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2015 European Curling Championships

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2015 European Curling Championships
Host cityEsbjerg, Denmark
ArenaGranly Hockey Arena
Esbjerg Curling Club
DatesNovember 20–28
Men's winner Sweden
Curling clubKarlstads CK, Karlstad
SkipNiklas Edin
ThirdOskar Eriksson
SecondKristian Lindström
LeadChristoffer Sundgren
AlternateHenrik Leek
Finalist Switzerland (Peter de Cruz)
Women's winner Russia
Curling clubMoskvitch CC, Moscow
SkipAnna Sidorova
ThirdMargarita Fomina
SecondAlexandra Raeva
LeadNkeirouka Ezekh
AlternateAlina Kovaleva
Finalist Scotland (Eve Muirhead)
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The 2015 European Curling Championships were held from November 20 to 28 in Esbjerg, Denmark.[1] Denmark last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1996 in Copenhagen. The Group C competitions were held during October in Champéry, Switzerland.

At the conclusion of the championships, the top eight women's teams went to the 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, and the top seven men's teams to the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship in Basel.

Men

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Group A

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The Group A competitions were contested at the Granly Hockey Arena in Esbjerg.

Round-robin standings

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Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Teams relegated to 2016 Group B

Final round-robin standings

Country Skip W L
 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9 0
 Finland Aku Kauste 5 4
 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 5 4
 Sweden Niklas Edin 5 4
 Scotland Kyle Smith 5 4
 Germany Alexander Baumann 4 5
 Russia Alexey Stukalskiy 4 5
 Italy Joël Retornaz 3 6
 Czech Republic David Šik 3 6
 Netherlands Jaap van Dorp 2 7

Playoffs

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Semifinals Final
      
1  Norway 7
4  Sweden 8
4  Sweden 7
3  Switzerland 6
2  Finland 4
3  Switzerland 10
Bronze-medal game
   
1  Norway 7
2  Finland 4

Bronze-medal game

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Friday, November 27, 19:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 7
 Finland (Kauste) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
Player percentages
 Norway  Finland
Håvard Vad Petersson 79% Janne Pitko 96%
Christoffer Svae 96% Pauli Jäämies 89%
Torger Nergård 98% Kasper Hakunti 83%
Thomas Ulsrud 92% Aku Kauste 84%
Total 91% Total 86%

Gold-medal game

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Saturday, November 27, 10:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Sweden (Edin) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
Player percentages
 Sweden  Switzerland
Christoffer Sundgren 94% Valentin Tanner 90%
Kristian Lindström 88% Peter de Cruz 89%
Oskar Eriksson 91% Claudio Pätz 85%
Niklas Edin 93% Benoît Schwarz 93%
Total 92% Total 89%

Group B

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The Group B competitions will be contested at the Esbjerg Curling Club in Esbjerg.

Round Robin standings

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Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Teams relegated to 2016 Group C

Final round-robin standings

Pool A Skip W L
 Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 7 0
 Lithuania Tadas Vyskupaitis 5 2
 Turkey Alican Karataş 4 3
 Slovenia Tomas Tišler 4 3
 Hungary György Nagy 3 4
 Poland Tomasz Zioło 2 5
 Wales James Pougher 2 5
 Belgium Timothy Verreycken 1 6

Final round-robin standings

Pool B Skip W L
 Austria Sebastian Wunderer 6 1
 Latvia Ritvars Gulbis 6 1
 Israel Adam Freilich 4 3
 England Alan MacDougall 4 3
 Slovakia Juraj Gallo 3 4
 Spain Antonio de Mollinedo 3 4
 Croatia Alen Čadež 2 5
 Estonia Martin Lill 0 7

Relegation round

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Relegation FinalsRelegation Semifinals
A7 Wales10
B7 Croatia4
B7 Croatia8
A8 Belgium10
A8 Belgium6
B8 Estonia5

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
A1  Denmark 10
B2  Latvia 8 B2  Latvia 5
A3  Slovenia 2 A1  Denmark 6
B1  Austria 4
B1  Austria 7
A2  Lithuania 7 B3  Israel 4
B3  Israel 9
Bronze-medal game
   
B2  Latvia 13
B3  Israel 3

Bronze-medal game

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Friday, November 27, 13:30

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Latvia (Gulbis) (has hammer) 3 1 0 1 4 0 2 2 X X 13
 Israel (Freilich) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X 3

Gold-medal game

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Friday, November 27, 13:30

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
 Austria (Wunderer) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 X 4

Group C

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The Group C competitions will be contested at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry.

Round Robin standings

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Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L
 Slovakia Juraj Gallo 9 1
 Slovenia Tomas Tišler 8 2
 France Wilfrid Coulot 7 3
 Ireland James Russell 7 3
 Serbia Bojan Mijatović 6 4
 Bulgaria Reto Seiler 5 5
 Belarus Pavel Petrov 5 5
 Luxembourg Marc Hansen 4 6
 Romania Allen Coliban 3 7
 Iceland Olafur Hreinsson 1 9
 Andorra Josep Garcia 0 10

Playoffs

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Second Place GameSemifinals
1 Slovakia1
2 Slovenia8
1 Slovakia7
3 France5
3 France5
4 Ireland3

Women

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Group A

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The Group A competitions were contested at the Granly Hockey Arena in Esbjerg.

Round-robin standings

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Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams relegated to 2016 Group B

Final round-robin standings

Country Skip W L
 Russia Anna Sidorova 8 1
 Scotland Eve Muirhead 7 2
 Finland Oona Kauste 6 3
 Denmark Lene Nielsen 6 3
 Sweden Cissi Östlund 5 4
 Switzerland Alina Pätz 4 5
 Germany Daniela Driendl 4 5
 Norway Kristin Skaslien 3 6
 Estonia Maile Mölder 1 8
 Hungary Dorottya Palancsa 1 8

Playoffs

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Semifinals Final
      
1  Russia 6
4  Denmark 5
1  Russia 6
2  Scotland 4
2  Scotland 9
3  Finland 7
Bronze-medal game
   
4  Denmark 8
3  Finland 10

Bronze-medal game

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Friday, November 27, 19:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Nielsen) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 8
 Finland (Kauste) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 0 1 10
Player percentages
 Denmark  Finland
Charlotte Clemmensen 90% Marjo Hippi 80%
Stephenie Risdal Nielsen 89% Maija Salmiovirta 88%
Helle Simonsen 94% Milja Hellsten 68%
Lene Nielsen 85% Oona Kauste 88%
Total 90% Total 81%

Gold-medal game

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Saturday, November 28, 15:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Russia (Sidorova) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
 Scotland (Muirhead) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Player percentages
 Russia  Scotland
Nkeiruka Ezekh 93% Sarah Reid 91%
Alexandra Raeva 93% Vicki Adams 89%
Margarita Fomina 76% Anna Sloan 89%
Anna Sidorova 88% Eve Muirhead 79%
Total 88% Total 87%

Group B

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The Group B competitions were contested at the Esbjerg Curling Club in Esbjerg.

Round-robin standings

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Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Teams relegated to 2016 Group C

Final round-robin standings

Country Skip W L
 Italy Federica Apollonio 7 2
 Latvia Evita Regža 7 2
 Czech Republic Anna Kubešková 7 2
 England Anna Fowler 6 3
 Turkey Dilşat Yıldız 6 3
 Poland Marta Szeliga-Frynia 5 4
 Slovakia Gabriela Kajanova 3 6
 Netherlands Marianne Neeleman 2 7
 France Pauline Jeanneret 1 8
 Austria Hannah Augustin 1 8

Playoffs

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Semifinals Final
      
1  Italy 7
4  England 3
1  Italy 7
3  Czech Republic 6
2  Latvia 5
3  Czech Republic 7
Bronze-medal game
   
4  England 7
2  Latvia 8


Bronze-medal game

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Friday, November 27, 13:30

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 England (Fowler) 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 7
 Latvia (Regža) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 8

Gold-medal game

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Friday, November 27, 13:30

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Italy (Apollonio) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7
 Czech Republic (Kubešková) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 6

Group C

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The Group C competitions were contested at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry.

Round-robin standings

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Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Country Skip W L
 France Pauline Jeanneret 6 1
 Slovakia Nina Kremzar 6 1
 Belarus Alina Pavlyuchik 4 3
 Ireland Alison Fyfe 3 4
 Spain Irantzu Garcia 3 4
 Slovenia Gabriela Kajanova 3 4
 Croatia Iva Penava 2 5
 Romania Raluca Daiana Colceriu 1 6

Playoffs

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Second Place GameSemifinals
1 France6
2 Slovakia4
2 Slovakia7
4 Ireland6
3 Belarus5
4 Ireland7

References

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General
  • "European Curling Championships 2015". World Curling Federation.
  • "2015 European Curling Championships C Division". World Curling Federation.
Specific