# 2015 European Curling Championships

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Curling competition at Esbjerg, Denmark

2015 European Curling Championships Host city Esbjerg, Denmark Arena Granly Hockey Arena Esbjerg Curling Club Dates November 20–28 Men's winner Sweden Curling club Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip Niklas Edin Third Oskar Eriksson Second Kristian Lindström Lead Christoffer Sundgren Alternate Henrik Leek Finalist Switzerland (Peter de Cruz) Women's winner Russia Curling club Moskvitch CC, Moscow Skip Anna Sidorova Third Margarita Fomina Second Alexandra Raeva Lead Nkeirouka Ezekh Alternate Alina Kovaleva Finalist Scotland (Eve Muirhead) « 2014 2016 »

Events at the 2015 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 **2015 [European Curling Championships](/source/European_Curling_Championships)** were held from November 20 to 28 in [Esbjerg](/source/Esbjerg), [Denmark](/source/Denmark).[1] Denmark last hosted the European Curling Championships in [1996](/source/1996_European_Curling_Championships) in Copenhagen. The Group C competitions were held during October in [Champéry](/source/Champ%C3%A9ry), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland).

At the conclusion of the championships, the top eight women's teams went to the [2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship](/source/2016_Ford_World_Women's_Curling_Championship) in [Swift Current](/source/Swift_Current), and the top seven men's teams to the [2016 World Men's Curling Championship](/source/2016_World_Men's_Curling_Championship) in [Basel](/source/Basel).

## Men

Main article: [2015 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament](/source/2015_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)

### Group A

The [Group A](/source/2015_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#Group_A) competitions were contested at the [Granly Hockey Arena](/source/Granly_Hockey_Arena) in Esbjerg.

#### Round-robin standings

Key Teams to Playoffs Teams to Tiebreaker Teams relegated to 2016 Group B

*Final round-robin standings*

Country Skip W L Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9 0 Finland Aku Kauste 5 4 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 5 4 Sweden Niklas Edin 5 4 Scotland Kyle Smith 5 4 Germany Alexander Baumann 4 5 Russia Alexey Stukalskiy 4 5 Italy Joël Retornaz 3 6 Czech Republic David Šik 3 6 Netherlands Jaap van Dorp 2 7

#### Playoffs

Semifinals Final 1 Norway 7 4 Sweden 8 4 Sweden 7 3 Switzerland 6 2 Finland 4 3 Switzerland 10

Bronze-medal game 1 Norway 7 2 Finland 4

#### Bronze-medal game

*Friday, November 27, 19:00*

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Ulsrud) 🔨 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 7 Finland (Kauste) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4

Player percentages Norway Finland Håvard Vad Petersson 79% Janne Pitko 96% Christoffer Svae 96% Pauli Jäämies 89% Torger Nergård 98% Kasper Hakunti 83% Thomas Ulsrud 92% Aku Kauste 84% Total 91% Total 86%

#### Gold-medal game

*Saturday, November 27, 10:00*

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Sweden (Edin) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7 Switzerland (de Cruz) 🔨 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 6

Player percentages Sweden Switzerland Christoffer Sundgren 94% Valentin Tanner 90% Kristian Lindström 88% Peter de Cruz 89% Oskar Eriksson 91% Claudio Pätz 85% Niklas Edin 93% Benoît Schwarz 93% Total 92% Total 89%

### Group B

The [Group B](/source/2015_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#Group_B) competitions will be contested at the [Esbjerg Curling Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Esbjerg_Curling_Club&action=edit&redlink=1) in Esbjerg.

#### Round Robin standings

Key Teams to Playoffs Teams to Tiebreaker Teams relegated to 2016 Group C

Final round-robin standings Pool A Skip W L Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 7 0 Lithuania Tadas Vyskupaitis 5 2 Turkey Alican Karataş 4 3 Slovenia Tomas Tišler 4 3 Hungary György Nagy 3 4 Poland Tomasz Zioło 2 5 Wales James Pougher 2 5 Belgium Timothy Verreycken 1 6 Final round-robin standings Pool B Skip W L Austria Sebastian Wunderer 6 1 Latvia Ritvars Gulbis 6 1 Israel Adam Freilich 4 3 England Alan MacDougall 4 3 Slovakia Juraj Gallo 3 4 Spain Antonio de Mollinedo 3 4 Croatia Alen Čadež 2 5 Estonia Martin Lill 0 7

#### Relegation round

Relegation Finals Relegation Semifinals A7 Wales 10 B7 Croatia 4 B7 Croatia 8 A8 Belgium 10 A8 Belgium 6 B8 Estonia 5

#### Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final A1 Denmark 10 B2 Latvia 8 B2 Latvia 5 A3 Slovenia 2 A1 Denmark 6 B1 Austria 4 B1 Austria 7 A2 Lithuania 7 B3 Israel 4 B3 Israel 9

Bronze-medal game B2 Latvia 13 B3 Israel 3

#### Bronze-medal game

*Friday, November 27, 13:30*

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Latvia (Gulbis) 🔨 3 1 0 1 4 0 2 2 X X 13 Israel (Freilich) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X 3

#### Gold-medal game

*Friday, November 27, 13:30*

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Denmark (Stjerne) 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 6 Austria (Wunderer) 🔨 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 X 4

### Group C

The [Group C](/source/2015_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament#Group_C) competitions will be contested at the [Palladium de Champéry](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palladium_de_Champ%C3%A9ry&action=edit&redlink=1) in Champéry.

#### Round Robin standings

*Final round-robin standings*

Key Teams to Playoffs

Country Skip W L Slovakia Juraj Gallo 9 1 Slovenia Tomas Tišler 8 2 France Wilfrid Coulot 7 3 Ireland James Russell 7 3 Serbia Bojan Mijatović 6 4 Bulgaria Reto Seiler 5 5 Belarus Pavel Petrov 5 5 Luxembourg Marc Hansen 4 6 Romania Allen Coliban 3 7 Iceland Olafur Hreinsson 1 9 Andorra Josep Garcia 0 10

#### Playoffs

Second Place Game Semifinals 1 Slovakia 1 2 Slovenia 8 1 Slovakia 7 3 France 5 3 France 5 4 Ireland 3

## Women

Main article: [2015 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament](/source/2015_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament)

### Group A

The [Group A](/source/2015_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament#Group_A) competitions were contested at the [Granly Hockey Arena](/source/Granly_Hockey_Arena) in Esbjerg.

#### Round-robin standings

Key Teams to Playoffs Teams relegated to 2016 Group B

*Final round-robin standings*

Country Skip W L Russia Anna Sidorova 8 1 Scotland Eve Muirhead 7 2 Finland Oona Kauste 6 3 Denmark Lene Nielsen 6 3 Sweden Cissi Östlund 5 4 Switzerland Alina Pätz 4 5 Germany Daniela Driendl 4 5 Norway Kristin Skaslien 3 6 Estonia Maile Mölder 1 8 Hungary Dorottya Palancsa 1 8

#### Playoffs

Semifinals Final 1 Russia 6 4 Denmark 5 1 Russia 6 2 Scotland 4 2 Scotland 9 3 Finland 7

Bronze-medal game 4 Denmark 8 3 Finland 10

#### Bronze-medal game

*Friday, November 27, 19:00*

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Denmark (Nielsen) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 8 Finland (Kauste) 🔨 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 0 1 10

Player percentages Denmark Finland Charlotte Clemmensen 90% Marjo Hippi 80% Stephenie Risdal Nielsen 89% Maija Salmiovirta 88% Helle Simonsen 94% Milja Hellsten 68% Lene Nielsen 85% Oona Kauste 88% Total 90% Total 81%

#### Gold-medal game

*Saturday, November 28, 15:00*

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Russia (Sidorova) 🔨 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 Scotland (Muirhead) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4

Player percentages Russia Scotland Nkeiruka Ezekh 93% Sarah Reid 91% Alexandra Raeva 93% Vicki Adams 89% Margarita Fomina 76% Anna Sloan 89% Anna Sidorova 88% Eve Muirhead 79% Total 88% Total 87%

### Group B

The [Group B](/source/2015_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament#Group_B) competitions were contested at the [Esbjerg Curling Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Esbjerg_Curling_Club&action=edit&redlink=1) in Esbjerg.

#### Round-robin standings

Key Teams to Playoffs Teams to Tiebreaker Teams relegated to 2016 Group C

*Final round-robin standings*

Country Skip W L Italy Federica Apollonio 7 2 Latvia Evita Regža 7 2 Czech Republic Anna Kubešková 7 2 England Anna Fowler 6 3 Turkey Dilşat Yıldız 6 3 Poland Marta Szeliga-Frynia 5 4 Slovakia Gabriela Kajanova 3 6 Netherlands Marianne Neeleman 2 7 France Pauline Jeanneret 1 8 Austria Hannah Augustin 1 8

#### Playoffs

Semifinals Final 1 Italy 7 4 England 3 1 Italy 7 3 Czech Republic 6 2 Latvia 5 3 Czech Republic 7

Bronze-medal game 4 England 7 2 Latvia 8

#### Bronze-medal game

*Friday, November 27, 13:30*

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final England (Fowler) 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 Latvia (Regža) 🔨 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 8

#### Gold-medal game

*Friday, November 27, 13:30*

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Italy (Apollonio) 🔨 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7 Czech Republic (Kubešková) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 6

### Group C

The [Group C](/source/2015_European_Curling_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament#Group_C) competitions were contested at the [Palladium de Champéry](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palladium_de_Champ%C3%A9ry&action=edit&redlink=1) in Champéry.

#### Round-robin standings

*Final round-robin standings*

Key Teams to Playoffs Teams to Tiebreaker

Country Skip W L France Pauline Jeanneret 6 1 Slovakia Nina Kremzar 6 1 Belarus Alina Pavlyuchik 4 3 Ireland Alison Fyfe 3 4 Spain Irantzu Garcia 3 4 Slovenia Gabriela Kajanova 3 4 Croatia Iva Penava 2 5 Romania Raluca Daiana Colceriu 1 6

#### Playoffs

Second Place Game Semifinals 1 France 6 2 Slovakia 4 2 Slovakia 7 4 Ireland 6 3 Belarus 5 4 Ireland 7

## References

**General**

- ["European Curling Championships 2015"](http://www.worldcurling.org/ecc2015). [World Curling Federation](/source/World_Curling_Federation).

- ["2015 European Curling Championships C Division"](http://worldcurling.org/european-curling-championships-c-division-2015). [World Curling Federation](/source/World_Curling_Federation).

**Specific**

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Esbjerg to host European Curling Championships 2015 and World Women's Curling Championship 2019"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180228103838/http://www.worldcurling.org/esbjerg-denmark-to-host-european-curling-championships-2015-and-world-womens-curling-championship-2019). [World Curling Federation](/source/World_Curling_Federation). 28 November 2014. Archived from [the original](http://worldcurling.org/esbjerg-denmark-to-host-european-curling-championships-2015-and-world-womens-curling-championship-2019) on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

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