2008 European Mixed Curling Championship
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The 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 22 to 27, 2008 at the Mercedes Benz Sportpark in Kitzbühel, Austria.
Germany, skipped by Rainer Schöpp, won their first title after defeating Czech Republic in the final.
Teams
Hosts Austria were skipped by two-time Austrian mixed curling champion Markus Schagerl. Germany were skipped by Rainer Schöpp and defending champions Wales were skipped by Adrian Meikle.
| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate(s) | Coach | Curling club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Markus Schagerl | Verena Hagenbuchner | Rainer M.M. Ammer | Jasmin Seidl | Armin Kvas, Karin Trauner | CC Traun | |
| Czech Republic | Jirí Snítil | Hana Synácková | Martin Snítil | Karolína Pilařová | Katerina Kobosilova, Sune Frederiksen | ||
| Denmark | Joel Ostrowski | Camilla Jensen | Søren Jensen | Jeanne Ellegaard | Tårnby CC | ||
| England | Alan MacDougall | Lana Watson | John Sharp | Suzie Law | |||
| Estonia | Andres Jakobson | Reet Taidre | Konstantin Dotsenko | Küllike Ustav | Marcella Tammes, Leo Jakobson | ||
| Finland | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jaana Hämäläinen | Paavo Kuosmanen | Kirsi Kaski | Minna Uusipaavalniemi | Hyvinkää CC | |
| France | Lionel Roux | Helène Grieshaber | Xavier Bibollet | Candice Santacru | Alain Contat, Marion Renaud | ||
| Germany | Rainer Schöpp | Andrea Schöpp | Sebastian Jacoby | Melanie Robillard | Helmar Erlewein, Monika Wagner | John Robillard | SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
| Hungary | György Nagy | Ildiko Szekeres | Zsombor Rokusfalvy | Boglarka Adam | |||
| Ireland | Johnjo Kenny | Marie O'Kane | Tony Tierney | Gillian Drury | |||
| Italy | Antonio Menardi | Giorgia Apollonio | Fabio Alverà | Claudia Alverà | Massimo Antonelli, Lucrezia Salvai | CC Tofane, Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
| Latvia | Iveta Staša-Šaršūne | Robert Krusts | Janis Klive | Una Grava-Germane | Brian Gray | CC Jelgava | |
| Netherlands | Margrietha Voskuilen | Jaap Veerman | Esther Romijn | Erik Dijkstra | CC Utrecht | ||
| Norway | Joakim Skogvold | André Alfsen | Gina Grøseth | Eli Moen Skaslien | Oppdal CC | ||
| Poland | Marta Szeliga-Frynia | Pawel Frynia | Marianna Das | Arkadiusz Detyniecki | Katarzyna Wicik, Tomasz Korolko | Pawel Burlewicz | |
| Russia | Alexander Kirikov | Yana Nekrasova | Petr Dron | Galina Arsenkina | Victor Kornev, Anna Sidorova | Moskvitch CC, Moscow | |
| Scotland | Alan Smith | Gillian Howard | David Mundell | Karen Strang | |||
| Serbia | Darko Sovran | Radmila Panzalovic | Bojan Mijatovic | Olivera Momcilovic | Miodrag Kastratovic, Dara Gravara-Stojanovic | ||
| Slovakia | Rene Petko | Gabriela Kajanova | Milan Kajan | Jana Janickova | |||
| Spain | José Luis Hinojosa de Torres-Peralta | Martina Zurlohe | José Maria Rivera Cadierno | Leticia Hinojosa de Torres | Ana Arce, Sergio De Miguel | ||
| Sweden | Niklas Edin | Anna Hasselborg | Eric Carlsén | Sabina Kraupp | Karlstads CK | ||
| Switzerland | Christian Moser | Niki Goridis | Stefan Luder | Michèle Moser | Esther Neuenschwander, Oliver Wininger | Dübendorf CC | |
| Wales | Adrian Meikle | Lesley Carol | Andrew Tanner | Irene Murray | Chris Wells | Deeside CC |
Round robin
The winner of each group advanced directly to play-offs and second place contested the qualification round.
Group A
Group A consisted of the Czech Republic, France, Latvia, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland and defending champions Wales.
Wales, the defending champions, were eliminated at the first hurdle, losing five of their six group matches. The group was won by the Czech Rublic who won all six of their matches. A tie-breaker was required for second after Scotland and Switzerland were tied on four wins and two losses each.
| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic | * | 6:5 | 5:4 | 9:4 | 8:4 | 6:3 | 7:5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Scotland | 5:6 | * | 6:7 | 10:2 | 9:1 | 7:3 | 9:4 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4:5 | 7:6 | * | 8:6 | 5:9 | 8:4 | 10:3 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Latvia | 4:9 | 2:10 | 6:8 | * | 5:4 | 6:4 | 6:4 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | France | 4:8 | 1:9 | 9:5 | 4:5 | * | 4:5 | 14:1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 3:6 | 3:7 | 4:8 | 4:6 | 5:4 | * | 5:7 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Wales | 5:7 | 4:9 | 3:10 | 4:6 | 1:14 | 7:5 | * | 1 | 5 |
Team to play-offs
Teams to tie-break for 2nd place
Tie-break
Scotland defeated Switzerland 4–3 in the tie-break.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland 🔨 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Scotland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Source:
Group B
Group B consisted of Denmark, England, Estonia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Russia, Serbia and Spain.
Russia finished first in the group after winning all seven of their matches. Denmark were second with a record of six wins and one loss.
| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | * | 11:3 | 8:5 | 7:5 | 12:2 | 8:2 | 7:5 | 13:2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Denmark | 3:11 | * | 6:4 | 7:6 | 7:2 | 8:4 | 12:2 | 14:2 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Hungary | 5:8 | 4:6 | * | 8:3 | 7:2 | 7:3 | 11:5 | 13:1 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | England | 5:7 | 6:7 | 3:8 | * | 10:4 | 7:2 | 14:0 | 13:1 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Spain | 5:7 | 2:12 | 5:11 | 0:14 | 3:4 | 7:4 | * | 16:4 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Estonia | 2:12 | 2:7 | 2:7 | 4:10 | * | 3:5 | 4:3 | 14:2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 2:8 | 4:8 | 3:7 | 2:7 | 5:3 | * | 4:7 | 8:2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Serbia | 2:13 | 2:14 | 1:13 | 1:13 | 2:14 | 2:8 | 4:16 | * | 0 | 7 |
Team to play-offs
Teams to qualification round
Group C
Group C consisted of hosts Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Norway and Sweden.
Sweden finished first in the group after winning all seven of their matches. Germany were second with a record of five wins and two losses.
| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | * | 8:5 | 7:6 | 5:2 | 8:1 | 6:5 | 5:2 | 6:4 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Germany | 5:8 | * | 5:4 | 7:6 | 8:9 | 8:3 | 5:1 | 11:2 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Finland | 6:7 | 4:5 | * | 6:5 | 8:5 | 6:8 | 7:6 | 6:4 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy | 2:5 | 6:7 | 5:6 | * | 7:3 | 8:5 | 5:4 | 7:2 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Austria | 1:8 | 9:8 | 5:8 | 3:7 | * | 9:4 | 10:5 | 8:5 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Ireland | 5:6 | 3:8 | 8:6 | 5:8 | 4:9 | * | 6:5 | 3:8 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Poland | 2:5 | 1:5 | 6:7 | 4:5 | 5:10 | 5:6 | * | 5:4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Norway | 4:6 | 2:11 | 4:6 | 2:7 | 5:8 | 8:3 | 4:5 | * | 1 | 6 |
Team to play-offs
Teams to qualification round
Qualification round
Germany defeated Denmark 12–8 in the qualification semi-final to advance to the qualification final. They then defeated Scotland 6–3 to advance to the play-offs.
Qualification semi-final
Qualification final
Source:
Play-offs
In the semi-finals, the Czech Republic and Germany advanced to the final after an 8–3 win over Russia and a 7–1 win over Sweden respectively. Sweden won bronze after a 6–4 win over Russia in the bronze medal game and Germany won the title with a 5–3 win over the Czech Republic in the final.
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| B1 | Russia | 3 | |||||||
| A1 | Czech Republic | 8 | |||||||
| Czech Republic | 3 | ||||||||
| Germany | 5 | ||||||||
| C2 | Germany | 7 | |||||||
| C1 | Sweden | 1 | Bronze Medal Game | ||||||
| Russia | 4 | ||||||||
| Sweden | 6 |
Semifinals
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Czech Republic 🔨 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Bronze medal game
Final
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Czech Republic 🔨 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Source:
Final standings
| Place | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 11 | 9 | 2 | |
| Czech Republic | 8 | 7 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 9 | 8 | 1 | |
| 4 | Russia | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | Scotland | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Denmark | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | Hungary | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Italy | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | England | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | Finland | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | Latvia | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Spain | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | France | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Austria | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 16 | Ireland | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Estonia | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | Wales | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Poland | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 20 | Slovakia | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 22 | Norway | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 23 | Serbia | 7 | 0 | 7 |
External links
- from the World Curling Federation