European Curling Championship 1998

Flims

Venue

The 1998 European Curling Championships for men and women took place from December 5th to 12th in Flims , Switzerland .

Men's tournament

Attendees

Group A

Denmark	Germany	England	Finland
Skip: Tommy Stjerne Third: Gert Larsen Second: Peter Andersen Lead: Ivan Frederiksen Alternate: Anders Søderblom	Skip: Daniel Herberg Third: Sebastian Stock Second: Stephan Knoll Lead: Patrick Hoffman Alternate: Markus Messenzehl	Skip: Martyn Deakin Third: Alan Turner Second: Stephen Hinds Lead: Mark Copperwheat Alternate: D. Michael Sutherland	Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Tommi Häti Lead: Jari Laukkanen Alternate: Raimo Lind
France	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Norway
Skip: Jan Henri Ducroz Third: Spencer Mugnier Second: Thomas Dufour Lead: Lionel Tournier Alternate: Cyrille Prunet	Skip: Heribert Kramer Third: Emile Bartole Second: Thomas Schröder Lead: Hakan Lucius Alternate: Ole Rummel	Skip: Floris van Imhoff Third: Christian Dupont-Roc Second: Rob Vilain Lead: Jaap Veerman	Skip: Tormod Andreassen Third: Niclas Järund Second: Stig-Arne Gunnestad Lead: Kjell Berg Alternate: Stig Høiberg
Sweden	Switzerland	Scotland	Wales
Skip: Peter Lindholm Third: Tomas Nordin Second: Magnus Swartling Lead: Peter Narup Alternate: Joakim Carlsson	Skip: Felix Luchsinger Third: Werner Attinger Second: Thomas Grendelmeier Lead: Markus Luchsinger Alternate: Markus Foitek	Skip: Gordon Muirhead Third: David Smith Second: Peter Smith Lead: David Hay Alternate: John Muir	Skip: John Hunt Third: Chris Wells Second: Peter Williams Lead: Patrick Stone Alternate: Christopher Baker

Group B

Bulgaria	Italy	Austria
Skip: Lubomir Velinov Third: Ivaylo Petrov Second: Mirontcho Mirchev Lead: Kiril Kirilov Alternate: Stoil Gueorguiev	Skip: Claudio Pescia Third: Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo Second: Valter Bombassei Lead: Marco Mariani Alternate: Diego Bombassei	Skip: Joachim Märker Third: Markus Neumayr Second: Oswald Hopfensperger Lead: Markus Nothegger
Russia	Czech Republic
Skip: Alexey Tselousov Third: Dmitri Ryjov Second: Matvei Vakin Lead: Victor Vorobiev	Skip: David Sik Third: Milan Polivka Second: Karel Hradec Lead: Pavel Mensik Alternate: David Havlena

Round robin

Group A 1

key
	Quarter finals
	Challenge play-off

Draw	encounter	result	encounter	result	encounter	result
1	Germany - Netherlands	6-5	Switzerland - Wales	6-4	Sweden - Luxembourg	6-5
2	Germany - Switzerland	11-2	Netherlands - Luxembourg	11-4	Sweden - Wales	7-4
3	Switzerland - Luxembourg	5-4	Sweden - Netherlands	6-4	Germany - Wales	11-0
4th	Germany - Luxembourg	9-3	Sweden - Switzerland	5-4	Netherlands - Wales	7-1
5	Sweden - Germany	7-4	Wales-Luxembourg	9-4	Switzerland - Netherlands	9-3

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Sweden	5	5	0
2.	Germany	5	4th	1
3.	Switzerland	5	3	2
4th	Netherlands	5	2	3
5.	Wales	5	1	4th
6th	Luxembourg	5	0	5

Group A2

key
	Quarter finals
	Challenge play-off

Draw	encounter	result	encounter	result	encounter	result
1	Scotland - England	10-2	Norway - Finland	6-5	Denmark - France	8-4
2	Norway - Scotland	7-6	England - France	9-3	Finland - Denmark	4-3
3	Norway - Denmark	8-3	Scotland - France	7-4	Finland - England	6-4
4th	Norway - France	10-2	Finland - Scotland	3-2	Denmark - England	6-2
5	Scotland - Denmark	8-2	Finland -France	6-5	Norway - England	9-2

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Norway	5	5	0
2.	Finland	5	4th	1
3.	Denmark	5	3	2
4th	Denmark	5	2	3
5.	England	5	1	4th
6th	France	5	0	5

Group B

key
	Challenge play-off

Draw	encounter	result	encounter	result
1	Austria - Bulgaria	10-6	Czech Republic - Russia	5-4
2	Czech Republic - Austria	9-3	Russia - Italy	7-5
3	Czech Republic - Italy	7-5	Russia - Bulgaria	11-1
4th	Italy - Bulgaria	12-3	Russia - Austria	9-3
5	Bulgaria - Czech Republic	4-2	Italy - Austria	10-6

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Czech Republic	4th	3	1
2.	Russia	4th	3	1
3.	Italy	4th	2	2
4th	Austria	4th	1	3
5.	Bulgaria	4th	1	3

Challenge play-off

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

game	encounter	result
	Denmark - Russia	4-2
	Czech Republic - Netherlands	7-4

Play-off

To rank 1-4

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Sweden

9

Denmark

6th

Sweden

7th

Finland

6th

Finland

8th

Switzerland

3

Sweden

8th

Scotland

5

Scotland

6th

Germany

3

Scotland

4th

3rd place match

Norway

3

Norway

11

Norway

6th

Czech Republic

2

Finland

5

To rank 5-8

	Semifinals					Play for rank 5
		Switzerland	6th
		Denmark	5
							Switzerland	7th
							Germany	1
		Germany	7th
		Czech Republic	4th
						Game for rank 7
						3	Denmark	9
						4th	Czech Republic	3

Placement games

game	encounter	result
To rank 9	Netherlands - England	6-2
To rank 11	Russia - Wales	8-2
To rank 13	France - Luxembourg	7-1

Final score

The first 12 play in Group A in 1995

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

Women's tournament

Attendees

Denmark	Germany	England	Finland
Skip: Helena Blach Lavrsen Third: Dorthe Holm Second: Trine Qvist Lead: Lisa Richardson Alternate: Jeanett Syngre	Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Natalie Nessler Second: Heike Schwaller Lead: Jane Boake-Cope Alternate: Andrea Stock	Skip: Joan Reed Third: June Swan Second: Glynnice Lauder Lead: Lesley Kemish Alternate: Fiona Turner	Skip: Anne Malmi Third: Jaana Jokela Second: Jaana Hämäläinen Lead: Tiina Kautonen
France	Italy	Luxembourg	Netherlands
Skip: Audé Bénier Third: Nadia Bénier Second: Laure Mutazzi Lead: Fabienne Morand Alternate: Tatiana Ducroz	Skip: Giulia Lacedelli Third: Violetta Caldart Second: Sara Zandegiacomo Lead: Mariella Macchietto Alternate: Sandra Ruatti	Skip: Karen Wauters Third: Karen MacDougall Second: Stefanie Bless Lead: Mireille Fischbach Alternate: Anita Fürstenberg	Skip: Beatrice Miltenburg Third: Marijke Paulissen Second: Sylvia Van Der Pluijm Lead: Madeleine van den Houten
Norway	Russia	Sweden	Switzerland
Skip: Dordi Nordby Third: Hanne Woods Second: Marianne Haslum Lead: Marianne Aspelin Alternate: Kristin Tøsse Løvseth	Skip: Tatiana Smirnova Third: Irina Kolesnikova Second: Yana Nekrasova Lead: Marina Tcherepanova	Skip: Anette Norberg Third: Cathrine Lindahl Second: Helena Lingham Lead: Anna Blom Alternate: Eva Lund	Skip: Nadja Heuer Third: Carmen Küng Second: Sybil Bachofen Lead: Vera Heuer Alternate: Yvonne Schlunegger

Scotland	Czech Republic
Skip: Rhona Martin Third: Gail McMillan Second: Mairi Milne Lead: Janice Rankin Alternate: Claire Milne	Skip: Renée Lepiskova Third: Renata Kubinova Second: Jitka Papezova Lead: Simona Wrightova Alternate: Katerina Lepsikova

Round robin

Group A 1

key
	Quarter finals

Draw	encounter	result	encounter	result	encounter	result
1	Sweden - Netherlands	14-2	Switzerland - England	10-7	Finland - Czech Republic	13-2
2	Switzerland - Czech Republic	7-3	Sweden - France	9-4	Finland - Netherlands	14-3
3	France - England	7-1	Sweden - Switzerland	10-5	Netherlands - Czech Republic	10-4
4th	Sweden - England	6-4	France - Czech Republic	8-6	Switzerland - Finland	7-3
5	England - Czech Republic	8-6	Switzerland-Netherlands	12-1	Finland - France	9-8
6th	France - Netherlands	12-3	Finland - England	7-3	Sweden - Czech Republic	10-3
7th	Sweden - Finland	7-1	England - Netherlands	11-5	Switzerland - France	10-7

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Sweden	6th	6th	0
2.	Switzerland	6th	5	1
3.	Finland	6th	4th	2
4th	France	6th	3	3
5.	England	6th	2	4th
6th	Netherlands	6th	1	5
7th	Czech Republic	6th	0	6th

Group A2

key
	Quarter finals

Draw	encounter	result	encounter	result	encounter	result
1	Germany - Luxembourg	10-2	Scotland - Norway	8-4	Denmark - Italy	8-6
2	Italy - Luxembourg	7-4	Norway - Russia	9-2	Denmark - Scotland	7-4
3	Denmark - Russia	7-3	Scotland - Luxembourg	9-4	Germany - Italy	10-6
4th	Russia - Luxembourg	9-4	Norway - Denmark	6-5	Scotland - Germany	9-3
5	Italy - Russia	8-5	Denmark -Luxembourg	15-1	Germany - Norway	6-5
6th	Germany - Russia	4-3	Norway - Luxembourg	11-3	Scotland - Italy	9-2
7th	Scotland - Russia	10-2	Germany-Denmark	6-2	Norway - Italy	15-2

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Scotland	6th	5	1
2.	Germany	6th	5	1
3.	Norway	6th	4th	2
4th	Denmark	6th	4th	2
5.	Italy	6th	2	4th
6th	Russia	6th	1	5
7th	Luxembourg	6th	0	6th

Play-off

To rank 1-4

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Denmark

9

Sweden

4th

Scotland

9

Switzerland

1

Germany

6th

Finland

3

Germany

12

Scotland

4th

Switzerland

6th

Norway

5

Germany

7th

3rd place match

Denmark

6th

Scotland

5

Denmark

10

France

4th

Switzerland

5

To rank 5-8

	Semifinals					Play for rank 5
		Sweden	11
		Finland	3
							Sweden	8th
							Norway	2
		Norway	6th
		France	3
						Game for rank 7
						3	Finland	8th
						4th	France	6th

Placement games

game	encounter	result
To rank 9	England - Italy	8-7
To rank 11	Russia - Netherlands	7-3
To rank 13	Czech Republic - Luxembourg	8-7

Final score

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

Web links

• European Curling Championships 1998 men , women on Worldcurling.org (English)