2011 European Curling Championships
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| 2011 European Curling Championships | |
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| Host city | Moscow, Russia |
| Arena | Megasport Arena |
| Dates | December 2–10 |
| Men's winner |  Norway |
| Curling club | Snarøen CC, Oslo |
| Skip | Thomas Ulsrud |
| Third | Torger Nergård |
| Second | Christoffer Svae |
| Lead | Håvard Vad Petersson |
| Alternate | Thomas Løvold |
| Finalist |  Sweden (Niklas Edin) |
| Women's winner |  Scotland |
| Skip | Eve Muirhead |
| Third | Anna Sloan |
| Second | Vicki Adams |
| Lead | Claire Hamilton |
| Alternate | Kay Adams |
| Finalist | Sweden (Margaretha Sigfridsson) |
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| Events at the 2011 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 | |
The 2011 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from December 2 to 10.[1] The Group C competitions were held from September 30 to October 8 in Tårnby, Denmark.[1]
Scotland's Eve Muirhead, last year's runner-up, won the gold medal in the women's tournament after defeating last year's champions Sweden, skipped by Margaretha Sigfridsson, in the final in eight ends. Russia's Anna Sidorova won the bronze medal over Denmark's Lene Nielsen. In the men's tournament, Thomas Ulsrud and team from Norway successfully defended their title by defeating Sweden's Niklas Edin. Last year's runners-up Denmark, skipped by Rasmus Stjerne, won the bronze medal after defeating Jiří Snítil of the Czech Republic, who led his team to the Czech Republic's best finish at the European Championships so far.
A total of seven men's and seven women's teams qualified for the 2012 World Championships. On the men's side, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Germany, Scotland, and France (who defeated Russia in the World Challenge Games), qualified for the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship and will join hosts Switzerland in competition. On the women's side, Scotland, Russia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic (who defeated Hungary in the World Challenge Games), qualified for the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship and will join defending champions Sweden in competition.
Group A
The Group A competitions were contested in Moscow. Ten teams, including the teams advancing from last year's Group B competitions (Italy and Latvia), competed in a round robin. The top four teams moved on to the page playoffs. In the page playoffs, Sweden edged defending champions Norway, while the Czech Republic got a close win over Denmark, last year's runners-up.[2] Norway defeated Czech Republic in the semifinal, sending the Czechs to the bronze medal game. Norway moved to the gold medal game, where they defeated Sweden with skip Thomas Ulsrud's draw against two Swedish stones in the final end, finishing with a final score of 7–6.[3] Denmark also won their rematch with the Czech Republic, defeating them 9–6 in 9 ends.
France, the eighth placed team, played Group B winners Russia in the World Challenge Games, and defeated Russia in a best-of-three series to win the final berth at the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship.
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Countries to Playoffs | |
| Countries to Tiebreakers | |
| Countries relegated to 2012 Group B | |
Playoffs
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Gold-medal game | |||||||||||
| 1 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | Sweden | 6 | ||||||||
| 2 | Norway | 4 | 2 | Norway | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 | Norway | 5 | |||||||||||
| 4 |  Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 |  Denmark | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Czech Republic | 9 | |||||||||||
| Bronze-medal game | ||||
| 4 | Czech Republic
| 6 | ||
| 3 | Denmark
| 9 | ||
Bronze-medal game
Friday, December 9, 20:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Czech Republic (Snítil)  |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Denmark (Stjerne) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 9 |
Gold-medal game
Saturday, December 10, 15:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden (Edin) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Norway (Ulsrud) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Group B
The Group B competitions were contested in Moscow. Sixteen teams, including the teams advancing from the Group C competitions (Poland and Lithuania), were divided into two groups and competed in a round robin within their own groups. The top two teams from each group moved on to the page playoffs. Hungary, the leader of the Red Group, defeated Ireland, the leader of the Blue Group, sending Ireland to the semifinal. Russia, the second-ranked team in the Red Group, defeated England, the runner-up of the Blue Group, and advanced to the semifinal. Russia moved on to the gold medal game, where they defeated Hungary to win the Group B competitions. Ireland was defeated by England in the bronze medal game.
Russia and Hungary advance to the 2012 Men's Group A competitions, and Russia played France in the World Challenge Games, where France defeated Russia in a best-of-three series to win the final berth at the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship. Belarus and Croatia were relegated to the 2012 Men's Group C competitions.
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Countries to Playoffs | |
| Countries relegated to 2012 Group C | |
Playoffs
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Gold-medal game | |||||||||||
| B1 |  Ireland | 4 | R1 |  Hungary | 4 | ||||||||
| R1 | Hungary | 6 | R2 |  Russia | 7 | ||||||||
| B1 | Ireland | 3 | |||||||||||
| R2 | Russia | 6 | |||||||||||
| B2 |  England | 2 | |||||||||||
| R2 | Russia | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bronze-medal game | ||||
| B1 | Ireland
| 4 | ||
| B2 | England
| 8 | ||
Bronze-medal game
Saturday, December 10, 9:30
| Sheet H | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland (Gray) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| England (MacDougall) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | X | 8 |
Gold-medal game
Friday, December 9, 13:00
| Sheet G | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary (Nagy) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Russia (Tselousov) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 |
Group C
The Group C competitions were contested in Tårnby. The nine participating teams competed in one group of nine and played in a round robin. The top two teams, Poland and Lithuania, advanced to Group B. Poland finished with a 7–1 win–loss record, while Lithuania and Turkey, both finishing with 6–2 win–loss records, played for the second qualifying spot in the semifinal, which went to Lithuania. Poland defeated Lithuania narrowly in the Group C Final, winning after a steal in the ninth end, 7–6.
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| To Group C Final | |
| To Group C Semifinal | |
| Nation | Skip | Win | Loss |
|---|---|---|---|
 Poland | Tomasz Zioło | 7 | 1 |
 Turkey | Ilhan Osmanagaoglu | 6 | 2 |
 Lithuania | Tadas Vyskupaitis | 6 | 2 |
 Iceland | Hallgrimur Valsson | 5 | 3 |
 Luxembourg | Marco Etienne | 4 | 4 |
 Serbia | Marko Stojanovic | 3 | 5 |
 Romania | Allen Coliban | 3 | 5 |
 Greece | Georgios Arampatis | 1 | 7 |
 Slovenia | Zvonimir Sever | 1 | 7 |
Playoffs
| Semifinal | Gold-medal game | ||||||||
| 1 | Poland
| 7 | |||||||
| 2 | Turkey
| 2 | 3 | Lithuania
| 6 | ||||
| 3 | Lithuania
| 6 | |||||||
Gold-medal game
Thursday, October 6, 19:30
| Sheet 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Poland (Zioło) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Lithuania (Vyskupaitis) |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |