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2015 European Curling Championships
Host city Esbjerg, Denmark
Arena Granly Hockey Arena
Esbjerg Curling Club
DatesNovember 20–28
Men's winner  Sweden
Curling club Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip Niklas Edin
Third Oskar Eriksson
Second Kristian Lindström
Lead Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate Henrik Leek
Finalist  Switzerland ( Peter de Cruz)
Women's winner  Russia
Curling club Moskvitch CC, Moscow
Skip Anna Sidorova
Third Margarita Fomina
Second Alexandra Raeva
Lead Nkeirouka Ezekh
Alternate Alina Kovaleva
Finalist  Scotland ( Eve Muirhead)
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The 2015 European Curling Championships were held from November 20 to 28 in Esbjerg, Denmark. [1] Denmark last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1996 in Copenhagen. The Group C competitions were held during October in Champéry, Switzerland.

At the conclusion of the championships, the top eight women's teams went to the 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, and the top seven men's teams to the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship in Basel.

Men

Group A

The Group A competitions were contested at the Granly Hockey Arena in Esbjerg.

Round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Teams relegated to 2016 Group B

Final round-robin standings

Country Skip W L
  Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9 0
  Finland Aku Kauste 5 4
  Switzerland Peter de Cruz 5 4
  Sweden Niklas Edin 5 4
  Scotland Kyle Smith 5 4
  Germany Alexander Baumann 4 5
  Russia Alexey Stukalskiy 4 5
  Italy Joël Retornaz 3 6
  Czech Republic David Šik 3 6
  Netherlands Jaap van Dorp 2 7

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1   Norway 7
4   Sweden 8
4   Sweden 7
3   Switzerland 6
2   Finland 4
3   Switzerland 10
Bronze-medal game
   
1   Norway 7
2   Finland 4

Bronze-medal game

Friday, November 27, 19:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 7
  Finland (Kauste) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4
Player percentages
  Norway   Finland
Håvard Vad Petersson 79% Janne Pitko 96%
Christoffer Svae 96% Pauli Jäämies 89%
Torger Nergård 98% Kasper Hakunti 83%
Thomas Ulsrud 92% Aku Kauste 84%
Total 91% Total 86%

Gold-medal game

Saturday, November 27, 10:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Sweden (Edin) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7
  Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
Player percentages
  Sweden   Switzerland
Christoffer Sundgren 94% Valentin Tanner 90%
Kristian Lindström 88% Peter de Cruz 89%
Oskar Eriksson 91% Claudio Pätz 85%
Niklas Edin 93% Benoît Schwarz 93%
Total 92% Total 89%

Group B

The Group B competitions will be contested at the Esbjerg Curling Club in Esbjerg.

Round Robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Teams relegated to 2016 Group C

Final round-robin standings

Pool A Skip W L
  Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 7 0
  Lithuania Tadas Vyskupaitis 5 2
  Turkey Alican Karataş 4 3
  Slovenia Tomas Tišler 4 3
  Hungary György Nagy 3 4
  Poland Tomasz Zioło 2 5
  Wales James Pougher 2 5
  Belgium Timothy Verreycken 1 6

Final round-robin standings

Pool B Skip W L
  Austria Sebastian Wunderer 6 1
  Latvia Ritvars Gulbis 6 1
  Israel Adam Freilich 4 3
  England Alan MacDougall 4 3
  Slovakia Juraj Gallo 3 4
  Spain Antonio de Mollinedo 3 4
  Croatia Alen Čadež 2 5
  Estonia Martin Lill 0 7

Relegation round

Relegation FinalsRelegation Semifinals
A7  Wales10
B7  Croatia4
B7  Croatia8
A8  Belgium10
A8  Belgium6
B8  Estonia5

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
A1   Denmark 10
B2   Latvia 8 B2   Latvia 5
A3   Slovenia 2 A1   Denmark 6
B1   Austria 4
B1   Austria 7
A2   Lithuania 7 B3   Israel 4
B3   Israel 9
Bronze-medal game
   
B2   Latvia 13
B3   Israel 3

Bronze-medal game

Friday, November 27, 13:30

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Latvia (Gulbis) (has hammer) 3 1 0 1 4 0 2 2 X X 13
  Israel (Freilich) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X 3

Gold-medal game

Friday, November 27, 13:30

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Stjerne) 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
  Austria (Wunderer) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 X 4

Group C

The Group C competitions will be contested at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry.

Round Robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L
  Slovakia Juraj Gallo 9 1
  Slovenia Tomas Tišler 8 2
  France Wilfrid Coulot 7 3
  Ireland James Russell 7 3
  Serbia Bojan Mijatović 6 4
  Bulgaria Reto Seiler 5 5
  Belarus Pavel Petrov 5 5
  Luxembourg Marc Hansen 4 6
  Romania Allen Coliban 3 7
  Iceland Olafur Hreinsson 1 9
  Andorra Josep Garcia 0 10

Playoffs

Second Place GameSemifinals
1  Slovakia1
2  Slovenia8
1  Slovakia7
3  France5
3  France5
4  Ireland3

Women

Group A

The Group A competitions were contested at the Granly Hockey Arena in Esbjerg.

Round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams relegated to 2016 Group B

Final round-robin standings

Country Skip W L
  Russia Anna Sidorova 8 1
  Scotland Eve Muirhead 7 2
  Finland Oona Kauste 6 3
  Denmark Lene Nielsen 6 3
  Sweden Cissi Östlund 5 4
  Switzerland Alina Pätz 4 5
  Germany Daniela Driendl 4 5
  Norway Kristin Skaslien 3 6
  Estonia Maile Mölder 1 8
  Hungary Dorottya Palancsa 1 8

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1   Russia 6
4   Denmark 5
1   Russia 6
2   Scotland 4
2   Scotland 9
3   Finland 7
Bronze-medal game
   
4   Denmark 8
3   Finland 10

Bronze-medal game

Friday, November 27, 19:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Denmark (Nielsen) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 8
  Finland (Kauste) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 0 1 10
Player percentages
  Denmark   Finland
Charlotte Clemmensen 90% Marjo Hippi 80%
Stephenie Risdal Nielsen 89% Maija Salmiovirta 88%
Helle Simonsen 94% Milja Hellsten 68%
Lene Nielsen 85% Oona Kauste 88%
Total 90% Total 81%

Gold-medal game

Saturday, November 28, 15:00

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Russia (Sidorova) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
  Scotland (Muirhead) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Player percentages
  Russia   Scotland
Nkeiruka Ezekh 93% Sarah Reid 91%
Alexandra Raeva 93% Vicki Adams 89%
Margarita Fomina 76% Anna Sloan 89%
Anna Sidorova 88% Eve Muirhead 79%
Total 88% Total 87%

Group B

The Group B competitions were contested at the Esbjerg Curling Club in Esbjerg.

Round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Teams relegated to 2016 Group C

Final round-robin standings

Country Skip W L
  Italy Federica Apollonio 7 2
  Latvia Evita Regža 7 2
  Czech Republic Anna Kubešková 7 2
  England Anna Fowler 6 3
  Turkey Dilşat Yıldız 6 3
  Poland Marta Szeliga-Frynia 5 4
  Slovakia Gabriela Kajanova 3 6
  Netherlands Marianne Neeleman 2 7
  France Pauline Jeanneret 1 8
  Austria Hannah Augustin 1 8

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1   Italy 7
4   England 3
1   Italy 7
3   Czech Republic 6
2   Latvia 5
3   Czech Republic 7
Bronze-medal game
   
4   England 7
2   Latvia 8


Bronze-medal game

Friday, November 27, 13:30

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  England (Fowler) 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 7
  Latvia (Regža) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 8

Gold-medal game

Friday, November 27, 13:30

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Italy (Apollonio) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 7
  Czech Republic (Kubešková) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 6

Group C

The Group C competitions were contested at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry.

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Country Skip W L
  France Pauline Jeanneret 6 1
  Slovakia Nina Kremzar 6 1
  Belarus Alina Pavlyuchik 4 3
  Ireland Alison Fyfe 3 4
  Spain Irantzu Garcia 3 4
  Slovenia Gabriela Kajanova 3 4
  Croatia Iva Penava 2 5
  Romania Raluca Daiana Colceriu 1 6

Playoffs

Second Place GameSemifinals
1  France6
2  Slovakia4
2  Slovakia7
4  Ireland6
3  Belarus5
4  Ireland7

References

General
  • "European Curling Championships 2015". World Curling Federation.
  • "2015 European Curling Championships C Division". World Curling Federation.
Specific