{{Short description|none}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox curling | Name = 1981 European Curling Championships | Logo = | Size = | Host city = [[Grindelwald]], [[Switzerland]] | Arena = Sportzentrum | Dates = 7–12 December | Men's winner = '''{{SUI}}''' | Curling club = | Skip = [[Jürg Tanner]] | Third = [[Jürg Hornisberger]] | Second = [[Patrik Lörtscher]] | Lead = [[Franz Tanner]] | Finalist = {{SWE}} ([[Göran Roxin]]) | Women's winner = '''{{SUI}}''' | Curling club2 = CC Bern, [[Bern]] | Skip2 = [[Susan Schlapbach]] | Third2 = [[Irene Bürgi]] | Second2 = [[Ursula Schlapbach]] | Lead2 = [[Katrin Peterhans]] | Finalist2 = {{SWE}} ([[Elisabeth Högström]]) | prev = {{EuCC|1980}} | next = {{EuCC|1982}} }}
The '''1981 [[European Curling Championships]]''' were held from 7 to 12 December at the Sportzentrum arena in [[Grindelwald]], [[Switzerland]].
The Swiss men's team skipped by [[Jürg Tanner]] won their third European title, and the Swiss women's team skipped by [[Susan Schlapbach]] won their second European title.
For the first time, the men's team of Austria and Finland and women's teams of Austria and Luxembourg took part in the European Championship.
==Men's==
===Teams=== {| class="wikitable" ! Team !! Skip !! Third !! Second !! Lead !! Alternate !! Curling club |- | {{AUT}} || [[Arthur Fabi]] || [[Ludwig Karrer]] || [[Manfred Fabi]] || [[Dieter Küchenmeister]] || || |- | {{DEN}} || [[Per Berg]] || [[Gert Larsen]] || [[Jan Hansen (curler)|Jan Hansen]] || [[Michael Harry]] || || Hvidovre CC, [[Hvidovre]] |- | {{ENG}} || [[Bob Martin (curler)|Bob Martin]] || [[Ronald D. Thornton]] || [[John D. Kerr]] || [[Michael Thompson (curler)|Michael Thompson]] || || |- | {{FIN}} || [[Isto Kolemainen]] || [[Juhani Heinonen]] || [[Pekka Sylvander]] || [[Keijo Silvan]] || || |- | {{FRA}} || [[André Tronc]] || [[Maurice Mercier]] || [[Yves Tronc (curler)|Yves Tronc]] || [[Jean-Francois Orset]] || || |- | {{GER}} || [[Keith Wendorf]] || [[Hans Dieter Kiesel]] || [[Sven Saile]] || [[Heiner Martin]] || || |- | {{ITA}} || [[Giuseppe Dal Molin]] || [[Massimo Alvera]] || [[Franco Sovilla]] || [[Claudio Alvera]] || |- | {{LUX}} || [[Marco Staedtgen]] || [[William Bannerman (curler)|William Bannerman]] || [[Nico Schweich]] || [[Guy Schweich]] || || |- | {{NED}} || [[Otto Veening]] || [[Robin Claushuis]] || [[Gustaf van Imhoff]] || [[Sytze van Dam]] || || |- | {{NOR}} || [[Pål Trulsen]] || [[Flemming Davanger]] || [[Stig-Arne Gunnestad]] || [[Kjell Berg]] || || |- | {{SCO}} || [[Colin Hamilton (curler)|Colin Hamilton]] || [[W. Michael Dick]] || [[David Ramsay (curler)|David Ramsay]] || Richard Pretsel || || |- | {{SWE}} || [[Göran Roxin]] || [[Björn Rudström]] || [[Håkan Rudström]] || [[Christer Mårtensson]] || [[Hans Timan]] || Magnus Ladulås CK, [[Stockholm]] |- | {{SUI}} || [[Jürg Tanner]] || [[Jürg Hornisberger]] || [[Patrik Lörtscher]] || [[Franz Tanner]] || || |- | {{WAL}} || [[Richard Davis (curler)|Richard Davis]] || [[David Humphreys (curler)|David Humphreys]] || [[Chris Wells (curler)|Chris Wells]] || [[Ray King (curler)|Ray King]] || || |}
===Round robin=== '''Group A''' {| 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="30"| W !width="30"| L !Place |- | A1 ||align=left|{{AUT}} || * || 6:7|| 5:6|| 5:8||10:8||6:14|| 5:7|| 1 || 5 ||'''6''' |- | A2 ||align=left|{{ENG}} || 7:6|| * || 7:9|| 7:9||10:6||4:14||3:11|| 2 || 4 ||'''5''' |- | A3 ||align=left|{{FRA}} || 6:5|| 9:7|| * ||3:10||11:3|| 7:6|| 4:7|| 4 || 2 ||'''3''' |- bgcolor=#ffffcc | A4 ||align=left|{{GER}} || 8:5|| 9:7||10:3|| * ||11:4|| 7:6|| 5:7|| 5 || 1 ||'''2''' |- | A5 ||align=left|{{NED}} ||8:10||6:10||3:11||4:11|| * || 4:9||1:13|| 0 || 6 ||'''7''' |- | A6 ||align=left|{{SCO}} ||14:6||14:4|| 6:7|| 6:7|| 9:4|| * || 4:7|| 3 || 3 ||'''4''' |- bgcolor=#ffffcc | A7 ||align=left|{{SUI}} || 7:5||11:3|| 7:4|| 7:5||13:1|| 7:4|| * || 6 || 0 ||'''1''' |}
'''Group B''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; |- ! !!width="120"|Team !width="25"| B1 !width="25"| B2 !width="25"| B3 !width="25"| B4 !width="25"| B5 !width="25"| B6 !width="25"| B7 !width="30"| W !width="30"| L !Place |- bgcolor=#ffffcc | B1 ||align=left|{{DEN}} || * ||12:5||11:6|| 6:5|| 7:6||9:10||13:3|| 5 || 1 ||'''2''' |- | B2 ||align=left|{{FIN}} ||5:12|| * || 3:7|| 7:6||2:13||3:13|| 3:8<ref name="osh">Mistake on WCF database: result of match Wales - Finland (8:3) shown as a result of match Wales - Luxembourg.</ref>|| 1 || 5 ||'''7''' |- | B3 ||align=left|{{ITA}} ||6:11|| 7:3|| * ||15:3|| 2:7|| 3:9||12:2|| 3 || 3 ||'''4''' |- | B4 ||align=left|{{LUX}} || 5:6|| 6:7||3:15|| * ||1:14|| 2:9||11:9|| 1 || 5 ||'''5''' |- | B5 ||align=left|{{NOR}} || 6:7||13:2|| 7:2||14:1|| * || 7:8||14:2|| 4 || 2 ||'''3''' |- bgcolor=#ffffcc | B6 ||align=left|{{SWE}} ||10:9||13:3|| 9:3|| 9:2|| 8:7|| * ||14:4|| 6 || 0 ||'''1''' |- | B7 ||align=left|{{WAL}} ||3:13|| 8:3||2:12||9:11||2:14||4:14|| * || 1 || 5 ||'''6''' |} : {{colorbox|#ffffcc}} Teams to playoffs
===Ranking games for 5th-14th places=== {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 13th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{NED}}''' | RD1-score1= '''5''' | RD1-team2= {{FIN}} | RD1-score2= 2 }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 11th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{AUT}}''' | RD1-score1= '''10''' | RD1-team2= {{WAL}} | RD1-score2= 4 }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 9th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{ENG}}''' | RD1-score1= '''7''' | RD1-team2= {{LUX}} | RD1-score2= 6 }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 7th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{SCO}}''' | RD1-score1= '''6''' | RD1-team2= {{ITA}} | RD1-score2= 5 }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 5th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{FRA}}''' | RD1-score1= '''8''' | RD1-team2= {{NOR}} | RD1-score2= 6 }}
===Playoffs=== {{4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1 = Semifinals | RD2 = Final | RD2b = Bronze game
| RD1-seed1 = A(1) | RD1-team1 = '''{{SUI}}''' | RD1-score1 = '''5''' | RD1-seed2 = B(2) | RD1-team2 = {{DEN}} | RD1-score2 = 1
| RD1-seed3 = B(1) | RD1-team3 = '''{{SWE}}''' | RD1-score3 = '''7''' | RD1-seed4 = A(2) | RD1-team4 = {{GER}} | RD1-score4 = 6
| RD2-seed1 = | RD2-team1 = '''{{SUI}}''' | RD2-score1 = '''8''' | RD2-seed2 = | RD2-team2 = {{SWE}} | RD2-score2 = 6
| RD2b-seed1 = | RD2b-team1 = '''{{DEN}}''' | RD2b-score1 = '''10''' | RD2b-seed2 = | RD2b-team2 = {{GER}} | RD2b-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|{{SUI}} ||align=left|[[Jürg Tanner]] || 8 || 8 || 0 |- | {{silver2}} ||align=left|{{SWE}} ||align=left|[[Göran Roxin]] || 8 || 7 || 1 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{DEN}} ||align=left|[[Per Berg]] || 8 || 6 || 2 |- | 4 ||align=left|{{GER}} ||align=left|[[Keith Wendorf]] || 8 || 5 || 3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{FRA}} ||align=left|[[André Tronc]] || 7 || 5 || 2 |- | 6 ||align=left|{{NOR}} ||align=left|[[Pål Trulsen]] || 7 || 4 || 3 |- | 7 ||align=left|{{SCO}} ||align=left|[[Colin Hamilton (curler)|Colin Hamilton]] || 7 || 4 || 3 |- | 8 ||align=left|{{ITA}} ||align=left|[[Giuseppe Dal Molin]] || 7 || 3 || 4 |- | 9 ||align=left|{{ENG}} ||align=left|[[Bob Martin (curler)|Bob Martin]] || 7 || 3 || 4 |- | 10 ||align=left|{{LUX}} ||align=left|[[Marco Staedtgen]] || 7 || 1 || 6 |- | 11 ||align=left|{{AUT}} ||align=left|[[Arthur Fabi]] || 7 || 2 || 5 |- | 12 ||align=left|{{WAL}} ||align=left|[[Richard Davis (curler)|Richard Davis]] || 7 || 1 || 6 |- | 13 ||align=left|{{NED}} ||align=left|[[Otto Veening]] || 7 || 1 || 6 |- | 14 ||align=left|{{FIN}} ||align=left|[[Isto Kolemainen]] || 7 || 1 || 6 |}
==Women's==
===Teams=== {| class="wikitable" ! Team !! Skip !! Third !! Second !! Lead !! Curling club |- | {{AUT}} || [[Marianne Gartner]] || [[Antje Karrer]] || [[Susanne Wieser]] || [[Herta Kuchenmeister]] || Kitzbühel CC, [[Kitzbühel]] |- | {{DEN}} || [[Helena Blach]] || [[Marianne Jørgensen]] || [[Astrid Birnbaum]] || [[Malene Krause]] || Hvidovre CC, [[Hvidovre]] |- | {{ENG}} || [[Gwen French]] || [[Pauline Douglas]] || [[Jean Picken]] || [[Lynda Clegg]] || |- | {{FRA}} || [[Huguette Jullien]] (fourth) || [[Agnes Mercier]] || [[Paulette Sulpice]] (skip) || [[Anne-Claude Kennerson]] || |- | {{GER}} || [[Andrea Schöpp]] || [[Monica Wackerle]] || [[Monika Wagner]] || [[Marga Hupertz]] || SC Riessersee, [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]] |- | {{ITA}} || [[Maria-Grazzia Constantini]] || [[Ann Lacedelli]] || [[Tea Valt]] || [[Angela Constantini]] || |- | {{LUX}} || [[Micheline Städtgen]] || [[Sanny Mohnen]] || [[Madeleine van den Houten]] || [[Carine Schweich]] || |- | {{NED}} || [[Margreet Poost]] || [[Elly de Vries]] || [[Marianne Mirck]] || [[Nicole van den Brink]] || |- | {{NOR}} || [[Trine Trulsen]] || [[Dordi Nordby]] || [[Hanne Pettersen]] || [[Cathrine Hannevig]] || Snarøyen CC, [[Oslo]] |- | {{SCO}} || [[Helen Caird]] || [[Rae Gray]] || [[Sheena Hay]] || [[Helen Watson (curler)|Helen Watson]] || Broughty Ferry Ladies CC, [[Dundee]] |- | {{SWE}} || [[Elisabeth Högström]] || [[Katarina Hultling]] || [[Birgitta Sewik]] || [[Karin Sjögren]] || [[Karlstads Curlingklubb|Karlstads CK]], [[Karlstad]] |- | {{SUI}} || [[Susan Schlapbach]] || [[Irene Bürgi]] || [[Ursula Schlapbach]] || [[Katrin Peterhans]] || CC Bern, [[Bern]] |- | {{WAL}} || [[Jean King (curler)|Jean King]] || [[Sheila Nells]] || [[Rhoda Basnett]] || [[Madzia Williams]] || |}
===Round robin===
'''Group A''' {| 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="30"| W !width="30"| L !Place |- |A1 ||align="left|{{AUT}} || * ||4:11|| 3:8||15:6||16:7||1:14||3:18|| 2 || 4 ||'''5''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A2 ||align="left|{{DEN}} ||11:4|| * || 6:4||11:6||14:6|| 7:9|| 3:4|| 4 || 2 ||'''2''' |- |A3 ||align="left|{{FRA}} || 8:3|| 4:6|| * ||14:4||13:4|| 8:7||5:10|| 4 || 2 ||'''3''' |- |A4 ||align="left|{{LUX}} ||6:15||6:11||4:14|| * ||3:15|| 9:7||3:15|| 1 || 5 ||'''7''' |- |A5 ||align="left|{{NED}} ||7:16||6:14||4:13||15:3|| * || 3:9||3:15|| 1 || 5 ||'''6''' |- |A6 ||align="left|{{SCO}} ||14:1|| 9:7|| 7:8|| 7:9|| 9:3|| * || 7:6|| 4 || 2 ||'''4''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |A7 ||align="left|{{SWE}} ||18:3|| 4:3||10:5||15:3||15:3|| 6:7|| * || 5 || 1 ||'''1''' |}
'''Group B''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; |- ! !width="120"| Team !width="25"| B1 !width="25"| B2 !width="25"| B3 !width="25"| B4 !width="25"| B5 !width="25"| B6 !width="30"| W !width="30"| L !Place |- |B1 ||align="left|{{ENG}} || * ||5:13|| 6:9||6:15|| 3:9|| 7:8|| 0 || 5 ||'''6''' |- |B2 ||align="left|{{GER}} ||13:5|| * || 4:6|| 5:9|| 6:5||10:9|| 3 || 2 ||'''3''' |- |B3 ||align="left|{{ITA}} || 9:6|| 6:4|| * || 3:9|| 5:7|| 3:4|| 2 || 3 ||'''5''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |B4 ||align="left|{{NOR}} ||15:6|| 9:5|| 9:3|| * || 3:4|| 9:2|| 4 || 1 ||'''2''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |B5 ||align="left|{{SUI}} || 9:3|| 5:6|| 7:5|| 4:3|| * || 8:3|| 4 || 1 ||'''1''' |- |B6 ||align="left|{{WAL}} || 8:7||9:10|| 4:3|| 2:9|| 3:8|| * || 2 || 3 ||'''4''' |} : {{colorbox|#ffffcc}} Teams to playoffs
===Ranking games for 5th-12th places=== {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 11th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{NED}}''' | RD1-score1= '''10''' | RD1-team2= {{ENG}} | RD1-score2= 6 }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 9th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{AUT}}''' | RD1-score1= '''6''' | RD1-team2= {{ITA}} | RD1-score2= 3 }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 7th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{SCO}}''' | RD1-score1= '''11''' | RD1-team2= {{WAL}} | RD1-score2= 3 }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 5th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{FRA}}''' | RD1-score1= '''10''' | RD1-team2= {{GER}} | RD1-score2= 4 }}
===Playoffs=== {{4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1 = Semifinals | RD2 = Final | RD2b = Bronze game
| RD1-seed1 = A(1) | RD1-team1 = '''{{SWE}}''' | RD1-score1 = '''7''' | RD1-seed2 = B(2) | RD1-team2 = {{NOR}} | RD1-score2 = 5
| RD1-seed3 = B(1) | RD1-team3 = '''{{SUI}}''' | RD1-score3 = '''7''' | RD1-seed4 = A(2) | RD1-team4 = {{DEN}} | RD1-score4 = 6
| RD2-seed1 = | RD2-team1 = {{SWE}} | RD2-score1 = 5 | RD2-seed2 = | RD2-team2 = '''{{SUI}}''' | RD2-score2 = '''8'''
| RD2b-seed1 = | RD2b-team1 = {{NOR}} | RD2b-score1 = 4 | RD2b-seed2 = | RD2b-team2 = '''{{DEN}}''' | RD2b-score2 = '''8''' }}
===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|[[Susan Schlapbach]] || 7 || 6 || 1 |- | {{silver2}} ||align=left|{{SWE}} ||align=left|[[Elisabeth Högström]] || 8 || 6 || 2 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{DEN}} ||align=left|[[Helena Blach]] || 8 || 5 || 3 |- | 4 ||align=left|{{NOR}} ||align=left|[[Trine Trulsen]] || 7 || 4 || 3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{FRA}} ||align=left|[[Paulette Sulpice]] || 7 || 5 || 2 |- | 6 ||align=left|{{GER}} ||align=left|[[Andrea Schöpp]] || 6 || 3 || 3 |- | 7 ||align=left|{{SCO}} ||align=left|[[Helen Caird]] || 7 || 5 || 2 |- | 8 ||align=left|{{WAL}} ||align=left|[[Jean King (curler)|Jean King]] || 6 || 2 || 4 |- | 9 ||align=left|{{AUT}} ||align=left|[[Marianne Gartner]] || 7 || 3 || 4 |- | 10 ||align=left|{{ITA}} ||align=left|[[Maria-Grazzia Constantini]] || 6 || 2 || 4 |- | 11 ||align=left|{{NED}} ||align=left|[[Margreet Poost]] || 7 || 2 || 5 |- | 12 ||align=left|{{ENG}} ||align=left|[[Gwen French]] || 6 || 0 || 6 |- | 13 ||align=left|{{LUX}} ||align=left|[[Micheline Städtgen]] || 6 || 1 || 5 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{WCFevent|169|M}} {{WCFevent|224|W}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.europeancurling.com/images/stories/uploads/ECC_1981_Grindelwald.pdf |title=Previous competitors and results of the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS since 1975 {{!}} 1981 in GRINDELWALD, Switzerland |website=ECF |lang=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106143704/http://www.ecf-web.org/uploads/media/ECC_1981_Grindelwald.pdf |archive-date=2009-01-06 |url-status=dead }}
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