{{Infobox curling | Name = 2010 Le Gruyère <br /> European Curling Championship | Logo = Curling2010.jpg | Size = 150px | Host city = [[Champéry]], [[Switzerland]] | Arena = [[Palladium de Champéry]] | Dates = December 3–11, 2010 | Men's winner = '''{{NOR}}''' | Curling club = Snarøen CC, [[Oslo]] | Skip = [[Thomas Ulsrud]] | Third = [[Torger Nergård]] | Second = [[Christoffer Svae]] | Lead = [[Håvard Vad Petersson]] | Alternate = [[Markus Høiberg]] | Finalist = {{DEN}} ([[Rasmus Stjerne]]) | Women's winner = '''{{SWE}}''' | Curling club2 = | Skip2 = [[Stina Viktorsson]] | Third2 = [[Christina Bertrup]] | Second2 = [[Maria Wennerström]] | Lead2 = [[Margaretha Sigfridsson]] | Alternate2 = [[Agnes Knochenhauer]] | Finalist2 = {{SCO}} ([[Eve Muirhead]]) | prev = [[2009 European Curling Championships|2009]] | next = [[2011 European Curling Championships|2011]] }} {{2010ECC}} The '''2010 [[La Gruyere|Le Gruyère]] [[European Curling Championships]]''' were held in [[Champéry]], [[Switzerland]] from December 3–11, 2010.<ref name="hostnews">{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldcurling.org/champery-switzerland-ready-to-host-2010-le-gruyere-european-curling-championships |title=World Curling Federation - Champéry, Switzerland ready to host 2010 le Gruyère European Curling Championships |access-date=2011-02-21 |archive-date=2011-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109141550/http://www.worldcurling.org/champery-switzerland-ready-to-host-2010-le-gruyere-european-curling-championships |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Group C matches took place from September 24–28 at the [[Greenacres Ice Rink]] in [[Howwood]], [[Scotland]]. The winners of the Group C matches advanced to the Group B playoffs in [[Monthey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/rccc/index.cfm/rccc-news/european-mixed-championship/|title=EMCC & ECC Group C announcement|publisher=[[Royal Caledonian Curling Club]]}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Group A round robin matches took place from December 4–11 at the [[Palladium de Champéry]] in Champéry, while the Group B matches took place at the [[Verney Arena]] in Monthey.
Sweden's [[Stina Viktorsson]] won the gold medal when her rink defeated the [[Eve Muirhead]] rink from Scotland. Switzerland's [[Mirjam Ott]] won the bronze medal game over Russia's [[Liudmila Privivkova]] in 9 ends.<ref name="womenfinal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldcurling.org/ecc-2010-womens-finals--bronze-game |title=World Curling Federation - ECC 2010 Women's Finals & Bronze Game |access-date=2011-02-21 |archive-date=2011-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205195407/http://www.worldcurling.org/ecc-2010-womens-finals--bronze-game |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Thomas Ulsrud]] rink from Norway won in the final over [[Rasmus Stjerne]]'s rink from [[Denmark]], which played surprisingly well at the championships this year. Switzerland's [[Christof Schwaller]] won the bronze medal after defeating Germany's [[Andy Kapp]].<ref name="menfinal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldcurling.org/ecc-2010-mens-finals--bronze-game |title=World Curling Federation - ECC 2010 Men's Finals & Bronze Game |access-date=2011-02-21 |archive-date=2011-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205201204/http://www.worldcurling.org/ecc-2010-mens-finals--bronze-game |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Six women's teams qualified for the [[2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship|2011 World Women's Curling Championship]] in [[Esbjerg]], [[Denmark]]. They are: [[Sweden]], [[Scotland]], [[Switzerland]], [[Russia]], [[Norway]], and the [[Czech Republic]] (who defeated [[Latvia]] in the [[2010 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament#World Challenge|World Challenge]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wwcc2011.com/european-teams-qualify-for-wwcc2011 |title = World Womens Curling Championship 2011 - European teams qualify for Capital One WWCC 2011 |access-date=2011-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303081814/http://www.wwcc2011.com/european-teams-qualify-for-wwcc2011 |archive-date=2011-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Only six nations qualified because the host ([[Denmark]]) and the defending champion ([[Germany]]) are automatically qualified. Eight men's teams qualified for the [[2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship]] in [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]], [[Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]]. They are: [[Norway]], [[Denmark]], [[Switzerland]], [[Germany]], [[Scotland]], [[Czech Republic]], [[France]] (who defeated [[Italy]] in the [[2010 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament#World Challenge|World Challenge]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sscurling.blogspot.com/2010/12/2011-ford-world-mens-curling.html|title = 2011 Ford® World Men's Curling Championship - European Qualifies}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.curling.ca/2010/12/20/qualifying-countries-announced-for-2011-ford-world-mens-cc/|title = Curling Canada | Qualifying countries announced for 2011 Ford World Men's CC}}</ref>
The 2010 European Curling Championships marked the first European curling tournament that [[Turkey]] was represented at.<ref name="hostnews"/><ref>http://www.royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/rccc/index.cfm/rccc-news/european-mixed-championship/{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Turkey]] was represented by a men's and women's berth, and their women's berth advanced to the B Group of the championships.
==Schedule== {|class="wikitable" |- !width="100" rowspan=2|Date !colspan=2|Group A !colspan=2|Group B |- !width="150"|Event !width="60"|Time !width="150"|Event !width="60"|Time |- |December 3 <br /> ''Friday'' ||colspan=4 align=center| ''Opening Ceremony'' |- |December 4 <br /> ''Saturday'' || Round Robin - Draw || 08:00 (W) <br /> 12:00 (M) <br /> 16:00 (W) <br /> 20:00 (M) || Round Robin - Draw || 08:00 (M) <br /> 12:00 (W) <br /> 16:00 (M) <br /> 20:00 (W) |- |December 5 <br /> ''Sunday''|| Round Robin - Draw || 11:00 (W) <br /> 16:00 (M) <br /> 20:00 (W) || Round Robin - Draw || 08:00 (M) <br /> 12:00 (W) <br /> 16:00 (M) <br /> 20:00 (W) |- |December 6 <br /> ''Monday'' || Round Robin - Draw || 08:00 (M) <br /> 12:00 (W) <br /> 16:00 (M) <br /> 20:00 (W) || Round Robin - Draw || 08:00 (M) <br /> 12:00 (W) <br /> 16:00 (M) <br /> 20:00 (W) |- |December 7 <br /> ''Tuesday'' || Round Robin - Draw || 10:00 (M) <br /> 15:00 (W) <br /> 19:00 (M) || Round Robin - Draw || 08:00 (M) <br /> 12:00 (W) <br /> 16:00 (M) <br /> 20:00 (W) |- |December 8 <br /> ''Wednesday'' || Round Robin - Draw || 10:00 (W) <br /> 16:00 (M) <br /> 20:00 (W) || Round Robin - Draw || 08:00 (M) <br /> 12:00 (W) <br /> 16:00 (M) |- |rowspan=3| December 9 <br /> ''Thursday'' || Round Robin - Draw || 8:00 (M) ||rowspan=3 colspan=2| Tiebreaks <br /> Playoffs |- | Tiebreaks || 12:00 (more if needed) |- |rowspan=2| Play-offs ||rowspan=2| 20:00 <br /> 9:00 |- |rowspan=2| December 10 <br /> ''Friday'' ||rowspan=2| Semifinals <br /> Finals ||rowspan=2| 8:00 <br /> 13:00 |- | Semifinals || 16:00 <br /> 20:00 |- |rowspan=3| December 11 <br /> ''Saturday'' || Bronze Final || 8:00 || Bronze Final || 9:30 |- | Finals || 12:00 (W) <br /> 16:00 (M) || Challenge World Championships || 9:30 <br /> 14:00 |- |colspan=4 align=center| ''Closing Ceremony'' |}
==Men's tournament== {{Main|2010 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament}}
===Group A=== 10 men's berths were qualified for Group A, including defending champions [[Sweden]] and [[2009 European Curling Championships#Group B Playoffs|last year's B Group]] qualifiers ([[Russia]] and the [[Netherlands]]).
====Results==== [[Switzerland]], [[Norway]], and [[Germany]] finished the round-robin with a 7–2 win–loss record, while [[Denmark]] finished with a 6–3 record. Switzerland was defeated by Norway 4–5 in the tenth end and Denmark defeated Germany 10–5 with a game-ending 5-point end in the page playoffs. Norway moved on to the gold final, while Denmark was able to defeat Switzerland in the semifinal, 9–7. Denmark faced Norway in the final, where Norway won 5–3, while Switzerland won over Germany, 7–4.<ref name="menfinal"/>
{{PagePlayoffBracket | RD1='''[[Page playoff system]]''' | RD2=Semifinal | RD3=Gold Medal Game | RD1-seed1= 1 | RD1-team1= {{SUI}} | RD1-score1= 4 | RD1-seed2= 2 | RD1-team2= '''{{NOR}}''' | RD1-score2= '''5''' | RD1-seed3= 3 | RD1-team3= {{GER}} | RD1-score3= 5 | RD1-seed4= 4 | RD1-team4= '''{{DEN}}''' | RD1-score4= '''10''' | RD2-seed1= 1 | RD2-team1= {{SUI}} | RD2-score1= 7 | RD2-seed2= 4 | RD2-team2= '''{{DEN}}''' | RD2-score2= '''9''' | RD3-seed1= 2 | RD3-team1= '''{{NOR}}''' | RD3-score1= '''5''' | RD3-seed2= 4 | RD3-team2= {{DEN}} | RD3-score2= 3 }} {{ 2TeamBracket | RD1 = Bronze Medal Game | RD1-seed1= 1 | RD1-team1= '''{{SUI}}''' | RD1-score1= '''7''' | RD1-seed2= 3 | RD1-team2= {{GER}} | RD1-score2= 4 }}
;Gold Medal Game ''Saturday, December 11, 16:00'' {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{NOR}} (Ulsrud) {{X}} | 1|0|0|1|0|0|2|0|0|1| |5 | team2 = {{DEN}} (Stjerne) | 0|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|1|0| |3 }}
;Bronze Medal Game ''Saturday, December 11, 8:00'' {{ Curlingbox | sheet = B | team1 = {{SUI}} (Schwaller) {{X}} | 1|0|2|0|0|1|1|0|2|X| |7 | team2 = {{GER}} (Kapp) | 0|1|0|2|0|0|0|1|0|X| |4 }}
===Group B=== 16 men's berths were qualified for Group B, including the teams advancing from Group C (Slovakia and Belarus) and the teams relegated from [[2009 European Curling Championships#Group A|last year's A Group]] ([[Finland]] and [[Italy]]). They are split into two eight-team groups (B1 and B2).
====Results==== [[Latvia]] and [[Ireland]] finished at the top of Group B1, while [[Italy]] and [[Slovakia]] finished at the top of their groups. In the page playoffs, Latvia won over Italy 9–5, while Ireland defeated Slovakia 8–2. Italy won over Ireland 6–5 in 11 ends to advance to the final and face Latvia once more. This time, Italy was able to win over Latvia in an extra end, 10–7. Ireland won over Slovakia in 8 ends, 9–2.<ref name="menfinal"/>
{{PagePlayoffBracket | RD1='''[[Page playoff system]]''' | RD2=Semifinal | RD3=Gold Medal Game | seed-width=30
| RD1-seed1=B1-1 | RD1-team1='''{{LAT}}''' | RD1-score1= '''9''' | RD1-seed2=B2-1 | RD1-team2={{ITA}} | RD1-score2= 5 | RD1-seed3=B1-2 | RD1-team3='''{{IRL4}}''' | RD1-score3= '''8''' | RD1-seed4=B2-2 | RD1-team4={{SVK}} | RD1-score4= 2 | RD2-seed1=B2-1 | RD2-team1='''{{ITA}}''' | RD2-score1= '''6''' | RD2-seed2=B1-2 | RD2-team2={{IRL4}} | RD2-score2= 5 | RD3-seed1=B1-1 | RD3-team1={{LAT}} | RD3-score1=7 | RD3-seed2=B2-1 | RD3-team2='''{{ITA}}''' | RD3-score2='''10''' }} {{ 2TeamBracket | RD1 = Bronze Medal Game | seed-width=30 | RD1-seed1= B1-2 | RD1-team1= '''{{IRL4}}''' | RD1-score1= '''9''' | RD1-seed2= B2-2 | RD1-team2= {{SVK}} | RD1-score2= 2 }}
;Gold Medal Game {{ Curlingbox | sheet = K | team1 = {{LAT}} (Gulbis) {{X}} | 2|2|0|2|0|1|0|0|0|0|0 |7 | team2 = {{ITA}} (Retornaz) | 0|0|1|0|1|0|1|1|2|1|3 |10 }}
;Bronze Medal Game {{ Curlingbox | sheet = K | team1 = {{IRL4}} (Gray) | 1|3|1|1|1|0|0|2|X|X| |9 | team2 = {{SVK}} (Pitonak) | 0|0|0|0|0|1|1|0|X|X| |2 }}
===Group C=== Seven men's berths competed in the first ever [[2010 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament#Group C|Group C]] tournament.
====Results==== Slovakia and Belarus finished at the top of the group with 5–1 win–loss records. They both qualified for the B Group tournament, and played in the Group C Final, where Slovakia defeated Belarus in 8 ends.<ref name="Cnews">[http://www.ecf-web.org/31.html ECF News (ECC Group C news)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210100541/http://www.ecf-web.org/31.html |date=2011-02-10 }}</ref>
;Gold Medal Game {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{SVK}} (Pitonak) |1|1|1|2|0|2|1|2|X|X| |10 | team2 = {{BLR}} (Kirillov) |0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|X|X| |1 }}
==Women's tournament== {{Main|2010 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament}}
===Group A=== 10 women's berths were qualified for Group A, including defending champions [[Germany]] and [[2009 European Curling Championships#Group B Playoffs 2|last year's B Group]] qualifiers (the [[Netherlands]] and [[Latvia]]).
====Results==== [[Scotland]] advanced to the playoffs with an impressive 8–1 record; [[Russia]] and [[Switzerland]] advanced with a 7–2 record, and [[Sweden]] with a 6–3 record. In the playoffs, Scotland defeated Russia in 9 ends with a 9–4 score. Sweden was able to work its way to the gold final, defeating Switzerland 5–3 in the playoffs and passing by Russia 7–5 in the semifinals. Sweden met and defeated Scotland in the final, 8–6, taking home the gold. The Switzerland rink faced Russia in the bronze final, winning 9–5 in 9 ends.<ref name="womenfinal"/>
{{PagePlayoffBracket | RD1='''[[Page playoff system]]''' | RD2=Semifinal | RD3=Gold Medal Game | RD1-seed1= 1 | RD1-team1= '''{{SCO}}''' | RD1-score1= '''9''' | RD1-seed2= 2 | RD1-team2= {{RUS}} | RD1-score2= 4 | RD1-seed3= 3 | RD1-team3= {{SUI}} | RD1-score3= 3 | RD1-seed4= 4 | RD1-team4= '''{{SWE}}''' | RD1-score4= '''5''' | RD2-seed1= 2 | RD2-team1= {{RUS}} | RD2-score1= 5 | RD2-seed2= 4 | RD2-team2= '''{{SWE}}''' | RD2-score2= '''7''' | RD3-seed1= 1 | RD3-team1= {{SCO}} | RD3-score1= 6 | RD3-seed2= 4 | RD3-team2= '''{{SWE}}''' | RD3-score2= '''8''' }} {{ 2TeamBracket | RD1 = Bronze Medal Game | RD1-seed1= 2 | RD1-team1= {{RUS}} | RD1-score1= 5 | RD1-seed2= 3 | RD1-team2= '''{{SUI}}''' | RD1-score2= '''9''' }}
;Gold Medal Game {{ Curlingbox | sheet = C | team1 = {{SCO}} (Muirhead) {{X}} | 2|0|1|0|0|0|2|1|0|0| |6 | team2 = {{SWE}} (Viktorsson) | 0|2|0|0|2|1|0|0|2|1| |8 }}
;Bronze Medal Game {{ Curlingbox | sheet = D | team1 = {{RUS}} (Privivkova) {{X}} | 2|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|1|X| |5 | team2 = {{SUI}} (Ott) | 0|0|2|0|4|1|0|2|0|X| |9 }}
===Group B=== 10 women's berths were qualified for Group B, including the teams advancing from Group C (Ireland and Turkey) and the teams relegated from [[2009 European Curling Championships#Group A 2|last year's A Group]] ([[England]] and [[Italy]]).
====Results==== The [[Czech Republic]] finished the round-robin undefeated with an impressive 9–0 record, while [[Hungary]], [[Austria]], and [[Italy]] finished with a 7–2 record. The Czech berth defeated Hungary 8–6 in an extra end and Italy defeated Austria 6–3 in the page playoffs. Italy met Hungary in the semifinal and defeated them 7–6. The Czech rink then scored a resounding 14–7 win over Italy in the final game. Austria won over Hungary in the bronze final after an extra end, 5–4.<ref name="menfinal"/>
{{PagePlayoffBracket | RD1='''[[Page playoff system]]''' | RD2=Semifinal | RD3=Gold Medal Game | RD1-seed1= 1 | RD1-team1= '''{{CZE}}''' | RD1-score1= '''8''' | RD1-seed2= 2 | RD1-team2= {{HUN}} | RD1-score2= 6 | RD1-seed3= 3 | RD1-team3= {{AUT}} | RD1-score3= 3 | RD1-seed4= 4 | RD1-team4= '''{{ITA}}''' | RD1-score4= '''6''' | RD2-seed1= 2 | RD2-team1= {{HUN}} | RD2-score1= 6 | RD2-seed2= 4 | RD2-team2= '''{{ITA}}''' | RD2-score2= '''7''' | RD3-seed1= 1 | RD3-team1= '''{{CZE}}''' | RD3-score1= '''14''' | RD3-seed2= 4 | RD3-team2= {{ITA}} | RD3-score2= 7 }} {{ 2TeamBracket | RD1 = Bronze Medal Game | RD1-seed1= 3 | RD1-team1= '''{{AUT}}''' | RD1-score1= '''5''' | RD1-seed2= 2 | RD1-team2= {{HUN}} | RD1-score2= 4 }}
;Bronze Medal Game {{ Curlingbox | sheet = J | team1 = {{AUT}} (Toth) {{X}} | 0|0|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|1|1 |5 | team2 = {{HUN}} (Szekeres) | 0|0|0|0|3|0|0|0|1|0|0 |4 }}
;Gold Medal Game {{ Curlingbox | sheet = J | team1 = {{CZE}} (Kubeskova) {{X}} | 2|0|1|0|0|0|6|0|5|X| |14 | team2 = {{ITA}} (Menardi) | 0|1|0|1|3|1|0|1|0|X| |7 }}
===Group C=== Five women's berths competed in the first ever [[2010 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament#Group C|Group C]] tournament.
====Results==== The Turkish team, making its debut in an international curling competition, finished the round robin undefeated at 4–0, while Ireland held a 3–1 record. In the final, Ireland would open with a 4-point end and dominated the game, winning 11–3 over Turkey in 8 ends.<ref name="Cnews"/>
;Gold Medal Game {{ Curlingbox | sheet = E | team1 = {{IRL4}} (Hibberd) |4|0|0|0|2|1|3|1|X|X| |11 | team2 = {{TUR}} (Akyildiz) |0|1|1|1|0|0|0|0|X|X| |3 }}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.ecc2010.ch/Official Website of 2010 European Curling Championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215161336/http://www.ecc2010.ch/Official |date=2010-12-15 }} {{WCFevent|359|M}} (A, B division) {{WCFevent|360|W}} (A, B division) {{WCFevent|411|M}} (C division) {{WCFevent|412|W}} (C division) * [http://www.ecf-web.org/home.html European Curling Federation]
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