2012 European Curling Championships

2012 European Curling Championships 2012europeancurling.jpg 150 Karlstad, Sweden Löfbergs Lila ArenaKarlstad Curling Club December 7–15 Niklas Edin Sebastian Kraupp Fredrik Lindberg Viktor Kjäll Oskar Eriksson (Thomas Ulsrud) none Anna Sidorova Liudmila Privivkova Margarita Fomina Ekaterina Galkina Nkeiruka Ezekh (Eve Muirhead) 2011 2013 The 2012 European Curling Championships was held from December 7 to 15 at the Löfbergs Lila Arena and the Karlstad Curling Club in Karlstad, Sweden.http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaCurlingforbundet/FOLJA/Nyheterpacurlingse/Vantadesvenskalagtillcurling-EM/ Väntade svenska lag till curling-EM 7 November 2012 Svenska Curlingförbundet (Swedish Curling Association) 7 November 2012 svhttp://www.europeancurling.com/competitions/european-championships/future-ecc Future European Curling Championships European Curling Federationhttp://www.worldcurling.org/ecc-2011-mens-final 2011 European Curling Championships Men's Final World Curling Federation 10 December 2011 11 December 2011 24 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120524163141/http://worldcurling.org/ecc-2011-mens-final dead The Group A competitions was held at the Löfbergs Lila Arena, while the Group B competitions was held at the Karlstad Curling Club. The 2012 European Curling Championships marked the fourth time that Sweden hosted the European Curling Championships.http://worldcurling.org/le-gruyere-european-curling-championships-2012 2012 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships World Curling Federation 2012-05-24 2012-05-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20120503213746/http://worldcurling.org/le-gruyere-european-curling-championships-2012 dead The Group C competitions were held from October 5 to 10 in Erzurum, Turkey.http://www.europeancurling.com/competitions/european-championships/254-emcc-and-ecc-c-2012-will-take-place-in-erzurum-turkey EMCC and ECC-C 2012 will take place in Erzurum, Turkey European Curling Federation 12 October 2011 Russia's Anna Sidorova, last year's runner-up, won the gold medal in the women's tournament after defeating last year's champions Scotland, skipped by Eve Muirhead, in the final in an extra end. Sweden's Margaretha Sigfridsson won the bronze medal over Denmark's Lene Nielsen. In the men's tournament, Sweden's Niklas Edin won their second title by defeating two-time consecutive champion Thomas Ulsrud of Norway. Jiří Snítil of the Czech Republic improved on his record at the European Championships by winning the bronze medal over last year's bronze medalists Denmark, skipped by Rasmus Stjerne. A total of eight men's and seven women's teams qualified for the 2013 World Curling Championships. On the men's side, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Switzerland, Scotland, and Finland (who defeated France in the World Challenge Games), qualified for the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. On the women's side, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy and Germany qualified for the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship and joined hosts Latvia in competition. 4 Men 2012 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament Group A The Group A competitions was contested in Karlstad. Ten teams, including the teams advancing from last year's Group B competitions (Hungary and Russia), competed in a round robin. The top four teams in the round robin moved on to the playoffs. In the page playoffs, Sweden defeated the Czech Republic, and Norway edged past Denmark. Norway then secured a close win over the Czech Republic, and the Czechs moved to the bronze medal game, where they defeated Denmark in a rematch of last year's bronze medal game.http://ecc2012.curlingevents.com/day-7-mens-bronze-medal--womens-semi-final Day 7: Men's Bronze Medal & Women's Semi-final 14 December 2012 World Curling Federation 16 December 2012 Sweden then defeated Norway in the gold medal game with a final score of 8–5 after hitting to win the game in the tenth end.http://ecc2012.curlingevents.com/day-8-mens-gold-medal-game Day 8: Men's Gold Medal Game 15 December 2012 World Curling Federation 16 December 2012 Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyCountries to PlayoffsCountries to TiebreakersCountries relegated to 2013 Group B Country Skip W L Niklas Edin 8 1 Jiří Snítil 7 2 Thomas Ulsrud 6 3 Rasmus Stjerne 6 3 Andrey Drozdov 5 4 Sven Michel 5 4 Tom Brewster 4 5 Thomas Dufour 3 6 Andy Lang 1 8 György Nagy 0 9 Playoffs Page playoff system Semifinal Gold-medal game 1 9 2 3 3 6 4 5 2 4 3 6 1 8 3 5 Bronze-medal game 2 12 4 4 Bronze-medal game Friday, December 14, 20:00 (Snítil) 0 2 1 0 3 0 3 3 X X 12 (Stjerne) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X X 4 Jindřich Kitzberger 88% Jakub Bareš 89% Martin Snítil 80% Jiří Snítil 82% 85% Troels Harry 95% Mikkel Poulsen 85% Johnny Frederiksen 86% Rasmus Stjerne 73% 85% Gold-medal game Saturday, December 15, 15:00 B (Edin) 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 8 (Ulsrud) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 Viktor Kjäll 78% Fredrik Lindberg 77% Sebastian Kraupp 87% Niklas Edin 90% 83% Håvard Vad Petersson 73% Christoffer Svae 78% Torger Nergård 76% Thomas Ulsrud 65% 73% Group B The Group B competitions were contested in Karlstad. Sixteen teams, including the teams advancing from the same year's Group C competitions (Turkey and Croatia), competed in a two group round robin. The top four teams in the round robin moved on to the playoffs. Latvia, the leader of the Blue Group, defeated Finland, the leader of the Red Group, and advanced to the final, while the Netherlands, the second-ranked team in the Blue Group, defeated England, the runner-up of the Red Group, and advanced to the semifinal. Finland defeated the Netherlands in the semifinal and moved on to the gold medal game, where they defeated Latvia to win the Group B competitions. The Netherlands defeated England in the bronze medal game. Finland and Latvia advanced to the 2013 Group A competitions, and Finland played France in the World Challenge Games, where Finland defeated France in a best-of-three series to win the final berth at the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship. Wales and Ireland were relegated to the 2013 Group C competitions. Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsCountries to TiebreakersCountries relegated to 2013 Group C Red Group Skip W L Aku Kauste 6 1 Alan MacDougall 5 2 Fabio Sola 5 2 Martin Lill 4 3 Antonio de Mollinedo 3 4 Alican Karataş 2 5 Pavol Pitoňák 2 5 Adrian Meikle 1 6 Blue Group Skip W L Ritvars Gulbis 6 1 Jaap van Dorp 6 1 Alen Cadez 4 3 Marc Suter 4 3 Tomasz Zioło 3 4 Andreas Unterberger 2 5 Tadas Vyskupaitis 2 5 Alan Mitchell 1 6 Playoffs Page playoff system Semifinal Gold-medal game R1 5 B1 6 R2 4 B2 7 R1 7 B2 4 B1 4 R1 7 Bronze-medal game B2 10 R2 5 Bronze-medal game Friday, December 14, 13:00 (van Dorp) 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 2 X X 10 (MacDougall) 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X X 5 Gold-medal game Friday, December 14, 13:00 (Gulbis) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 4 (Kauste) 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 X 7 Group C The Group C competitions were contested in Erzurum, where the 2012 European Mixed Curling Championship was also held. Seven men's teams competed for two berths to the Group B competitions, which were held in Karlstad. The teams played in a round robin, and at its conclusion, the top four teams advanced to the playoffs, which were held in a format similar to that of the World Wheelchair Curling Championship qualification events. Turkey advanced to the Group B competitions after winning the first semifinal game, and Croatia advanced to the Group B competition after winning the second place game. Round-robin standings Final round-robin standingshttp://www.emcc-ecc2012.org/news_details.php?News=31 https://web.archive.org/web/20121105023628/http://www.emcc-ecc2012.org/news_details.php?News=31 usurped November 5, 2012 2012 European Mixed Curling Championship – Standings after Round Robin 9 October 2012 KeyTeams to PlayoffsTeams to Tiebreaker Country Skip W L Alen Cadez 6 0 Muhammet Oǧuz Zengin 5 1 Dmitry Kirillov 4 2 Zvone Sever 2 4 Jens Gislason 2 4 Bogdan Taut 1 5 Jörg Moeser 1 5 Playoffs Semifinals Second Place Game 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 1 9 4 2 Women 2012 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament Group A The Group A competitions were contested in Karlstad. Ten teams, including the teams advancing from last year's Group B competitions (Finland and Hungary), competed in a round robin. The top four teams in the round robin moved on to the playoffs. In the page playoffs, Scotland defeated Sweden, and Russia edged Denmark.http://ecc2012.curlingevents.com/day-7-mens-semi-final-womens-play-off Day 7: Men's Semi-final & Women's Play-off 14 December 2012 World Curling Federation 16 December 2012 17 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121217062723/http://ecc2012.curlingevents.com/day-7-mens-semi-final-womens-play-off dead Russia then stole the win against Sweden in the semifinal in an extra end, and advanced to the final, where they won with a score of 6–5 in an extra end over Scotland. Sweden defeated Denmark in the bronze medal game with a score of 9–3.http://ecc2012.curlingevents.com/day-womens-gold-bronze-medal-games Day 8: Women's Gold & Bronze Medal Games 15 December 2012 World Curling Federation 16 December 2012 Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyCountries to PlayoffsCountries to TiebreakersCountries relegated to 2013 Group B Country Skip W L Margaretha Sigfridsson 7 2 Eve Muirhead 7 2 Anna Sidorova 7 2 Lene Nielsen 6 3 Mirjam Ott 6 3 Diana Gaspari 4 5 Andrea Schöpp 3 6 Linda Klímová 3 6 Anne Malmi 1 8 Ildikó Szekeres 1 8 Playoffs Page playoff system Semifinal Final 1 3 2 9 3 7 4 6 1 6 3 8 2 5 3 6 Bronze-medal game 1 9 4 3 Bronze-medal game Friday, December 14, 20:00 (Sigfridsson) 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 X X 9 (Nielsen) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3 Margaretha Sigfridsson 78% Maria Wennerström 86% Christina Bertrup 93% Maria Prytz 93% 87% Maria Poulsen 84% Jeanne Ellegaard 80% Helle Simonsen 76% Lene Nielsen 63% 76% Gold-medal game Saturday, December 15, 10:00 B (Muirhead) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 (Sidorova) 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 Claire Hamilton 82% Vicki Adams 78% Anna Sloan 79% Eve Muirhead 85% 81% Ekaterina Galkina 81% Margarita Fomina 86% Liudmila Privivkova 81% Anna Sidorova 77% 81% Group B The Group B competitions were contested in Karlstad. Ten teams, including the teams advancing from the same year's Group C competitions (Belarus and Turkey), competed in a round robin. The top four teams in the round robin moved on to the playoffs. In the page playoffs, undefeated Norway defeated Estonia, and Latvia defeated Austria. Latvia swept Estonia in the semifinal in nine ends, sending Estonia to play Austria for the bronze medal. Latvia defeated Norway to win the Group B competitions with a score of 7–3, and Austria recorded a win over Estonia in the bronze medal game. Latvia and Norway advanced to the 2013 Group A competitions, and Belarus and Slovakia were relegated to the 2013 Group C competitions. Round-robin results Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to PlayoffsCountries relegated to 2013 Group C Country Skip W L Linn Githmark 9 0 Maile Mölder 7 2 Iveta Staša-Šaršūne 6 3 Karina Toth 5 4 Elif Kızılkaya 4 5 Elzbieta Ran 4 5 Fiona Hawker 3 6 Irantzu García 3 6 Ekaterina Kirillova 2 7 Daniela Matulová 2 7 Playoffs Page playoff system Semifinal Gold-medal game 1 10 2 5 3 9 4 4 2 3 3 9 1 4 3 7 Bronze-medal game 2 5 4 8 Bronze-medal game Friday, December 14, 13:00 (Mölder) 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 X 5 (Toth) 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 8 Gold-medal game Friday, December 14, 13:00 (Githmark) 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 (Staša-Šaršūne) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 X 7 Group C The Group C competitions were contested in Erzurum, where the 2012 European Mixed Curling Championship was also held. Six women's teams competed for two berths to the Group B competitions, which were held in Karlstad. The teams played in a round robin, and at its conclusion, the top four teams advanced to the playoffs, which were held in a format similar to that of the World Wheelchair Curling Championship qualification events. Belarus advanced to the Group B competitions after winning the first semifinal game, and Turkey advanced to the Group B competition after winning the second place game. Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Country Skip W L Öznur Polat 5 0 Ekaterina Kirillova 3 2 Marianne Neeleman 3 2 Melani Lusic 2 3 Daiana Raluca Colceriu 1 4 Valentina Jurincic 1 4 Playoffs Semifinals Second Place Game 1 6 2 10 3 11 4 3 1 8 3 4 References General 451 M Groups A & B – 452 W Groups A & B – 467 M Group C – 468 W Group C – Specific External links http://ecc2012.curlingevents.com http://emcc-ecc2012.org Official website (Group C competitions) European Curling Federation Home Page Category:European Curling Championships European Championships European Curling Championships Eu Category:Sports competitions in Karlstad Category:2012 in European sport Category:International curling competitions hosted by Sweden Category:International curling competitions hosted by Turkey Category:21st century in Värmland County