European Curling Championships 2001

Vierumäki

Venue: Vierumäki, Finland

The 2000 European Curling Championship for men and women took place from December 8th to 15th in Vierumäki , Finland .

Men's tournament

Attendees

Group A

Denmark	Germany	Finland	France
Skip: Lasse Lavrsen Third: Brian Hansen Second: Carsten Svensgaard Lead: Frants Gufler Alternate: Ulrik Schmidt	Skip: Sebastian Stock Third: Daniel Herberg Second: Stephan Knoll Lead: Markus Messenzehl Alternate: Patrick Hoffman	Skip: Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Tommi Häti Lead: Jari Laukkanen Alternate: Pekka Saarelainen	Skip: Thierry Mercier Third: Cyrille Prunet Second: Eric Laffin Lead: Lionel Tournier
Italy	Norway	Scotland	Sweden
Skip: Alessandro Lettieri Third: Joel Retornaz Second: Mathias Retornaz Lead: Andrea Callegari Alternate: Alessandro Federici	Skip: Pål Trulsen Third: Lars Vågberg Second: Flemming Davanger Lead: Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Alternate: Torger Nergård	Skip: Hammy McMillan Third: Warwick Smith Second: Ewan MacDonald Lead: Norman Brown Alternate: Mike Hay	Skip: Peter Lindholm Third: Tomas Nordin Second: Magnus Swartling Lead: Peter Narup Alternate: Anders Kraupp
Switzerland	Czech Republic
Skip: Andreas Schwaller Third: Christof Schwaller Second: Markus Eggler Lead: Damian Grichting Alternate: Marco Ramstein	Skip: Petr Štěpánek Third: Vit Nekovarik Second: Ales Prchlik Lead: Vlastimil Vojtus Alternate: Petr Firt

Group B

Bulgaria	England	Luxembourg	Netherlands
Skip: Lubomir Velinov Third: Ivaylo Petrov Second: Stanimir Petrov Lead: Bojidar Momerin Alternate: Plamen Tynkov	Skip: Andrew Reed Third: Thomas Jaeggi Second: Christopher Smith Lead: Daniel Jaeggi Alternate: John Brown	Skip: Heribert Kramer Third: Thomas Schröder Second: Emile Bartole Lead: Patrick Welscher	Skip: Rob Vilain Third: Reg Wiebe Second: Willem Pronk Lead: Walter Verbueken Alternate: Steve van der Cammen
Austria	Russia	Wales	Belarus
Skip: Alois Kreidl Third: Stefan Salinger Second: Andreas Unterberger Lead: Werner Wanker	Skip: Alexander Kirikov Third: Vadim Shkolnikov Second: Vadim Stebakov Lead: Dmitri Abanin Alternate: Mikhail Fokin	Skip: Adrian Meikle Third: Chris Wells Second: Andrew Tanner Lead: John Sharpe Alternate: Hugh Meikle	Skip: Mikhail Shaibak Third: Vasili Gorbatchov Second: Yuri Karanevich Lead: Yuri Kochubey

Round robin

Group A

key
	Play-off
	Tie breaker

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

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Sweden	9	7th	2
2.	Switzerland	9	7th	2
3.	Norway	9	6th	3
4th	Finland	9	6th	3
5.	Scotland	9	5	4th
6th	Denmark	9	4th	5
7th	France	9	4th	5
8th.	Germany	9	3	6th
9.	Czech Republic	9	2	7th
10.	Italy	9	1	8th

Tie breaker

game	encounter	result
for rank 6	Denmark - France	11-5

Group B

key
	Play-off

Draw	encounter	result	encounter	result	encounter	result	encounter	result
1	Luxembourg - Netherlands	7-5	England - Russia	9-4	Wales - Austria	10-9	Bulgaria - Belarus	15-3
2	Wales - Belarus	14-3	Austria - Bulgaria	11-3	Netherlands - Russia	9-8	Luxembourg - England	4-8
3	Russia - Austria	8-7	Luxembourg - Belarus	11-5	England - Bulgaria	6-3	Wales - Netherlands	9-5
4th	Wales - England	8-6	Netherlands - Bulgaria	12-4	Austria - Luxembourg	9-5	Russia - Belarus	15-2
5	Luxembourg - Bulgaria	8-5	Russia - Wales	10-6	England - Belarus	13-3	Austria - Netherlands	9-7
6th	England - Netherlands	9-3	Austria-Belarus	13-3	Russia - Luxembourg	8-4	Wales - Bulgaria	8-4
7th	Bulgaria - Russia	7-4	Wales -Luxembourg	9-6	Netherlands - Belarus	15-1	England - Austria	9-3

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Wales	7th	6th	1
2.	England	7th	6th	1
3.	Russia	7th	4th	3
4th	Austria	7th	4th	3
5.	Luxembourg	7th	3	4th
6th	Netherlands	7th	3	4th
7th	Bulgaria	7th	2	5
8th.	Belarus	7th	0	7th

Play-off

Group A

	Semifinals					final
	2	Switzerland	8th
	3	Norway	7th
						1	Sweden	5
						2	Switzerland	4th
	1	Sweden	7th
	4th	Finland	4th
						3rd place match
						4th	Finland	6th
						3	Norway	4th

Group B

	Semifinals					final
	4th	Austria	8th
	1	Wales	6th
						4th	Austria	9
						2	England	6th
	2	England	6th
	3	Russia	5
						3rd place match
						3	Russia	9
						1	Wales	6th

Challenge game

To qualify for the World Cup

encounter	result
Austria - France	11-8

Relegation game

To belong to the A group

encounter	result
England - Czech Republic	8-6

Final score

Group A

key
	Relegated to group B

space	country
1	Sweden
2	Switzerland
3	Finland
4th	Norway
5	Scotland
6th	Denmark
7th	France
8th	Germany
9	Czech Republic
10	Italy

Group B

key
	Promoted to group A

space	country
1	Austria
2	England
3	Russia
4th	Wales
5	Luxembourg
6th	Netherlands
7th	Bulgaria
8th	Belarus

Women's tournament

Attendees

Group A

Denmark	Germany	Finland	Norway
Skip: Lene Bidstrup Third: Susanne Slotsager Second: Malene Krause Lead: Avijaja Lund Järund Alternate: Lisa Richardson	Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Natalie Nessler Second: Heike Schwaller Lead: Andrea Stock Alternate: Katja Schweizer	Fourth: Nina Pöllänen Skip: Jaana Jokela Second: Tiina Kautonen Lead: Laura Tsutsunen Alternate: Minna Malinen	Skip: Dordi Nordby Third: Hanne Woods Second: Marianne Haslum Lead: Camilla Holth Alternate: Kristin Tøsse Løvseth
Russia	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland
Fourth: Olga Jarkova Skip: Yana Nekrasova Second: Nkeiruka Ezekh Lead: Angela Tuvaeva	Skip: Rhona Martin Third: Debbie Knox Second: Fiona MacDonald Lead: Janice Rankin Alternate: Margaret Morton	Skip: Anette Norberg Third: Cathrine Lindahl Second: Eva Lund Lead: Mio Hasselborg Alternate: Anna Rindeskog	Skip: Luzia Ebnöther Third: Mirjam Ott Second: Tanya Frei Lead: Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe Alternate: Laurence Bidaud

Group B

Bulgaria	England	France
Skip: Rumiana Atanasova Third: Rousiana Rouskova Second: Borislava Petrova Lead: Krassimira Janeva	Skip: Sarah McVey Third: Joan Ross Second: Jacqueline Ambridge Lead: Christine Robinson Alternate: Joan Reed	Skip: Sandrine Morand Third: Delphine Bredannaz Second: Audrey Delphino Lead: Melanie Sturm
Italy	Netherlands	Czech Republic
Skip: Diana Gaspari Third: Violetta Caldart Second: Rosa Pompanin Lead: Chiara Olivieri Alternate: Lucrezia Ferrando	Skip: Margrietha Voskuilen Third: Marie José Tiemstra Second: Sylvia Van Der Pluijm Lead: Petra Biesterveld Alternate: Ellen van der Cammen	Skip: Pavla Rubasova Third: Lenka Sáfránková Second: Hana Synácková Lead: Vera Netusilova Alternate: Lenka Kitzbergerova

Round robin

Group A

key
	Play-off

Draw	encounter	result	encounter	result	encounter	result	encounter	result
1	Sweden - Norway	7-6	Germany - Switzerland	8-5	Denmark - Scotland	10-4	Russia - Finland	4-3
2	Denmark - Finland	8-5	Scotland - Russia	7-3	Germany - Norway	9-2	Sweden - Switzerland	5-4
3	Germany - Scotland	5-4	Sweden - Finland	8-3	Switzerland - Russia	10-4	Denmark - Norway	9-6
4th	Denmark - Switzerland	7-3	Norway - Russia	5-4	Sweden - Scotland	5-4	Germany - Finland	8-6
5	Sweden - Russia	9-3	Germany - Denmark	9-4	Switzerland - Finland	8-6	Norway - Scotland	10-9
6th	Switzerland - Norway	7-4	Scotland - Finland	10-2	Sweden - Germany	9-5	Denmark - Russia	10-8
7th	Germany - Russia	6-5	Sweden - Denmark	11-4	Norway - Finland	7-5	Switzerland - Scotland	7-4

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Sweden	7th	7th	0
2.	Germany	7th	6th	1
3.	Denmark	7th	5	2
4th	Switzerland	7th	4th	3
5.	Norway	7th	3	4th
6th	Scotland	7th	2	5
7th	Russia	7th	1	6th
8th.	Finland	7th	0	7th

Group B

key
	Play-off

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

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Czech Republic	5	4th	1
2.	France	5	4th	1
3.	Italy	5	3	2
4th	England	5	2	3
5.	Netherlands	5	1	4th
5.	Bulgaria	5	1	4th

Play-off

Group A

	Semifinals					final
	1	Sweden	8th
	4th	Switzerland	7th
						1	Sweden	7th
						3	Denmark	3
	3	Denmark	6th
	2	Germany	4th
						3rd place match
						4th	Switzerland	8th
						2	Germany	7th

Group B

	Semifinals					final
	2	France	10
	3	Italy	1
						1	Czech Republic	7th
						2	France	6th
	1	Czech Republic	12
	4th	England	4th
						3rd place match
						3	Italy	10
						4th	England	1

Challenge game

To qualify for the World Cup

encounter	result
Russia - Czech Republic	7-2

Final score

Group A

key
	Relegated to group B

space	country
1	Sweden
2	Denmark
3	Switzerland
4th	Germany
5	Norway
6th	Scotland
7th	Russia
8th	Finland

Group B

key
	Promoted to group A

space	country
1	Czech Republic
2	France
3	Italy
4th	England
5	Netherlands
6th	Bulgaria

Web links

• European Curling Championships 2001 men , women on Worldcurling.org (English)