2010 European Curling Championships

2010 Le Gruyère European Curling Championship Curling2010.jpg 150px Champéry, Switzerland Palladium de Champéry December 3–11, 2010 Snarøen CC, Oslo Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Markus Høiberg (Rasmus Stjerne) Stina Viktorsson Christina Bertrup Maria Wennerström Margaretha Sigfridsson Agnes Knochenhauer (Eve Muirhead) 2009 2011 The 2010 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Champéry, Switzerland from December 3–11, 2010.http://www.worldcurling.org/champery-switzerland-ready-to-host-2010-le-gruyere-european-curling-championships World Curling Federation - Champéry, Switzerland ready to host 2010 le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2011-02-21 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20110109141550/http://www.worldcurling.org/champery-switzerland-ready-to-host-2010-le-gruyere-european-curling-championships dead The Group C matches took place from September 24–28 at the Greenacres Ice Rink in Howwood, Scotland. The winners of the Group C matches advanced to the Group B playoffs in Monthey.http://www.royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/rccc/index.cfm/rccc-news/european-mixed-championship/ EMCC & ECC Group C announcement Royal Caledonian Curling ClubSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes The Group A round robin matches took place from December 4–11 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, while the Group B matches took place at the Verney Arena in Monthey. Sweden's Stina Viktorsson won the gold medal when her rink defeated the Eve Muirhead rink from Scotland. Switzerland's Mirjam Ott won the bronze medal game over Russia's Liudmila Privivkova in 9 ends.http://www.worldcurling.org/ecc-2010-womens-finals--bronze-game World Curling Federation - ECC 2010 Women's Finals & Bronze Game 2011-02-21 2011-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20111205195407/http://www.worldcurling.org/ecc-2010-womens-finals--bronze-game dead The Thomas Ulsrud rink from Norway won in the final over Rasmus Stjerne's rink from Denmark, which played surprisingly well at the championships this year. Switzerland's Christof Schwaller won the bronze medal after defeating Germany's Andy Kapp.http://www.worldcurling.org/ecc-2010-mens-finals--bronze-game World Curling Federation - ECC 2010 Men's Finals & Bronze Game 2011-02-21 2011-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20111205201204/http://www.worldcurling.org/ecc-2010-mens-finals--bronze-game dead Six women's teams qualified for the 2011 World Women's Curling Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark. They are: Sweden, Scotland, Switzerland, Russia, Norway, and the Czech Republic (who defeated Latvia in the World Challenge).http://www.wwcc2011.com/european-teams-qualify-for-wwcc2011 World Womens Curling Championship 2011 - European teams qualify for Capital One WWCC 2011 2011-02-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20110303081814/http://www.wwcc2011.com/european-teams-qualify-for-wwcc2011 2011-03-03 dead Only six nations qualified because the host (Denmark) and the defending champion (Germany) are automatically qualified. Eight men's teams qualified for the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. They are: Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Scotland, Czech Republic, France (who defeated Italy in the World Challenge).https://sscurling.blogspot.com/2010/12/2011-ford-world-mens-curling.html 2011 Ford® World Men's Curling Championship - European Qualifieshttp://www.curling.ca/2010/12/20/qualifying-countries-announced-for-2011-ford-world-mens-cc/ Curling Canada | Qualifying countries announced for 2011 Ford World Men's CC The 2010 European Curling Championships marked the first European curling tournament that Turkey was represented at.http://www.royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/rccc/index.cfm/rccc-news/european-mixed-championship/September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Turkey was represented by a men's and women's berth, and their women's berth advanced to the B Group of the championships. Schedule DateGroup AGroup BEventTimeEventTimeDecember 3 Friday Opening CeremonyDecember 4 Saturday Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (W) 12:00 (M) 16:00 (W) 20:00 (M) Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W)December 5 Sunday Round Robin - Draw 11:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W)December 6 Monday Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W)December 7 Tuesday Round Robin - Draw 10:00 (M) 15:00 (W) 19:00 (M) Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W)December 8 Wednesday Round Robin - Draw 10:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) December 9 Thursday Round Robin - Draw 8:00 (M) Tiebreaks Playoffs Tiebreaks 12:00 (more if needed) Play-offs 20:00 9:00 December 10 Friday Semifinals Finals 8:00 13:00 Semifinals 16:00 20:00 December 11 Saturday Bronze Final 8:00 Bronze Final 9:30 Finals 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) Challenge World Championships 9:30 14:00 Closing Ceremony Men's tournament 2010 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament Group A 10 men's berths were qualified for Group A, including defending champions Sweden and last year's B Group qualifiers (Russia and the Netherlands). Results Switzerland, Norway, and Germany finished the round-robin with a 7–2 win–loss record, while Denmark finished with a 6–3 record. Switzerland was defeated by Norway 4–5 in the tenth end and Denmark defeated Germany 10–5 with a game-ending 5-point end in the page playoffs. Norway moved on to the gold final, while Denmark was able to defeat Switzerland in the semifinal, 9–7. Denmark faced Norway in the final, where Norway won 5–3, while Switzerland won over Germany, 7–4. Page playoff system Semifinal Gold Medal Game 1 4 2 5 3 5 4 10 1 7 4 9 2 5 4 3 Bronze Medal Game 1 7 3 4 Gold Medal Game Saturday, December 11, 16:00 C (Ulsrud) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 (Stjerne) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 Bronze Medal Game Saturday, December 11, 8:00 B (Schwaller) 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 X 7 (Kapp) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 4 Group B 16 men's berths were qualified for Group B, including the teams advancing from Group C (Slovakia and Belarus) and the teams relegated from last year's A Group (Finland and Italy). They are split into two eight-team groups (B1 and B2). Results Latvia and Ireland finished at the top of Group B1, while Italy and Slovakia finished at the top of their groups. In the page playoffs, Latvia won over Italy 9–5, while Ireland defeated Slovakia 8–2. Italy won over Ireland 6–5 in 11 ends to advance to the final and face Latvia once more. This time, Italy was able to win over Latvia in an extra end, 10–7. Ireland won over Slovakia in 8 ends, 9–2. Page playoff system Semifinal Gold Medal Game 30 B1-1 9 B2-1 5 B1-2 8 B2-2 2 B2-1 6 B1-2 5 B1-1 7 B2-1 10 Bronze Medal Game 30 B1-2 9 B2-2 2 Gold Medal Game K (Gulbis) 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 (Retornaz) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 10 Bronze Medal Game K (Gray) 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 X X 9 (Pitonak) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X 2 Group C Seven men's berths competed in the first ever Group C tournament. Results Slovakia and Belarus finished at the top of the group with 5–1 win–loss records. They both qualified for the B Group tournament, and played in the Group C Final, where Slovakia defeated Belarus in 8 ends.ECF News (ECC Group C news) https://web.archive.org/web/20110210100541/http://www.ecf-web.org/31.html 2011-02-10 Gold Medal Game E (Pitonak) 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 X X 10 (Kirillov) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1 Women's tournament 2010 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament Group A 10 women's berths were qualified for Group A, including defending champions Germany and last year's B Group qualifiers (the Netherlands and Latvia). Results Scotland advanced to the playoffs with an impressive 8–1 record; Russia and Switzerland advanced with a 7–2 record, and Sweden with a 6–3 record. In the playoffs, Scotland defeated Russia in 9 ends with a 9–4 score. Sweden was able to work its way to the gold final, defeating Switzerland 5–3 in the playoffs and passing by Russia 7–5 in the semifinals. Sweden met and defeated Scotland in the final, 8–6, taking home the gold. The Switzerland rink faced Russia in the bronze final, winning 9–5 in 9 ends. Page playoff system Semifinal Gold Medal Game 1 9 2 4 3 3 4 5 2 5 4 7 1 6 4 8 Bronze Medal Game 2 5 3 9 Gold Medal Game C (Muirhead) 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 (Viktorsson) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 8 Bronze Medal Game D (Privivkova) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 5 (Ott) 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 2 0 X 9 Group B 10 women's berths were qualified for Group B, including the teams advancing from Group C (Ireland and Turkey) and the teams relegated from last year's A Group (England and Italy). Results The Czech Republic finished the round-robin undefeated with an impressive 9–0 record, while Hungary, Austria, and Italy finished with a 7–2 record. The Czech berth defeated Hungary 8–6 in an extra end and Italy defeated Austria 6–3 in the page playoffs. Italy met Hungary in the semifinal and defeated them 7–6. The Czech rink then scored a resounding 14–7 win over Italy in the final game. Austria won over Hungary in the bronze final after an extra end, 5–4. Page playoff system Semifinal Gold Medal Game 1 8 2 6 3 3 4 6 2 6 4 7 1 14 4 7 Bronze Medal Game 3 5 2 4 Bronze Medal Game J (Toth) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 (Szekeres) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Gold Medal Game J (Kubeskova) 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 5 X 14 (Menardi) 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 X 7 Group C Five women's berths competed in the first ever Group C tournament. Results The Turkish team, making its debut in an international curling competition, finished the round robin undefeated at 4–0, while Ireland held a 3–1 record. In the final, Ireland would open with a 4-point end and dominated the game, winning 11–3 over Turkey in 8 ends. Gold Medal Game E (Hibberd) 4 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 X X 11 (Akyildiz) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X 3 References External links Website of 2010 European Curling Championships https://web.archive.org/web/20101215161336/http://www.ecc2010.ch/Official 2010-12-15 359 M (A, B division) 360 W (A, B division) 411 M (C division) 412 W (C division) European Curling Federation 46 10 41 N 6 52 13 E region:CH_type:event_source:kolossus-dewiki title Category:European Curling Championships European Championships Category:2010 in European sport Category:Curling competitions in Switzerland Category:International curling competitions hosted by Switzerland Category:2010 in Swiss sport