2008 European Curling Championships

{{Infobox curling | Name =2008 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships | Logo = | Size = | Host city =[[Örnsköldsvik|Örnsköldsvik, Sweden]] | Arena = [[Fjällräven Center|Swedbank Arena]] | Dates = 6-13 December, 2008 | Men's winner = '''{{SCO}}''' | Curling club = Curl Aberdeen, [[Aberdeen|Aberdeen, Scotland]] | Skip = [[David Murdoch]] | Third = [[Ewan MacDonald]] | Second = [[Peter Smith (curler)|Peter Smith]] | Lead = [[Euan Byers]] | Alternate = [[Graeme Connal]] | Coach = | Finalist = {{NOR}} ([[Thomas Ulsrud]]) | Women's winner = '''{{SUI}}''' | Curling club2 = Davos CC, [[Davos|Davos, Switzerland]] | Skip2 = [[Mirjam Ott]] | Third2 = [[Carmen Schäfer (curler)|Carmen Schäfer]] | Second2 = [[Valeria Spälty]] | Lead2 = [[Janine Greiner]] | Alternate2 = [[Carmen Küng]] | Coach2 = | Finalist2 = {{SWE}} ([[Anette Norberg]]) | prev = [[2007 European Curling Championships|2007]] | next = [[2009 European Curling Championships|2009]] }} [[Image:2008 European Curling Championships.jpg|thumb|250px|Men's competitions, Draw 9]] The '''2008 [[Gruyère (cheese)|Le Gruyère]] [[European Curling Championships]]''' were held at [[Hägglunds Arena|Swedbank Arena]] in [[Örnsköldsvik]], [[Sweden]] December 6–13, 2008. In a rematch of the men's A-Group final from the [[2007 European Curling Championships]], [[David Murdoch]] led [[Scotland]] to a second straight gold medal over [[Norway]]'s [[Thomas Ulsrud]] 7–6 in an extra end. On the women's side, [[Switzerland]]'s [[Mirjam Ott]] defeated home-country favorite [[Anette Norberg]] of [[Sweden]] 5–4.

A total of 51 teams from 29 European countries competed.

== Men's Teams == === Group A ===

{|class="wikitable" |- !Nation !Skip !Third !Second !Lead !Alternate |- |{{CZE}} || [[Jiri Snitil]] || [[Jindrich Kitzberger]] || [[Martin Snitil]] || [[Marek Vydra]] || [[Karel Uher]] |- |{{DEN}} || [[Ulrik Schmidt]] || [[Johnny Frederiksen]] || [[Bo Jensen]] || [[Lars Vilandt]] || [[Mikkel Poulsen]] |- |{{FRA}} || [[Thomas Dufour]] || [[Tony Angiboust]] || [[Jan Ducroz]] || [[Raphael Mathieu]] || [[Richard Ducroz]] |- |{{GER}} || [[Andy Kapp]] || [[Andreas Lang]] || [[Uli Kapp]] || [[Holger Höhne]] || [[Andreas Kempf]] |- |{{flag|Ireland|4prov}} || [[Peter J.D. Wilson]] || [[Bill Gray (curler)|Bill Gray]] || [[Neil Fyfe]] || [[John Furey (curler)|John Furey]] || [[David Smith (Irish curler)|David Smith]] |- |{{NOR}} || [[Thomas Ulsrud]] || [[Torger Nergård]] || [[Christoffer Svae]] || [[Håvard Vad Petersson]] || [[Thomas Due]] |- |{{SCO}} || [[David Murdoch]] || [[Ewan MacDonald]] || [[Peter Smith (curler)|Peter Smith]] || [[Euan Byers]] || [[Graeme Connal]] |- |{{ESP}} || [[Antonio de Mollinedo]] || [[Martin Rios (curler)|Martin Rios]] || [[José Manuel Sangüesa]] || [[Angel Garcia (curler)|Angel Garcia]] || |- |{{SWE}} || [[Henrik Edlund]] || [[Mathias Mabergs]]* || [[Emil Marklund]] || [[David Kallin]] || [[Andreas Prytz]] |- |{{SUI}} || [[Stefan Karnusian]] || [[Christof Schwaller]] || [[Robert Hurlimann]] || [[Rolf Iseli (curler)|Rolf Iseli]] || [[Andreas Schwaller]] |} ''*Mabergs skips and throws third rocks; Edlund throws skip rocks''

{| class="wikitable" ! width="300"|Country ! width="20"|G ! width="20"|W ! width="20"|L |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{GER}} || 9 || 7 || 2 |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{NOR}} || 9 || 7 || 2 |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{SCO}} || 9 || 7 || 2 |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{SUI}} || 9 || 6 || 3 |- |{{DEN}} || 9 || 5 || 4 |- |{{CZE}} || 9 || 4 || 5 |- |{{FRA}} || 9 || 4 || 5 |- |{{SWE}} || 9 || 3 || 6 |- |{{flag|Ireland|4prov}} || 9 || 1 || 8 |- |{{ESP}} || 9 || 1 || 8 |}

''Ireland and Spain drop to the B-Group''

==== Results ==== ''All times local''

===== Draw 1 Saturday December 6, 08:00 ===== {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{SCO}} (Murdoch) | 0| 0| 2| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| |3 | team2 = {{GER}} (Kapp) {{X}} | 0| 0| 0| 0| 2| 0| 0| 2| 1| 1| |6 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{SUI}} (Karnusian) {{X}} | 0| 1| 1| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0| 4| X| |8 | team2 = {{SWE}} (Mabergs) | 0| 0| 0| 0| 2| 0| 0| 2| 0| X| |4 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{DEN}} (Schmidt) {{X}} | 1| 1| 1| 4| 0| 2| 4| X| X| X| |13 | team2 = {{ESP}} (de Mollinedo) | 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| X| X| X| |1 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{flag|Ireland|4prov}} (Wilson) | 0| 0| 3| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 1|6 | team2 = {{FRA}} (Dufour) {{X}} | 2| 0| 0| 2| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0|5 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{NOR}} (Ulsrud) | 0| 1| 2| 1| 1| 0| 4| X| X| X| |9 | team2 = {{CZE}} (Snitil) {{X}} | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| X| X| X| |1 }}

===== Draw 2 Saturday December 6, 16:00 ===== {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{flag|Ireland|4prov}} (Wilson) {{X}} | 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 3| 0| 1| 0| X| |5 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Karnusian) | 1| 1| 3| 0| 2| 0| 1| 0| 2| X| |10 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{SCO}} (Murdoch) {{X}} | 5| 2| 1| 0| 3| 2| X| X| X| X| |13 | team2 = {{ESP}} (de Mollinedo) | 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| X| X| X| X| |1 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{GER}} (Kapp) {{X}} | 0| 2| 3| 0| 3| 0| 0| 1| 2| 1| |12 | team2 = {{NOR}} (Ulsrud) | 1| 0| 0| 4| 0| 3| 0| 0| 0| 0| |8 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{DEN}} (Schmidt) | 0| 0| 2| 1| 5| 0| 2| X| X| X| |10 | team2 = {{CZE}} (Snitil) {{X}} | 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| X| X| X| |3 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{FRA}} (Dufour) {{X}} | 0| 0| 1| 0| 3| 0| 4| 0| X| X| |8 | team2 = {{SWE}} (Mabergs) | 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 1| X| X| |3 }}

===== Draw 3 Sunday December 7, 09:00 ===== {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{SWE}} (Mabergs) |0|2|0|1|0|0|0|2|2|1| |8 | team2 = {{DEN}} (Schmidt) {{X}} |1|0|1|0|1|0|3|0|0|0| |6 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{NOR}} (Ulsrud) {{X}} |2|1|0|1|1|1|0|1|3|X| |10 | team2 = {{FRA}} (Dufour) |0|0|2|0|0|0|1|0|0|X| |3 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{CZE}} (Snitil) |0|0|0|0|0|0|X|X|X|X| |0 | team2 = {{SCO}} (Murdoch) {{X}} |2|0|0|2|2|3|X|X|X|X| |9 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{SUI}} (Karnusian) {{X}} |1|1|0|3|0|3|0|X|X|X| |8 | team2 = {{GER}} (Kapp) |0|0|1|0|1|0|1|X|X|X| |3 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{ESP}} (de Mollinedo) {{X}} |0|0|1|1|0|1|0|0|4|X| |7 | team2 = {{flag|Ireland|4prov}} (Wilson) |0|1|0|0|1|0|1|1|0|X| |4 }}

===== Draw 4 Sunday December 7, 19:00 ===== {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{NOR}} (Ulsrud) {{X}} |2|0|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|1| |6 | team2 = {{SCO}} (Murdoch) |0|1|1|1|0|0|1|0|1|0| |5 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{DEN}} (Schmidt) |0|1|0|1|0|3|0|2|0|0|0|7 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Karnusian) {{X}} |1|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|2|1|1|8 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{SWE}} (Mabergs) {{X}} |0|2|0|1|1|0|3|0|3|X| |10 | team2 = {{flag|Ireland|4prov}} (Wilson) |1|0|1|0|0|1|0|1|0|X| |4 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{FRA}} (Dufour) {{X}} |2|0|2|0|0|0|2|0|1|3| |10 | team2 = {{ESP}} (de Mollinedo) |0|2|0|0|2|1|0|0|0|0| |5 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{CZE}} (Snitil) |0|2|0|1|0|1|0|0|X|X| |4 | team2 = {{GER}} (Kapp) {{X}} |2|0|3|0|1|0|2|1|X|X| |9 }}

===== Draw 5 Monday December 8, 12:00 ===== {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{CZE}} (Snitil) |0|1|0|0|1|1|0|2|1|X| |6 | team2 = {{flag|Ireland|4prov}} (Wilson) {{X}} |0|0|0|2|0|0|1|0|0|X| |3 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{ESP}} (de Mollinedo) {{X}} |0|2|0|1|0|0|1|0|X|X| |4 | team2 = {{GER}} (Kapp) |2|0|4|0|1|2|0|2|X|X| |11 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{FRA}} (Dufour) {{X}} |0|2|0|3|0|2|0|2|1|X| |10 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Karnusian) |0|0|2|0|3|0|2|0|0|X| |7 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{SWE}} (Mabergs) |0|0|2|0|0|1|0|1|X|X| |4 | team2 = {{SCO}} (Murdoch) {{X}} |0|3|0|2|2|0|1|0|X|X| |8 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{DEN}} (Schmidt) |0|0|0|1|0|0|3|0|0|X| |4 | team2 = {{NOR}} (Ulsrud) {{X}} |2|0|1|0|0|3|0|2|1|X| |9 }}

===== Draw 6 Monday December 8, 20:00 ===== {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{DEN}} (Schmidt) |0|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|0|3| |6 | team2 = {{FRA}} (Dufour) {{X}} |0|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|1|0| |3 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{SWE}} (Mabergs) |0|0|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|X| |4 | team2 = {{CZE}} (Snitil) {{X}} |0|0|2|0|3|0|2|0|2|X| |9 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{flag|Ireland|4prov}} (Wilson) |0|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|X|X| |3 | team2 = {{GER}} (Kapp) {{X}} |3|1|0|3|0|2|0|1|X|X| |10 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{ESP}} (de Mollinedo) |0|2|0|0|2|0|1|0|0|0| |5 | team2 = {{NOR}} (Ulsrud) {{X}} |1|0|0|2|0|2|0|0|0|1| |6 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{SCO}} (Murdoch) {{X}} |1|0|1|1|0|1|0|2|0|0| |6 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Karnusian) |0|1|0|0|1|0|1|0|1|1| |5 }}

===== Draw 7 Tuesday December 9, 14:00 ===== {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{ESP}} (de Mollinedo) |0|1|0|0|0|0|X|X|X|X| |1 | team2 = {{SWE}} (Mabergs) {{X}} |2|0|2|0|0|4|X|X|X|X| |8 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{flag|Ireland|4prov}} (Wilson) |2|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|X|X| |4 | team2 = {{NOR}} (Ulsrud) {{X}} |0|3|1|0|4|0|0|1|X|X| |9 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{SCO}} (Murdoch) {{X}} |3|1|0|0|1|1|0|0|0|1| |7 | team2 = {{DEN}} (Schmidt) |0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|2|0| |4 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{CZE}} (Snitil) |0|0|1|0|0|4|0|0|2|0|1|8 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Karnusian) {{X}} |2|0|0|0|1|0|0|2|0|2|0|7 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{GER}} (Kapp) |0|0|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|1| |5 | team2 = {{FRA}} (Dufour) {{X}} |0|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|1|0| |4 }}

===== Draw 8 Wednesday December 10, 09:00 ===== {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{SUI}} (Karnusian) {{X}} |0|0|3|0|1|0|0|3|0|X| |7 | team2 = {{NOR}} (Ulsrud) |0|1|0|2|0|0|0|0|1|X| |4 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{FRA}} (Dufour) {{X}} |0|0|1|0|2|0|2|0|0|0| |5 | team2 = {{SCO}} (Murdoch) |0|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|2| |6 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{ESP}} (de Mollinedo) |0|0|1|0|0|0|1|0|X|X| |2 | team2 = {{CZE}} (Snitil){{X}} |1|0|0|1|2|2|0|3|X|X| |9 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{GER}} (Kapp) {{X}} |0|2|2|2|0|4|X|X|X|X| |10 | team2 = {{SWE}} (Mabergs) |0|0|0|0|2|0|X|X|X|X| |2 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{flag|Ireland|4prov}} (Wilson) {{X}} |1|1|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|X| |5 | team2 = {{DEN}} (Schmidt) |0|0|0|3|0|3|1|0|4|X| |11 }}

===== Draw 9 Wednesday December 10, 18:30 ===== {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{FRA}} (Dufour) |0|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|1|1| |4 | team2 = {{CZE}} (Snitil) {{X}} |0|0|0|2|0|0|0|1|0|0| |3 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{GER}} (Kapp) |0|2|0|0|1|1|0|1|0|X| |5 | team2 = {{DEN}} (Schmidt) {{X}} |1|0|0|2|0|0|2|0|2|X| |7 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{NOR}} (Ulsrud) {{X}} |0|2|0|2|1|0|1|1|0|0| |7 | team2 = {{SWE}} (Mabergs) |1|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|2|1| |6 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{SCO}} (Murdoch) {{X}} |5|0|5|0|2|1|X|X|X|X| |13 | team2 = {{flag|Ireland|4prov}} (Wilson) |0|1|0|1|0|0|X|X|X|X| |2 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{SUI}} (Karnusian) |0|6|1|0|2|0|5|X|X|X| |14 | team2 = {{ESP}} (de Mollinedo) {{X}} |1|0|0|2|0|1|0|X|X|X| |4 }}

==== Playoffs ==== {{PagePlayoffBracket | RD1='''[[Page playoff system]]''' | RD2=Semifinal | RD3=Final | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1='''{{NOR}}''' | RD1-score1='''9''' | RD1-seed2=2 | RD1-team2={{GER}} | RD1-score2=7 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3='''{{SCO}}''' | RD1-score3='''6''' | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4={{SUI}} | RD1-score4=2 | RD2-seed1=2 | RD2-team1={{GER}} | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2='''{{SCO}}''' | RD2-score2='''7''' | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1={{NOR}} | RD3-score1=6 | RD3-seed2=3 | RD3-team2='''{{SCO}}''' | RD3-score2='''7''' }}

===== 1 vs. 2 game ===== Thursday, December 11, 20:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = | team1 = {{NOR}} (Ulsrud) |1|0|0|2|0|2|0|3|0|1| |9 | team2 = {{GER}} (Kapp) {{X}} |0|2|2|0|0|0|2|0|1|0| |7 }}

===== 3 vs. 4 game ===== Thursday, December 11, 20:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = | team1 = {{SUI}} (Karnusian) |0|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|X|X| |2 | team2 = {{SCO}} (Murdoch) {{X}} |2|0|0|0|0|2|2|0|X|X| |6 }}

===== Semifinal ===== Friday, December 12, 14:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = | team1 = {{GER}} (Kapp) |0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|X|X| |2 | team2 = {{SCO}} (Murdoch) {{X}} |0|2|0|0|0|3|1|1|X|X| |7 }}

===== Gold Medal Final ===== Saturday, December 13, 11:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = | team1 = {{NOR}} (Ulsrud) {{X}} |2|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|6 | team2 = {{SCO}} (Murdoch) |0|0|2|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|1|7 }}

=== Group B1 === {|class="wikitable" |- !Nation !Skip !Third !Second !Lead !Alternate |- |{{AUT}} || [[Alois Kreidl]] || [[Stefan Salinger]] || [[Hubert Gründhammer]] || [[Florian Lintner]] || [[Max Ehammer]] |- |{{BLR}} || [[Yauhen Puchkou]] || [[Dmitry Yarko]] || [[Ihar Mishaniov]] || [[Dmitry Kirillov (curler)|Dmitry Kirillov]] || [[Yauheni Fedchun]] |- |{{ENG}} || [[Andrew Reed (curler)|Andrew Reed]] || [[James Dixon (curler)|James Dixon]] || [[Thomas Jaeggi]] || [[Andrew Dixon (curler)|Andrew Dixon]] || [[John M. L. Brown]] |- |{{EST}} || [[Erkki Lill]] || [[Harri Lill]] || [[Jaanus Lindre]] || [[Indrek Ernits]] || [[Tanel Telliskivi]] |- |{{FIN}} || [[Kalle Kiiskinen]] || [[Jani Sullanmaa]] || [[Teemu Salo]] || [[Jari Rouvinen]] || [[Juha Pekaristo]] |- |{{LTU}} || [[Andrius Jurkonis]] || [[Arturas Smaliukas]] || [[Piotras Gerasimovici]] || [[Dalius Grakavinas]] || [[Vygantas Zalieckas]] |- |{{NED}} || [[Rob Vilain]] || [[Brian Doucet]] || [[Miles Maclure]] || [[Erik Dijkstra]] || [[Laurens Van Der Windt]] |- |{{POL}} || [[Krzysztof Kowalski (curler)|Krzysztof Kowalski]] || [[Wojciech Woyda]] || [[Przemysław Stachura]] || [[Bartosz Klimas]] || [[Tomasz Korolko]] |- |{{RUS}} || [[Andrey Drozdov]] || [[Alexey Stukalsky]] || [[Artem Bolduzev]] || [[Alexey Kamnev]] || [[Roman Kutuzov (curler)|Roman Kutuzov]] |}

==== Results ==== {| class="wikitable" ! width="300"|Country ! width="20"|G ! width="20"|W ! width="20"|L |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" || {{FIN}} || 8 || 8 || 0 |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" || {{NED}} || 8 || 7 || 1 |- || {{RUS}} || 8 || 6 || 2 |- || {{POL}} || 8 || 5 || 3 |- || {{ENG}} || 8 || 4 || 4 |- || {{EST}} || 8 || 3 || 5 |- || {{AUT}} || 8 || 2 || 6 |- || {{LTU}} || 8 || 1 || 7 |- || {{BLR}} || 8 || 0 || 8 |}

''All times local''

'''Draw 1''' Saturday December 6, 08:00 *'''{{AUT}} 12''', {{BLR}} 3 *'''{{ENG}} 8''', {{EST}} 5 *{{LTU}} 1, '''{{FIN}} 7''' *{{POL}} 6, '''{{NED}} 8''' '''Draw 2''' Saturday December 6, 16:00 *{{RUS}} 5, '''{{NED}} 8''' *{{LTU}} 2, '''{{POL}} 11''' *{{BLR}} 1, '''{{EST}} 14''' *{{ENG}} 3, '''{{FIN}} 7''' '''Draw 3''' Sunday December 7, 08:00 *{{BLR}} 2, '''{{FIN}} 12''' *{{EST}} 2, '''{{NED}} 7''' *{{AUT}} 9, '''{{POL}} 11''' *{{LTU}} 2, '''{{RUS}} 14''' '''Draw 4''' Sunday December 7, 16:00 *{{ENG}} 4, '''{{POL}} 7''' *'''{{AUT}} 11''', {{LTU}} 3 *{{EST}} 3, '''{{RUS}} 8''' *{{BLR}} 1, '''{{NED}} 16''' '''Draw 5''' Monday December 8, 12:00 *'''{{EST}} 8''', {{AUT}} 5 *'''{{RUS}} 13''', {{BLR}} 3 *'''{{ENG}} 9''', {{LTU}} 5 *'''{{FIN}} 10''', {{POL}} 3 '''Draw 6''' Monday December 8, 20:00 *'''{{NED}} 8''', {{LTU}} 5 *{{AUT}} 1, '''{{ENG}} 9''' *'''{{POL}} 7''', {{EST}} 6 *'''{{FIN}} 9''', {{RUS}} 3 '''Draw 7''' Tuesday December 9, 08:00 *{{POL}} 4, '''{{RUS}} 9''' *'''{{FIN}} 9''', {{AUT}} 7 *'''{{LTU}} 12''', {{BLR}} 2 *'''{{NED}} 7''', {{ENG}} 4 '''Draw 8''' Tuesday December 9, 20:00 *'''{{FIN}} 10''', {{EST}} 2 *'''{{RUS}} 10''', {{ENG}} 3 *'''{{NED}} 8''', {{AUT}} 1 *'''{{POL}} 14''', {{BLR}} 6 '''Draw 9''' Wednesday December 10, 16:00 *{{NED}} 2, '''{{FIN}} 5''' *'''{{RUS}} 8''', {{AUT}} 6 *{{BLR}} 6, '''{{ENG}} 13''' *'''{{EST}} 8''', {{LTU}} 2

=== Group B2 === {|class="wikitable" |- !Nation !Skip !Third !Second !Lead !Alternate |- |{{BEL}} || [[Thomas Suter]] || [[Marc Suter]] || [[Walter Verbüken]] || [[Dirk Heylen]] || [[Peter Suter]] |- |{{BUL}} || [[Lubomir Velinov]] || [[Stoil Georgiev]] || [[Tihomir Todorov (curler)|Tihomir Todorov]] || [[Ilian Kirilov]] || [[Nickolay Runtov]] |- |{{CRO}} || [[Alen Cadez]] || [[Dalibor Golec]] || [[Drazen Cutic]] || [[Ognjen Golubic]] || [[Davor Palcec]] |- |{{GRE}} || [[Nikolaos Zacharias]] || [[Athanassios Pantios]] || [[Georgios Arampatzis]] || [[Dimitrios Kolonas]] || [[Nicolas Sarris]] |- |{{HUN}} || [[György Nagy (curler)|György Nagy]] || [[Zsombor Rokusfalvy]] || [[Balazs Nemeth (curler)|Balazs Nemeth]] || [[Zoltan Jakab]] || [[Krisztian Barna]] |- |{{ITA}} || [[Stefano Ferronato]] || [[Carlo Alessandro Zisa]] || [[Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo]] || [[Marco Mariani (curler)|Marco Mariani]] || [[Giorgio Darin]] |- |{{LAT}} || [[Ritvars Gulbis]] || [[Ainars Gulbis]] || [[Aivars Avotins]] || [[Normunds Sarsuns]] || |- |{{SVK}} || [[Pavol Pitonak]] || [[Frantisek Pitonak]] || [[Tomas Pitonak]] || [[Peter Pitonak]] || [[Stefan Turna]] |- |{{WAL}} || [[Jamie Meikle]] || [[Stuart Hills]] || [[Andrew Tanner]] || [[James Pougher]] || [[Richard Pougher]] |}

==== Results ==== {| class="wikitable" ! width="300"|Country ! width="20"|G ! width="20"|W ! width="20"|L |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{ITA}} || 8 || 8 || 0 |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{HUN}} || 8 || 7 || 1 |- |{{WAL}} || 8 || 5 || 3 |- |{{BEL}} || 8 || 5 || 3 |- |{{LAT}} || 8 || 4 || 4 |- |{{SVK}} || 8 || 3 || 5 |- |{{BUL}} || 8 || 2 || 6 |- |{{CRO}} || 8 || 2 || 6 |- |{{GRE}} || 8 || 0 || 8 |}

''All times local''

'''Draw 1''' Saturday December 6, 08:00 *'''{{SVK}} 7''', {{WAL}} 6 '''Draw 2''' Saturday December 6, 12:00 *'''{{BEL}} 8''', {{BUL}} 3 *'''{{CRO}} 9''', {{GRE}} 7 *{{HUN}} 5, '''{{ITA}} 6''' '''Draw 3''' Saturday December 6, 20:00 *{{SVK}} 3, '''{{CRO}} 8''' *'''{{ITA}} 8''', {{WAL}} 3 *'''{{BEL}} 9''', {{LAT}} 6 *'''{{HUN}} 9''', {{BUL}} 4 '''Draw 4''' Sunday December 7, 08:00 *'''{{ITA}} 12''', {{BEL}} 4 *'''{{HUN}} 6''', {{CRO}} 5 '''Draw 5''' Sunday December 7, 12:00 *{{BUL}} 3, '''{{LAT}} 6''' *{{GRE}} 4, '''{{SVK}} 8''' '''Draw 6''' Sunday December 7, 20:00 *'''{{BUL}} 8''', {{GRE}} 5 *'''{{HUN}} 8''', {{BEL}} 4 *{{CRO}} 7, '''{{WAL}} 9''' *{{LAT}} 6, '''{{ITA}} 9''' '''Draw 7''' Monday December 8, 08:00 *'''{{HUN}} 10''', {{SVK}} 6 *{{GRE}} 1, '''{{ITA}} 11''' *{{CRO}} 5, '''{{LAT}} 7''' *'''{{WAL}} 7''', {{BEL}} 4 '''Draw 8''' Monday December 8, 16:00 *'''{{WAL}} 8''', {{LAT}} 6 *'''{{ITA}} 7''', {{CRO}} 2 *{{GRE}} 1, '''{{HUN}} 9''' *{{BUL}} 2, '''{{SVK}} 8''' '''Draw 9''' Tuesday December 9, 16:00 *{{CRO}} 4, '''{{BEL}} 8''' *'''{{LAT}} 12''', {{GRE}} 1 *'''{{WAL}} 10''', {{BUL}} 7 *{{SVK}} 1, '''{{ITA}} 12''' '''Draw 10''' Wednesday December 10, 08:00 *{{WAL}} 2, '''{{HUN}} 8''' *'''{{LAT}} 9''', {{SVK}} 2 *'''{{BUL}} 8''', {{CRO}} 6 *'''{{BEL}} 7''', {{GRE}} 3 '''Draw 11''' Wednesday December 10, 20:00 *{{LAT}} 3, '''{{HUN}} 8''' *{{SVK}} 5, '''{{BEL}} 7''' *'''{{WAL}} 13''', {{GRE}} 8 *'''{{ITA}} 6''', {{BUL}} 2

=== Group B Playoffs === {{PagePlayoffBracket | RD1='''[[Page playoff system]]''' | RD2=Semifinal | RD3=Final | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1='''{{FIN}}''' | RD1-score1='''8''' | RD1-seed2=2 | RD1-team2={{ITA}} | RD1-score2=3 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3={{NED}} | RD1-score3=8 | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4='''{{HUN}}''' | RD1-score4='''9''' | RD2-seed1=2 | RD2-team1='''{{ITA}}''' | RD2-score1='''6''' | RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2={{HUN}} | RD2-score2=4 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1='''{{FIN}}''' | RD3-score1='''9''' | RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2={{ITA}} | RD3-score2=2 }}

''Finland and Italy advance to the A-Group''

=== World Challenge Games === Friday, December 12, 20:00 *{{SWE}} 5, '''{{FIN}} 6'''

Saturday, December 13, 09:00 *'''{{SWE}} 6''', {{FIN}} 1

Saturday, December 13, 14:00 *'''{{FIN}} 7''', {{SWE}} 5

== Women's Teams == === Group A === {|class="wikitable" |- !Nation !Skip !Third !Second !Lead !Alternate |- |{{CZE}} || [[Kateřina Urbanová]] || [[Lenka Černovská]] || [[Jana Šafaříková]] || [[Dana Chabičovská]] || [[Zuzana Hájková]] |- |{{DEN}} || [[Madeleine Dupont]] || [[Denise Dupont]] || [[Angelina Jensen]]* || [[Camilla Jensen]] || [[Ane Håkansson Hansen|Ane Hansen]] |- |{{ENG}} || [[Kirsty Balfour (curler)|Kirsty Balfour]] || [[Caroline Reed]] || [[Claire Greenwood]] || [[Sarah McVey]] || [[Suzie Law]] |- |{{GER}} || [[Andrea Schöpp]] || [[Monika Wagner]] || [[Melanie Robillard]] || [[Stella Heiss]] || [[Christina Haller]] |- |{{ITA}} || [[Diana Gaspari]] || [[Giorgia Appolonio]] || [[Violetta Caldart]] || [[Elettra de Col]] || [[Lucrezia Salvai]] |- |{{NED}} || [[Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon]] || [[Margrietha Voskuilen]] || [[Ester Romijn]] || [[Idske de Jong]] || [[Marianne Neeleman]] |- |{{RUS}} || [[Ludmila Privivkova]] || [[Olga Jarkova]] || [[Nkeiruka Ezekh]] || [[Ekaterina Galkina]] || [[Margarita Fomina]] |- |{{SCO}} || [[Kelly Wood]] || [[Jackie Lockhart]] || [[Lorna Vevers]] || [[Lindsay Wood (curler)|Lindsay Wood]] || [[Eve Muirhead]] |- |{{SWE}} || [[Anette Norberg]] || [[Eva Lund]] || [[Cathrine Lindahl]] || [[Anna Le Moine|Anna Svärd]] || [[Kajsa Bergström]] |- |{{SUI}} || [[Mirjam Ott]] || [[Carmen Schäfer (curler)|Carmen Schäfer]] || [[Valeria Spälty]] || [[Janine Greiner]] || [[Carmen Küng]] |} ''*Jensen skips and throws second rocks; D. Dupont throws third rocks and M. Dupont throws skip rocks''

{| class="wikitable" ! width="300"|Country ! width="20"|G ! width="20"|W ! width="20"|L |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{SUI}} || 9 || 7 || 2 |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{SWE}} || 9 || 7 || 2 |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{DEN}} || 9 || 6 || 3 |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{GER}} || 9 || 6 || 3 |- |{{ITA}} || 9 || 5 || 4 |- |{{SCO}} || 9 || 5 || 4 |- |{{RUS}} || 9 || 4 || 5 |- |{{ENG}} || 9 || 2 || 7 |- |{{NED}} || 9 || 2 || 7 |- |{{CZE}} || 9 || 1 || 8 |}

''Netherlands and Czech Republic drop to the B-Group''

==== Results ==== ''All times local''

'''Draw 1''' Saturday December 6, 12:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{SWE}} (Norberg) | 0| 1| 1| 0| 2| 0| 4| X| X| X| |8 | team2 = {{DEN}} (Jensen) {{X}} | 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| X| X| X| |2 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{RUS}} (Privivkova) | 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0| 3| 2| 0| 1| |8 | team2 = {{ITA}} (Gaspari) {{X}} | 2| 0| 3| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| |7 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{CZE}} (Urbanova) | 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 2| 0| X| |3 | team2 = {{SCO}} (Wood) {{X}} | 1| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 4| 0| 3| X| |10 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{SUI}} (Ott) {{X}} | 1| 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| 1| 0|6 | team2 = {{GER}} (Schöpp) | 0| 1| 0| 0| 2| 1| 0| 2| 0| 0| 1|7 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{ENG}} (Balfour) | 0| 0| 0| 0| 3| 0| 1| 0| 1| 1| |6 | team2 = {{NED}} (Leibbrandt-Demmon) {{X}} | 1| 1| 2| 1| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0| |7 }}

'''Draw 2''' Saturday December 6, 20:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{RUS}} (Privivkova) | 0| 1| 0| 0| 2| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| |4 | team2 = {{SCO}} (Wood) {{X}} | 2| 0| 1| 2| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 2| |9 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{DEN}} (Jensen) | 0| 1| 2| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| X| |5 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Ott) {{X}} | 2| 0| 0| 3| 1| 2| 0| 0| 2| X| |10 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{SWE}} (Norberg) {{X}} | 2| 1| 2| 5| 0| 0| 2| X| X| X| |12 | team2 = {{NED}} (Leibbrandt-Demmon) | 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| X| X| X| |2 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{ITA}} (Gaspari) {{X}} | 2| 1| 0| 2| 0| 0| 2| 0| 2| 0| |9 | team2 = {{ENG}} (Balfour) | 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| 1| 0| 2| 0| 1| |6 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{CZE}} (Urbanova) | 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| |3 | team2 = {{GER}} (Schöpp) {{X}} | 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 3| 0| 1| 1| 0| |7 }}

'''Draw 3''' Sunday December 7, 14:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{CZE}} (Urbanova) {{X}} |0|1|0|2|0|2|0|1|0|0| |6 | team2 = {{NED}} (Leibbrandt-Demmon) |1|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|2|1| |7 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{ENG}} (Balfour) {{X}} |1|0|2|0|0|0|0|2|1|2| |8 | team2 = {{GER}} (Schöpp) |0|2|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0| |3 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{ITA}} (Gaspari) {{X}} |1|0|0|1|0|1|0|2|0|2| |7 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Ott) |0|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|1|0| |4 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{SWE}} (Norberg) {{X}} |2|0|0|2|0|1|0|0|2|1|1|9 | team2 = {{SCO}} (Wood) |0|2|1|0|1|0|0|4|0|0|0|8 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{DEN}} (Jensen) | 4| 0| 0| 0| 0| 4| 0| X| X| X| |8 | team2 = {{RUS}} (Privivkova) {{X}} | 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| X| X| X| |1 }}

'''Draw 4''' Monday December 8, 08:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{DEN}} (Jensen) {{X}} |0|2|1|0|0|0|1|0|1|1| |6 | team2 = {{ITA}} (Gaspari) |1|0|0|0|1|1|0|2|0|0| |5 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{SWE}} (Norberg) |1|0|0|2|1|0|0|2|0|X| |6 | team2 = {{CZE}} (Urbanova) {{X}} |0|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|X| |3 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{NED}} (Leibbrandt-Demmon) |0|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|1| |3 | team2 = {{GER}} (Schöpp) {{X}} |1|0|1|0|2|0|0|0|2|0| |6 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{ENG}} (Balfour) {{X}} |1|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|X|X| |2 | team2 = {{RUS}} (Privivkova) |0|1|0|2|0|2|1|3|X|X| |9 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{SCO}} (Wood) |0|0|0|0|1|0|2|1|0|0| |4 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Ott) {{X}} |0|0|2|1|0|2|0|0|1|1| |7 }}

'''Draw 5''' Monday December 8, 16:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{ENG}} (Balfour) |0|0|0|1|0|0|X|X|X|X| |1 | team2 = {{SWE}} (Norberg) {{X}} |4|0|2|0|2|2|X|X|X|X| |10 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{NED}} (Leibbrandt-Demmon) {{X}} |3|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|0| |6 | team2 = {{RUS}} (Privivkova) |0|2|0|2|0|1|0|1|1|2| |9 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{SCO}} (Wood) {{X}} |0|0|0|2|2|1|1|0|3|X| |9 | team2 = {{DEN}} (Jensen) |2|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|X| |5 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{CZE}} (Urbanova) {{X}} |1|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|0|0| |3 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Ott) |0|0|0|0|1|0|1|1|1|1| |5 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{GER}} (Schöpp) |2|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0| |5 | team2 = {{ITA}} (Gaspari) {{X}} |0|1|1|0|1|0|1|1|0|1| |6 }}

'''Draw 6''' Tuesday December 9, 09:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{SUI}} (Ott) {{X}} |0|1|0|3|0|1|0|1|0|3| |9 | team2 = {{RUS}} (Privivkova) |0|0|2|0|1|0|1|0|0|0| |4 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{ITA}} (Gaspari) {{X}} |2|0|0|0|0|3|0|0|0|4| |9 | team2 = {{SCO}} (Wood) |0|2|2|1|1|0|1|0|0|0| |7 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{ENG}} (Balfour) {{X}} |0|0|2|0|0|4|0|0|2|X| |8 | team2 = {{CZE}} (Urbanova) |0|0|0|0|0|0|1|2|0| | |3 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{GER}} (Schöpp) {{X}} |3|0|1|0|5|4|X|X|X|X| |13 | team2 = {{SWE}} (Norberg) |0|2|0|2|0|0|X|X|X|X| |4 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{NED}} (Leibbrandt-Demmon) |0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|0| |3 | team2 = {{DEN}} (Jensen) {{X}} |1|0|3|0|0|0|0|1|0|2| |7 }}

'''Draw 7''' Tuesday December 9, 18:30 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{ITA}} (Gaspari) {{X}} |0|1|0|0|1|1|0|0|2|2| |7 | team2 = {{CZE}} (Urbanova) |0|0|0|3|0|0|1|4|0|0| |8 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{GER}} (Schöpp) |0|0|1|0|2|1|0|1|0|1|0|6 | team2 = {{DEN}} (Jensen) {{X}} |1|0|0|2|0|0|1|0|2|0|1|7 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{RUS}} (Privivkova) |0|0|1|0|2|1|1|0|0|0| |5 | team2 = {{SWE}} (Norberg) {{X}} |1|1|0|2|0|0|0|2|1|1| |8 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{SCO}} (Wood) {{X}} |2|2|2|0|0|1|0|3|X|X| |10 | team2 = {{NED}} (Leibbrandt-Demmon) |0|0|0|1|1|0|1|0|X|X| |3 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{SUI}} (Ott) {{X}} |3|0|0|3|3|3|X|X|X|X| |12 | team2 = {{ENG}} (Balfour) |0|1|0|0|0|0|X|X|X|X| |1 }}

'''Draw 8''' Wednesday December 10, 14:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{SCO}} (Wood) |0|2|0|1|0|1|0|0|2|0| |6 | team2 = {{GER}} (Schöpp) {{X}} |3|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|0|3| |9 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{SUI}} (Ott) |0|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|3|X| |7 | team2 = {{SWE}} (Norberg) {{X}} |0|0|2|0|0|1|1|0|0|X| |4 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{DEN}} (Jensen) {{X}} |0|0|1|1|0|3|0|1|0|1| |7 | team2 = {{ENG}} (Balfour) |1|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|2|0| |5 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{NED}} (Leibbrandt-Demmon) |0|1|0|2|0|1|0|0|1|X| |5 | team2 = {{ITA}} (Gaspari) {{X}} |1|0|1|0|1|0|2|2|0|X| |7 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{RUS}} (Privivkova) {{X}} |2|0|0|3|0|2|0|0|2|0|1|10 | team2 = {{CZE}} (Urbanova) |0|2|1|0|1|0|1|0|0|4|0|9 }}

'''Draw 9''' Thursday December 11, 08:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = A | team1 = {{NED}} (Leibbrandt-Demmon) {{X}} |0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|X| |3 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Ott) |1|0|1|0|0|5|0|0|1|X| |8 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{SCO}} (Wood) |1|0|2|1|0|3|0|0|2|X| |9 | team2 = {{ENG}} (Balfour) {{X}} |0|1|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|X| |4 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{GER}} (Schöpp) {{X}} |0|2|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|1| |6 | team2 = {{RUS}} (Privivkova) |0|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|1|0| |4 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{DEN}} (Jensen) |0|0|1|1|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|5 | team2 = {{CZE}} (Urbanova) {{X}} |1|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|1|0|4 }} {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{ITA}} (Gaspari) |0|1|0|0|1|0|0|X|X|X| |2 | team2 = {{SWE}} (Norberg) {{X}} |2|0|3|1|0|1|2|X|X|X| |9 }}

'''Tiebreaker''' Thursday December 11, 15:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{NED}} (Leibbrandt-Demmon) |0|0|0|2|0|1|2|0|1|0| |6 | team2 = {{ENG}} (Balfour) {{X}} |1|1|2|0|1|0|0|1|0|1| |7 }}

==== Playoffs ==== {{PagePlayoffBracket | RD1='''[[Page playoff system]]''' | RD2=Semifinal | RD3=Final | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1='''{{SUI}}''' | RD1-score1='''8''' | RD1-seed2=2 | RD1-team2={{SWE}} | RD1-score2=4 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3='''{{DEN}}''' | RD1-score3='''8''' | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4={{GER}} | RD1-score4=7 | RD2-seed1=2 | RD2-team1='''{{SWE}}''' | RD2-score1='''8''' | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2={{DEN}} | RD2-score2=7 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1='''{{SUI}}''' | RD3-score1='''5''' | RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2={{SWE}} | RD3-score2=4 }}

===== 1 vs. 2 game ===== Thursday, December 11, 20:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = | team1 = {{SWE}} (Norberg) |0|0|0|1|0|2|1|0|0|0| |4 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Ott) {{X}} |0|0|2|0|1|0|0|2|1|2| |8 }}

===== 3 vs. 4 game ===== Thursday, December 11, 20:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = | team1 = {{DEN}} (Jensen) {{X}} |1|0|1|0|3|0|0|1|1|0|1|8 | team2 = {{GER}} (Schöpp) |0|2|0|2|0|2|0|0|0|1|0|7 }}

===== Semifinal ===== Friday, December 12, 19:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = | team1 = {{SWE}} (Norberg) {{X}} |2|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|4|0| |8 | team2 = {{DEN}} (Jensen) |0|2|0|0|2|1|0|1|0|1| |7 }}

===== Gold Medal Final ===== Saturday, December 13, 15:00 {{ Curlingbox | sheet = | team1 = {{SWE}} (Norberg) |0|1|0|1|1|0|0|1|0|0| |4 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Ott) {{X}} |2|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|0|1| |5 }}

=== Group B1 === {|class="wikitable" |- !Nation !Skip !Third !Second !Lead !Alternate |- |{{AUT}} || [[Karina Toth]] || [[Constanze Hummelt]] || [[Jasmin Seidl]] || [[Alexandra Bruckmiller]] || [[Verena Hagenbuchner]] |- |{{CRO}} || [[Katarina Radonic]] || [[Nikolina Petric]] || [[Marta Muzdalo]] || [[Zrinka Muhek]] || [[Slavica Roso]] |- |{{HUN}} || [[Ildiko Szekeres]] || [[Alexandra Beres]] || [[Gyöngyi Nagy]] || [[Boglárka Ádám]] || |- |{{LAT}} || [[Iveta Staša-Šaršūne]] || [[Ieva Krusta]] || [[Una Grava-Germane]] || [[Zanda Bikše]] || [[Dace Munča]] |- |{{NOR}} || [[Marianne Rorvik]] || [[Henriette Løvar]] || [[Ingrid Stensrud]] || [[Kristin Skaslien]] || [[Kristin Tøsse Løvseth|Kristin Løvseth]] |}

==== Results ==== {| class="wikitable" ! width="300"|Country ! width="20"|G ! width="20"|W ! width="20"|L |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{NOR}} || 4 || 4 || 0 |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{HUN}} || 4 || 3 || 1 |- |{{LAT}} || 4 || 2 || 2 |- |{{AUT}} || 4 || 1 || 3 |- |{{CRO}} || 4 || 0 || 4 |}

''All times local''

'''Draw 1''' Saturday December 6, 12:00 *{{LAT}} 7, '''{{HUN}} 10''' *'''{{AUT}} 8''', {{CRO}} 6

'''Draw 2''' Sunday December 7, 16:00 *{{LAT}} 3, '''{{NOR}} 6'''

'''Draw 3''' Sunday December 7, 20:00 *{{CRO}} 4, '''{{HUN}} 11'''

'''Draw 4''' Monday December 8, 16:00 *'''{{HUN}} 9''', {{AUT}} 8

'''Draw 5''' Monday December 8, 20:00 *{{CRO}} 5, '''{{NOR}} 12'''

'''Draw 6''' Tuesday December 9, 12:00 *'''{{NOR}} 7''', {{AUT}} 6 *{{CRO}} 5, '''{{LAT}} 9'''

'''Draw 7''' Wednesday December 10, 12:00 *{{AUT}} 5, '''{{LAT}} 7''' *'''{{NOR}} 7''', {{HUN}} 4

=== Group B2 === {|class="wikitable" |- !Nation !Skip !Third !Second !Lead !Alternate |- |{{EST}} || [[Kristiine Lill]] || [[Ööle Janson]] || [[Katrin Kuusk]] || [[Marju Velga]] || |- |{{FIN}} || [[Ellen Vogt]] || [[Laura Kröger]] || [[Riikka Louhivuori]] || [[Paula Lehtomäki (curling player)|Paula Lehtomäki]] || [[Elisa Alatalo]] |- |{{FRA}} || [[Sandrine Morand]] || [[Delphine Charlet]] || [[Brigitte Mathieu]] || [[Alexandra Seimbille]] || [[Pauline Jeanneret]] |- |{{POL}} || [[Marta Szeliga-Frynia]] || [[Katarzyna Wicik]] || [[Agnieszka Ogrodniczek]] || [[Marianna Das]] || [[Maria Klus]] |- |{{SVK}} || [[Barbora Vojtusova]] || [[Gabriela Kajanova]] || [[Katarina Langova]] || [[Zuzana Axamitova]] || [[Daniela Matulova]] |- |{{ESP}} || [[Estrella Labrador Amo]] || [[Irantzu Garcia]] || [[Sorkunde Vez Bilbao]] || [[Maria Fernandez Picado]] || [[Elena Altuna Lopez]] |}

==== Results ==== {| class="wikitable" ! width="300"|Country ! width="20"|G ! width="20"|W ! width="20"|L |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{FIN}} || 5 || 4 || 1 |- bgcolor="#ffffcc" |{{POL}} || 5 || 3 || 2 |- |{{EST}} || 5 || 3 || 2 |- |{{SVK}} || 5 || 2 || 3 |- |{{FRA}} || 5 || 2 || 3 |- |{{ESP}} || 5 || 1 || 4 |}

''All times local''

'''Draw 1''' Saturday December 6, 16:00 *{{ESP}} 4, '''{{EST}} 12''' *{{FRA}} 6, '''{{FIN}} 7'''

'''Draw 2''' Saturday December 6, 20:00 *{{SVK}} 3, '''{{POL}} 5'''

'''Draw 3''' Sunday December 7, 12:00 *{{EST}} 3, '''{{FIN}} 7''' *{{FRA}} 5, '''{{POL}} 7''' *'''{{SVK}} 8''', {{ESP}} 4

'''Draw 4''' Monday December 8, 08:00 *{{FIN}} 1, '''{{ESP}} 11'''

'''Draw 5''' Monday December 8, 12:00 *'''{{SVK}} 9''', {{FRA}} 1 *'''{{EST}} 6''', {{POL}} 3

'''Draw 6''' Tuesday December 9, 12:00 *'''{{FIN}} 8''', {{SVK}} 3 *{{EST}} 2, '''{{FRA}} 9''' *'''{{POL}} 9''', {{ESP}} 3

'''Draw 7''' Wednesday December 10, 12:00 *{{POL}} 5, '''{{FIN}} 6''' *{{SVK}} 4, '''{{EST}} 9''' *{{ESP}} 7, '''{{FRA}} 8'''

'''Tiebreaker''' Wednesday December 10, 20:00 *{{EST}} 1, '''{{POL}} 8'''

=== Group B Playoffs === {{PagePlayoffBracket | RD1='''[[Page playoff system]]''' | RD2=Semifinal | RD3=Final | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1='''{{NOR}}''' | RD1-score1='''10''' | RD1-seed2=2 | RD1-team2={{FIN}} | RD1-score2=6 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3='''{{HUN}}''' | RD1-score3='''6''' | RD1-seed4=4 | RD1-team4={{POL}} | RD1-score4=4 | RD2-seed1=2 | RD2-team1='''{{FIN}}''' | RD2-score1='''7''' | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2={{HUN}} | RD2-score2=5 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1='''{{NOR}}''' | RD3-score1='''9''' | RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2={{FIN}} | RD3-score2=3 }}

''Norway and Finland advance to the A-Group''

=== World Challenge Games === Friday, December 12, 20:00 *'''{{NOR}} 10''', {{ENG}} 1

Saturday, December 13, 09:00 *'''{{ENG}} 7''', {{NOR}} 4

Saturday, December 13, 14:00 *'''{{NOR}} 10''', {{ENG}} 9

== Broadcasting == There is news that the Swedish national television [[Sveriges Television|SVT]] will broadcast four round robin games involving Sweden and follow Sweden through the play-off rounds.<ref>[http://www.ecc2008.se/en/news.cfm?ID=19 The EC in curling covered live by the Swedish Television] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812235322/http://www.ecc2008.se/en/news.cfm?ID=19 |date=2010-08-12 }}</ref> The event will also be broadcast throughout Europe by [[Eurosport]].

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == {{WCFevent|253|M}} {{WCFevent|254|W}} * [http://www.ecc2008.se/en/ Official Website of the 2008 European Curling Championships]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120219084612/http://www.cuponline.nu/information.asp?cupid=195 Online results, teams, groups and statistics] (web archive) * [http://www.ecf-web.org/ European Curling Federation] * [http://www.svt.se/ SVT]

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