{{Short description|Curling Championships}} {{Multiple issues| {{refimprove|date=May 2022}} {{No footnotes|date=May 2026}} }} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox curling | Name = 1983 European Curling Championships | Logo = | Size = | Host city = [[Västerås]], [[Sweden]] | Arena = [[Rocklundahallen]] | Dates = 4–10 December | Men's winner = '''{{SUI}}''' | Curling club = | Skip = [[Amédéé Biner]] | Third = [[Walter Bielser]] | Second = [[Alex Aufdenblatten]] | Lead = [[Alfred Paci]] | Finalist = {{NOR}} ([[Kristian Sørum]]) | Women's winner = '''{{SWE}}''' | Curling club2 = [[Karlstads Curlingklubb|Karlstads CK]], [[Karlstad]] | Skip2 = [[Elisabeth Högström]] | Third2 = [[Katarina Hultling]] | Second2 = [[Birgitta Sewik]] | Lead2 = [[Karin Sjögren]] | Finalist2 = {{NOR}} ([[Trine Trulsen]]) | prev = {{EuCC|1982}} | next = {{EuCC|1984}} }}
The '''1983 European Curling Championships''' were held from 4 to 10 December at the [[Rocklundahallen]] arena in [[Västerås]], [[Sweden]].
The Swiss men's team skipped by [[Amédéé Biner]] won their fourth European title, and the Swedish women's team skipped by [[Elisabeth Högström]] won their sixth European title.
For the first time, the women's team of Finland took part in the European Championship.
==Men's==
===Teams=== {| class="wikitable" ! Team !! Skip !! Third !! Second !! Lead !! Curling club |- | {{AUT}} || [[Jakob Küchl]] || [[Günther Mochny]] || [[Alois Kreidl]] || [[Konrad Weiser]] || |- | {{DEN}} || [[Frants Gufler]] || [[Hans Gufler]] || [[Michael Sindt]] || [[Holger Slotsager]] || |- | {{ENG}} || [[Ronnie Brock]] || [[John Brown (curler)|John Brown]] || [[Ian Coutts (curler)|Ian Coutts]] || [[Duncan Stewart (curler)|Duncan Stewart]] || |- | {{FIN}} || [[Pekka Kouvo]] || [[Seppo Hietala]] || [[Timo Korhonen (curler)|Timo Korhonen]] || [[Kai Pahl]] || |- | {{FRA}} || [[Henri Müller]] || [[René Robert (curler)|René Robert]] || [[Fernand Schillinger]] || [[Claude Groff]] || |- | {{GER}} || [[Keith Wendorf]] || [[Hans Dieter Kiesel]] || [[Sven Saile]] || [[Heiner Martin]] || CC Schwenningen, [[Villingen-Schwenningen|Schwenningen]] |- | {{ITA}} || [[Andrea Pavani]] || [[Franco Sovilla]] || [[Giancarlo Valt]] || [[Stefano Morona]] || |- | {{LUX}} || [[Nico Schweich]] || [[William Bannerman (curler)|William Bannerman]] || [[Gisbert Franz]] || [[Georges Schweich]] || |- | {{NED}} || [[Wim Neeleman]] || [[Robert van der Cammen]] || [[Gustaf van Imhoff]] || [[Jeroen Tilman]] || |- | {{NOR}} || [[Kristian Sørum]] || [[Morten Søgaard]] || [[Dagfinn Loen]] || [[Morten Skaug]] || |- | {{SCO}} || [[Mike Hay]] || [[David Hay (curler)|David Hay]] || [[David Smith (curler)|David Smith]] || [[Russell Keiller]] || |- | {{SWE}} || [[Inge Granback]] || [[Mats Svedberg]] || [[Lars Carlsson (curler)|Lars Carlsson]] || [[Thomas Brinkeborn]] || Aroscurlarna, [[Västerås]] |- | {{SUI}} || [[Amédéé Biner]] || [[Walter Bielser]] || [[Alex Aufdenblatten]] || [[Alfred Paci]] || |- | {{WAL}} || [[John Hunt (curler)|John Hunt]] || [[John Stone (curler)|John Stone]] || [[Peter Williams (curler)|Peter Williams]] || [[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|{{DEN}} || * ||13:3|| 7:5|| 6:3||3:10|| 3:8|| 7:5|| 4 || 2 ||'''3''' |- | A2 ||align=left|{{ENG}} ||3:13|| * || 5:7|| 8:6|| 2:8|| 5:8|| 6:7|| 1 || 5 ||'''7''' |- | A3 ||align=left|{{FRA}} || 5:7|| 7:5|| * || 9:2|| 2:6||3:10|| 3:4|| 2 || 4 ||'''4''' |- | A4 ||align=left|{{ITA}} || 3:6|| 6:8|| 2:9|| * || 7:4|| 4:5|| 7:3|| 2 || 4 ||'''5''' |- bgcolor=#ffffcc | A5 ||align=left|{{SCO}} ||10:3|| 8:2|| 6:2|| 4:7|| * || 8:3|| 5:2|| 5 || 1 ||'''1''' |- bgcolor=#ffffcc | A6 ||align=left|{{SWE}} || 8:3|| 8:5||10:3|| 5:4|| 3:8|| * ||11:3|| 5 || 1 ||'''2''' |- | A7 ||align=left|{{WAL}} || 5:7|| 7:6|| 4:3|| 3:7|| 2:5||3:11|| * || 2 || 4 ||'''6''' |}
'''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 |- | B1 ||align=left|{{AUT}} || * || 3:6||2:13||11:2|| 0:6||5:11|| 3:8|| 1 || 5 ||'''6''' |- | B2 ||align=left|{{FIN}} || 6:3|| * ||3:10|| 6:9|| 4:8|| 2:7|| 5:7|| 1 || 5 ||'''5''' |- | B3 ||align=left|{{GER}} ||13:2||10:3|| * ||11:4|| 5:3|| 2:3|| 2:8|| 4 || 2 ||'''3''' |- | B4 ||align=left|{{LUX}} ||2:11|| 9:6||4:11|| * || 4:9||1:12||3:11|| 1 || 5 ||'''7''' |- | B5 ||align=left|{{NED}} || 6:0|| 8:4|| 3:5|| 9:4|| * || 2:6|| 4:7|| 3 || 3 ||'''4''' |- bgcolor=#ffffcc | B6 ||align=left|{{NOR}} ||11:5|| 7:2|| 3:2||12:1|| 6:2|| * || 8:6|| 6 || 0 ||'''1''' |- bgcolor=#ffffcc | B7 ||align=left|{{SUI}} || 8:3|| 7:5|| 8:2||11:3|| 7:4|| 6:8|| * || 5 || 1 ||'''2''' |} : {{colorbox|#ffffcc}} Teams to playoffs
===Ranking games for 5th-14th places=== {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 13th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{ENG}}''' | RD1-score1= '''5''' | RD1-team2= {{LUX}} | RD1-score2= 4 }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 11th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{WAL}}''' | RD1-score1= '''5''' | RD1-team2= {{AUT}} | RD1-score2= 4 }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 9th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{ITA}}''' | RD1-score1= '''8''' | RD1-team2= {{FIN}} | RD1-score2= 2 }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 7th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= {{FRA}} | RD1-score1= 6 | RD1-team2= '''{{NED}}''' | RD1-score2= '''8''' }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 5th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= {{DEN}} | RD1-score1= 3 | RD1-team2= '''{{GER}}''' | RD1-score2= '''6''' }}
===Playoffs=== {{4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1 = Semifinals | RD2 = Final | RD2b = Bronze game
| RD1-seed1 = A(1) | RD1-team1 = {{SCO}} | RD1-score1 = 4 | RD1-seed2 = B(2) | RD1-team2 = '''{{SUI}}''' | RD1-score2 = '''5'''
| RD1-seed3 = B(1) | RD1-team3 = '''{{NOR}}''' | RD1-score3 = '''6''' | RD1-seed4 = A(2) | RD1-team4 = {{SWE}} | RD1-score4 = 4
| RD2-seed1 = | RD2-team1 = '''{{SUI}}''' | RD2-score1 = '''11''' | RD2-seed2 = | RD2-team2 = {{NOR}} | RD2-score2 = 2
| RD2b-seed1 = | RD2b-team1 = '''{{SCO}}''' | RD2b-score1 = '''8''' | RD2b-seed2 = | RD2b-team2 = {{SWE}} | RD2b-score2 = 3 }}
===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|[[Amédéé Biner]] || 8 || 7 || 1 |- | {{silver2}} ||align=left|{{NOR}} ||align=left|[[Kristian Sørum]] || 8 || 7 || 1 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{SCO}} ||align=left|[[Mike Hay]] || 8 || 6 || 2 |- | 4 ||align=left|{{SWE}} ||align=left|[[Inge Granback]] || 8 || 5 || 3 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{GER}} ||align=left|[[Keith Wendorf]] || 7 || 5 || 2 |- | 6 ||align=left|{{DEN}} ||align=left|[[Frants Gufler]] || 7 || 4 || 3 |- | 7 ||align=left|{{NED}} ||align=left|[[Wim Neeleman]] || 7 || 4 || 3 |- | 8 ||align=left|{{FRA}} ||align=left|[[Henri Müller]] || 7 || 2 || 5 |- | 9 ||align=left|{{ITA}} ||align=left|[[Andrea Pavani]] || 7 || 3 || 4 |- | 10 ||align=left|{{FIN}} ||align=left|[[Pekka Kouvo]] || 7 || 1 || 6 |- | 11 ||align=left|{{WAL}} ||align=left|[[John Hunt (curler)|John Hunt]] || 7 || 3 || 4 |- | 12 ||align=left|{{AUT}} ||align=left|[[Jakob Küchl]] || 7 || 1 || 6 |- | 13 ||align=left|{{ENG}} ||align=left|[[Ronnie Brock]] || 7 || 2 || 5 |- | 14 ||align=left|{{LUX}} ||align=left|[[Nico Schweich]] || 7 || 1 || 6 |}
==Women's==
===Teams=== {| class="wikitable" ! Team !! Skip !! Third !! Second !! Lead !! Curling club |- | {{AUT}} || [[Edeltraud Koudelka]] || [[Christl Naegle]] || [[Monika Hölzl]] || [[Herta Kuchenmeister]] || |- | {{DEN}} || [[Helena Blach]] || [[Jette Olsen]] || [[Malene Krause]] || [[Lone Kristoffersen]] || Hvidovre CC, [[Hvidovre]] |- | {{ENG}} || [[Gwen French]] || [[Jean Picken]] || [[Mary Finlay (curler)|Mary Finlay]] || [[June Henry]] || |- | {{FIN}} || [[Anne Eerikäinen]] || [[Sirpa Piiroinen]] || [[Terhi Aro]] || [[Marita Ripatti]] || |- | {{FRA}} || [[Huguette Jullien]] (fourth) || [[Agnes Mercier]] || [[Monique Tournier]] || [[Paulette Sulpice]] (skip) || |- | {{GER}} || [[Andrea Schöpp]] || [[Monika Wagner]] || [[Anneliese Diemer]] || [[Elinore Schöpp]] || |- | {{ITA}} || [[Maria-Grazzia Constantini]] || [[Tea Valt]] || [[Nella Alvera]] || [[Angela Constantini]] || |- | {{LUX}} || [[Cilly Schweich]] || [[Madeleine van den Houten]] || [[Pat Bannerman]] || [[Marie Garritze]] || |- | {{NED}} || [[Laura Van Imhoff]] || [[Gerrie Veening]] || [[Kniertje van Kuyk]] || [[Hanneke Veening]] || |- | {{NOR}} || [[Trine Trulsen]] || [[Dordi Nordby]] || [[Hanne Pettersen]] || [[Anne Gotteberg]] || |- | {{SCO}} || [[Isobel Torrance Jr]] || [[Margaret Craig]] || [[Jackie Steele]] || [[Sheila Harvey]] || |- | {{SWE}} || [[Elisabeth Högström]] || [[Katarina Hultling]] || [[Birgitta Sewik]] || [[Karin Sjögren]] || [[Karlstads Curlingklubb|Karlstads CK]], [[Karlstad]] |- | {{SUI}} || [[Erika Müller]] || [[Barbara Meyer (curler)|Barbara Meyer]] || [[Barbara Meier (curler)|Barbara Meier]] || [[Cristina Wirz]] || Bern Egghölzi Damen CC, [[Bern]] |- | {{WAL}} || [[Elizabeth Hunt (curler)|Elizabeth Hunt]] || [[Anne Stone (curler)|Anne Stone]] || [[Helen Lyon]] || [[Jean Robinson (curler)|Jean Robinson]] || |}
===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||4:12|| 5:8||5:12||2:14|| 8:5|| 1 || 5 ||'''7''' |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" |A2 ||align="left|{{FRA}} || 7:6|| * ||10:5||10:3|| 7:2|| 4:8|| 8:3|| 5 || 1 ||'''1''' |- |A3 ||align="left|{{GER}} ||12:4||5:10|| * ||13:3|| 5:8|| 3:4|| 8:4|| 3 || 3 ||'''4''' |- |A4 ||align="left|{{LUX}} || 8:5||3:10||3:13|| * ||5:12||2:12|| 6:8|| 1 || 5 ||'''6''' |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" |A5 ||align="left|{{NOR}} ||12:5|| 2:7|| 8:5||12:5|| * ||15:3|| 7:1|| 5 || 1 ||'''1''' |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" |A6 ||align="left|{{SWE}} ||14:2|| 8:4|| 4:3||12:2||3:15|| * ||11:4|| 5 || 1 ||'''1''' |- |A7 ||align="left|{{WAL}} || 5:8|| 3:8|| 4:8|| 8:6|| 1:7||4:11|| * || 1 || 5 ||'''5''' |}
'''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 |- |B1 ||align="left|{{DEN}} || * ||12:4||10:6||11:1|| 8:9||2:10|| 4:7|| 3 || 3 ||'''4''' |- |B2 ||align="left|{{ENG}} ||4:12|| * ||13:3||3:15||10:12||2:12||5:16|| 1 || 5 ||'''6''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |B3 ||align="left|{{FIN}} ||6:10||3:13|| * ||6:12||4:13||2:19||3:10|| 0 || 6 ||'''7''' |- |B4 ||align="left|{{ITA}} ||1:11||15:3||12:6|| * || 8:9|| 5:7||10:11|| 2 || 4 ||'''5''' |- |B5 ||align="left|{{NED}} || 9:8||12:10||13:4|| 9:8|| * || 2:9|| 5:8|| 4 || 2 ||'''3''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |B6 ||align="left|{{SCO}} ||10:2||12:2||19:2|| 7:5|| 9:2|| * || 6:2|| 6 || 0 ||'''1''' |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |B7 ||align="left|{{SUI}} || 7:4||16:5||10:3||11:10|| 8:5|| 2:6|| * || 5 || 1 ||'''2''' |} : {{colorbox|#ffffcc}} Teams to playoffs : {{colorbox|#ccffcc}} Teams to tiebreaker
===Tiebreaker=== {{3TeamBracket |RD1 = Round 1<br>(winner to playoffs as 1st place) |RD2 = Round 2<br>(winner to playoffs as 2nd place) |RD1-omit = 3/4
|RD1-seed1 = |RD1-team1 = '''{{NOR}}''' |RD1-score1 = '''6''' |RD1-seed2 = |RD1-team2 = {{SWE}} |RD1-score2 = 4
|RD2-seed1 = |RD2-team1 = '''{{SWE}}''' |RD2-score1 = '''4''' |RD2-seed2 = |RD2-team2 = {{FRA}} |RD2-score2 = 3 }}
===Ranking games for 5th-14th places=== {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 13th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= {{AUT}} | RD1-score1= 5 | RD1-team2= '''{{FIN}}''' | RD1-score2= '''8''' }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 11th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{LUX}}''' | RD1-score1= '''13''' | RD1-team2= {{ENG}} | RD1-score2= 6 }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 9th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= {{WAL}} | RD1-score1= 4 | RD1-team2= '''{{ITA}}''' | RD1-score2= '''7''' }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 7th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= '''{{GER}}''' | RD1-score1= '''5''' | RD1-team2= {{DEN}} | RD1-score2= 3 }} {{2TeamBracket | RD1= For 5th place | seeds = no
| RD1-team1= {{FRA}} | RD1-score1= 6 | RD1-team2= '''{{NED}}''' | RD1-score2= '''8''' }}
===Playoffs=== {{4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1 = Semifinals | RD2 = Final | RD2b = Bronze game
| RD1-seed1 = A(1) | RD1-team1 = '''{{NOR}}''' | RD1-score1 = '''7''' | RD1-seed2 = B(2) | RD1-team2 = {{SUI}} | RD1-score2 = 3
| RD1-seed3 = B(1) | RD1-team3 = {{SCO}} | RD1-score3 = 3 | RD1-seed4 = A(2) | RD1-team4 = '''{{SWE}}''' | RD1-score4 = '''9'''
| RD2-seed1 = | RD2-team1 = {{NOR}} | RD2-score1 = 3 | RD2-seed2 = | RD2-team2 = '''{{SWE}}''' | RD2-score2 = '''4'''
| RD2b-seed1 = | RD2b-team1 = '''{{SUI}}''' | RD2b-score1 = '''7''' | RD2b-seed2 = | RD2b-team2 = {{SCO}} | RD2b-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|{{SWE}} ||align=left|[[Elisabeth Högström]] || 10 || 8 || 2 |- | {{silver2}} ||align=left|{{NOR}} ||align=left|[[Trine Trulsen]] || 9 || 7 || 2 |- | {{bronze3}} ||align=left|{{SUI}} ||align=left|[[Erika Müller]] || 8 || 6 || 2 |- | 4 ||align=left|{{SCO}} ||align=left|[[Isobel Torrance Jr]] || 8 || 6 || 2 |- | 5 ||align=left|{{NED}} ||align=left|[[Laura Van Imhoff]] || 7 || 5 || 2 |- | 6 ||align=left|{{FRA}} ||align=left|[[Paulette Sulpice]] || 8 || 5 || 3 |- | 7 ||align=left|{{GER}} ||align=left|[[Andrea Schöpp]] || 7 || 4 || 3 |- | 8 ||align=left|{{DEN}} ||align=left|[[Helena Blach]] || 7 || 3 || 4 |- | 9 ||align=left|{{ITA}} ||align=left|[[Maria-Grazzia Constantini]] || 7 || 3 || 4 |- | 10 ||align=left|{{WAL}} ||align=left|[[Elizabeth Hunt (curler)|Elizabeth Hunt]] || 7 || 1 || 6 |- | 11 ||align=left|{{LUX}} ||align=left|[[Cilly Schweich]] || 7 || 2 || 5 |- | 12 ||align=left|{{ENG}} ||align=left|[[Gwen French]] || 7 || 1 || 6 |- | 13 ||align=left|{{FIN}} ||align=left|[[Anne Eerikäinen]] || 7 || 1 || 6 |- | 14 ||align=left|{{AUT}} ||align=left|[[Edeltraud Koudelka]] || 7 || 1 || 6 |}
==References== {{reflist}} {{WCFevent|173|M}} {{WCFevent|257|W}}
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