1978 European Curling Championships

{{Short description|Curling competition in Aviemore, Scotland}} {{Infobox curling | Name = 1978 European Curling Championships | Logo = | Size = | Host city = [[Aviemore]], Scotland | Arena = Aviemore Ice Rink | Dates = 4–9 December | Men's winner = '''{{SUI}}''' | Curling club = Lausanne-Riviera CC, [[Lausanne]] | Skip = [[Jürg Tanner]] | Third = [[Jürg Hornisberger]] | Second = [[Franz Tanner]] | Lead = [[Patrik Lörtscher]] | Finalist = {{SWE}} ([[Bertil Timan]]) | Women's winner = '''{{SWE}}''' | Curling club2 = Örebro CK, [[Örebro]] | Skip2 = [[Inga Arfwidsson]] | Third2 = [[Barbro Arfwidsson]] | Second2 = [[Ingrid Appelquist]] | Lead2 = [[Gunvor Björhäll]] | Finalist2 = {{SUI}}<br>([[Heidi Neuenschwander]]) | prev = {{EuCC|1977}} | next = {{EuCC|1979}} }}

The '''1978 [[European Curling Championships]]''' were held from 4 to 9 December at the Aviemore Ice Rink in [[Aviemore]], Scotland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeancurling.com/images/stories/uploads/ECC_1978_Aviemore.pdf |title=Previous competitors and results of the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS since 1975 {{!}} 1978 in AVIEMORE, Scotland |website=ECF |lang=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106144427/http://www.ecf-web.org/uploads/media/ECC_1978_Aviemore.pdf |archive-date=2009-01-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Swiss men's team won their second European title, and the Swedish women's team won their third European title.

==Men's==

===Teams=== {| class="wikitable" ! Team !! Skip !! Third !! Second !! Lead !! Curling club |- | {{DEN}} || [[Tommy Stjerne]] || [[Oluf Olsen]] || [[Steen Hansen]] || [[Peter Andersen (Danish curler)|Peter Andersen]] || Hvidovre Curling Club, [[Hvidovre]] |- | {{ENG}} || [[Ronald D. Thornton]] || [[John D. Kerr]] || [[Tony Atherton]] || [[Michael Thompson (curler)|Michael Thompson]] || |- | {{FRA}} || [[Robert Thierriaz]] || [[Joel Indergand]] || [[Alain Bagnaro]] || [[Jean Louis Roux (curler)|Jean Louis Roux]] || |- | {{GER}} || [[Hans Jörg Herberg]] || [[Franz Schmidt (curler)|Franz Schmidt]] || [[Wolfgang Metzeler]] || [[Sigi Heinle]] || |- | {{ITA}} || [[Giuseppe Dal Molin]] || [[Enea Pavani]] || [[Giancarlo Valt]] || [[Andrea Pavani]] || Tofane Curling Club, [[Cortina d’Ampezzo]] |- | {{NED}} || [[Eric Harmsen]] || [[Robert Harmsen]] || [[Jack De Meyere]] || [[Otto Veening]] || |- | {{NOR}} || [[Rolv Kristian Yri]] || [[Torger H. Sletten]] || [[Harald Ramsfjell]] || [[Øystein Skyberg]] || Brumunddal Curling Club, [[Oslo]] |- | {{SCO}} || [[James Sanderson (curler)|James Sanderson]] || [[Iain Baxter (curler)|Iain Baxter]] || [[Colin Baxter (curler)|Colin Baxter]] || [[Willie Sanderson]] || Oxenfoord Curling Club, [[Edinburgh]] |- | {{SWE}} || [[Anders Thidholm]] (fourth) || [[Hans Söderström]] || [[Anders Nilsson (curler)|Anders Nilsson]] || [[Bertil Timan]] (skip) || Härnösands Curlingklubb, [[Härnösand]] |- | {{SUI}} || [[Jürg Tanner]] || [[Jürg Hornisberger]] || [[Franz Tanner]] || [[Patrik Lörtscher]] || Lausanne-Riviera Curling Club, [[Lausanne]] |}

===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="25"| A10 !width="30"| W !width="30"| L !Place |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" |A1 ||align="left|{{DEN}} || * ||10:5|| 7:6||12:3|| 6:4|| 8:3||4:10|| 3:7||10:6|| 4:5|| 6 || 3 ||'''3''' |- |A2 ||align="left|{{ENG}} ||5:10|| * || 6:7||1:12|| 2:8||13:8||5:10||2:13||4:13|| 6:8|| 1 || 8 ||'''9''' |- |A3 ||align="left|{{FRA}} || 6:7|| 7:6|| * || 6:7|| 1:8||10:8||3:11|| 5:4|| 5:8|| 6:8|| 3 || 6 ||'''8''' |- |A4 ||align="left|{{GER}} ||3:12||12:1|| 7:6|| * ||4:10||15:10|| 3:6|| 7:4|| 5:9|| 4:8|| 4 || 5 ||'''7''' |- |A5 ||align="left|{{ITA}} || 4:6|| 8:2|| 8:1||10:4|| * || 9:4|| 6:5|| 6:7|| 4:8||3:10|| 5 || 4 ||'''6''' |- |A6 ||align="left|{{NED}} || 3:8||8:13||8:10||10:15|| 4:9|| * ||5:16||6:14||5:10||4:18|| 0 || 9 ||'''10''' |- |A7 ||align="left|{{NOR}} ||10:4||10:5||11:3|| 6:3|| 5:6||16:5|| * || 6:7|| 6:7|| 4:6|| 5 || 4 ||'''5''' |- |A8 ||align="left|{{SCO}} || 7:3||13:2|| 4:5|| 4:7|| 7:6||14:6|| 7:6|| * || 1:8|| 4:6|| 5 || 4 ||'''4''' |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" |A9 ||align="left|{{SWE}} ||6:10||13:4|| 8:5|| 9:5|| 8:4||10:5|| 7:6|| 8:1|| * || 3:8|| 7 || 2 ||'''2''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A10||align="left|{{SUI}} || 5:4|| 8:6|| 8:6|| 8:4||10:3||18:4|| 6:4|| 6:4|| 8:3|| * || 9 || 0 ||'''1''' |} : {{color box|#ffffcc}} Team to final : {{color box|#ccffcc}} Teams to semifinal

===Playoffs=== {{3TeamBracket | RD1= Semifinal | RD2= Final

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

| RD2-seed1= 1 | RD2-team1= '''{{SUI}}''' | RD2-score1= '''6''' | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= {{SWE}} | RD2-score2= 5 }}

===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|[[Jürg Tanner]] || 10 || 10 || 0 |- | {{silver2}} ||align=left|{{SWE}} ||align=left|[[Bertil Timan]] || 11 || 8 || 3 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{DEN}} ||align=left|[[Tommy Stjerne]] || 10 || 6 || 4 |- | 4 ||align=left|{{SCO}} ||align=left|[[James Sanderson (curler)|James Sanderson]] || 9 || 5 || 4 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{NOR}} ||align=left|[[Rolv Kristian Yri]] || 9 || 5 || 4 |- | 6 ||align=left|{{ITA}} ||align=left|[[Giuseppe Dal Molin]] || 9 || 5 || 4 |- | 7 ||align=left|{{GER}} ||align=left|[[Hans Jörg Herberg]] || 9 || 4 || 5 |- | 8 ||align=left|{{FRA}} ||align=left|[[Robert Thierriaz]] || 9 || 3 || 6 |- | 9 ||align=left|{{ENG}} ||align=left|[[Ronald D. Thornton]] || 9 || 1 || 8 |- | 10 ||align=left|{{NED}} ||align=left|[[Eric Harmsen]] || 9 || 0 || 9 |}

==Women's==

===Teams=== {| class="wikitable" ! Team !! Skip !! Third !! Second !! Lead !! Curling club |- | {{DEN}} || [[Inger Torbensen]] || [[Lizzi hallum]] || [[Lisbet Mikkelsen]] || [[Alice Peters (curler)|Alice Peters]] || |- | {{ENG}} || [[Connie Miller]] || [[Susan Hinds]] || [[Christine Black (curler)|Christine Black]] || [[Freda Fischer]] || |- | {{FRA}} || [[Paulette Delachat]] || [[Huguette Jullien]] || [[Suzanne Parodi]] || [[Erna Gay]] || |- | {{GER}} || [[Renate Grüner]] || [[Susi Kiesel]] || [[Irmi Wagner]] || [[Valentina Fischer-Weppler]] || |- | {{ITA}} || [[Maria-Grazzia Constantini]] || [[Marina Pavani]] || [[Ann Lacedelli]] || [[Tea Valt]] || |- | {{NOR}} || [[Bente Hoel]] || [[Herborg Pettersen]] || [[Maria Löfroth-Christensen]] || [[Åse Wilhelmsen]] || |- | {{SCO}} || [[Isobel Torrance]] || [[Marion Armour]] || [[Isobel Waddell]] || [[Margaret Wiseman]] || |- | {{SWE}} || [[Inga Arfwidsson]] || [[Barbro Arfwidsson]] || [[Ingrid Appelquist]] || [[Gunvor Björhäll]] ||Norrköpings Curlingklubb, [[Norrköping]] |- | {{SUI}} || [[Heidi Neuenschwander]] || [[Dorli Broger]] || [[Brigitte Kienast]] || [[Evi Rüegsegger]] || |}

===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}} || * ||13:0||8:13||4:11|| 9:8||10:7||6:10||2:12|| 7:9|| 3 || 5 ||'''6''' |- |A2 ||align="left|{{ENG}} ||0:13|| * ||3:11||3:14|| 9:8||7:18||6:10||4:10||10:8|| 2 || 6 ||'''8''' |- |A3 ||align="left|{{FRA}} ||13:8||11:3|| * ||14:4|| 7:3||15:3|| 5:9|| 7:8|| 8:9|| 5 || 3 ||'''4''' |- |A4 ||align="left|{{GER}} ||11:4||14:3||4:14|| * || 6:7||12:8||7:12||1:19||4:16|| 3 || 5 ||'''5''' |- |A5 ||align="left|{{ITA}} || 8:9|| 8:9|| 3:7|| 7:6|| * ||6:10||1:12|| 4:7||4:12|| 1 || 7 ||'''9''' |- |A6 ||align="left|{{NOR}} ||7:10||18:7||3:15||8:12||10:6|| * || 6:9|| 4:9||4:11|| 2 || 6 ||'''7''' |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" |A7 ||align="left|{{SCO}} ||10:6||10:6|| 9:5||12:7||12:1|| 9:6|| * || 3:6||3:10|| 6 || 2 ||'''3''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A8 ||align="left|{{SWE}} ||12:2||10:4|| 8:7||19:1|| 7:4|| 9:4|| 6:3|| * || 8:7|| 8 || 0 ||'''1''' |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" |A9 ||align="left|{{SUI}} || 9:7||8:10|| 9:8||16:4||12:4||11:4||10:3|| 7:8|| * || 6 || 2 ||'''2''' |} : {{color box|#ffffcc}} Team to final : {{color box|#ccffcc}} Teams to semifinal

===Playoffs=== {{3TeamBracket | RD1= Semifinal | RD2= Final

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

| RD2-seed1= 1 | RD2-team1= '''{{SWE}}''' | RD2-score1= '''11''' | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= {{SUI}} | RD2-score2= 2 }}

===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|[[Inga Arfwidsson]] || 9 || 9 || 0 |- | {{silver2}} ||align=left|{{SUI}} ||align=left|[[Heidi Neuenschwander]] || 10 || 7 || 3 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{SCO}} ||align=left|[[Isobel Torrance]] || 9 || 6 || 3 |- | 4 ||align=left|{{FRA}} ||align=left|[[Paulette Delachat]] || 8 || 5 || 3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{GER}} ||align=left|[[Renate Grüner]] || 8 || 3 || 5 |- | 6 ||align=left|{{DEN}} ||align=left|[[Inger Torbensen]] || 8 || 3 || 5 |- | 7 ||align=left|{{NOR}} ||align=left|[[Bente Hoel]] || 8 || 2 || 6 |- | 8 ||align=left|{{ENG}} ||align=left|[[Connie Miller]] || 8 || 2 || 6 |- | 9 ||align=left|{{ITA}} ||align=left|[[Maria-Grazzia Constantini]] || 8 || 1 || 7 |}

==References== {{reference list}}

==External links== {{WCFevent|93|M}} {{WCFevent|221|W}}

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