European Curling Championship 1997

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Venue

The 1997 European Curling Championship for men and women took place from December 1st to 8th in Füssen , Germany .

Men's tournament

Attendees

Group A

Denmark	Germany	England	Finland
Skip: Ulrik Schmidt Third: Lasse Lavrsen Second: Brian Hansen Lead: Carsten Svensgaard	Skip: Andreas Kapp Third: Ulrich Kapp Second: Oliver Axnick Lead: Holger Höhne Alternate: Michael Schäffer	Skip: Martyn Deakin Third: Alan Turner Second: Stephen Hinds Lead: Ian Coutts Alternate: Michael Fowles	Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Lead: Tommi Häti Alternate: Jari Laukkanen
Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway
Skip: Claudio Pescia Third: Stefano Ferronato Second: Alessandro Lettieri Lead: Alessandro Zisa Alternate: Gianluca Lorenzi	Skip: Hanjörg Bless Third: Nico Schweich Second: Andreas Westenfelder Lead: Jesper Winding Alternate: Bo Kleimann	Skip: Floris van Imhoff Third: Rob Vilain Second: Gustaf van Imhoff Lead: Jaap Veerman Alternate: Erik A van der Zwan	Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Johan Høstmælingen Second: Thomas Due Lead: Torger Nergård Alternate: Rolf Andreas Lauten
Austria	Sweden	Switzerland	Scotland
Skip: Alois Kreidl Third: Stefan Salinger Second: Franz Huber Lead: Richard Obermoser Alternate: Dieter Küchenmeister	Skip: Peter Lindholm Third: Tomas Nordinr Second: Magnus Swartling Lead: Peter Narup Alternate: Marcus Feldt	Skip: Patrick Hürlimann Third: Patrik Lörtscher Second: Daniel Müller Lead: Diego Perren Alternate: Dominic Andres	Skip: Adrian Meikle Third: Peter Wilson Second: Philip Wilson Lead: Ronnie Napier Alternate: James Dryburgh

Group B

Bulgaria	France	Russia
Skip: Bojidar Momerin Third: Lubomir Velinov Second: Ivaylo Petrov Lead: Kiril Kirilov	Skip: Jan Henri Ducroz Third: Spencer Mugnier Second: Thomas Dufour Lead: Cyrille Prunet Alternate: Lionel Tournier	Skip: Alexey Tselousov Third: Dmitri Ryjov Second: Sergei Bourmistrov Lead: Victor Vorobiev Alternate: Konstantin Zdvornov
Czech Republic	Wales
Skip: David Sik Third: Milan Polivka Second: Karel Hradec Lead: David Havlena Alternate: Dmitrii Melnikov	Fourth: Adrian Meikle Third: Jamie Meikle Skip: John Hunt Lead: Hugh Meikle Alternate: Chris Wells

Round robin

Group A 1

key
	Quarter finals
	Challenge play-off

Draw	encounter	result	encounter	result	encounter	result
1	Scotland - Netherlands	7-5	Denmark - England	9-3	Germany, Austria	10-2
2	Scotland - Denmark	8-5	Netherlands - Austria	5-4	Germany - England	6-4
3	Scotland - England	10-7	Germany - Netherlands	8-6	Denmark - Austria	12-8
4th	England - Netherlands	11-3	Denmark - Germany	9-7	Scotland - Austria	8-6
5	Germany - Scotland	6-4	England - Austria	7-6	Denmark - Netherlands	10-4

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Scotland	5	4th	1
2.	Denmark	5	4th	1
3.	Germany	5	4th	1
4th	England	5	2	3
5.	Netherlands	5	1	4th
6th	Austria	5	0	5

Group A2

key
	Quarter finals
	Tie-breaker for 4th place

Draw	encounter	result	encounter	result	encounter	result
1	Switzerland - Italy	11-9	Finland - Norway	7-2	Sweden - Luxembourg	5-4
2	Finland - Switzerland	7-5	Luxembourg - Italy	5-4	Sweden - Norway	7-6
3	Sweden - Finland	7-5	Luxembourg - Switzerland	5-4	Norway - Italy	8-6
4th	Sweden - Italy	8-5	Switzerland - Norway	8-4	Finland - Luxembourg	9-3
5	Norway - Luxembourg	8-2	Finland -Italy	7-5	Switzerland - Sweden	6-4

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Sweden	5	4th	1
2.	Finland	5	4th	1
3.	Switzerland	5	3	2
4th	Norway	5	2	3
5.	Luxembourg	5	2	3
6th	Italy	5	1	5

Tie breaker

game	encounter	result
To rank 4	Norway - Luxembourg	6-3

Group B

key
	Challenge play-off

Draw	encounter	result	encounter	result
1	Russia - Bulgaria	10-2	Wales - Czech Republic	8-5
2	Czech Republic - Bulgaria	6-5	France - Russia	10-7
3	France - Czech Republic	7-6	Wales - Bulgaria	12-3
4th	Russia - Czech Republic	10-2	Wales - France	8-7
5	Wales - Russia	5-3	France - Bulgaria	10-7

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Wales	5	5	0
2.	France	5	4th	1
3.	Russia	5	3	2
4th	Czech Republic	5	1	4th
5.	Bulgaria	5	0	5

Challenge play-off

The winners are in the quarter-finals, the losers play for 11th place.

game	encounter	result
	Norway - France	8-5
	Wales - England	7-6

Play-off

To rank 1-4

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Scotland

9

Norway

5

Germany

4th

Scotland

2

Germany

6th

Finland

5

Germany

10

Denmark

5

Sweden

6th

Wales

5

Denmark

8th

3rd place match

Sweden

7th

Denmark

7th

Scotland

6th

Switzerland

5

Sweden

5

To rank 5-8

	Semifinals					Play for rank 5
		Switzerland	6th
		Wales	4th
							Switzerland	8th
							Finland	5
		Finland	8th
		Norway	7th
						Game for rank 7
						3	Norway	10
						4th	Wales	1

Placement games

game	encounter	result
To rank 9	Luxembourg - England	9-3
To rank 11	France - Netherlands	7-3
To rank 13	Italy - Austria	7-5

Final score

The first 12 play in Group A in 1995

space	country
1	Germany
2	Denmark
3	Scotland
4th	Sweden
5	Switzerland
6th	Finland
7th	Norway
8th	Wales
9	Luxembourg
10	England
11	France
12	Netherlands
13	Italy
14th	Austria
15th	Russia
16	Czech Republic
17th	Bulgaria

Women's tournament

Attendees

Group A

Denmark	Germany	Finland	France
Skip: Helena Blach Lavrsen Third: Dorthe Holm Second: Margit Pörtner Lead: Lisa Richardson Alternate: Lene Bidstrup	Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Monika Wagner Second: Natalie Nessler Lead: Carina Meidele Alternate: Heike Schwallert	Fourth: Anne Malmi Skip: Jaana Jokela Second: Nina Pöllänen Lead: Laura Tsutsunen Alternate: Tiina Kautonen	Skip: Audé Bénier Third: Nadia Bénier Second: Laure Mutazzi Lead: Tatiana Ducroz Alternate: Fabienne Morand
Italy	Luxembourg	Norway	Sweden
Skip: Giulia Lacedelli Third: Elena Faita Second: Mariella Macchietto Lead: Carla Alvera Alternate: Carla Alvera	Skip: Karen Wauters Third: Stefanie Bless Second: Maggy Schweich Lead: Candice Richards	Skip: Dordi Nordby Third: Marianne Haslum Second: Kristin Tøsse Løvseth Lead: Hanne Woods Alternate: Grethe Wolan	Skip: Elisabet Gustafson Third: Katarina Nyberg Second: Louise Marmont Lead: Elisabeth Persson Alternate: Margaretha Lindahl
Switzerland	Scotland	Czech Republic
Skip: Graziella Grichting Third: Janet Hürlimann Second: Claudia Biner Lead: Inger Müller Alternate: Erika Müller	Skip: Kirsty Addison Third: Jackie Lockhart Second: Edith Loudon Lead: Katie Loudon Alternate: Fiona Bayne	Fourth: Pavla Rubasova Skip: Lenka Sáfránková Second: Helena Holakovska Lead: Vera Ruzková Alternate: Jana Linhartova

Group B

England	Netherlands	Russia
Skip: Joan Reed Third: June Swan Second: Glynnice Lauder Lead: Moira Davison Alternate: Jacqueline Ambridge	Skip: Beatrice Miltenburg Third: Marijke Paulissen Second: Sylvia Van Der Pluijm Lead: Anneke Waijers Alternate: Margrietha Voskuilen	Skip: Ekaterina Lissitskaia Third: Natalia Podouchkina Second: Jana Golordorodko Lead: Olga Bereznaja Alternate: Tatiana Smirnova

Round robin

Group A 1

key
	Quarter finals
	Challenge play-off

Draw	encounter	result	encounter	result	encounter	result
1	Scotland - Italy	12-2	Norway - France	9-3	Switzerland - Luxembourg	15-5
2	Scotland - France	13-1	Luxembourg - Italy	8-7	Switzerland - Norway	5-3
3	Switzerland - France	13-2	Scotland - Luxembourg	9-5	Norway - Italy	7-4
4th	Switzerland - Italy	13-3	Scotland - Norway	9-5	Luxembourg - France	4-3
5	Norway - Luxembourg	10-2	Italy-France	7-5	Switzerland - Scotland	8-6

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Switzerland	5	5	0
2.	Scotland	5	4th	1
3.	Norway	5	3	2
4th	Luxembourg	5	3	2
5.	Italy	5	1	4th
6th	France	5	0	5

Group A2

key
	Quarter finals
	Tie-breaker for 3rd place

Draw	encounter	result	encounter	result
1	Denmark - Finland	6-4	Germany - Czech Republic	10-5
2	Sweden - Finland	9-5	Germany - Denmark	7-5
3	Finland - Czech Republic	11-5	Denmark - Sweden	6-4
4th	Finland - Germany	9-5	Sweden - Czech Republic	9-6
5	Germany - Sweden	8-3	Denmark -Czech Republic	7-4

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Germany	4th	3	1
2.	Denmark	4th	3	1
3.	Sweden	4th	2	2
4th	Finland	4th	2	2
5.	Czech Republic	4th	0	4th

Tie breaker

game	encounter	result
To rank 3	Sweden - Finland	9-6

Group B

key
	Challenge play-off

Draw	encounter	result
1	England - Russia	8-6
2	Netherlands - Russia	10-8
3	England - Netherlands	14-7
4th	England - Russia	9-6
5	Russia - Netherlands	11-2
6th	Netherlands - England	13-6

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	England	4th	3	1
2.	Netherlands	4th	2	2
3.	Russia	4th	1	3

Challenge play-off

The winners are in the quarter-finals, the losers play for 11th place.

game	encounter	result
	Finland - Netherlands	9-0
	England - Luxembourg	5-4

Play-off

To rank 1-4

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Sweden

9

Scotland

3

Sweden

5

Germany

4th

Germany

8th

England

2

Sweden

6th

Denmark

4th

Finland

9

Switzerland

7th

Denmark

7th

3rd place match

Finland

6th

Denmark

12

Germany

9

Norway

4th

Finland

5

To rank 5-8

	Semifinals					Play for rank 5
		Scotland	9
		England	1
							Switzerland	6th
							Scotland	5
		Switzerland	9
		Norway	7th
						Game for rank 7
						3	Norway	8th
						4th	England	2

Placement games

game	encounter	result
To rank 9	Czech Republic - Luxembourg	9-5
To rank 11	Italy - Netherlands	8-0

Final score

The first 12 play in Group A in 1995

space	country
1	Sweden
2	Denmark
3	Germany
4th	Finland
5	Switzerland
6th	Scotland
7th	Norway
8th	England
9	Czech Republic
10	Luxembourg
11	Italy
12	Netherlands
13	France
14th	Russia

Web links

• European Curling Championships 1997 men , women on Worldcurling.org (English)