# 1981 European Curling Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_European_Curling_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_European_Curling_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_European_Curling_Championships > Source revision: 1295663770 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1981 European Curling Championships Host city Grindelwald, Switzerland Arena Sportzentrum Dates 7–12 December Men's winner Switzerland Skip Jürg Tanner Third Jürg Hornisberger Second Patrik Lörtscher Lead Franz Tanner Finalist Sweden (Göran Roxin) Women's winner Switzerland Curling club CC Bern, Bern Skip Susan Schlapbach Third Irene Bürgi Second Ursula Schlapbach Lead Katrin Peterhans Finalist Sweden (Elisabeth Högström) « 1980 1982 » The **1981 [European Curling Championships](/source/European_Curling_Championships)** were held from 7 to 12 December at the Sportzentrum arena in [Grindelwald](/source/Grindelwald), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland). The Swiss men's team skipped by [Jürg Tanner](/source/J%C3%BCrg_Tanner) won their third European title, and the Swiss women's team skipped by [Susan Schlapbach](/source/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 Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Curling club Austria Arthur Fabi Ludwig Karrer Manfred Fabi Dieter Küchenmeister Denmark Per Berg Gert Larsen Jan Hansen Michael Harry Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre England Bob Martin Ronald D. Thornton John D. Kerr Michael Thompson Finland Isto Kolemainen Juhani Heinonen Pekka Sylvander Keijo Silvan France André Tronc Maurice Mercier Yves Tronc Jean-Francois Orset Germany Keith Wendorf Hans Dieter Kiesel Sven Saile Heiner Martin Italy Giuseppe Dal Molin Massimo Alvera Franco Sovilla Claudio Alvera Luxembourg Marco Staedtgen William Bannerman Nico Schweich Guy Schweich Netherlands Otto Veening Robin Claushuis Gustaf van Imhoff Sytze van Dam Norway Pål Trulsen Flemming Davanger Stig-Arne Gunnestad Kjell Berg Scotland Colin Hamilton W. Michael Dick David Ramsay Richard Pretsel Sweden Göran Roxin Björn Rudström Håkan Rudström Christer Mårtensson Hans Timan Magnus Ladulås CK, Stockholm Switzerland Jürg Tanner Jürg Hornisberger Patrik Lörtscher Franz Tanner Wales Richard Davis David Humphreys Chris Wells Ray King ### Round robin **Group A** Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 W L Place A1 Austria * 6:7 5:6 5:8 10:8 6:14 5:7 1 5 6 A2 England 7:6 * 7:9 7:9 10:6 4:14 3:11 2 4 5 A3 France 6:5 9:7 * 3:10 11:3 7:6 4:7 4 2 3 A4 Germany 8:5 9:7 10:3 * 11:4 7:6 5:7 5 1 2 A5 Netherlands 8:10 6:10 3:11 4:11 * 4:9 1:13 0 6 7 A6 Scotland 14:6 14:4 6:7 6:7 9:4 * 4:7 3 3 4 A7 Switzerland 7:5 11:3 7:4 7:5 13:1 7:4 * 6 0 1 **Group B** Team B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 W L Place B1 Denmark * 12:5 11:6 6:5 7:6 9:10 13:3 5 1 2 B2 Finland 5:12 * 3:7 7:6 2:13 3:13 3:8[1] 1 5 7 B3 Italy 6:11 7:3 * 15:3 2:7 3:9 12:2 3 3 4 B4 Luxembourg 5:6 6:7 3:15 * 1:14 2:9 11:9 1 5 5 B5 Norway 6:7 13:2 7:2 14:1 * 7:8 14:2 4 2 3 B6 Sweden 10:9 13:3 9:3 9:2 8:7 * 14:4 6 0 1 B7 Wales 3:13 8:3 2:12 9:11 2:14 4:14 * 1 5 6 - Teams to playoffs ### Ranking games for 5th-14th places For 13th place Netherlands 5 Finland 2 For 11th place Austria 10 Wales 4 For 9th place England 7 Luxembourg 6 For 7th place Scotland 6 Italy 5 For 5th place France 8 Norway 6 ### Playoffs Semifinals Final A(1) Switzerland 5 B(2) Denmark 1 Switzerland 8 Sweden 6 B(1) Sweden 7 A(2) Germany 6 Bronze game Denmark 10 Germany 4 ### Final standings Place Team Skip GP W L Switzerland Jürg Tanner 8 8 0 Sweden Göran Roxin 8 7 1 Denmark Per Berg 8 6 2 4 Germany Keith Wendorf 8 5 3 5 France André Tronc 7 5 2 6 Norway Pål Trulsen 7 4 3 7 Scotland Colin Hamilton 7 4 3 8 Italy Giuseppe Dal Molin 7 3 4 9 England Bob Martin 7 3 4 10 Luxembourg Marco Staedtgen 7 1 6 11 Austria Arthur Fabi 7 2 5 12 Wales Richard Davis 7 1 6 13 Netherlands Otto Veening 7 1 6 14 Finland Isto Kolemainen 7 1 6 ## Women's ### Teams Team Skip Third Second Lead Curling club Austria Marianne Gartner Antje Karrer Susanne Wieser Herta Kuchenmeister Kitzbühel CC, Kitzbühel Denmark Helena Blach Marianne Jørgensen Astrid Birnbaum Malene Krause Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre England Gwen French Pauline Douglas Jean Picken Lynda Clegg France Huguette Jullien (fourth) Agnes Mercier Paulette Sulpice (skip) Anne-Claude Kennerson Germany Andrea Schöpp Monica Wackerle Monika Wagner Marga Hupertz SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Italy Maria-Grazzia Constantini Ann Lacedelli Tea Valt Angela Constantini Luxembourg Micheline Städtgen Sanny Mohnen Madeleine van den Houten Carine Schweich Netherlands Margreet Poost Elly de Vries Marianne Mirck Nicole van den Brink Norway Trine Trulsen Dordi Nordby Hanne Pettersen Cathrine Hannevig Snarøyen CC, Oslo Scotland Helen Caird Rae Gray Sheena Hay Helen Watson Broughty Ferry Ladies CC, Dundee Sweden Elisabeth Högström Katarina Hultling Birgitta Sewik Karin Sjögren Karlstads CK, Karlstad Switzerland Susan Schlapbach Irene Bürgi Ursula Schlapbach Katrin Peterhans CC Bern, Bern Wales Jean King Sheila Nells Rhoda Basnett Madzia Williams ### Round robin **Group A** Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 W L Place A1 Austria * 4:11 3:8 15:6 16:7 1:14 3:18 2 4 5 A2 Denmark 11:4 * 6:4 11:6 14:6 7:9 3:4 4 2 2 A3 France 8:3 4:6 * 14:4 13:4 8:7 5:10 4 2 3 A4 Luxembourg 6:15 6:11 4:14 * 3:15 9:7 3:15 1 5 7 A5 Netherlands 7:16 6:14 4:13 15:3 * 3:9 3:15 1 5 6 A6 Scotland 14:1 9:7 7:8 7:9 9:3 * 7:6 4 2 4 A7 Sweden 18:3 4:3 10:5 15:3 15:3 6:7 * 5 1 1 **Group B** Team B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 W L Place B1 England * 5:13 6:9 6:15 3:9 7:8 0 5 6 B2 Germany 13:5 * 4:6 5:9 6:5 10:9 3 2 3 B3 Italy 9:6 6:4 * 3:9 5:7 3:4 2 3 5 B4 Norway 15:6 9:5 9:3 * 3:4 9:2 4 1 2 B5 Switzerland 9:3 5:6 7:5 4:3 * 8:3 4 1 1 B6 Wales 8:7 9:10 4:3 2:9 3:8 * 2 3 4 - Teams to playoffs ### Ranking games for 5th-12th places For 11th place Netherlands 10 England 6 For 9th place Austria 6 Italy 3 For 7th place Scotland 11 Wales 3 For 5th place France 10 Germany 4 ### Playoffs Semifinals Final A(1) Sweden 7 B(2) Norway 5 Sweden 5 Switzerland 8 B(1) Switzerland 7 A(2) Denmark 6 Bronze game Norway 4 Denmark 8 ### Final standings Place Team Skip GP W L Switzerland Susan Schlapbach 7 6 1 Sweden Elisabeth Högström 8 6 2 Denmark Helena Blach 8 5 3 4 Norway Trine Trulsen 7 4 3 5 France Paulette Sulpice 7 5 2 6 Germany Andrea Schöpp 6 3 3 7 Scotland Helen Caird 7 5 2 8 Wales Jean King 6 2 4 9 Austria Marianne Gartner 7 3 4 10 Italy Maria-Grazzia Constantini 6 2 4 11 Netherlands Margreet Poost 7 2 5 12 England Gwen French 6 0 6 13 Luxembourg Micheline Städtgen 6 1 5 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-osh_1-0)** Mistake on WCF database: result of match Wales - Finland (8:3) shown as a result of match Wales - Luxembourg. ## External links - [Men's results](http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/169) from the [World Curling Federation](/source/World_Curling_Federation) - [Women's results](http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/224) from the [World Curling Federation](/source/World_Curling_Federation) - ["Previous competitors and results of the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS since 1975 | 1981 in GRINDELWALD, Switzerland"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090106143704/http://www.ecf-web.org/uploads/media/ECC_1981_Grindelwald.pdf) (PDF). *ECF*. 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