# 2011 European Curling Championships

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Curling competition at Moscow, Russia

2011 European Curling Championships Host city Moscow, Russia Arena Megasport Arena Dates December 2–10 Men's winner Norway Curling club Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip Thomas Ulsrud Third Torger Nergård Second Christoffer Svae Lead Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate Thomas Løvold Finalist Sweden (Niklas Edin) Women's winner Scotland Skip Eve Muirhead Third Anna Sloan Second Vicki Adams Lead Claire Hamilton Alternate Kay Adams Finalist Sweden (Margaretha Sigfridsson) « 2010 2012 »

Events at the 2011 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 **2011 [Le Gruyère](/source/Gruy%C3%A8re_(cheese)) [European Curling Championships](/source/European_Curling_Championships)** were held in [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [Russia](/source/Russia) from December 2 to 10.[1] The Group C competitions were held from September 30 to October 8 in [Tårnby](/source/T%C3%A5rnby), [Denmark](/source/Denmark).[1]

Scotland's [Eve Muirhead](/source/Eve_Muirhead), last year's runner-up, won the gold medal in the women's tournament after defeating last year's champions Sweden, skipped by [Margaretha Sigfridsson](/source/Margaretha_Sigfridsson), in the final in eight ends. Russia's [Anna Sidorova](/source/Anna_Sidorova) won the bronze medal over Denmark's [Lene Nielsen](/source/Lene_Nielsen). In the men's tournament, Thomas Ulsrud and team from Norway successfully defended their title by defeating Sweden's [Niklas Edin](/source/Niklas_Edin). Last year's runners-up Denmark, skipped by [Rasmus Stjerne](/source/Rasmus_Stjerne), won the bronze medal after defeating [Jiří Snítil](/source/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Sn%C3%ADtil) of the Czech Republic, who led his team to the Czech Republic's best finish at the European Championships so far.

A total of seven men's and seven women's teams qualified for the 2012 World Championships. On the men's side, [Sweden](/source/Sweden), [Norway](/source/Norway), [Denmark](/source/Denmark), the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic), [Germany](/source/Germany), Scotland, and [France](/source/France) (who defeated [Russia](/source/Russia) in the [World Challenge Games](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#World_Challenge_Games)), qualified for the [2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship](/source/2012_Capital_One_World_Men's_Curling_Championship) and will join hosts [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) in competition. On the women's side, Scotland, [Russia](/source/Russia), [Denmark](/source/Denmark), [Germany](/source/Germany), [Italy](/source/Italy), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland), and the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic) (who defeated [Hungary](/source/Hungary) in the [World Challenge Games](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament#World_Challenge_Games)), qualified for the [2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship](/source/2012_Ford_World_Women's_Curling_Championship) and will join defending champions [Sweden](/source/Sweden) in competition.

## Men

Main article: [2011 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)

### Group A

The [Group A](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#Group_A) competitions were contested in Moscow. Ten teams, including the teams advancing from last year's Group B competitions (Italy and Latvia), competed in a round robin. The top four teams moved on to the page playoffs. In the page playoffs, Sweden edged defending champions Norway, while the Czech Republic got a close win over Denmark, last year's runners-up.[2] Norway defeated Czech Republic in the semifinal, sending the Czechs to the bronze medal game. Norway moved to the gold medal game, where they defeated Sweden with skip [Thomas Ulsrud](/source/Thomas_Ulsrud)'s draw against two Swedish stones in the final end, finishing with a final score of 7–6.[3] Denmark also won their rematch with the Czech Republic, defeating them 9–6 in 9 ends.

France, the eighth placed team, played Group B winners Russia in the [World Challenge Games](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#World_Challenge_Games), and defeated Russia in a best-of-three series to win the final berth at the [2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship](/source/2012_Capital_One_World_Men's_Curling_Championship).

#### Round-robin standings

*Final round-robin standings*

Key Countries to Playoffs Countries to Tiebreakers Countries relegated to 2012 Group B

Nation Skip W L Sweden Niklas Edin 6 3 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 6 3 Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 6 3 Switzerland Sven Michel 5 4 Czech Republic Jiří Snítil 5 4 Germany John Jahr 5 4 Scotland David Murdoch 5 4 France Thomas Dufour 4 5 Latvia Ritvars Gulbis 2 7 Italy Joël Retornaz 1 8

#### Playoffs

Page playoff system Semifinal Gold-medal game 1 Sweden 5 1 Sweden 6 2 Norway 4 2 Norway 7 2 Norway 5 4 Czech Republic 2 3 Denmark 8 4 Czech Republic 9

Bronze-medal game 4 Czech Republic 6 3 Denmark 9

#### Bronze-medal game

*Friday, December 9, 20:00*

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Czech Republic (Snítil) 🔨 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 6 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 X 9

#### Gold-medal game

*Saturday, December 10, 15:00*

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden (Edin) 🔨 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7

### Group B

The [Group B](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#Group_B) competitions were contested in Moscow. Sixteen teams, including the teams advancing from the Group C competitions (Poland and Lithuania), were divided into two groups and competed in a round robin within their own groups. The top two teams from each group moved on to the page playoffs. Hungary, the leader of the Red Group, defeated Ireland, the leader of the Blue Group, sending Ireland to the semifinal. Russia, the second-ranked team in the Red Group, defeated England, the runner-up of the Blue Group, and advanced to the semifinal. Russia moved on to the gold medal game, where they defeated Hungary to win the Group B competitions. Ireland was defeated by England in the bronze medal game.

Russia and Hungary advance to the [2012 Men's Group A competitions](/source/2012_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#Group_A), and Russia played France in the [World Challenge Games](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#World_Challenge_Games), where France defeated Russia in a best-of-three series to win the final berth at the [2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship](/source/2012_Capital_One_World_Men's_Curling_Championship). Belarus and Croatia were relegated to the [2012 Men's Group C competitions](/source/2012_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#Group_C).

#### Round-robin standings

*Final round-robin standings*

Key Countries to Playoffs Countries relegated to 2012 Group C

Red Group Skip W L Hungary György Nagy 6 1 Russia Alexey Tselousov 6 1 Austria Andreas Unterberger 5 2 Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 4 3 Spain Antonio de Mollinedo 3 4 Lithuania Tadas Vyskupaitis 2 5 Slovakia Pavol Pitoňák 1 6 Belarus Ihar Platonov 1 6 Blue Group Skip W L Ireland Robin Gray 6 1 England Alan MacDougall 6 1 Estonia Harri Lill 4 3 Poland Jakub Glowania 4 3 Belgium Marc Suter 4 3 Wales Stuart Hills 2 5 Netherlands Jaap van Dorp 2 5 Croatia Alen Cadez 0 7

#### Playoffs

Page playoff system Semifinal Gold-medal game B1 Ireland 4 R1 Hungary 4 R1 Hungary 6 R2 Russia 7 B1 Ireland 3 R2 Russia 6 B2 England 2 R2 Russia 6

Bronze-medal game B1 Ireland 4 B2 England 8

#### Bronze-medal game

*Saturday, December 10, 9:30*

Sheet H 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Ireland (Gray) 🔨 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 England (MacDougall) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 X 8

#### Gold-medal game

*Friday, December 9, 13:00*

Sheet G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Hungary (Nagy) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 4 Russia (Tselousov) 🔨 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 7

### Group C

The [Group C](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#Group_C) competitions were contested in Tårnby. The nine participating teams competed in one group of nine and played in a round robin. The top two teams, Poland and Lithuania, advanced to Group B. Poland finished with a 7–1 win–loss record, while Lithuania and Turkey, both finishing with 6–2 win–loss records, played for the second qualifying spot in the semifinal, which went to Lithuania. Poland defeated Lithuania narrowly in the Group C Final, winning after a steal in the ninth end, 7–6.

#### Round-robin standings

*Final round-robin standings*

Key To Group C Final To Group C Semifinal

Nation Skip Win Loss Poland Tomasz Zioło 7 1 Turkey Ilhan Osmanagaoglu 6 2 Lithuania Tadas Vyskupaitis 6 2 Iceland Hallgrimur Valsson 5 3 Luxembourg Marco Etienne 4 4 Serbia Marko Stojanovic 3 5 Romania Allen Coliban 3 5 Greece Georgios Arampatis 1 7 Slovenia Zvonimir Sever 1 7

#### Playoffs

Semifinal Gold-medal game 1 Poland 7 2 Turkey 2 3 Lithuania 6 3 Lithuania 6

#### Gold-medal game

*Thursday, October 6, 19:30*

Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final Poland (Zioło) 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 7 Lithuania (Vyskupaitis) 🔨 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6

## Women

Events at the 2011 European Curling Championships Men's Tournament Group A Group B Group C Women's Tournament Group A Group B Group C v t e

Main article: [2011 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament)

### Group A

The [Group A](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament#Group_A) competitions were contested in Moscow. Ten teams, including the teams advancing from last year's Group B competitions (the Czech Republic and Italy), competed in a round robin. The top four teams moved on to the page playoffs. In the page playoffs, defending champions Sweden soundly defeated Denmark, while Scotland, last year's runners-up, won in an extra end over Russia.[2] Scotland then defeated Denmark in the semifinal, which sent Denmark to the bronze medal game. Scotland then stormed past Sweden, winning the gold medal game in eight ends with an 8–2 score. Scotland won their second championship, their first since the inaugural championships in [1975](/source/1975_European_Curling_Championships). Russia secured a bronze medal win over Denmark with a five-point 10th end, making the final score 13–7.[4]

The Czech Republic, the eighth placed team, played Group B winners Hungary in the [World Challenge Games](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament#World_Challenge_Games), and defeated Hungary in a best-of-three series to win the final berth at the [2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship](/source/2012_Ford_World_Women's_Curling_Championship).

#### Round-robin standings

*Final round-robin standings*

Key Countries to Playoffs Countries to Tiebreakers Countries relegated to 2012 Group B

Nation Skip W L Sweden Margaretha Sigfridsson 9 0 Denmark Lene Nielsen 8 1 Scotland Eve Muirhead 7 2 Russia Anna Sidorova 5 4 Germany Andrea Schöpp 5 4 Italy Diana Gaspari 3 6 Switzerland Binia Feltscher 3 6 Czech Republic Linda Klímová 3 6 Latvia Ineta Mača 1 8 Norway Linn Githmark 1 8

#### Playoffs

Page playoff system Semifinal Gold-medal game 1 Sweden 12 1 Sweden 2 2 Denmark 6 3 Scotland 8 2 Denmark 2 3 Scotland 10 3 Scotland 9 4 Russia 6

Bronze-medal game 2 Denmark 7 4 Russia 13

#### Bronze-medal game

*Friday, December 9, 20:00*

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Denmark (Nielsen) 🔨 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 7 Russia (Sidorova) 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 5 13

#### Gold-medal game

*Saturday, December 10, 10:00*

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Sweden (Sigfridsson) 🔨 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X 2 Scotland (Muirhead) 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 X X 8

### Group B

The [Group B](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament#Group_B) competitions were contested in Moscow. Ten teams, including the teams advancing from the Group C competitions (Poland and Slovakia), competed in a round robin. The top four teams moved on to the page playoffs. In the page playoffs, Hungary defeated Finland, and Poland defeated Slovakia in a rematch of the Group C final. Poland came close to earning a spot in the Group A competitions, but Finland defeated Poland in the semifinal with a winning point in the 10th end, sending Poland back to play against Slovakia. Hungary secured the top spot in the Group B competitions with a 4–1 win over Finland in nine ends. Slovakia stole their way to a win over Poland in their third matchup, winning in ten ends.

Hungary and Finland advance to the [2012 Women's Group A competitions](/source/2012_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament), and Hungary played the Czech Republic in the [World Challenge Games](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament#World_Challenge_Games), where France defeated Russia in a best-of-three series to win the final berth at the [2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship](/source/2012_Ford_World_Women's_Curling_Championship). Ireland and Wales were relegated to the [2012 Men's Group C competitions](/source/2012_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament).

#### Round-robin standings

*Final round-robin standings*

Key Countries to Playoffs Countries to Tiebreakers Countries relegated to 2012 Group C

Nation Skip W L Finland Oona Kauste 8 1 Hungary Ildikó Szekeres 8 1 Poland Elzbieta Ran 7 2 Austria Karina Toth 5 4 Estonia Kristiine Lill 5 4 Slovakia Gabriela Kajanova 5 4 England Fiona Hawker 3 6 Spain Oihane Otaegi 3 6 Ireland Carolyn Hibberd 1 8 Wales Laura Beever 0 9

#### Playoffs

Page playoff system Semifinal Gold-medal game 1 Hungary 7 1 Hungary 4 2 Finland 4 2 Finland 1 2 Finland 8 3 Poland 7 3 Poland 7 4 Slovakia 3

Bronze-medal game 3 Poland 6 4 Slovakia 7

#### Bronze-medal game

*Saturday, December 10, 9:30*

Sheet J 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Poland (Ran) 🔨 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 6 Slovakia (Kajanova) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 7

#### Gold-medal game

*Friday, December 9, 13:00*

Sheet K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Hungary (Szekeres) 🔨 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 X 4 Finland (Kauste) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1

### Group C

The [Group C](/source/2011_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament#Group_C) competitions were contested in Tårnby. The ten participating teams competed in two groups of five and played in a round robin within their own groups. The top two teams from each group then played in a page playoff, and the two finalists, Poland and Slovakia will advance to Group B. Poland defeated France in the 1 vs. 2 playoff game, while Slovakia defeated both Turkey and France en route to reaching the final. Poland defeated Slovakia in the Group C Final in seven ends, 8–4.

#### Round-robin standings

*Final round-robin standings*

Key Countries to Playoffs

Yellow Group Skip W L France Anna Li 4 0 Turkey Öznur Polat 3 1 Slovenia Maja Kremzar 2 2 Romania Crina Novac 1 3 Serbia Dana Gravara Stojanovic 0 4 Green Group Skip W L Poland Elzbieta Ran 4 0 Slovakia Gabriella Kajanova 3 1 Belarus Ekaterina Kirillova 2 2 Belgium Karen Geerts 1 3 Croatia Iva Pennava 0 4

#### Playoffs

Page playoff system Semifinal Gold-medal game Y1 France 4 G1 Poland 8 G1 Poland 5 G2 Slovakia 4 Y1 France 5 G2 Slovakia 7 Y2 Turkey 2 G2 Slovakia 8

#### Gold-medal game

*Thursday, October 6, 19:30*

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Poland (Ran) 🔨 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 X 8 Slovakia (Kajanova) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 X 4

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-loc_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-loc_1-1) [ECF News - Annual General Assembly of the European Curling Federation](http://www.ecf-web.org/31.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110210100541/http://www.ecf-web.org/31.html) 2011-02-10 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-day6playoffs_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-day6playoffs_2-1) ["ECC 2011 Play-offs Day 6"](http://www.worldcurling.org/ecc-2011-play-offs-day-6). [World Curling Federation](/source/World_Curling_Federation). 8 December 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["ECC 2011 Men's Final"](http://www.worldcurling.org/ecc-2011-mens-final). [World Curling Federation](/source/World_Curling_Federation). 10 December 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["ECC 2011 Women's Final"](http://www.worldcurling.org/ecc-2011-womens-final). [World Curling Federation](/source/World_Curling_Federation). 10 December 2011.

## External links

- [Event Home Page](https://web.archive.org/web/20110913113208/http://www.ecc2011.ru/)

- [ECC Group C tournament Home Page](https://web.archive.org/web/20110911215726/http://eccc2011.dk/)

- [ECF ECC page](http://www.europeancurling.com/competitions/european-championships/future-ecc)

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