2019 European Curling Championships

2019 Le Gruyère AOP
European Curling Championships
2019 Le Gruyère AOP; European Curling Championships
Host city	Helsingborg, Sweden (A & B divisions); Brașov, Romania (C division)
Arena	The Olympia Rink (A & B divisions); Brașov Olympic Ice Rink (C division)
Dates	November 16–23 (A & B divisions); April 13–17 (C division)
Men's winner	Sweden
Curling club	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip	Niklas Edin
Third	Oskar Eriksson
Second	Rasmus Wranå
Lead	Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate	Daniel Magnusson
Finalist	Switzerland (Schwaller)
Women's winner	Sweden
Curling club	Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg
Skip	Anna Hasselborg
Third	Sara McManus
Second	Agnes Knochenhauer
Lead	Sofia Mabergs
Alternate	Johanna Heldin
Finalist	Scotland (Muirhead)
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Host cityHelsingborg, Sweden (A & B divisions)
Brașov, Romania (C division)

ArenaThe Olympia Rink (A & B divisions)
Brașov Olympic Ice Rink (C division)

DatesNovember 16–23 (A & B divisions)
April 13–17 (C division)

Men's winner Sweden

The 2019 Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships was held in 2019 to qualify European curling teams for the 2020 World Curling Championships and World Qualification Event. The A and B division competitions were held from November 16 to 23 at The Olympia Rink in Helsingborg, Sweden.^[1] The C division competition was held from April 13 to 17 at the Brașov Olympic Ice Rink in Brașov, Romania.^[2]

Seven men's teams, not including the hosts, Scotland, who automatically qualify, qualified for the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship. The next two teams in the A division and top two teams in the B division, not including the hosts, Finland, who automatically qualify, qualified for the 2020 World Qualification Event.

Seven women's teams qualified for the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship. The next two teams in the A division and top two teams in the B division, not including the hosts, Finland, who automatically qualify, qualified for the 2020 World Qualification Event.^[3]

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A Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Sweden Niklas Edin Oskar Eriksson Rasmus Wranå Christoffer Sundgren Daniel Magnusson	Switzerland Yannick Schwaller Michael Brunner Romano Meier Marcel Käufeler Lucien Lottenbach	Scotland Ross Paterson Kyle Waddell Duncan Menzies Michael Goodfellow Craig Waddell
Women	Sweden Anna Hasselborg Sara McManus Agnes Knochenhauer Sofia Mabergs Johanna Heldin	Scotland Eve Muirhead Lauren Gray Jennifer Dodds Vicky Wright Sophie Sinclair	Switzerland Alina Pätz (Fourth) Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip) Esther Neuenschwander Melanie Barbezat

Denmark	England	Germany	Italy	Netherlands
Skip: Mikkel Krause Third: Mads Nørgård Second: Tobias Engelhardt Lead: Henrik Holtermann Alternate: Kasper Wiksten	Skip: Andrew Reed Third: Michael Opel Second: Jamie Malton Lead: Thomas Jaeggi Alternate: Andrew Woolston	Skip: Marc Muskatewitz Third: Sixten Totzek Second: Joshua Sutor Lead: Dominik Greindl Alternate: Benjamin Kapp	Skip: Joël Retornaz Third: Amos Mosaner Second: Sebastiano Arman Lead: Simone Gonin Alternate: Alberto Pimpini	Fourth: Wouter Gösgens Skip: Jaap van Dorp Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Alexander Magan
Norway	Russia	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland
Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Steffen Walstad Second: Markus Høiberg Lead: Magnus Vågberg Alternate: Magnus Nedregotten	Skip: Sergey Glukhov Third: Alexey Timofeev Second: Artur Razhabov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Aleksey Tuzov	Skip: Ross Paterson Third: Kyle Waddell Second: Duncan Menzies Lead: Michael Goodfellow Alternate: Craig Waddell	Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Daniel Magnusson	Skip: Yannick Schwaller Third: Michael Brunner Second: Romano Meier Lead: Marcel Käufeler Alternate: Lucien Lottenbach

Key
	Teams to Playoffs and qualified for World Championship
	Qualified for World Championship
	Team Relegated to 2020 Division B but qualified for World Qualification Event

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.	DSC
Sweden	Niklas Edin	9	0	–	80	31	42	26	7	16	90%	24.78
Switzerland	Yannick Schwaller	6	3	–	66	52	39	37	8	11	84%	30.41
Denmark	Mikkel Krause	5	4	2–1, 1–0	57	61	39	38	10	10	75%	41.16
Scotland	Ross Paterson	5	4	2–1, 0–1	56	48	35	28	18	10	87%	21.61
Italy	Joël Retornaz	5	4	1–2, 1–0	63	58	41	35	8	14	82%	25.25
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	5	4	1–2, 0–1	56	52	37	37	8	10	84%	29.88
Germany	Marc Muskatewitz	4	5	–	48	63	28	37	15	4	80%	17.29
Netherlands	Jaap van Dorp	3	6	–	51	61	34	38	11	9	78%	55.41
Russia	Sergey Glukhov	2	7	–	48	70	30	39	12	7	76%	32.66
England	Andrew Reed	1	8	–	43	72	31	41	9	1	75%	26.73

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	1	X	9
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	4

2019 Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships

Host city	Helsingborg, Sweden (A & B divisions) Brașov, Romania (C division)
Arena	The Olympia Rink (A & B divisions) Brașov Olympic Ice Rink (C division)
Dates	November 16–23 (A & B divisions) April 13–17 (C division)
Men's winner	Sweden
Curling club	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip	Niklas Edin
Third	Oskar Eriksson
Second	Rasmus Wranå
Lead	Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate	Daniel Magnusson
Finalist	Switzerland (Schwaller)
Women's winner	Sweden
Curling club	Sundbybergs CK, Sundbyberg
Skip	Anna Hasselborg
Third	Sara McManus
Second	Agnes Knochenhauer
Lead	Sofia Mabergs
Alternate	Johanna Heldin
Finalist	Scotland (Muirhead)
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Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Paterson)	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	X	X	10
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	2	0	1	9
England (Reed)	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	X	6
Germany (Muskatewitz)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (van Dorp)	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	8
England (Reed)	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	X	8
Switzerland (Schwaller)	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	X	5

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Paterson)	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	7
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	5

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Glukhov)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	8
Scotland (Paterson)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)	2	0	0	3	0	1	2	3	X	X	11
Denmark (Krause)	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	2	1	0	4	1	2	X	X	X	10
Germany (Muskatewitz)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Krause)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	6
Russia (Glukhov)	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4

Semi-finals			Gold medal game

1	Sweden	8

4	Scotland	4
			1	Sweden	9

			2	Switzerland	3
2	Switzerland	8

3	Denmark	5	Bronze medal game


			4	Scotland	7

			3	Denmark	2

Player percentages
Switzerland		Denmark
Marcel Käufeler	78%	Henrik Holtermann	93%
Romano Meier	91%	Tobias Engelhardt	78%
Michael Brunner	90%	Mads Nørgård	70%
Yannick Schwaller	88%	Mikkel Krause	67%
Total	87%	Total	77%

Player percentages
Scotland		Denmark
Michael Goodfellow	83%	Henrik Holtermann	73%
Duncan Menzies	89%	Tobias Engelhardt	44%
Kyle Waddell	73%	Mads Nørgård	78%
Ross Paterson	90%	Mikkel Krause	69%
Total	84%	Total	66%

Pool A	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
Czech Republic	Lukáš Klíma	6	1	–	19.71
Finland	Jermu Pöllänen	5	2	1–0	38.22
Spain	Sergio Vez	5	2	0–1	38.96
Wales	James Pougher	4	3	–	74.75
Estonia	Harri Lill	3	4	–	43.63
Bulgaria	Reto Seiler	2	5	1–0	72.83
Hungary	Ottó Kalocsay	2	5	0–1	58.62
Slovakia	Pavol Pitoňák	1	6	–	53.07

Pool B	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
Poland	Borys Jasiecki	7	0	–	35.80
Turkey	Uğurcan Karagöz	6	1	–	47.36
Belarus	Ilya Shalamitski	4	3	1–1	31.20
France	Eddy Mercier	4	3	1–1	58.06
Latvia	Martins Truksans	4	3	1–1	36.97
Austria	Sebastian Wunderer	1	6	1–1	54.34
Lithuania	Konstantin Rykov	1	6	1–1	81.47
Israel	Alex Pokras	1	6	1–1	96.88

Sheet G	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Pöllänen)	0	2	0	3	0	3	2	0	2	X	12
Belarus (Shalamitski)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	X	X	9
Turkey (Karagöz)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Poland (Jasiecki)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2
Finland (Pöllänen)	4	1	2	0	1	2	0	1	X	X	11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Turkey (Karagöz)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	X	5
Poland (Jasiecki)	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klíma)	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	X	9
Finland (Pöllänen)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	X	7

A division

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Player percentages

B division

Round-robin standings

Relegation round

Playoffs

Qualification Games

5th place game

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

C division

Round-robin standings

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

3 vs. 4

Second place game

Final standings

A division

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Player percentages

B division

Round-robin standings

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

C division

Round-robin standings

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

3 vs. 4

Second place game

Final standings

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Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
France	Eddy Mercier	9	0	–	57.13
Bulgaria	Reto Steiler	7	2	–	84.98
Slovenia	Jure Čulić	6	3	1–0	61.02
Romania	Valentin Anghelinei	6	3	0–1	93.80
Ireland	James Russell	5	4	1–0	85.60
Belgium	Timothy Verreycken	5	4	0–1	62.45
Greece	Alexandros Arampatzis	2	7	1–1	111.14
Croatia	Ante Baus	2	7	1–1	114.75
Liechtenstein	Matt Lukas	2	7	1–1	123.08
Luxembourg	Dan Kelly	1	8	–	102.51


Semi-finals			Second place game			Promoted to B Division



1	France	8				France

2	Bulgaria	4				Bulgaria

			2	Bulgaria	7

			3	Slovenia	6	Remain in C Division

3	Slovenia	9

4	Romania	3				Slovenia

						Romania

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Mercier)	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	X	8
Bulgaria (Steiler)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Slovenia (Čulić)	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	9
Romania (Anghelinei)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Bulgaria (Steiler)	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7
Slovenia (Čulić)	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	6

Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Germany	Latvia
Skip: Anna Kubešková Third: Alžběta Baudyšová Second: Petra Vinšová Lead: Ežen Kolčevská Alternate: Michaela Baudyšová	Skip: Mathilde Halse Third Jasmin Lander Second Karolina Jensen Lead: My Larsen Alternate: Gabriella Qvist	Skip: Marie Turmann Third: Kerli Laidsalu Second: Heili Grossmann Lead: Erika Tuvike Alternate: Liisa Turmann	Skip: Daniela Jentsch Third: Emira Abbes Second: Klara-Hermine Fomm Lead: Analena Jentsch Alternate: Mia Höhne	Skip: Iveta Staša-Šaršūne Third: Santa Blumberga Second: Ieva Krusta Lead: Evelīna Barone Alternate: Tīna Siliņa
Norway	Russia	Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland
Fourth: Kristin Skaslien Skip: Marianne Rørvik Second: Maia Ramsfjell Lead: Pia Trulsen Alternate: Martine Rønning	Skip: Alina Kovaleva Third: Maria Komarova Second: Galina Arsenkina Lead: Ekaterina Kuzmina Alternate: Anastasia Danshina	Skip: Eve Muirhead Third: Lauren Gray Second: Jennifer Dodds Lead: Vicky Wright Alternate: Sophie Sinclair	Skip: Anna Hasselborg Third Sara McManus Second: Agnes Knochenhauer Lead: Sofia Mabergs Alternate: Johanna Heldin	Fourth: Alina Pätz Skip Silvana Tirinzoni Second: Esther Neuenschwander Lead: Melanie Barbezat

Key
	Teams to Playoffs and qualified for World Championship
	Qualified for World Championship
	Qualified for World Qualification Event
	Team Relegated to 2020 Group B but qualified for World Qualification Event
	Team Relegated to 2020 Group B

Country	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	Ends Won	Ends Lost	Blank Ends	Stolen Ends	Shot Pct.	DSC
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	8	1	1–0	77	43	45	26	9	15	83%
Russia	Alina Kovaleva	8	1	0–1	68	37	41	25	10	14	81%
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	7	2	1–0	65	42	32	32	13	5	84%
Scotland	Eve Muirhead	7	2	0–1	67	59	38	39	7	10	80%
Germany	Daniela Jentsch	5	4	–	61	55	39	31	11	11	77%
Czech Republic	Anna Kubešková	3	6	–	53	60	36	40	8	8	74%
Denmark	Mathilde Halse	2	7	1–1	43	60	32	37	9	5	68%	46.98
Estonia	Marie Turmann	2	7	1–1	52	65	34	45	7	8	69%	53.17
Norway	Marianne Rørvik	2	7	1–1	41	67	31	45	7	5	72%	89.63
Latvia	Iveta Staša-Šaršūne	1	8	–	39	78	32	41	3	8	74%

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Estonia (Turmann)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1
Russia (Kovaleva)	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	X	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Halse)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	3
Sweden (Hasselborg)	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	6