European Curling Federation

European Curling Federation
Founded	1975
president	Andrew Ferguson-Smith
Association headquarters	Bern
Official languages)	English
Homepage	ECF

The European Curling Federation (ECF) represents the European curling sport and organizes championships at European level. The association is based in Bern .

Purpose of the association

• To represent, promote and represent the sport of curling in Europe.
• To maintain the cohesion of the member associations.
• To organize European championships annually. Determine the venue and the date for the championships together with the host.

history

Jean Schild from Geneva had the idea of ​​organizing European curling championships. A six-nation tournament was held in Zurich in November 1974. There were:

•  Switzerland
•  Sweden
•  Germany
•  France
•  Italy
•  Norway

During the tournament, a meeting was called to discuss the idea of ​​a European championship. In March 1975 Jean Schild brought his idea to the ICF (today - WCF ), it was decided that European championships should be established. The first European championship was held in Megève in 1975. Jean Schild became the first President of the European Curling Federation.

President

year	Surname	country
1975-1977	Jean shield	Switzerland
1977-1979	Bob Grierson	Scotland
1979-1983	Birger Mortensen	Norway
1983-1988	Eric Harmsen	Netherlands
1988-1992	Sten Willer-Andersen	Denmark
1992-2000	Roy Sinclair	Scotland
2000-2008	Malcolm Richardson	Scotland
since 2008	Andrew Ferguson-Smith	Andorra

Members

accession	Surname	country
1991	Andorra Curling Association	Andorra
1982	Austrian Curling Association	Austria
1997	Belarusian Curling Association	Belarus
2005	Belgium Curling Association	Belgium
1990	Bulgarian Curling Association	Bulgaria
2004	Hrvatski Curling Savez	Croatia
1990	Czech Curling Association	Czech Republic
1971	Dansk Curling Forbund	Denmark
1971	English Curling Association	England
2003	Eesti Curlingu Liit	Estonia
1979	Suomen Curlingliitto	Finland
1966	Fédération Française des Sports de Glace	France
1967	German Curling Association	Germany
2003	Hellenic Curling Association	Greece
1989	Magyar Curling Szövetség	Hungary
1991	Íþrótta- og Ólympíusamband Íslands	Iceland
2003	Irish Curling Association	Ireland
1972	Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio	Italy
2001	Latvijas Kērlinga Asociācija	Lithuania
1991	Liechtenstein Curling Association	Liechtenstein
2003	Lietuvos Kerlingo Asociacija	Lithuania
1976	Union Luxembourgeoise de Curling	Luxembourg
1975	Nederlandse Curling Bond	Netherlands
1966	Norwegian Curling Association	Norway
2003	Polski Związek Curlingu	Poland
1992	Russian Curling Federation	Russia
2005	Nacionalni savez za karling Srbije	Serbia
2003	Slovenský curlingový zväz	Slovakia
1999	Federacion Española de Deportes de Hielo	Spain
1966	Royal Caledonian Curling Club	Scotland
1966	Swisscurling Association	Switzerland
1966	Svenska Curlingförbundet	Sweden
2009	Türkiye Curling Federasyonunun	Turkey
2008	Welsh Curling Association	Wales

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statutes of the European Curling Federation  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)