1986 European Curling Championships

1986 European Curling Championships
Host city	Copenhagen, Denmark
Arena	Hvidovre Ice Rink
Dates	9–13 December
Men's winner	Switzerland
Skip	Felix Luchsinger
Third	Thomas Grendelmeier
Second	Daniel Steiff
Lead	Fritz Luchsinger
Finalist	Sweden (Göran Roxin)
Women's winner	West Germany
Skip	Andrea Schöpp
Third	Almut Hege
Second	Monika Wagner
Lead	Elinore Schöpp
Finalist	Switzerland (Liliane Raisin)
« 1985 1987 »

The 1986 European Curling Championships were held from 9 to 13 December at the Hvidovre Ice Rink arena in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Swiss men's team skipped by Felix Luchsinger won their sixth title and the West German women's team skipped by Andrea Schöpp won their second title.

Men

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Curling club, city
Austria	Christian Wieser	Herwig Ritter	Thomas Wieser	Konrad Weiser
Denmark	Tommy Stjerne	Per Berg	Peter Andersen	Ivan Frederiksen		Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
England	Bob Martin	Ronnie Brock	Robin Gemmell	John Brown
Finland	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	Jarmo Jokivalli	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	Petri Tsutsunen	Juhani Heinonen
France	Jean-Francois Orset	Claude Feige	Jean-Louis Sibuet	Marc Sibuet
Italy	Andrea Pavani	Franco Sovilla	Fabio Alverà	Stefano Morona
Netherlands	Wim Neeleman	Jeroen Tilman	Otto Veening	Floris van Imhoff
Norway	Tormod Andreassen	Flemming Davanger	Stig-Arne Gunnestad	Kjell Berg
Scotland	Lindsay Scotland	Richard Gray	Alistair Gray	Martin Brown
Sweden	Göran Roxin	Claes Roxin	Björn Roxin	Lars-Eric Roxin	Anders Ehrling	CK Ena, Enköping
Switzerland	Felix Luchsinger	Thomas Grendelmeier	Daniel Steiff	Fritz Luchsinger
Wales	John Stone	John Guyan	Michael Hunt	John Hunt
West Germany	Roland Jentsch	Uli Sutor	Charlie Kapp	Thomas Vogelsang

First Phase (Triple Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						West Germany		9
	Netherlands		10			Netherlands		7
	Finland		8								West Germany		3
	Denmark		10								Denmark		7
	Wales		2			Denmark		6
	Switzerland		8			Switzerland		5
	Italy		3

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						Sweden		10
	England		6			England		5
	Austria		4								Sweden		3
											Norway		8
						Norway		6
	Scotland		8			Scotland		1
	France		3

Round 2

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
											Sweden		4
											Italy		7
						Finland		4
	Wales		5			Italy		8
	Italy		6

	Game 1					Game 2
						West Germany		3
	Austria		4			France		7
	France		7

	Game 1					Game 2
	Netherlands		2
	Switzerland		9			Switzerland		6
	England		3			Scotland		3
	Scotland		8

Round 3

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2
						West Germany		9
	England		5			England		4
	Wales		2

	Game 1					Game 2
						Scotland		4
	Austria		7			Austria		3
	Finland		6

	Game 1
	Sweden		7
	Netherlands		5

Second Phase (Double Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
	Denmark		4
	Sweden		5
						Sweden		7
						Italy		4
	Italy		9
	Scotland		6

	Game 1					Game 2
	Switzerland		7
	France		4
						Switzerland		9
						Norway		6
	Norway		7
	West Germany		5

Round 2

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
						Norway		6
	Denmark		3			Scotland		3
	Scotland		6

	Game 1					Game 2
						Italy		6
	France		5			West Germany		2
	West Germany		6

Placement Phase

Range 9-13

	Quarterfinals (9-13)					Semifinals (9-13)					Final for 9th place
						England		7
	Finland		7			Finland		6
	Wales		6								England		2
											Austria		9
						Netherlands		5
						Austria		6

	Semifinal (11-13)					Final for 11th place
						Finland		8
	Netherlands		7			Wales		3
	Wales		8

Range 5-8

	Final for 5th place
	Scotland		6
	West Germany		4

	Final for 7th place
	Denmark		3
	France		2

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Italy	2
	4	Switzerland	9
						Switzerland		8
						Sweden		7
	2	Norway	4
	3	Sweden	7			Bronze Medal Game
						Italy		4
						Norway		9

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	Games	Wins	Losses
	Switzerland	Felix Luchsinger	8	7	1
	Sweden	Göran Roxin	8	5	3
	Norway	Tormod Andreassen	7	5	2
4	Italy	Andrea Pavani	9	5	4
5	Scotland	Lindsay Scotland	9	5	4
6	West Germany	Roland Jentsch	8	3	5
7	Denmark	Tommy Stjerne	6	4	2
8	France	Jean-Francois Orset	6	2	4
9	Austria	Christian Wieser	6	3	3
10	England	Bob Martin	7	3	4
11	Finland	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	6	2	4
12	Wales	John Stone	6	1	5
13	Netherlands	Wim Neeleman	6	1	5

Women

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Curling club, city
Austria	Lilly Hummelt	Anna Egger	Andrea von Malberg	Jutta Kober
Denmark	Maj-Brit Rejnholdt-Christensen	Jane Bidstrup	Hanne Olsen	Lone Bagge	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
England	Jean Picken	Lynda Clegg	Mary Finlay	Doris Vickers
Finland	Taru Kivinen (fourth)	Jaana Jokela (skip)	Kirsi Jeskanen	Nina Ahvenainen
France	Andrée Dupont-Roc (fourth)	Annick Mercier	Catherine Lefebvre	Agnes Mercier (skip)
Italy	Maria-Grazzia Constantini	Ann Lacedelli	Tea Valt	Angela Constantini
Netherlands	Laura Van Imhoff	Gerrie Veening	Jenny Bovenschen	Mirjam Gast
Norway	Trine Trulsen	Dordi Nordby	Hanne Pettersen	Mette Halvorsen	Snarøyen CC, Oslo
Scotland	Gay Deas	Beryl Anita Harley	Jane Smith	Edna Nelson
Sweden	Elisabeth Högström	Birgitta Sewik	Eva Andersson	Bitte Berg	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Switzerland	Liliane Raisin	Claude Orizet	Carole Barbey	Beatrice Pochon
Wales	Elizabeth Hunt	Margaret Guyan	Margaret Crawley	Jean Robinson
West Germany	Andrea Schöpp	Almut Hege	Monika Wagner	Elinore Schöpp

First Phase (Triple Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						Switzerland		10
	Italy		7			Finland		7
	Finland		11								Switzerland		6
	Denmark		8								Denmark		8
	Wales		3			Denmark		4
	Sweden		9			Sweden		3
	England		5

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						Scotland		11
	Austria		4			France		9
	France		7								Scotland		4
											West Germany		8
						Norway		7
	West Germany		8			West Germany		8
	Netherlands		4

Round 2

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
	Wales		1
	England		11			England		2
						Italy		9
											Italy		6
											Scotland		5

	Game 1					Game 2
						Switzerland		10
	Austria		9			Austria		5
	Netherlands		8

	Game 1					Game 2
	Finland		9
	Sweden		7			Finland		10
	France		9			France		12
	Norway		7

Round 3

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2
						Scotland		15
	Norway		11			Norway		3
	Wales		3

	Game 1					Game 2
						Finland		4
	England		4			Netherlands		9
	Netherlands		10

	Game 1
	Austria		2
	Sweden		11

Second Phase (Double Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
	Denmark		7
	Scotland		5
						Denmark		7
						Italy		3
	Italy		10
	Netherlands		6

	Game 1					Game 2
	Switzerland		6
	France		7
						France		6
						West Germany		7
	West Germany		5
	Sweden		3

Round 2

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
						France		8
	Scotland		7			Scotland		11
	Netherlands		6

	Game 1					Game 2
						Italy		8
	Switzerland		7			Switzerland		9
	Sweden		5

Placement Phase

Range 9-13

	Quarterfinal (9-13)					Semifinals (9-13)					Final
						Finland		12
						England		9
						Norway		12
	Italy		9			Austria		0
	Netherlands		5

	Semifinal (11-13)					Final for 11th place
						England		7
	Austria		10			Austria		5
	Wales		4

Range 5-8

	Final for 5th place
	France		8
	Italy		6

	Final for 7th place
	Netherlands		1
	Sweden		9

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	West Germany	11
	4	Scotland	2
						West Germany		7
						Switzerland		3
	2	Switzerland	2
	3	Denmark	1			Bronze Medal Game
						Scotland		4
						Denmark		9

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	Games	Wins	Losses
	West Germany	Andrea Schöpp	7	7	0
	Switzerland	Liliane Raisin	8	5	3
	Denmark	Maj-Brit Rejnholdt-Christensen	7	6	1
4	Scotland	Gay Deas	9	4	5
5	France	Agnes Mercier	8	5	3
6	Italy	Maria-Grazzia Constantini	7	3	4
7	Sweden	Elisabeth Högström	7	3	4
8	Netherlands	Laura Van Imhoff	7	2	5
9	Norway	Trine Trulsen	6	3	3
10	Finland	Jaana Jokela	7	3	4
11	England	Jean Picken	7	3	4
12	Austria	Lilly Hummelt	7	2	5
13	Wales	Elizabeth Hunt	5	0	5

References

• Men's results from the World Curling Federation
• Women's results from the World Curling Federation