The 1982 European Curling Championships were held from 6 to 11 December at the Kirkcaldy Ice Rink arena in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.

The Scottish men's team skipped by Mike Hay won their third European title, and the Swedish women's team skipped by Elisabeth Högström won their fifth European title.

Men's

Teams

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadCurling club
AustriaGünther MochnyRonald KoudelkaArthur FabiJakob Küchl
DenmarkFrants GuflerHans GuflerMichael SindtHolger Slotsager
EnglandRonnie BrockJohn BrownTony FraserDuncan Stewart
FinlandIsto KolemainenJuhani EholuotoJorma MäkeläKeijo Silvan
FranceHenri MüllerRené RobertFernand SchillingerAlbert Lecomte
GermanyKeith WendorfHans Dieter KieselSven SaileHeiner MartinCC Schwenningen, Schwenningen
ItalyAndrea PavaniEnrico AlbertiGiancarlo ValtGianantonio Gillarduzzi
LuxembourgGeorges SchweichWilliam BannermanDenis BoulianneGisbert Franz
NetherlandsWim NeelemanRobert van der CammenGustaf van ImhoffJeroen Tilman
NorwayPål TrulsenFlemming DavangerStig-Arne GunnestadKjell Berg
ScotlandMike HayDavid HayDavid SmithRussell Keiller
SwedenTom SchaefferBengt OscariusLars HegertClaes-Göran CarlmanDjursholms CK, Stockholm
SwitzerlandJürg TannerJürg HornisbergerPatrik LörtscherFranz TannerLausanne-Riviera CC, Lausanne
WalesPeter WilliamsRichard DavisRay KingAdrian Meikle

Round robin

Group A

TeamA1A2A3A4A5A6A7WLPlace
A1England*4:65:910:36:116:95:9156
A2France6:4*10:93:55:74:79:2334
A3Germany9:59:10*10:413:79:514:2511
A4Italy3:105:34:10*5:62:95:8157
A5Netherlands11:67:57:136:5*6:138:3423
A6Switzerland9:67:45:99:213:6*18:1512
A7Wales9:52:92:148:53:81:18*245

Group B

TeamB1B2B3B4B5B6B7WLPlace
B1Austria*4:1011:98:109:114:112:6156
B2Denmark10:4*12:59:77:43:58:5512
B3Finland9:115:12*7:81:153:111:13067
B4Luxembourg10:87:98:7*3:143:105:6245
B5Norway11:94:715:114:3*3:93:8334
B6Scotland11:45:311:310:39:3*10:2601
B7Sweden6:25:813:16:58:32:10*423

Teams to playoffs

Ranking games for 5th-14th places

For 13th place
Italy17
Finland8
For 11th place
England7
Austria9
For 9th place
Wales13
Luxembourg3
For 7th place
France6
Norway8
For 5th place
Netherlands6
Sweden8

Playoffs

SemifinalsFinal
A(1)Germany9
B(2)Denmark2
Germany5
Scotland6
B(1)Scotland7
A(2)Switzerland6Bronze game
Denmark3
Switzerland4

Final standings

PlaceTeamSkipGPWL
ScotlandMike Hay880
GermanyKeith Wendorf862
SwitzerlandJürg Tanner862
4DenmarkFrants Gufler853
5SwedenTom Schaeffer853
6NetherlandsWim Neeleman743
7NorwayPål Trulsen743
8FranceHenri Müller734
9WalesPeter Williams734
10LuxembourgGeorges Schweich725
11AustriaGünther Mochny725
12EnglandRonnie Brock716
13ItalyAndrea Pavani725
14FinlandIsto Kolemainen707

Women's

Teams

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadCurling club
AustriaHerta KuchenmeisterMonika HölzlEdeltraud KoudelkaMarianne Gartner
DenmarkJane BidstrupIben LarsenMaj-Brit RejnholdtKirsten HurHvidovre CC, Hvidovre
EnglandChristine ShortMalcolm MaxwellAnne WaltonAnne Harvey
FranceHuguette Jullien (fourth)Agnes MercierPaulette Sulpice (skip)Monique Tournier
GermanyAlmut HegeJosefine EinsleSuzanne KochPetra Tschetsch
ItalyMaria-Grazzia ConstantiniAnn LacedelliNella AlveraAngela Constantini
LuxembourgCilly SchweichMadeleine van den HoutenChristianne BoulianneMarie Garritze
NetherlandsEls NeelemanNetty BornLucie WolfsLia van Elshout
NorwayTrine TrulsenAnne Jøtun BakkeHanne PettersenCathrine Hannevig
ScotlandIsobel TorranceIsobel WaddellMargaret WisemanMarion Armour
SwedenElisabeth HögströmKatarina HultlingBirgitta SewikKarin SjögrenKarlstads CK, Karlstad
SwitzerlandSusan SchlapbachIrene BürgiUrsula SchlapbachKatrin Peterhans
WalesAnne StoneElizabeth HuntBarbara WilliamsDoris Vickers

Round robin

Group A

TeamA1A2A3A4A5A6A7WLPlace
A1Austria*15:56:119:46:122:1210:4334
A2England5:15*2:1312:71:155:119:7245
A3France11:613:2*11:56:105:1312:13333
A4Luxembourg4:97:125:11*5:105:1411:5156
A5Norway12:615:110:610:5*8:411:6601
A6Switzerland12:211:513:514:54:8*14:4512
A7Wales4:107:913:125:116:114:14*157

Group B

TeamB1B2B3B4B5B6WLPlace
B1Denmark*5:1012:811:413:66:13323
B2Germany10:5*6:1312:05:68:9235
B3Italy8:1213:6*12:1110:53:8322
B4Netherlands4:110:1211:12*5:142:16056
B5Scotland6:136:55:1014:5*4:9234
B6Sweden13:69:88:316:29:4*501

Teams to playoffs

Teams to tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

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Italy10
Denmark5

Ranking games for 5th-12th places

For 11th place
Luxembourg4
Netherlands10
For 9th place
England3
Germany14
For 7th place
Austria2
Scotland16
For 5th place
France10
Denmark5

Playoffs

SemifinalsFinal
A(1)Norway5
B(2)Italy9
Italy2
Sweden13
B(1)Sweden8
A(2)Switzerland4Bronze game
Norway3
Switzerland13

Final standings

PlaceTeamSkipGPWL
SwedenElisabeth Högström770
ItalyMaria-Grazzia Constantini853
SwitzerlandSusan Schlapbach862
4NorwayTrine Trulsen862
5FrancePaulette Sulpice743
6DenmarkJane Bidstrup734
7ScotlandIsobel Torrance633
8AustriaHerta Kuchenmeister734
9GermanyAlmut Hege633
10EnglandChristine Short725
11NetherlandsEls Neeleman615
12LuxembourgCilly Schweich716
13WalesAnne Stone615