# 1978 European Curling Championships

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Curling competition in Aviemore, Scotland

1978 European Curling Championships Host city Aviemore, Scotland Arena Aviemore Ice Rink Dates 4–9 December Men's winner Switzerland Curling club Lausanne-Riviera CC, Lausanne Skip Jürg Tanner Third Jürg Hornisberger Second Franz Tanner Lead Patrik Lörtscher Finalist Sweden (Bertil Timan) Women's winner Sweden Curling club Örebro CK, Örebro Skip Inga Arfwidsson Third Barbro Arfwidsson Second Ingrid Appelquist Lead Gunvor Björhäll Finalist Switzerland (Heidi Neuenschwander) « 1977 1979 »

The **1978 [European Curling Championships](/source/European_Curling_Championships)** were held from 4 to 9 December at the Aviemore Ice Rink in [Aviemore](/source/Aviemore), Scotland.[1]

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

## Men's

### Teams

Team Skip Third Second Lead Curling club Denmark Tommy Stjerne Oluf Olsen Steen Hansen Peter Andersen Hvidovre Curling Club, Hvidovre England Ronald D. Thornton John D. Kerr Tony Atherton Michael Thompson France Robert Thierriaz Joel Indergand Alain Bagnaro Jean Louis Roux Germany Hans Jörg Herberg Franz Schmidt Wolfgang Metzeler Sigi Heinle Italy Giuseppe Dal Molin Enea Pavani Giancarlo Valt Andrea Pavani Tofane Curling Club, Cortina d’Ampezzo Netherlands Eric Harmsen Robert Harmsen Jack De Meyere Otto Veening Norway Rolv Kristian Yri Torger H. Sletten Harald Ramsfjell Øystein Skyberg Brumunddal Curling Club, Oslo Scotland James Sanderson Iain Baxter Colin Baxter Willie Sanderson Oxenfoord Curling Club, Edinburgh Sweden Anders Thidholm (fourth) Hans Söderström Anders Nilsson Bertil Timan (skip) Härnösands Curlingklubb, Härnösand Switzerland Jürg Tanner Jürg Hornisberger Franz Tanner Patrik Lörtscher Lausanne-Riviera Curling Club, Lausanne

### Round robin

Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 W L Place A1 Denmark * 10:5 7:6 12:3 6:4 8:3 4:10 3:7 10:6 4:5 6 3 3 A2 England 5:10 * 6:7 1:12 2:8 13:8 5:10 2:13 4:13 6:8 1 8 9 A3 France 6:7 7:6 * 6:7 1:8 10:8 3:11 5:4 5:8 6:8 3 6 8 A4 Germany 3:12 12:1 7:6 * 4:10 15:10 3:6 7:4 5:9 4:8 4 5 7 A5 Italy 4:6 8:2 8:1 10:4 * 9:4 6:5 6:7 4:8 3:10 5 4 6 A6 Netherlands 3:8 8:13 8:10 10:15 4:9 * 5:16 6:14 5:10 4:18 0 9 10 A7 Norway 10:4 10:5 11:3 6:3 5:6 16:5 * 6:7 6:7 4:6 5 4 5 A8 Scotland 7:3 13:2 4:5 4:7 7:6 14:6 7:6 * 1:8 4:6 5 4 4 A9 Sweden 6:10 13:4 8:5 9:5 8:4 10:5 7:6 8:1 * 3:8 7 2 2 A10 Switzerland 5:4 8:6 8:6 8:4 10:3 18:4 6:4 6:4 8:3 * 9 0 1

- Team to final

- Teams to semifinal

### Playoffs

Semifinal Final 1 Switzerland 6 2 Sweden 11 Sweden 5 3 Denmark 2

### Final standings

Place Team Skip GP W L Switzerland Jürg Tanner 10 10 0 Sweden Bertil Timan 11 8 3 Denmark Tommy Stjerne 10 6 4 4 Scotland James Sanderson 9 5 4 5 Norway Rolv Kristian Yri 9 5 4 6 Italy Giuseppe Dal Molin 9 5 4 7 Germany Hans Jörg Herberg 9 4 5 8 France Robert Thierriaz 9 3 6 9 England Ronald D. Thornton 9 1 8 10 Netherlands Eric Harmsen 9 0 9

## Women's

### Teams

Team Skip Third Second Lead Curling club Denmark Inger Torbensen Lizzi hallum Lisbet Mikkelsen Alice Peters England Connie Miller Susan Hinds Christine Black Freda Fischer France Paulette Delachat Huguette Jullien Suzanne Parodi Erna Gay Germany Renate Grüner Susi Kiesel Irmi Wagner Valentina Fischer-Weppler Italy Maria-Grazzia Constantini Marina Pavani Ann Lacedelli Tea Valt Norway Bente Hoel Herborg Pettersen Maria Löfroth-Christensen Åse Wilhelmsen Scotland Isobel Torrance Marion Armour Isobel Waddell Margaret Wiseman Sweden Inga Arfwidsson Barbro Arfwidsson Ingrid Appelquist Gunvor Björhäll Norrköpings Curlingklubb, Norrköping Switzerland Heidi Neuenschwander Dorli Broger Brigitte Kienast Evi Rüegsegger

### Round robin

Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 W L Place A1 Denmark * 13:0 8:13 4:11 9:8 10:7 6:10 2:12 7:9 3 5 6 A2 England 0:13 * 3:11 3:14 9:8 7:18 6:10 4:10 10:8 2 6 8 A3 France 13:8 11:3 * 14:4 7:3 15:3 5:9 7:8 8:9 5 3 4 A4 Germany 11:4 14:3 4:14 * 6:7 12:8 7:12 1:19 4:16 3 5 5 A5 Italy 8:9 8:9 3:7 7:6 * 6:10 1:12 4:7 4:12 1 7 9 A6 Norway 7:10 18:7 3:15 8:12 10:6 * 6:9 4:9 4:11 2 6 7 A7 Scotland 10:6 10:6 9:5 12:7 12:1 9:6 * 3:6 3:10 6 2 3 A8 Sweden 12:2 10:4 8:7 19:1 7:4 9:4 6:3 * 8:7 8 0 1 A9 Switzerland 9:7 8:10 9:8 16:4 12:4 11:4 10:3 7:8 * 6 2 2

- Team to final

- Teams to semifinal

### Playoffs

Semifinal Final 1 Sweden 11 2 Switzerland 7 Switzerland 2 3 Scotland 3

### Final standings

Place Team Skip GP W L Sweden Inga Arfwidsson 9 9 0 Switzerland Heidi Neuenschwander 10 7 3 Scotland Isobel Torrance 9 6 3 4 France Paulette Delachat 8 5 3 5 Germany Renate Grüner 8 3 5 6 Denmark Inger Torbensen 8 3 5 7 Norway Bente Hoel 8 2 6 8 England Connie Miller 8 2 6 9 Italy Maria-Grazzia Constantini 8 1 7

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Previous competitors and results of the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS since 1975 | 1978 in AVIEMORE, Scotland"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090106144427/http://www.ecf-web.org/uploads/media/ECC_1978_Aviemore.pdf) (PDF). *ECF*. Archived from [the original](http://www.europeancurling.com/images/stories/uploads/ECC_1978_Aviemore.pdf) (PDF) on 2009-01-06.

## External links

- [Men's results](http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/93) from the [World Curling Federation](/source/World_Curling_Federation)

- [Women's results](http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/221) from the [World Curling Federation](/source/World_Curling_Federation)

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