| 2010 Le Gruyère European Curling Championship | |
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| Host city | Champéry,Switzerland |
| Arena | Palladium de Champéry |
| Dates | December 3–11, 2010 |
| Men's winner |  Norway |
| Curling club | Snarøen CC,Oslo |
| Skip | Thomas Ulsrud |
| Third | Torger Nergård |
| Second | Christoffer Svae |
| Lead | Håvard Vad Petersson |
| Alternate | Markus Høiberg |
| Finalist |  Denmark (Rasmus Stjerne) |
| Women's winner |  Sweden |
| Skip | Stina Viktorsson |
| Third | Christina Bertrup |
| Second | Maria Wennerström |
| Lead | Margaretha Sigfridsson |
| Alternate | Agnes Knochenhauer |
| Finalist |  Scotland (Eve Muirhead) |
« 2009 2011 » | |
| Events at the2010 European Curling Championships | |||
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| Men's Tournament | |||
| Group A | Group B | Group C | |
| Women's Tournament | |||
| Group A | Group B | Group C | |
The2010Le GruyèreEuropean Curling Championships were held inChampéry,Switzerland from December 3–11, 2010.[1] The Group C matches took place from September 24–28 at theGreenacres Ice Rink inHowwood,Scotland. The winners of the Group C matches advanced to the Group B playoffs inMonthey.[2] The Group A round robin matches took place from December 4–11 at thePalladium de Champéry in Champéry, while the Group B matches took place at theVerney Arena in Monthey.
Sweden'sStina Viktorsson won the gold medal when her rink defeated theEve Muirhead rink from Scotland. Switzerland'sMirjam Ott won the bronze medal game over Russia'sLiudmila Privivkova in 9 ends.[3]TheThomas Ulsrud rink from Norway won in the final overRasmus Stjerne's rink fromDenmark, which played surprisingly well at the championships this year. Switzerland'sChristof Schwaller won the bronze medal after defeating Germany'sAndy Kapp.[4]
Six women's teams qualified for the2011 World Women's Curling Championship inEsbjerg,Denmark. They are:Sweden,Scotland,Switzerland,Russia,Norway, and theCzech Republic (who defeatedLatvia in theWorld Challenge).[5] Only six nations qualified because the host (Denmark) and the defending champion (Germany) are automatically qualified. Eight men's teams qualified for the2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship inRegina,Saskatchewan,Canada. They are:Norway,Denmark,Switzerland,Germany,Scotland,Czech Republic,France (who defeatedItaly in theWorld Challenge).[6][7]
The 2010 European Curling Championships marked the first European curling tournament thatTurkey was represented at.[1][8]Turkey was represented by a men's and women's berth, and their women's berth advanced to the B Group of the championships.
| Date | Group A | Group B | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Time | Event | Time | |
| December 3 Friday | Opening Ceremony | |||
| December 4 Saturday | Round Robin - Draw | 08:00 (W) 12:00 (M) 16:00 (W) 20:00 (M) | Round Robin - Draw | 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) |
| December 5 Sunday | Round Robin - Draw | 11:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) | Round Robin - Draw | 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) |
| December 6 Monday | Round Robin - Draw | 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) | Round Robin - Draw | 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) |
| December 7 Tuesday | Round Robin - Draw | 10:00 (M) 15:00 (W) 19:00 (M) | Round Robin - Draw | 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) |
| December 8 Wednesday | Round Robin - Draw | 10:00 (W) 16:00 (M) 20:00 (W) | Round Robin - Draw | 08:00 (M) 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) |
| December 9 Thursday | Round Robin - Draw | 8:00 (M) | Tiebreaks Playoffs | |
| Tiebreaks | 12:00 (more if needed) | |||
| Play-offs | 20:00 9:00 | |||
| December 10 Friday | Semifinals Finals | 8:00 13:00 | ||
| Semifinals | 16:00 20:00 | |||
| December 11 Saturday | Bronze Final | 8:00 | Bronze Final | 9:30 |
| Finals | 12:00 (W) 16:00 (M) | Challenge World Championships | 9:30 14:00 | |
| Closing Ceremony | ||||
10 men's berths were qualified for Group A, including defending championsSweden andlast year's B Group qualifiers (Russia and theNetherlands).
Switzerland,Norway, andGermany finished the round-robin with a 7–2 win–loss record, whileDenmark finished with a 6–3 record. Switzerland was defeated by Norway 4–5 in the tenth end and Denmark defeated Germany 10–5 with a game-ending 5-point end in the page playoffs. Norway moved on to the gold final, while Denmark was able to defeat Switzerland in the semifinal, 9–7. Denmark faced Norway in the final, where Norway won 5–3, while Switzerland won over Germany, 7–4.[4]
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Gold Medal Game | |||||||||||
| 1 |  Switzerland | 4 | 2 | Norway | 5 | ||||||||
| 2 | Norway | 5 | 4 | Denmark | 3 | ||||||||
| 1 | Switzerland | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Denmark | 9 | |||||||||||
| 3 |  Germany | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Denmark | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bronze Medal Game | ||||
| 1 | Switzerland | 7 | ||
| 3 | Germany | 4 | ||
Saturday, December 11, 16:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norway (Ulsrud) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Denmark (Stjerne) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Saturday, December 11, 8:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland (Schwaller) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |
| Germany (Kapp) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
16 men's berths were qualified for Group B, including the teams advancing from Group C (Slovakia and Belarus) and the teams relegated fromlast year's A Group (Finland andItaly). They are split into two eight-team groups (B1 and B2).
Latvia andIreland finished at the top of Group B1, whileItaly andSlovakia finished at the top of their groups. In the page playoffs, Latvia won over Italy 9–5, while Ireland defeated Slovakia 8–2. Italy won over Ireland 6–5 in 11 ends to advance to the final and face Latvia once more. This time, Italy was able to win over Latvia in an extra end, 10–7. Ireland won over Slovakia in 8 ends, 9–2.[4]
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Gold Medal Game | |||||||||||
| B1-1 |  Latvia | 9 | B1-1 | Latvia | 7 | ||||||||
| B2-1 |  Italy | 5 | B2-1 | Italy | 10 | ||||||||
| B2-1 | Italy | 6 | |||||||||||
| B1-2 |  Ireland | 5 | |||||||||||
| B1-2 | Ireland | 8 | |||||||||||
| B2-2 |  Slovakia | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bronze Medal Game | ||||
| B1-2 | Ireland | 9 | ||
| B2-2 | Slovakia | 2 | ||
| Sheet K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia (Gulbis) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Italy (Retornaz) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Sheet K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland (Gray) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | X | 9 |
| Slovakia (Pitonak) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
Seven men's berths competed in the first everGroup C tournament.
Slovakia and Belarus finished at the top of the group with 5–1 win–loss records. They both qualified for the B Group tournament, and played in the Group C Final, where Slovakia defeated Belarus in 8 ends.[9]
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia (Pitonak) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | X | X | 10 |
 Belarus (Kirillov) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
10 women's berths were qualified for Group A, including defending championsGermany andlast year's B Group qualifiers (theNetherlands andLatvia).
Scotland advanced to the playoffs with an impressive 8–1 record;Russia andSwitzerland advanced with a 7–2 record, andSweden with a 6–3 record. In the playoffs, Scotland defeated Russia in 9 ends with a 9–4 score. Sweden was able to work its way to the gold final, defeating Switzerland 5–3 in the playoffs and passing by Russia 7–5 in the semifinals. Sweden met and defeated Scotland in the final, 8–6, taking home the gold. The Switzerland rink faced Russia in the bronze final, winning 9–5 in 9 ends.[3]
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Gold Medal Game | |||||||||||
| 1 | Scotland | 9 | 1 | Scotland | 6 | ||||||||
| 2 |  Russia | 4 | 4 | Sweden | 8 | ||||||||
| 2 | Russia | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Sweden | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | |||||||||||
| Bronze Medal Game | ||||
| 2 | Russia | 5 | ||
| 3 | Switzerland | 9 | ||
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland (Muirhead) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sweden (Viktorsson) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia (Privivkova) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Switzerland (Ott) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 9 |
10 women's berths were qualified for Group B, including the teams advancing from Group C (Ireland and Turkey) and the teams relegated fromlast year's A Group (England andItaly).
TheCzech Republic finished the round-robin undefeated with an impressive 9–0 record, whileHungary,Austria, andItaly finished with a 7–2 record. The Czech berth defeated Hungary 8–6 in an extra end and Italy defeated Austria 6–3 in the page playoffs. Italy met Hungary in the semifinal and defeated them 7–6. The Czech rink then scored a resounding 14–7 win over Italy in the final game. Austria won over Hungary in the bronze final after an extra end, 5–4.[4]
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Gold Medal Game | |||||||||||
| 1 |  Czech Republic | 8 | 1 | Czech Republic | 14 | ||||||||
| 2 |  Hungary | 6 | 4 | Italy | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 | Hungary | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Italy | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 |  Austria | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Italy | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bronze Medal Game | ||||
| 3 | Austria | 5 | ||
| 2 | Hungary | 4 | ||
| Sheet J | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria (Toth) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Hungary (Szekeres) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet J | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic (Kubeskova) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | X | 14 |
| Italy (Menardi) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
Five women's berths competed in the first everGroup C tournament.
The Turkish team, making its debut in an international curling competition, finished the round robin undefeated at 4–0, while Ireland held a 3–1 record. In the final, Ireland would open with a 4-point end and dominated the game, winning 11–3 over Turkey in 8 ends.[9]
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland (Hibberd) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 11 |
 Turkey (Akyildiz) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
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