2016 European Curling Championships

The 2016 European Curling Championships were held from November 18 to 26 in Braehead, Renfrewshire, Scotland.[1] Scotland last hosted the European Curling Championships in 2009 in Aberdeen. The Group C competitions will be held in April in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[2]

2016 European Curling Championships
Host cityBraehead, Renfrewshire, Scotland
ArenaBraehead Arena
DatesNovember 18–26
Men's winner Sweden
Curling clubKarlstads CK, Karlstad
SkipNiklas Edin
ThirdOskar Eriksson
SecondRasmus Wrana
LeadChristoffer Sundgren
Finalist Norway (Thomas Ulsrud)
Women's winner Russia
Curling clubAdamant CC, Moscow
SkipVictoria Moiseeva
ThirdUliana Vasileva
SecondGalina Arsenkina
LeadJulia Guzieva
AlternateYulia Portunova
Finalist Sweden (Anna Hasselborg)
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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.

Group A

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

Round-robin standings

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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

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

Bronze-medal game

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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

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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

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Round-robin standings

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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

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Relegation FinalsRelegation Semifinals
A7  France3
B7  Estonia7
A7  France3
B8  Slovenia6
A8  Spain2
B8  Slovenia5

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals 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
   
A1   Czech Republic 10
A2   Israel 3

Bronze-medal game

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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

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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

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

Round-robin standings

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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

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Second Place GameSemifinals
1  Estonia7
2  France4
2  France7
3  Ireland6
3  Ireland9
4  Bulgaria6

1 vs. 2

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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

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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

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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

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Group A

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

Round-robin standings

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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

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

Bronze-medal game

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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

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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

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Round-robin standings

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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

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

Bronze-medal game

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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

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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

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

Round-robin standings

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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

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Second Place GameSemifinals
1  Belarus7
2  Austria5
2  Austria3
3  Lithuania7
3  Lithuania8
4  Spain4

1 vs. 2

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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

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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

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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.

References

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General
  • "2016 European Curling Championships". World Curling Federation.
Specific
  1. ^ "Scotland awarded four international curling championships". World Curling Federation. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Slovenia to host first international curling event". World Curling Federation. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.