{{Short description|none}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox curling | Name = 1980 European Curling Championships | Logo = | Size = | Host city = [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] | Arena = Hvidovre Ice Rink | Dates = 30 November – 6 December | Men's winner = '''{{SCO}}''' | Curling club = Aberdeen CC, [[Aberdeen]] | Skip = [[Barton Henderson]] | Third = [[Greig Henderson]] | Second = [[Bill Henderson (curler)|Bill Henderson]] | Lead = [[Alistair Sinclair (curler)|Alistair Sinclair]] | Finalist = {{NOR}} ([[Kristian Sørum]]) | Women's winner = '''{{SWE}}''' | Curling club2 = [[Karlstads Curlingklubb|Karlstads CK]], [[Karlstad]] | Skip2 = [[Elisabeth Högström]] | Third2 = [[Carina Olsson]] | Second2 = [[Birgitta Sewik]] | Lead2 = [[Karin Sjögren]] | Finalist2 = {{NOR}} ([[Ellen Githmark]]) | prev = {{EuCC|1979}} | next = {{EuCC|1981}} }}

The '''1980 [[European Curling Championships]]''' were held from 30 November to 6 December at the Hvidovre Ice Rink arena in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]].

The Scottish men's team skipped by [[Barton Henderson]] won their second European title, and the Swedish women's team skipped by [[Elisabeth Högström]] won their fourth European title.

For the first time, the men's team of Luxembourg and women's teams of Netherlands and Whales took part in the European Championship.

==Men's==

===Teams=== {| class="wikitable" ! Team !! Skip !! Third !! Second !! Lead !! Curling club |- | {{DEN}} || [[Per Berg]] || [[Gert Larsen]] || [[Jan Hansen (curler)|Jan Hansen]] || [[Michael Harry]] || Hvidovre CC, [[Hvidovre]] |- | {{ENG}} || [[Alan Forrest (curler)|Alan Forrest]] || [[Malcolm Maxwell (curler)|Malcolm Maxwell]] || [[Stephen Shell (curler)|Stephen Shell]] || [[Geoff Logan (curler)|Geoff Logan]] || |- | {{FRA}} || [[Claude Feige]] || [[Marc Sibuet]] || [[Gilles Marin-Pache]] || [[Claude Marin-Pache]] || |- | {{GER}} || [[Manfred Schulze]] || [[Balint von Bery]] || [[Manfred Rösgen]] || [[Ralph Hubner]] || |- | {{ITA}} || [[Dino Zardini]] || [[Dino Menardi]] || [[Valerio Constantini]] || [[Cesar Maioni]] || |- | {{LUX}} || [[Nico Schweich]] || [[William Bannerman (curler)|William Bannerman]] || [[Guy Schweich]] || [[Gisbert Franz]] || |- | {{NED}} || [[Otto Veening]] || [[Robert van der Cammen]] || [[Jeroen Tilman]] || [[Wim Neeleman]] || |- | {{NOR}} || [[Kristian Sørum]] || [[Eigil Ramsfjell]] || [[Gunnar Meland]] || [[Dagfinn Loen]] || Bygdøy CC, [[Oslo]] |- | {{SCO}} || [[Barton Henderson]] || [[Greig Henderson]] || [[Bill Henderson (curler)|Bill Henderson]] || [[Alistair Sinclair (curler)|Alistair Sinclair]] || Aberdeen CC, [[Aberdeen]] |- | {{SWE}} || [[Anders Eriksson (Norrköping curler)|Anders Eriksson]] || [[Lars Eriksson (curler)|Lars Eriksson]] || [[Ulf Sundström]] || [[Håkan Svernell]] || Norrköpings CK, [[Norrköping]] |- | {{SUI}} || [[Markus Etienne]] || [[Rolf Bättig]] || [[Thomas Greter]] || [[Mark Zeugin]] || |- | {{WAL}} || [[Keith Preston (curler)|Keith Preston]] (fourth) || [[Gordon Vickers]] || [[Peter Williams (curler)|Peter Williams]] || [[John Hunt (curler)|John Hunt]] (skip) || |}

===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="25"| A11 !width="25"| A12 !width="30"| W !width="30"| L !Place |- |A1 ||align="left|{{DEN}} || * ||11:6|| 4:5|| 5:2||13:3|| 9:4||14:4|| 5:8|| 3:5|| 3:7|| 5:7|| 7:4|| 6 || 5 ||'''6''' |- |A2 ||align="left|{{ENG}} ||6:11|| * || 3:6||3:11||10:12||5:14|| 3:9||3:11|| 5:8||3:12||4:12||3:12|| 0 || 11 ||'''12''' |- bgcolor="#ffccff" |A3 ||align="left|{{FRA}} || 5:4|| 6:3|| * || 8:7|| 4:9|| 9:6|| 8:5||5:10|| 9:5|| 4:7|| 9:6||12:4|| 8 || 3 ||'''3''' |- |A4 ||align="left|{{GER}} || 2:5||11:3|| 7:8|| * || 8:9||10:3||10:6|| 5:8|| 3:6||11:3<ref>Mistake in WCF database: shows as "GER-WAL 10:4" and "GER-WAL 11:3" (and no "GER-SWE"), must be (cross-checking with number of wins/losses solved) "GER-SWE 11:3" and "GER-WAL 10:4".</ref>|| 5:9||10:4|| 4 || 7 ||'''8''' |- |A5 ||align="left|{{ITA}} ||3:13||12:10|| 9:4|| 9:8|| * ||14:7|| 8:6|| L ||4:10||5:11|| 2:8|| 9:6|| 6 || 5 ||'''7''' |- |A6 ||align="left|{{LUX}} || 4:9||14:5|| 6:9||3:10||7:14|| * || 7:9||3:14||4:12||3:13|| 6:7||10:6|| 2 || 9 ||'''10''' |- |A7 ||align="left|{{NED}} ||4:14|| 9:3|| 5:8||6:10|| 6:8|| 9:7|| * ||2:13||5:11|| 5:8|| 5:8||10:7|| 3 || 8 ||'''9''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A8 ||align="left|{{NOR}} || 8:5||11:3||10:5|| 8:5|| W ||14:3||13:2|| * || 7:6|| 8:6|| 8:2||12:5|| 11 || 0 ||'''1''' |- bgcolor="#ffccff" |A9 ||align="left|{{SCO}} || 5:3|| 8:5|| 5:9|| 6:3||10:4||12:4||11:5|| 6:7|| * || 9:8|| 6:4|| 8:9|| 8 || 3 ||'''3''' |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" |A10||align="left|{{SWE}} || 7:3||12:3|| 7:4||3:11||11:5||13:3|| 8:5|| 6:8|| 8:9|| * || 6:3||16:6|| 9 || 2 ||'''2''' |- |A11||align="left|{{SUI}} || 7:5||12:4|| 6:9|| 9:5|| 8:2|| 7:6|| 8:5|| 2:8|| 4:6|| 3:6|| * ||10:3|| 7 || 4 ||'''5''' |- |A12||align="left|{{WAL}} || 4:7||12:3||4:12||4:10|| 6:9||6:10||7:10||5:12|| 9:8||6:16||3:10|| * || 2 || 9 ||'''11''' |} : {{colorbox|#ffffcc}} Team to playoffs (final) : {{colorbox|#ccffcc}} Team to playoffs (semifinal) : {{colorbox|#ffccff}} Teams to tiebreaker

====Tiebreaker==== {{2TeamBracket | RD1= .

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

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

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

| RD2-seed1= 1 | RD2-team1= {{NOR}} | RD2-score1= 4 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= '''{{SCO}}''' | 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|{{SCO}} ||align=left|[[Barton Henderson]] || 14 || 11 || 3 |- | {{silver2}} ||align=left|{{NOR}} ||align=left|[[Kristian Sørum]] || 12 || 11 || 1 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{SWE}} ||align=left|[[Anders Eriksson (Norrköping curler)|Anders Eriksson]] || 12 || 9 || 3 |- | 4 ||align=left|{{FRA}} ||align=left|[[Claude Feige]] || 12 || 8 || 4 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{SUI}} ||align=left|[[Markus Etienne]] || 11 || 7 || 4 |- | 6 ||align=left|{{DEN}} ||align=left|[[Per Berg]] || 11 || 6 || 5 |- | 7 ||align=left|{{ITA}} ||align=left|[[Dino Zardini]] || 11 || 8 || 3 |- | 8 ||align=left|{{GER}} ||align=left|[[Manfred Schulze]] || 11 || 4 || 7 |- | 9 ||align=left|{{NED}} ||align=left|[[Otto Veening]] || 11 || 3 || 8 |- | 10 ||align=left|{{LUX}} ||align=left|[[Nico Schweich]] || 11 || 2 || 9 |- | 11 ||align=left|{{WAL}} ||align=left|[[John Hunt (curler)|John Hunt]] || 11 || 2 || 9 |- | 12 ||align=left|{{ENG}} ||align=left|[[Alan Forrest (curler)|Alan Forrest]] || 11 || 0 || 11 |}

==Women's==

===Teams=== {| class="wikitable" ! Team !! Skip !! Third !! Second !! Lead !! Curling club |- | {{DEN}} || [[Helena Blach]] || [[Marianne Jørgensen]] || [[Astrid Birnbaum]] || [[Malene Krause]] || Hvidovre CC, [[Hvidovre]] |- | {{ENG}} || [[Gwen French]] || [[Jean Picken]] || [[June Henry]] || [[Lynda Clegg]] || |- | {{FRA}} || [[Martine Drewnowski]] || [[Josiane Chambard]] || [[Martine Dromard]] || [[Anne-Claude Wolfers]] || |- | {{GER}} || [[Andrea Schöpp]] || [[Elinore Schöpp]] || [[Anneliese Diemer]] || [[Monika Wagner]] || |- | {{ITA}} || [[Maria-Grazzia Constantini]] || [[Ann Lacedelli]] || [[Tea Valt]] || [[Marina Pavani]] || |- | {{NED}} || [[Laura Van Imhoff]] || [[Hermance van den Houten]] || [[Annemie de Jongh]] || [[Hanneke Veening]] || |- | {{NOR}} || [[Ellen Githmark]] || [[Trine Trulsen]] || [[Ingvill Githmark]] || [[Kirsten Vaule]] || |- | {{SCO}} || [[Betty Law]] || [[Bea Sinclair]] || [[Jane Sanderson (curler)|Jane Sanderson]] || [[Carol Hamilton (curler)|Carol Hamilton]] || |- | {{SWE}} || [[Elisabeth Högström]] || [[Carina Olsson]] || [[Birgitta Sewik]] || [[Karin Sjögren]] || [[Karlstads Curlingklubb|Karlstads CK]], [[Karlstad]] |- | {{SUI}} || [[Gaby Charrière]] || [[Jaqueline Landolt]] || [[Marianne Uhlmann]] || [[Cécilie Blanvillian]] || Lausanne CC, [[Lausanne]] |- | {{WAL}} || [[Jean King (curler)|Jean King]] || [[Margaret Crawley]] || [[Heather Rees]] || [[Doris Vickers (curler)|Doris Vickers]] || |}

===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="25"| A11 !width="30"| W !width="30"| L !Place |- |A1 ||align="left|{{DEN}} || * ||12:4|| 8:7||3:12||13:4||6:11||1:11||1:14|| 8:7|| 9:7||15:1|| 6 || 4 ||'''5''' |- |A2 ||align="left|{{ENG}} ||4:12|| * || 7:8|| 8:9||5:18|| 5:9||5:11||6:17||2:19||4:15||6:13|| 0 || 10 ||'''11''' |- |A3 ||align="left|{{FRA}} || 7:8|| 8:7|| * ||5:14|| 3:9|| 8:5||2:13||6:11||4:11||3:10|| 9:7|| 3 || 7 ||'''9''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A4 ||align="left|{{GER}} ||12:3|| 9:8||14:5|| * || 9:7||13:3|| 7:9|| 8:6||3:15|| 5:4||15:2|| 8 || 2 ||'''2''' |- |A5 ||align="left|{{ITA}} ||4:13||18:5|| 9:3|| 7:9|| * ||10:6||8:10||4:10|| 8:9||8:10||12:5|| 4 || 6 ||'''7''' |- |A6 ||align="left|{{NED}} ||11:6|| 9:5|| 5:8||3:13||6:10|| * || 5:8||3:12||1:12||10:6||13:2|| 4 || 6 ||'''8''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A7 ||align="left|{{NOR}} ||11:1||11:5||13:2|| 9:7||10:8|| 8:5|| * || 6:8|| 4:7|| 5:6||17:4|| 7 || 3 ||'''4''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A8 ||align="left|{{SCO}} ||14:1||17:6||11:6|| 6:8||10:4||12:3|| 8:6|| * ||4:13||10:6||12:2|| 8 || 2 ||'''3''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A9 ||align="left|{{SWE}} || 7:8||19:2||11:4||15:3|| 9:8||12:1|| 7:4||13:4|| * ||11:3||14:3|| 9 || 1 ||'''1''' |- |A10||align="left|{{SUI}} || 7:9||15:4||10:3|| 4:5||10:8||6:10|| 6:5||6:10||3:11|| * ||17:1|| 5 || 5 ||'''6''' |- |A11||align="left|{{WAL}} ||1:15||13:6|| 7:9||2:15||5:12||2:13||4:17||2:12||3:14||1:17|| * || 1 || 9 ||'''10''' |} : {{colorbox|#ffffcc}} Teams to playoffs

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

| RD1-seed1= 1 | RD1-team1= '''{{SWE}}''' | RD1-score1= '''5''' | RD1-seed2= 2 | RD1-team2= {{GER}} | RD1-score2= 3

| RD1-seed3= 3 | RD1-team3= {{SCO}} | RD1-score3= 8 | RD1-seed4= 4 | RD1-team4= '''{{NOR}}''' | RD1-score4= '''11'''

| RD2-seed1= 1 | RD2-team1= '''{{SWE}}''' | RD2-score1= '''10''' | RD2-seed2= 4 | RD2-team2= {{NOR}} | RD2-score2= 9 }}

===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 Högström]] || 12 || 11 || 1 |- | {{silver2}} ||align=left|{{NOR}} ||align=left|[[Ellen Githmark]] || 12 || 8 || 4 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{GER}} ||align=left|[[Andrea Schöpp]] || 11 || 8 || 3 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{SCO}} ||align=left|[[Betty Law]] || 11 || 8 || 3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{DEN}} ||align=left|[[Helena Blach]] || 10 || 6 || 4 |- | 6 ||align=left|{{SUI}} ||align=left|[[Gaby Charrière]] || 10 || 5 || 5 |- | 7 ||align=left|{{ITA}} ||align=left|[[Maria-Grazzia Constantini]] || 10 || 4 || 6 |- | 8 ||align=left|{{NED}} ||align=left|[[Laura Van Imhoff]] || 10 || 4 || 6 |- | 9 ||align=left|{{FRA}} ||align=left|[[Martine Drewnowski]] || 10 || 3 || 7 |- | 10 ||align=left|{{WAL}} ||align=left|[[Jean King (curler)|Jean King]] || 10 || 1 || 9 |- | 11 ||align=left|{{ENG}} ||align=left|[[Gwen French]] || 10 || 0 || 10 |}

==References== {{reflist}} {{WCFevent|168|M}} {{WCFevent|223|W}}

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