2016 European Curling Championships

The 2016 European Curling Championships were held from November 18 to 26 in Braehead, Renfrewshire, Scotland.[1] Scotland last hosted the European Curling Championships in 2009 in Aberdeen. The Group C competitions will be held in April in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[2]

2016 European Curling Championships
Host city	Braehead, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Arena	Braehead Arena
Dates	November 18–26
Men's winner	Sweden
Curling club	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip	Niklas Edin
Third	Oskar Eriksson
Second	Rasmus Wrana
Lead	Christoffer Sundgren
Finalist	Norway (Thomas Ulsrud)
Women's winner	Russia
Curling club	Adamant CC, Moscow
Skip	Victoria Moiseeva
Third	Uliana Vasileva
Second	Galina Arsenkina
Lead	Julia Portunova
Alternate	Julia Guzieva
Finalist	Sweden (Anna Hasselborg)
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At the conclusion of the championships, the top eight women's teams will go to the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship in Beijing, and the top eight men's teams will go to the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Men

Group A

The Group A competitions will be contested at the Braehead Arena in Renfrewshire.

Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams relegated to 2017 Group B

Country	Skip	W	L
Sweden	Niklas Edin	8	1
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	6	3
Switzerland	Peter de Cruz	6	3
Russia	Alexey Timofeev	6	3
Germany	Andreas Kapp	4	5
Scotland	Tom Brewster	4	5
Italy	Joel Retornaz	3	6
Austria	Sebastian Wunderer	3	6
Finland	Aku Kauste	3	6
Denmark	Rasmus Stjerne	2	7

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Sweden	8
	4	Russia	5
						1	Sweden	6
						2	Norway	5
	2	Norway	7
	3	Switzerland	4

	Bronze Medal Game
	4	Russia	6
	3	Switzerland	8

Bronze Medal Game

Friday, November 25, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Timofeev)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	6
Switzerland (de Cruz)	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	8

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, November 26, 15:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Edin)	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	6
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	5

Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker
	Teams to relegation Playoff

Pool A Skip W L  Czech Republic Karel Kubeška 6 1  Israel Adam Freilich 5 2  Slovakia Juraj Gallo 5 2  Turkey Alican Karataş 5 2  Wales Adrian Meikle 4 3  Lithuania Tadas Vyskupaitis 2 5  France Jean-Olivier Biechely 1 6  Spain Lucas Munuera 0 7

Pool B Skip W L  Netherlands Jaap van Dorp 6 1  Latvia Ritvars Gulbis 5 2  Hungary Gergely Szabó 4 3  Poland Borys Jasiecki 4 3  England Alan MacDougall 4 3  Belgium Timothy Verreycken 2 5  Estonia Martin Lill 2 5  Slovenia Štefan Sever 1 6

Relegation Round

	Relegation Finals					Relegation Semifinals
						A7	France	3
						B7	Estonia	7
	A7	France	3
	B8	Slovenia	6
						A8	Spain	2
						B8	Slovenia	5

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Czech Republic

8

B2

Latvia

5

A3

Slovakia

9

A3

Slovakia

6

A3

Slovakia

6

B1

Netherlands

7

B1

Netherlands

6

A2

Israel

8

A2

Israel

2

B3

Poland

4

	Bronze Medal Game
	A1	Czech Republic	10
	A2	Israel	3

Bronze Medal Game

Friday, November 25, 13:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Kubeška)	1	0	4	0	2	0	2	1	X	X	10
Israel (Freilich)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Gold Medal Game

Friday, November 25, 13:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Slovakia (Gallo)	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	6
Netherlands (van Dorp)	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	7

Group C

The Group C competitions will be contested at the Ledena Dvorana Zalog in Ljubljana.

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
Estonia	Martin Lill	10	0
France	Jean-Olivier Biechely	7	3
Ireland	Andrew Gilmore	7	3
Bulgaria	Reto Seiler	7	3
Luxembourg	Marc Hansen	6	4
Belarus	Ilya Shalamitski	6	4
Serbia	Đorđe Nešković	5	5
Romania	Stefan Bodea	2	8
Croatia	Robert Mikulandric	2	8
Andorra	Josep Garcia	2	8
Iceland	Andri Magnusson	0	10

Playoffs

	Second Place Game					Semifinals
						1	Estonia	7
						2	France	4
	2	France	7
	3	Ireland	6
						3	Ireland	9
						4	Bulgaria	6

1 vs. 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Estonia (Lill)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	X	7
France (Biechely)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	X	4

Winner advances to Group B competitions.
Loser advances to Second Place Game.

3 vs. 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Ireland (Gilmore)	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	9
Bulgaria (Seiler)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	6

Winner advances to Second Place Game.

Second Place Game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Biechely)	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	7
Ireland (Gilmore)	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	6

Winner advances to Group B competitions.

Women

Group A

The Group A competitions will be contested at the Braehead Arena in Renfrewshire.

Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams relegated to 2017 Group B

Country	Skip	W	L
Scotland	Eve Muirhead	9	0
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	8	1
Czech Republic	Anna Kubešková	6	3
Russia	Victoria Moiseeva	6	3
Denmark	Lene Nielsen	4	5
Switzerland	Binia Feltscher	4	5
Germany	Daniela Jentsch	4	5
Italy	Federica Apollonio	2	7
Norway	Kristin Skaslien	1	8
Finland	Anne Malmi	1	8

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Scotland	6
	4	Russia	11
						4	Russia	6
						2	Sweden	4
	2	Sweden	9
	3	Czech Republic	2

	Bronze Medal Game
	1	Scotland	6
	3	Czech Republic	2

Bronze Medal Game

Friday, November 25, 19:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Muirhead)	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	X	6
Czech Republic (Kubešková)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, November 26, 10:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Moiseeva)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	6
Sweden (Hasselborg)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4

Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker
	Teams relegated to 2017 Group C

Country	Skip	W	L
Hungary	Dorottya Palancsa	8	1
Turkey	Dilşat Yıldız	7	2
Estonia	Maile Mölder	7	2
Netherlands	Marianne Neeleman	5	4
England	Anna Fowler	5	4
Latvia	Santa Blumberga	5	4
Belarus	Alina Pauliuchyk	4	5
Lithuania	Virginija Paulauskaite	2	7
Slovakia	Elena Axamitová	2	7
Poland	Marta Piuta	0	9

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Hungary	9
	4	Netherlands	8
						1	Hungary	6
						2	Turkey	5
	2	Turkey	10
	3	Estonia	2

	Bronze Medal Game
	3	Estonia	7
	4	Netherlands	5

Bronze Medal Game

Friday, November 25, 13:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Estonia (Molder)	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	7
Netherlands (Neeleman)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	5

Gold Medal Game

Friday, November 25, 13:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hungary (Palancsa)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	6
Turkey (Yıldız)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	5

Group C

The Group C competitions will be contested at the Ledena Dvorana Zalog in Ljubljana.

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
Belarus	Alina Pauliuchyk	7	0
Austria	Constanze Ocker	5	2
Lithuania	Virginija Paulauskaite	5	2
Spain	Oihane Otaegi	5	2
Croatia	Melani Turkovic	3	4
Slovenia	Nika Cerne	2	5
Ireland	Ailsa Anderson	1	6
Romania	Iulia Ioana Traila	0	7

Playoffs

	Second Place Game					Semifinals
						1	Belarus	7
						2	Austria	5
	2	Austria	3
	3	Lithuania	7
						3	Lithuania	8
						4	Spain	4

1 vs. 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Belarus (Pavlyuchik)	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	7
Austria (Ocker)	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	5

Winner advances to Group B competitions.
Loser advances to Second Place Game.

3 vs. 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Lithuania (Paulauskaite)	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	8
Spain (Otaegi)	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4

Winner advances to Second Place Game.

Second Place Game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Ocker)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	3
Lithuania (Paulauskaite)	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	X	7

Winner advances to Group B competitions.

References

General

• "2016 European Curling Championships". World Curling Federation.

Specific

1. "Scotland awarded four international curling championships". World Curling Federation. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
2. "Slovenia to host first international curling event". World Curling Federation. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.