2013 European Curling Championships

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2013 European Curling Championships
2013 European Curling Championships
Host cityStavanger, Norway
ArenaSørmarka Arena
DatesNovember 22–30
Men's winner Switzerland
Curling clubCC Adelboden, Adelboden
SkipSven Michel
ThirdClaudio Pätz
SecondSandro Trolliet
LeadSimon Gempeler
AlternateBenoît Schwarz
Finalist Norway (Thomas Ulsrud)
Women's winner Sweden
Curling clubSkellefteå CK, Skellefteå
SkipMargaretha Sigfridsson
FourthMaria Prytz
ThirdChristina Bertrup
SecondMaria Wennerström
AlternateAgnes Knochenhauer
Finalist Scotland (Eve Muirhead)
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The 2013 European Curling Championships were held from November 22 to 30 at the Sørmarka Arena in Stavanger, Norway. Norway last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1990.[1] The Group C competitions were held in October at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark.[2]

At the conclusion of the championships, the top eight women's teams advanced to the 2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, and the top eight men's teams advanced to the 2014 World Men's Curling Championship.

Men[edit]

Group A[edit]

The Group A competitions were contested in Stavanger.

Round-robin standings[edit]

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Countries relegated to 2014 Group B
Country Skip W L
 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 8 1
 Switzerland Sven Michel 7 2
 Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 7 2
 Scotland David Murdoch 7 2
 Sweden Niklas Edin 5 4
 Russia Andrey Drozdov 4 5
 Czech Republic Jiří Snítil 3 6
 Latvia Ritvars Gulbis 2 7
 France Joffrey Vincent 1 8
 Finland Tomi Rantamäki 1 8

Playoffs[edit]

Bronze-medal game
   
3  Denmark 6
4  Scotland 7

Bronze-medal game[edit]

Saturday, November 30, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 6
 Scotland (Murdoch) 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 7
Player percentages
 Denmark  Scotland
Troels Harry 90% Michael Goodfellow 90%
Mikkel Poulsen 78% Scott Andrews 83%
Johnny Frederiksen 79% Greg Drummond 89%
Rasmus Stjerne 80% David Murdoch 88%
Total 82% Total 87%

Final[edit]

Saturday, November 30, 15:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
 Switzerland (Michel) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 8
Player percentages
 Norway  Switzerland
Håvard Vad Petersson 86% Simon Gempeler 92%
Christoffer Svae 75% Benoît Schwarz 83%
Torger Nergård 90% Claudio Pätz 81%
Thomas Ulsrud 73% Sven Michel 90%
Total 81% Total 86%

Group B[edit]

The Group B competitions were contested in Stavanger.

Round-robin standings[edit]

Final round-robin standings

Key
Countries to Playoffs
Countries to Tiebreakers
Countries relegated to 2014 Group C
Yellow Group Skip W L
 Germany John Jahr 7 0
 Italy Amos Mosaner 5 2
 Estonia Martin Lill 5 2
 England Alan MacDougall 5 2
 Turkey Alican Karataş 3 4
 Spain Mikel Unanue 2 5
 Romania Allen Coliban 1 6
 Slovakia Pavel Kocian 0 7
Blue Group Skip W L
 Hungary Gábor Ézsöl 7 0
 Poland Tomasz Zioło 5 2
 Netherlands Jaap van Dorp 5 2
 Wales Adrian Meikle 4 3
 Austria Markus Forejtek 3 4
 Croatia Alen Čadež 2 5
 Lithuania Tadas Vyskupaitis 1 6
 Belgium Timothy Verreycken 1 6

Belgium relegated to Group C after losing tiebreaker to Lithuania.

Playoffs[edit]

Page playoff systemSemifinalFinal
Y1 Germany7Y1 Germany9
B1 Hungary1Y2 Italy3
B1 Hungary6
Y2 Italy7
Y2 Italy6
B2 Netherlands4
Bronze-medal game
   
B1  Hungary 7
B2  Netherlands 5
Bronze-medal game[edit]

Friday, November 29, 12:00

Sheet H 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Hungary (Ézsöl) 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7
 Netherlands (van Dorp) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Final[edit]

Friday, November 29, 12:00

Sheet K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Jahr) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 X X 9
 Italy (Mosaner) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3

Group C[edit]

The Group C competitions were contested in Tårnby. Eight men's teams competed for two berths to the Group B competitions in Stavanger. The teams played a single 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. Wales and Romania advanced to the Group B competitions in Stavanger.

Round-robin standings[edit]

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L
 Wales Adrian Meikle 6 1
 Romania Bogdan Colceriu 5 2
 Slovenia Lan Žagar 5 2
 Serbia Đorđe Nešković 4 3
 Belarus Pavel Petrov 3 4
 Ireland Alan Mitchell 3 4
 Luxembourg Jörg Moeser 2 5
 Iceland Ólafur Hreinsson 0 7

Playoffs[edit]

Second Place GameSemifinals
1 Wales8
2 Romania5
2 Romania9
4 Serbia5
3 Slovenia4
4 Serbia9

Women[edit]

Group A[edit]

The Group A competitions were contested in Stavanger.

Round-robin standings[edit]

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Teams relegated to 2014 Group B
Country Skip W L
 Scotland Eve Muirhead 9 0
 Switzerland Mirjam Ott 7 2
 Sweden Margaretha Sigfridsson 6 3
 Denmark Lene Nielsen 6 3
 Russia Anna Sidorova 6 3
 Czech Republic Anna Kubešková 4 5
 Latvia Evita Regža 3 6
 Germany Andrea Schöpp 2 7
 Norway Marianne Rørvik 1 8
 Italy Veronica Zappone 1 8

Sweden won the draw-to-the-button challenge and were given the third seed. Russia and Denmark played a tiebreaker game for the fourth seed.

Playoffs[edit]

Bronze-medal game
   
2  Switzerland 6
4  Denmark 4
Bronze-medal game[edit]

Saturday, November 30, 10:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Ott) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 X 6
 Denmark (Nielsen) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Player percentages
 Switzerland  Denmark
Janine Greiner 86% Maria Poulsen 85%
Alina Pätz 86% Jeanne Ellegaard 73%
Carmen Schäfer 88% Helle Simonsen 73%
Mirjam Ott 81% Lene Nielsen 80%
Total 85% Total 78%

Final[edit]

Saturday, November 30, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Muirhead)(has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
 Sweden (Sigfridsson) 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 10
Player percentages
 Scotland  Sweden
Claire Hamilton 81% Margaretha Sigfridsson 88%
Vicki Adams 75% Maria Wennerström 75%
Anna Sloan 75% Christina Bertrup 79%
Eve Muirhead 69% Maria Prytz 74%
Total 75% Total 79%

Group B[edit]

The Group B competitions were contested in Stavanger.

Round-robin standings[edit]

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Countries relegated to 2013 Group C
Country Skip W L
 Estonia Maile Mölder 7 2
 Finland Sanna Puustinen 7 2
 England Anna Fowler 6 3
 Austria Constanze Hummelt 5 4
 Turkey Elif Kızılkaya 5 4
 Hungary Ildikó Szekeres 5 4
 Belarus Alina Pavlyuchik 3 6
 Poland Elżbieta Ran 3 6
 Slovenia Valentina Jurinčič 2 7
 Spain Irantzu García 2 7

Playoffs[edit]

Bronze-medal game
   
3  England 7
4  Austria 5
Bronze-medal game[edit]

Friday, November 29, 12:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 England (Fowler) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7
 Austria (Hummelt) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
Final[edit]

Friday, November 29, 12:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Finland (Puustinen) (has hammer) 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 9
 Estonia (Mölder) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 8

Group C[edit]

The Group C competitions were contested in Tårnby. Four women's teams competed for two berths to the Group B competitions in Stavanger. The teams played a double round robin, and at its conclusion, the top three teams advanced to the playoffs. Belarus and Slovenia advanced to the Group B competitions in Stavanger.

Round-robin standings[edit]

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Country Skip W L
 Slovenia Valentina Jurinčič 5 1
 Belarus Alina Pavlyuchik 3 3
 Slovakia Monika Kristofcakova 2 4
 Croatia Iva Penava 2 4

Playoffs[edit]

Second Place Game First Place Game
1  Slovenia 8
1  Slovenia 8 2  Belarus 9
3  Slovakia 6

References[edit]

General
Specific
  1. ^ "Welcome to Stavanger". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Tårnby, Denmark to host 2013 European C-Group Championships". World Curling Federation. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.

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