1988 European Curling Championships

The 1988 European Curling Championships were held from 6 to 10 December at the Perth Ice Rink arena in Perth, Scotland.

1988 European Curling Championships
Host city	Perth, Scotland
Arena	Perth Ice Rink
Dates	6–10 December
Men's winner	Scotland
Skip	David Smith
Third	Mike Hay
Second	Peter Smith
Lead	David Hay
Finalist	Norway (Eigil Ramsfjell)
Women's winner	Sweden
Curling club	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip	Elisabeth Högström
Third	Anette Norberg
Second	Monika Jansson
Lead	Marie Henriksson
Finalist	Scotland (Hazel McGregor)
« 1987 1989 »

The Scottish men's team skipped by David Smith won their fourth title and the Swedish women's team skipped by Elisabeth Högström won their seventh title.^[1]

For the first time, the men's team of Belgium took part in the European Championship.

Men

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Curling club, city
Austria	Alois Kreidl	Günther Mochny	Dieter Küchenmeister	Stefan Salinger		Kitzbühel CC, Kitzbühel
Belgium	Marcel Marién	Pierre Mallants	Eric Biehels	Arthur Westerlinck
Denmark	Christian Thune	Niels Siggaard	Ole Lehmann de Neergard	Finn Nielsen
England	John Deakin	Gordon Vickers	Malcolm Richardson	Peter Bowyer
Finland	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	Jarmo Jokivalli	Jari Laukkanen	Petri Tsutsunen	Juhani Heinonen	Hyvinkää CC, Hyvinkää
France	Dominique Dupont-Roc	Christian Dupont-Roc	Daniel Cosetto	Patrick Philippe
Italy	Fabio Alverà	Stefano Morona	Adriano Lorenzi	Stefano Zardini
Netherlands	Robert van der Cammen	Wim Neeleman	Rob Joosen	Fred Melker
Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	Sjur Loen	Morten Søgaard	Dagfinn Loen		Snarøyen CC, Oslo
Scotland	David Smith	Mike Hay	Peter Smith	David Hay
Sweden	Claes Roxin	Mats Brisegård	Björn Roxin	Lars-Eric Roxin		CK Ena, Enköping
Switzerland	Bernhard Attinger	Werner Attinger	Martin Zürrer	Marcel Senn		Dübendorf CC, Dübendorf
Wales	John Hunt	John Stone	John Guyan	Michael Hunt
West Germany	Keith Wendorf	Sven Saile	Uwe Saile	Gregor Kunzemüller		CC Schwenningen, Schwenningen

First Phase (Triple Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						Sweden		10
	Netherlands		5			Austria		2
	Austria		10								Sweden		3
	West Germany		2								West Germany		8
	Wales		2			West Germany		6
	Denmark		8			Denmark		1
	France		4

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						Norway		9
	Finland		3			Italy		3
	Italy		8								Norway		8
	Switzerland		17								Scotland		3
	Belgium		3			Switzerland		3
	Scotland		7			Scotland		4
	England		3

Round 2

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
											Sweden		7
											England		5
						Finland		4
	Belgium		3			England		9
	England		10

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
											Scotland		5
											France		4
						Netherlands		4
	Wales		5			France		7
	France		10

	Game 1					Game 2
	Austria		3
	Denmark		8			Denmark		5
	Italy		7			Italy		6
	Switzerland		3

Round 3

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2
						England		3
	Switzerland		5			Switzerland		7
	Wales		2

	Game 1					Game 2
						Denmark		8
	Netherlands		5			Finland		1
	Finland		7

	Game 1					Game 2
						France		10
	Austria		11			Austria		7
	Belgium		3

Second Phase (Double Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
	West Germany		3
	Denmark		6
						Denmark		2
						Scotland		8
	Sweden		2
	Scotland		5

	Game 1					Game 2
	Norway		5
	Switzerland		3
						Norway		7
						France		2
	Italy		6
	France		7

Round 2

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
						France		3
	West Germany		5			Sweden		6
	Sweden		9

	Game 1					Game 2
						Denmark		5
	Switzerland		6			Switzerland		8
	Italy		5

Placement Phase

Range 9-14

	Quarterfinals (9-14)					Semifinals (9-14)					Final for 9th place
	England		12
	Belgium		3			England		8
						Finland		7
											England		8
											Austria		9
						Austria		10
	Wales		3			Netherlands		6
	Netherlands		6

	Semifinals (11-14)					Final for 11th place
	Finland		9
	Wales		3
						Finland		4
						Netherlands		9
	Netherlands		9
	Belgium		4			Match for 13th place
						Wales		7
						Belgium		2

Range 5-8

	Final for 5th place
	France		4
	Denmark		3

	Final for 7th place
	West Germany		5
	Italy		2

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Switzerland	3
	4	Norway	7
						Norway		3
						Scotland		6
	2	Sweden	2
		Scotland	3			Bronze Medal Game
						Switzerland		5
						Sweden		2

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	Games	Wins	Losses
	Scotland	David Smith	8	7	1
	Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	6	5	1
	Switzerland	Bernhard Attinger	10	6	4
4	Sweden	Claes Roxin	8	4	4
5	France	Dominique Dupont-Roc	9	5	4
6	Denmark	Christian Thune	9	4	5
7	West Germany	Keith Wendorf	6	4	2
8	Italy	Fabio Alverà	7	3	4
9	Austria	Alois Kreidl	7	4	3
10	England	John Deakin	8	4	4
11	Netherlands	Robert van der Cammen	7	3	4
12	Finland	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	7	2	5
13	Wales	John Hunt	6	1	5
14	Belgium	Marcel Marién	6	0	6

Women

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Curling club, city
Austria	Inge Lamprecht	Jutta Kober	Elke Lamprecht	Karin Egger
Denmark	Marianne Qvist	Lene Bidstrup	Astrid Birnbaum	Linda Laursen
England	Joan Reed	Moira Davison	Christine Short	Margaret Martin		Glendale CC, Northumberland
Finland	Jaana Jokela	Terhi Aro	Nina Ahvenainen	Carita Säilä	Tiina Majuri
France	Agnes Mercier	Annick Mercier	Andrée Dupont-Roc	Catherine Lefebvre
Italy	Ann Lacedelli	Francesca Del Fabbro	Emanuela Sarto	Loredana Siorpaes
Netherlands	Laura Van Imhoff	Gerrie Veening	Jenny Bovenschen	Mirjam Gast
Norway	Trine Trulsen	Dordi Nordby	Hanne Pettersen	Mette Halvorsen		Snarøyen CC, Oslo
Scotland	Hazel McGregor	Edith Loudon	Fiona Bayne	Katie Loudon
Sweden	Elisabeth Högström	Anette Norberg	Monika Jansson	Marie Henriksson		Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Switzerland	Cristina Lestander	Barbara Meier	Ingrid Thulin	Katrin Peterhans
West Germany	Stephanie Mayr	Simone Vogel	Sabine Belkofer	Hatti Foster

First Phase (Triple Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						West Germany		6
	Scotland		2			Denmark		5
	Denmark		10								West Germany		6
											Switzerland		5
						France		4
	Switzerland		13			Switzerland		7
	Italy		2

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						Sweden		13
	Austria		11			Austria		5
	England		8								Sweden		8
											Norway		4
						Norway		15
	Finland		8			Finland		6
	Netherlands		4

Round 2

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
											Denmark		5
											Finland		2
						Austria		5
	Denmark		8			Finland		8
	France		7

	Game 1					Game 2
						Norway		2
	Scotland		7			Scotland		9
	Italy		2

	Game 1					Game 2
						Switzerland		11
	Netherlands		9			Netherlands		1
	England		7

Round 3

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2
						Finland		9
	Italy		0			England		10
	England		11

	Game 1
	Netherlands		9
	Austria		7

	Game 1
	Norway		7
	France		1

Second Phase (Double Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
	West Germany		10
	England		3
						West Germany		5
						Switzerland		7
	Switzerland		5
	Scotland		3

	Game 1					Game 2
	Sweden		14
	Netherlands		6
						Sweden		7
						Norway		2
	Denmark		3
	Norway		7

Round 2

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
						Norway		3
	England		0			Scotland		6
	Scotland		9

	Game 1					Game 2
						West Germany		6
	Netherlands		2			Denmark		7
	Denmark		8

Placement Phase

Range 9-12

	Semifinals (9-12)					Final for 9th place
	Austria		7
	Finland		6
						Austria		8
						France		7
	France		6
	Italy		5			Final for 11th place
						Finland		6
						Italy		8

Range 5-8

	Final for 5th place
	Norway		8
	West Germany		2

	Final for 7th place
	England		11
	Netherlands		14

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Denmark	4
	4	Sweden	8
						Sweden		5
						Scotland		4
	2	Scotland	7
	3	Switzerland	6			Bronze Medal Game
						Denmark		5
						Switzerland		6

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	Games	Wins	Losses
	Sweden	Elisabeth Högström	6	6	0
	Scotland	Hazel McGregor	8	5	3
	Switzerland	Cristina Lestander	8	6	2
4	Denmark	Marianne Qvist	9	5	4
5	Norway	Trine Trulsen	8	4	4
6	West Germany	Stephanie Mayr	6	3	3
7	Netherlands	Laura Van Imhoff	7	3	4
8	England	Joan Reed	7	2	5
9	Austria	Inge Lamprecht	6	3	3
10	France	Agnes Mercier	5	1	4
11	Italy	Ann Lacedelli	5	1	4
12	Finland	Jaana Jokela	7	2	5