# 2010 European Curling Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2010_European_Curling_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2010_European_Curling_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_European_Curling_Championships > Source revision: 1305294859 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Curling competition at Champéry, Switzerland 2010 Le Gruyère European Curling Championship Host city Champéry, Switzerland Arena Palladium de Champéry Dates December 3–11, 2010 Men's winner Norway Curling club Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip Thomas Ulsrud Third Torger Nergård Second Christoffer Svae Lead Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate Markus Høiberg Finalist Denmark (Rasmus Stjerne) Women's winner Sweden Skip Stina Viktorsson Third Christina Bertrup Second Maria Wennerström Lead Margaretha Sigfridsson Alternate Agnes Knochenhauer Finalist Scotland (Eve Muirhead) « 2009 2011 » Events at the 2010 European Curling Championships Men's Tournament Group A Group B Group C Women's Tournament Group A Group B Group C v t e The **2010 [Le Gruyère](/source/La_Gruyere) [European Curling Championships](/source/European_Curling_Championships)** were held in [Champéry](/source/Champ%C3%A9ry), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) from December 3–11, 2010.[1] The Group C matches took place from September 24–28 at the [Greenacres Ice Rink](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greenacres_Ice_Rink&action=edit&redlink=1) in [Howwood](/source/Howwood), [Scotland](/source/Scotland). The winners of the Group C matches advanced to the Group B playoffs in [Monthey](/source/Monthey).[2] The Group A round robin matches took place from December 4–11 at the [Palladium de Champéry](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palladium_de_Champ%C3%A9ry&action=edit&redlink=1) in Champéry, while the Group B matches took place at the [Verney Arena](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Verney_Arena&action=edit&redlink=1) in Monthey. Sweden's [Stina Viktorsson](/source/Stina_Viktorsson) won the gold medal when her rink defeated the [Eve Muirhead](/source/Eve_Muirhead) rink from Scotland. Switzerland's [Mirjam Ott](/source/Mirjam_Ott) won the bronze medal game over Russia's [Liudmila Privivkova](/source/Liudmila_Privivkova) in 9 ends.[3] The [Thomas Ulsrud](/source/Thomas_Ulsrud) rink from Norway won in the final over [Rasmus Stjerne](/source/Rasmus_Stjerne)'s rink from [Denmark](/source/Denmark), which played surprisingly well at the championships this year. Switzerland's [Christof Schwaller](/source/Christof_Schwaller) won the bronze medal after defeating Germany's [Andy Kapp](/source/Andy_Kapp).[4] Six women's teams qualified for the [2011 World Women's Curling Championship](/source/2011_Capital_One_World_Women's_Curling_Championship) in [Esbjerg](/source/Esbjerg), [Denmark](/source/Denmark). They are: [Sweden](/source/Sweden), [Scotland](/source/Scotland), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland), [Russia](/source/Russia), [Norway](/source/Norway), and the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic) (who defeated [Latvia](/source/Latvia) in the [World Challenge](/source/2010_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament#World_Challenge)).[5] Only six nations qualified because the host ([Denmark](/source/Denmark)) and the defending champion ([Germany](/source/Germany)) are automatically qualified. Eight men's teams qualified for the [2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship](/source/2011_Ford_World_Men's_Curling_Championship) in [Regina](/source/Regina%2C_Saskatchewan), [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan), [Canada](/source/Canada). They are: [Norway](/source/Norway), [Denmark](/source/Denmark), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland), [Germany](/source/Germany), [Scotland](/source/Scotland), [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic), [France](/source/France) (who defeated [Italy](/source/Italy) in the [World Challenge](/source/2010_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#World_Challenge)).[6][7] The 2010 European Curling Championships marked the first European curling tournament that [Turkey](/source/Turkey) was represented at.[1][8] [Turkey](/source/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 Date Group A Group B Event Time Event Time December 3 Friday Opening Ceremony December 4 Saturday Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (W) 12:00 (M) 16:00 (W) 20:00 (M) Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) December 5 Sunday Round Robin - Draw 11:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) December 6 Monday Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) December 7 Tuesday Round Robin - Draw 10:00 (M) 15:00 (W) 19:00 (M) Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) December 8 Wednesday Round Robin - Draw 10:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) Round Robin - Draw 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) December 9 Thursday Round Robin - Draw 8:00 (M) Tiebreaks Playoffs Tiebreaks 12:00 (more if needed) Play-offs 20:00 9:00 December 10 Friday Semifinals Finals 8:00 13:00 Semifinals 16:00 20:00 December 11 Saturday Bronze Final 8:00 Bronze Final 9:30 Finals 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) Challenge World Championships 9:30 14:00 Closing Ceremony ## Men's tournament Main article: [2010 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament](/source/2010_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament) ### Group A 10 men's berths were qualified for Group A, including defending champions [Sweden](/source/Sweden) and [last year's B Group](/source/2009_European_Curling_Championships#Group_B_Playoffs) qualifiers ([Russia](/source/Russia) and the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)). #### Results [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland), [Norway](/source/Norway), and [Germany](/source/Germany) finished the round-robin with a 7–2 win–loss record, while [Denmark](/source/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.[4] Page playoff system Semifinal Gold Medal Game 1 Switzerland 4 2 Norway 5 2 Norway 5 4 Denmark 3 1 Switzerland 7 4 Denmark 9 3 Germany 5 4 Denmark 10 Bronze Medal Game 1 Switzerland 7 3 Germany 4 **Gold Medal Game** *Saturday, December 11, 16:00* Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Ulsrud) 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 **Bronze Medal Game** *Saturday, December 11, 8:00* Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Switzerland (Schwaller) 🔨 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 X 7 Germany (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 [last year's A Group](/source/2009_European_Curling_Championships#Group_A) ([Finland](/source/Finland) and [Italy](/source/Italy)). They are split into two eight-team groups (B1 and B2). #### Results [Latvia](/source/Latvia) and [Ireland](/source/Ireland) finished at the top of Group B1, while [Italy](/source/Italy) and [Slovakia](/source/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.[4] Page playoff system Semifinal Gold Medal Game B1-1 Latvia 9 B1-1 Latvia 7 B2-1 Italy 5 B2-1 Italy 10 B2-1 Italy 6 B1-2 Ireland 5 B1-2 Ireland 8 B2-2 Slovakia 2 Bronze Medal Game B1-2 Ireland 9 B2-2 Slovakia 2 **Gold Medal Game** Sheet K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Latvia (Gulbis) 🔨 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 Italy (Retornaz) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 10 **Bronze Medal Game** Sheet K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Ireland (Gray) 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 X X 9 Slovakia (Pitonak) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X 2 ### Group C Seven men's berths competed in the first ever [Group C](/source/2010_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#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.[9] **Gold Medal Game** Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Slovakia (Pitonak) 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 X X 10 Belarus (Kirillov) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1 ## Women's tournament Main article: [2010 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament](/source/2010_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament) ### Group A 10 women's berths were qualified for Group A, including defending champions [Germany](/source/Germany) and [last year's B Group](/source/2009_European_Curling_Championships#Group_B_Playoffs_2) qualifiers (the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) and [Latvia](/source/Latvia)). #### Results [Scotland](/source/Scotland) advanced to the playoffs with an impressive 8–1 record; [Russia](/source/Russia) and [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) advanced with a 7–2 record, and [Sweden](/source/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.[3] Page playoff system Semifinal Gold Medal Game 1 Scotland 9 1 Scotland 6 2 Russia 4 4 Sweden 8 2 Russia 5 4 Sweden 7 3 Switzerland 3 4 Sweden 5 Bronze Medal Game 2 Russia 5 3 Switzerland 9 **Gold Medal Game** Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Scotland (Muirhead) 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 Sweden (Viktorsson) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 8 **Bronze Medal Game** Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Russia (Privivkova) 🔨 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 X 5 Switzerland (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 [last year's A Group](/source/2009_European_Curling_Championships#Group_A_2) ([England](/source/England) and [Italy](/source/Italy)). #### Results The [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic) finished the round-robin undefeated with an impressive 9–0 record, while [Hungary](/source/Hungary), [Austria](/source/Austria), and [Italy](/source/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.[4] Page playoff system Semifinal Gold Medal Game 1 Czech Republic 8 1 Czech Republic 14 2 Hungary 6 4 Italy 7 2 Hungary 6 4 Italy 7 3 Austria 3 4 Italy 6 Bronze Medal Game 3 Austria 5 2 Hungary 4 **Bronze Medal Game** Sheet J 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Austria (Toth) 🔨 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 Hungary (Szekeres) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 **Gold Medal Game** Sheet J 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Czech Republic (Kubeskova) 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 5 X 14 Italy (Menardi) 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 X 7 ### Group C Five women's berths competed in the first ever [Group C](/source/2010_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament#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.[9] **Gold Medal Game** Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Ireland (Hibberd) 4 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 X X 11 Turkey (Akyildiz) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X 3 ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hostnews_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hostnews_1-1) ["World Curling Federation - Champéry, Switzerland ready to host 2010 le Gruyère European Curling Championships"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110109141550/http://www.worldcurling.org/champery-switzerland-ready-to-host-2010-le-gruyere-european-curling-championships). Archived from [the original](http://www.worldcurling.org/champery-switzerland-ready-to-host-2010-le-gruyere-european-curling-championships) on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-02-21. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["EMCC & ECC Group C announcement"](http://www.royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/rccc/index.cfm/rccc-news/european-mixed-championship/). 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