26, 15:00

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweden (Edin) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |

### Group B

**Round-robin standings**

Key :

* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
* Teams to relegation Playoff

| Pool A | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Czech Republic | Karel Kubeška | 6 | 1 |
| Israel | Adam Freilich | 5 | 2 |
| Slovakia | Juraj Gallo | 5 | 2 |
| Turkey | Alican Karataş | 5 | 2 |
| Wales | Adrian Meikle | 4 | 3 |
| Lithuania | Tadas Vyskupaitis | 2 | 5 |
| France | Jean-Olivier Biechely | 1 | 6 |
| Spain | Lucas Munuera | 0 | 7 |
| Pool B | Skip | W | L |
| Netherlands | Jaap van Dorp | 6 | 1 |
| Latvia | Ritvars Gulbis | 5 | 2 |
| Hungary | Gergely Szabó | 4 | 3 |
| Poland | Borys Jasiecki | 4 | 3 |
| England | Alan MacDougall | 4 | 3 |
| Belgium | Timothy Verreycken | 2 | 5 |
| Estonia | Martin Lill | 2 | 5 |
| Slovenia | Štefan Sever | 1 | 6 |

**Relegation round**

| Relegation Finals | Relegation Finals | Relegation Finals | Relegation Semifinals | Relegation Semifinals | Relegation Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | A7 | France | 3 |
| | | | B7 | Estonia | 7 |
| A7 | France | 3 | B7 | Estonia | 7 |
| B8 | Slovenia | 6 | | | |
| B8 | Slovenia | 6 | A8 | Spain | 2 |
| | | | B8 | Slovenia | 5 |

**Playoffs**

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | A1 | Czech Republic | 8 | | | |
| B2 | Latvia | 5 | A3 | Slovakia | 9 | | | |
| A3 | Slovakia | 6 | | | | A3 | Slovakia | 6 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Netherlands | 7 |
| | | | B1 | Netherlands | 6 | | | |
| A2 | Israel | 8 | A2 | Israel | 2 | | | |
| B3 | Poland | 4 | | | | | | |
| Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game |
| A1 | Czech Republic | 10 |
| A2 | Israel | 3 |

**Bronze-medal game**

Friday, November 25, 13:00

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Czech Republic (Kubeška) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 10 |
| Israel (Freilich) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

**Gold-medal game**

Friday, November 25, 13:00

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Slovakia (Gallo) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Netherlands (van Dorp) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

### Group C

The Group C competitions will be contested at the Ledena Dvorana Zalog in Ljubljana.

**Round-robin standings**

Final Round Robin Standings

Key :

* Teams to Playoffs

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Estonia | Martin Lill | 10 | 0 |
| France | Jean-Olivier Biechely | 7 | 3 |
| Ireland | Andrew Gilmore | 7 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | Reto Seiler | 7 | 3 |
| Luxembourg | Marc Hansen | 6 | 4 |
| Belarus | Ilya Shalamitski | 6 | 4 |
| Serbia | Đorđe Nešković | 5 | 5 |
| Romania | Stefan Bodea | 2 | 8 |
| Croatia | Robert Mikulandric | 2 | 8 |
| Andorra | Josep Garcia | 2 | 8 |
| Iceland | Andri Magnusson | 0 | 10 |

**Playoffs**

| Second Place Game | Second Place Game | Second Place Game | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 1 | Estonia | 7 |
| | | | 2 | France | 4 |
| 2 | France | 7 | 2 | France | 4 |
| 3 | Ireland | 6 | | | |
| 3 | Ireland | 6 | 3 | Ireland | 9 |
| | | | 4 | Bulgaria | 6 |

**1 vs. 2**

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Estonia (Lill) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 7 |
| France (Biechely) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |

Winner advances to Group B competitions. Loser advances to Second Place Game.

**3 vs. 4**

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ireland (Gilmore) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Bulgaria (Seiler) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |

Winner advances to Second Place Game.

**Second Place Game**

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| France (Biechely) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Ireland (Gilmore) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

Winner advances to Group B competitions.

## Women

### Group A

The Group A competitions will be contested at the Braehead Arena in Renfrewshire.

**Round-robin standings**

Key :

* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams relegated to 2017 Group B

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Scotland | Eve Muirhead | 9 | 0 |
| Sweden | Anna Hasselborg | 8 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | Anna Kubešková | 6 | 3 |
| Russia | Victoria Moiseeva | 6 | 3 |
| Denmark | Lene Nielsen | 4 | 5 |
| Switzerland | Binia Feltscher | 4 | 5 |
| Germany | Daniela Jentsch | 4 | 5 |
| Italy | Federica Apollonio | 2 | 7 |
| Norway | Kristin Skaslien | 1 | 8 |
| Finland | Anne Malmi | 1 | 8 |

**Playoffs**

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Scotland | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Russia | 11 | | | |
| 4 | Russia | 11 | 4 | Russia | 6 |
| | | | 2 | Sweden | 4 |
| 2 | Sweden | 9 | 2 | Sweden | 4 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 2 | | | |
| Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game |
| 1 | Scotland | 6 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 2 |

**Bronze-medal game**

Friday, November 25, 19:00

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland (Muirhead) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Czech Republic (Kubešková) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |

**Gold-medal game**

Saturday, November 26, 10:00

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia (Moiseeva) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Sweden (Hasselborg) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### Group B

**Round-robin standings**

Key :

* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
* Teams relegated to 2017 Group C

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Hungary | Dorottya Palancsa | 8 | 1 |
| Turkey | Dilşat Yıldız | 7 | 2 |
| Estonia | Maile Mölder | 7 | 2 |
| Netherlands | Marianne Neeleman | 5 | 4 |
| England | Anna Fowler | 5 | 4 |
| Latvia | Santa Blumberga | 5 | 4 |
| Belarus | Alina Pauliuchyk | 4 | 5 |
| Lithuania | Virginija Paulauskaitė | 2 | 7 |
| Slovakia | Elena Axamitová | 2 | 7 |
| Poland | Marta Piuta | 0 | 9 |

**Playoffs**

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hungary | 9 | | | |
| 4 | Netherlands | 8 | | | |
| 4 | Netherlands | 8 | 1 | Hungary | 6 |
| | | | 2 | Turkey | 5 |
| 2 | Turkey | 10 | 2 | Turkey | 5 |
| 3 | Estonia | 2 | | | |
| Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game |
| 3 | Estonia | 7 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5 |

**Bronze-medal game**

Friday, November 25, 13:00

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Estonia (Molder) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Netherlands (Neeleman) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

**Gold-medal game**

Friday, November 25, 13:00

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hungary (Palancsa) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Turkey (Yıldız) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

### Group C

The Group C competitions were contested at the Ledena Dvorana Zalog in Ljubljana.

**Round-robin standings**

Final Round Robin Standings

Key :

* Teams to Playoffs

| Country | Skip | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Belarus | Alina Pauliuchyk | 7 | 0 |
| Austria | Constanze Ocker | 5 | 2 |
| Lithuania | Virginija Paulauskaitė | 5 | 2 |
| Spain | Oihane Otaegi | 5 | 2 |
| Croatia | Melani Turkovic | 3 | 4 |
| Slovenia | Nika Cerne | 2 | 5 |
| Ireland | Ailsa Anderson | 1 | 6 |
| Romania | Iulia Ioana Traila | 0 | 7 |

**Playoffs**

| Second Place Game | Second Place Game | Second Place Game | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 1 | Belarus | 7 |
| | | | 2 | Austria | 5 |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | Austria | 5 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 7 | | | |
| 3 | Lithuania | 7 | 3 | Lithuania | 8 |
| | | | 4 | Spain | 4 |

**1 vs. 2**

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belarus (Pavlyuchik) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Austria (Ocker) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

Winner advances to Group B competitions. Loser advances to Second Place Game.

**3 vs. 4**

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lithuania (Paulauskaitė) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Spain (Otaegi) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

Winner advances to Second Place Game.

**Second Place Game**

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Austria (Ocker) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Lithuania (Paulauskaitė) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 |

Winner advances to Group B competitions.

