1976 European Curling Championships

{{Short description|none}} {{Infobox curling | Name = 1976 European Curling Championships | Logo = | Size = | Host city = [[West Berlin]] | Arena = Eissporthalle | Dates = December 1–5 | Men's winner = '''{{SUI}}''' | Curling club = Dübendorf CC, [[Dübendorf]] | Skip = [[Peter Attinger Jr.]] | Third = [[Bernhard Attinger]] | Second = [[Mattias Neuenschwander]] | Lead = [[Ruedi Attinger]] | Finalist = {{NOR}} ([[Kristian Sørum]]) | Women's winner = '''{{SWE}}''' | Curling club2 = Örebro DCK, [[Örebro]] | Skip2 = [[Elisabeth Branäs]] | Third2 = [[Elisabeth Högström]] | Second2 = [[Eva Rosenhed]] | Lead2 = [[Anne-Marie Ericsson]] | Finalist2 = {{FRA}} ([[Paulette Delachat]]) | prev = {{EuCC|1975}} | next = {{EuCC|1977}} }}

The '''1976 [[European Curling Championships]]''' were held from December 1 to 5 at the Eissporthalle arena in [[West Berlin]].

The Swiss men's team won their first European title and the Swedish women's team won their first European title.

For the first time, the English men's and women's teams took part in the European Championship.

==Men's==

===Teams=== {| class="wikitable" ! Team !! Skip !! Third !! Second !! Lead !! Curling club |- | {{DEN}} || [[John Olsen (curler)|John Olsen]] || [[John Christiansen (curler)|John Christiansen]] || [[Jørn Blach]] || [[Peter Haase (curler)|Peter Haase]] || Hvidovre Curling Club, [[Hvidovre]] |- | {{ENG}} || [[Ronald D. Thornton]] || [[Kenneth Duncan (curler)|Kenneth Duncan]] || [[John D. Kerr]] || [[Barry Nevett]] || |- | {{FRA}} || [[Pierre Boan]] || [[André Mabboux]] || [[Pierre Duclos]] || [[Georges Panisset (curler)|Georges Panisset]] || Mont d'Arbois Curling Club, [[Megève]] |- | {{GER}} || [[Klaus Kanz]] || [[Manfred Schulze]] || [[Hans Österreicher]] || [[Eckart Jahn]] || EC Bad Tölz, [[Bad Tölz]] |- | {{ITA}} || [[Giuseppe Dal Molin]] || [[Andrea Pavani]] || [[Enea Pavani]] || [[Giorgio Vani]] || Cortina Curling Club, [[Cortina d’Ampezzo]] |- | {{NOR}} || [[Kristian Sørum]] || [[Morten Sørum]] || [[Gunnar Meland]] || [[Gunnar Sigstadstø]] || Trondheim Curling Club, [[Trondheim]] |- | {{SCO}} || [[Jim Steele (curler)|Jim Steele]] || [[Lockhart Steele (curler)|Lockhart Steele]] || [[Ian Fairbairn (curler)|Ian Fairbairn]] || [[Jon Veitch]] || |- | {{SWE}} || [[Jens Håkansson]] || [[Thomas Håkansson]] || [[Per Lindeman]] || [[Lars Lindgren (curler)|Lars Lindgren]] || Karlstads Curlingklubb, [[Karlstad]] |- | {{SUI}} || [[Peter Attinger Jr.]] || [[Bernhard Attinger]] || [[Mattias Neuenschwander]] || [[Ruedi Attinger]] || Dübendorf CC, [[Dübendorf]] |}

===Round robin=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; |- ! !width="120"| Team !width="25"| A1 !width="25"| A2 !width="25"| A3 !width="25"| A4 !width="25"| A5 !width="25"| A6 !width="25"| A7 !width="25"| A8 !width="25"| A9 !width="30"| W !width="30"| L !Place |- |A1 ||align="left|{{DEN}} || * ||12:8||5:12|| 8:5|| 7:8||4:13|| 8:2|| 7:9|| 3:4|| 3 || 5 ||'''6''' |- |A2 ||align="left|{{ENG}} ||8:12|| * ||3:10|| 6:7|| 5:8||7:10|| 2:8||4:15||2:13|| 0 || 8 ||'''9''' |- |A3 ||align="left|{{FRA}} ||12:5||10:3|| * ||10:3|| 8:7|| 2:7||2:10||1:12||5:10|| 4 || 4 ||'''5''' |- |A4 ||align="left|{{GER}} || 5:8|| 7:6||3:10|| * || 7:5|| 4:7|| 5:8||4:12||4:10|| 2 || 6 ||'''7''' |- |A5 ||align="left|{{ITA}} || 8:7|| 8:5|| 7:8|| 5:7|| * ||3:10|| 5:9||3:13||4:10|| 2 || 6 ||'''8''' |- bgcolor=#ffffcc |A6 ||align="left|{{NOR}} ||13:4||10:7|| 7:2|| 7:4||10:3|| * || 2:4||10:4|| 9:6|| 7 || 1 ||'''1''' |- bgcolor=#ffffcc |A7 ||align="left|{{SCO}} || 2:8|| 8:2||10:2|| 8:5|| 9:5|| 4:2|| * ||7:10||4:12|| 5 || 3 ||'''4''' |- bgcolor=#ffffcc |A8 ||align="left|{{SWE}} || 9:7||15:4||12:1||12:4||13:3||4:10||10:7|| * || 7:8|| 6 || 2 ||'''3''' |- bgcolor=#ffffcc |A9 ||align="left|{{SUI}} || 4:3||13:2||10:5||10:4||10:4|| 6:9||12:4|| 8:7|| * || 7 || 1 ||'''2''' |} : {{colorbox|#ffffcc}} Teams to playoffs

===Playoffs=== {{4TeamBracket | RD1= | RD2= Filal

| RD1-seed1= 2 | RD1-team1= '''{{SUI}}''' | RD1-score1= '''11''' | RD1-seed2= 3 | RD1-team2= {{SWE}} | RD1-score2= 7

| RD1-seed3= 1 | RD1-team3= '''{{NOR}}''' | RD1-score3= '''8''' | RD1-seed4= 4 | RD1-team4= {{SCO}} | RD1-score4= 7

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= '''{{SUI}}''' | RD2-score1= '''9''' | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= {{NOR}} | RD2-score2= 6 }}

===Final standings=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; ! Place !! Team !! Skip !width="25"|GP !width="25"|W !width="25"|L |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" | {{gold1}} ||align=left|{{SUI}} ||align=left|[[Peter Attinger Jr.]] || 10 || 9 || 1 |- | {{silver2}} ||align=left|{{NOR}} ||align=left|[[Kristian Sørum]] || 10 || 8 || 2 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{SCO}} ||align=left|[[Jim Steele (curler)|Jim Steele]] || 9 || 5 || 4 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{SWE}} ||align=left|[[Jens Håkansson]] || 9 || 6 || 3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{FRA}} ||align=left|[[Pierre Boan]] || 8 || 4 || 4 |- | 6 ||align=left|{{DEN}} ||align=left|[[John Olsen (curler)|John Olsen]] || 8 || 3 || 5 |- | 7 ||align=left|{{GER}} ||align=left|[[Klaus Kanz]] || 8 || 2 || 6 |- | 8 ||align=left|{{ITA}} ||align=left|[[Giuseppe Dal Molin]] || 8 || 2 || 6 |- | 9 ||align=left|{{ENG}} ||align=left|[[Ronald D. Thornton]] || 8 || 0 || 8 |}

==Women's==

===Teams=== {| class="wikitable" ! Team !! Skip !! Third !! Second !! Lead !! Curling club |- | {{ENG}} || [[Connie Miller]] || [[Susan Hinds]] || [[Christine Black (curler)|Christine Black]] || [[Freda Fischer]] || |- | {{FRA}} || [[Paulette Delachat]] || [[Suzanne Parodi]] || [[Erna Gay]] || [[Francoise Duclos]] || |- | {{GER}} || [[Sibylle Pokorn]] || [[Helena Ruff]] || [[Gisela Tappeser]] || [[Bronia Kornecki]] || |- | {{ITA}} || [[Maria-Grazzia Constantini]] || [[Tea Valt]] || [[Ann Lacedelli]] || [[Marina Pavani]] || |- | {{NOR}} || [[Eli Kolstad]] || [[Ellen Christensen (curler)|Ellen Christensen]] || [[Heidi Wanggard]] || [[Kirsten Vaule]] || |- | {{SCO}} || [[Sandra South]] || [[Sheena Hay]] || [[Margareth Ross]] || [[Elisabeth Manson]] || |- | {{SWE}} || [[Elisabeth Branäs]] || [[Elisabeth Högström]] || [[Eva Rosenhed]] || [[Anne-Marie Ericsson]] || Örebro DCK, [[Örebro]] |- | {{SUI}} || [[Ulrica Baer]] || [[Mengia Baumgartner]] || [[Regula Suter]] || [[Melanie Bischof]] || |}

===Round robin=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; |- ! !width="120"| Team !width="25"| A1 !width="25"| A2 !width="25"| A3 !width="25"| A4 !width="25"| A5 !width="25"| A6 !width="25"| A7 !width="25"| A8 !width="30"| W !width="30"| L !Place |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A1 ||align="left|{{ENG}} || * ||3:13||12:6||10:8||11:2|| 5:8||4:12|| 9:7|| 4 || 3 ||'''4''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A2 ||align="left|{{FRA}} ||13:3|| * || 9:8|| 9:6||12:4||6:11|| 8:5|| 7:8|| 5 || 2 ||'''3''' |- |A3 ||align="left|{{GER}} ||6:12|| 8:9|| * ||10:4|| 8:6|| 7:4||4:10|| 7:8|| 3 || 4 ||'''6''' |- |A4 ||align="left|{{ITA}} ||8:10|| 6:9||4:10|| * ||8:13||4:15||4:10||4:10|| 0 || 7 ||'''8''' |- |A5 ||align="left|{{NOR}} ||2:11||4:12|| 6:8||13:8|| * ||5:12||2:11|| 2:9|| 1 || 6 ||'''7''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A6 ||align="left|{{SCO}} || 8:5||11:6|| 4:7||15:4||12:5|| * ||3:14||11:4|| 5 || 2 ||'''2''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A7 ||align="left|{{SWE}} ||12:4|| 5:8||10:4||10:4||11:2||14:3|| * ||10:8|| 6 || 1 ||'''1''' |- |A8 ||align="left|{{SUI}} || 7:9|| 8:7|| 8:7||10:4|| 9:2||4:11||8:10|| * || 4 || 3 ||'''5''' |} : {{colorbox|#ffffcc}} Teams to playoffs

===Playoffs=== {{4TeamBracket | RD1= | RD2= Final

| RD1-seed1= 1 | RD1-team1= '''{{SWE}}''' | RD1-score1= '''13''' | RD1-seed2= 4 | RD1-team2= {{ENG}} | RD1-score2= 2

| RD1-seed3= 2 | RD1-team3= {{SCO}} | RD1-score3= 2 | RD1-seed4= 3 | RD1-team4= '''{{FRA}}''' | RD1-score4= '''13'''

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= '''{{SWE}}''' | RD2-score1= '''13''' | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= {{FRA}} | RD2-score2= 4 }}

===Final standings=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; ! Place !! Team !! Skip !width="25"|GP !width="25"|W !width="25"|L |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" | {{gold1}} ||align=left|{{SWE}} ||align=left|[[Elisabeth Branäs]] || 9 || 8 || 1 |- | {{silver2}} ||align=left|{{FRA}} ||align=left|[[Paulette Delachat]] || 9 || 6 || 3 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{ENG}} ||align=left|[[Connie Miller]] || 8 || 4 || 4 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{SCO}} ||align=left|[[Sandra South]] || 8 || 5 || 3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{SUI}} ||align=left|[[Ulrica Baer]] || 7 || 4 || 3 |- | 6 ||align=left|{{GER}} ||align=left|[[Sibylle Pokorn]] || 7 || 3 || 4 |- | 7 ||align=left|{{NOR}} ||align=left|[[Eli Kolstad]] || 7 || 1 || 6 |- | 8 ||align=left|{{ITA}} ||align=left|[[Maria-Grazzia Constantini]] || 7 || 0 || 7 |}

==References== {{WCFevent|83|M}} {{WCFevent|219|W}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.europeancurling.com/images/stories/uploads/ECC_1976_Berlin.pdf |title=Previous competitors and results of the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS since 1975 {{!}} 1976 in WEST-BERLIN, Germany |website=ECF |lang=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106142128/http://www.ecf-web.org/uploads/media/ECC_1976_Berlin.pdf |archive-date=2009-01-06 |url-status=dead }}

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