2014 European Curling Championships

The 2014 European Curling Championships were held November 22 to 29 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. Switzerland last hosted the European Curling Championships in 2010, when it was also held in Champéry. The Group C competitions was held in October at the PWA Silverdome in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands.^[1]

2014 European Curling Championships
Host city	Champéry, Switzerland
Arena	Palladium de Champéry
Dates	November 22–29
Men's winner	Sweden
Curling club	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip	Niklas Edin
Third	Oskar Eriksson
Second	Kristian Lindström
Lead	Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate	Henrik Leek
Coach	Peja Lindholm
Finalist	Norway (Thomas Ulsrud)
Women's winner	Switzerland
Curling club	Flims CC, Flims
Skip	Binia Feltscher
Third	Irene Schori
Second	Franziska Kaufmann
Lead	Christine Urech
Alternate	Carole Howald
Coach	Al Moore
Finalist	Russia (Anna Sidorova)
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At the conclusion of the championships, the top eight women's teams will go to the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship in Sapporo, and the top eight men's teams will go to the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax.

This edition of the European Curling Championships marks the first appearance of Israel at an international curling event. The Israeli men's curling team will compete in the Group C tournament in Zoetermeer.

Men

Main article: 2014 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament

Group A

The Group A competitions will be contested in Champéry.

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker
	Teams relegated to 2015 Group B

Country	Skip	W	L
Sweden	Niklas Edin	9	0
Italy	Joël Retornaz	7	2
Switzerland	Sven Michel	6	3
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	5	4
Czech Republic	Jiří Snítil	5	4
Russia	Evgeniy Arkhipov	5	4
Scotland	David Edwards	3	6
Germany	Alexander Baumann	3	6
Denmark	Rasmus Stjerne	1	8
Latvia	Ritvars Gulbis	1	8

Russia were eliminated from the tiebreaker by virtue of their head-to-head record against the other teams.

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Sweden	6								1	Sweden	5
	2	Italy	2								4	Norway	4
						2	Italy	6
						4	Norway	7
	3	Switzerland	2
	4	Norway	5

	Bronze Medal Game
	2	Italy	6
	3	Switzerland	8

Bronze Medal Game

Friday, November 28, 19:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
Switzerland (Michel)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	8

Player percentages
Italy		Switzerland
Andrea Pilzer	86%	Stefan Meienberg	84%
Sebastiano Arman	85%	Simon Gempeler	71%
Joël Retornaz	73%	Florian Meister	71%
Amos Mosaner	75%	Sven Michel	83%
Total	80%	Total	77%

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, November 29, 15:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Edin)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4

Player percentages
Sweden		Norway
Christoffer Sundgren	91%	Håvard Vad Petersson	98%
Kristian Lindström	86%	Christoffer Svae	72%
Oskar Eriksson	76%	Torger Nergård	85%
Niklas Edin	86%	Thomas Ulsrud	90%
Total	85%	Total	86%

Group B

The Group B competitions will be contested in Monthey.

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker
	Teams relegated to 2015 Group C

Group A Skip W L  England Alan MacDougall 6 1  Netherlands Jaap van Dorp 6 1  Croatia Alen Čadež 4 3  Turkey Alican Karataş 4 3  Estonia Martin Lill 4 3  Israel Adam Freilich 3 4  Lithuania Mantas Kulakauskas 1 6  France Lionel Roux 0 7

Group B Skip W L  Finland Aku Kauste 6 1  Hungary Krisztian Hall 5 2  Austria Sebastian Wunderer 5 2  Belgium Timothy Verreycken 4 3  Wales James Pougher 4 3  Poland Borys Jasiecki 3 4  Spain Carles de Moxo 1 6  Romania Allen Coliban 0 7

Team France did not attend the Group B tournament, and were given automatic forfeits for each of their games.

Playoffs

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A1

England

2

B1

Finland

7

B1

Finland

8

A2

Netherlands

6

A1

England

4

A2

Netherlands

10

A2

Netherlands

9

B2

Hungary

7

	Bronze Medal Game
	A1	England	8
	B2	Hungary	5

Bronze Medal Game

Friday, November 28, 10:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
England (MacDougall)	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	8
Hungary (Hall)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

Gold Medal Game

Friday, November 28, 10:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Finland (Kauste)	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	7
Netherlands (van Dorp)	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	6

Group C

The Group C competitions will be contested in Zoetermeer.

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
Ireland	Alan Mitchell	7	2
Belgium	Walter Verbueken	7	2
Slovakia	Pavol Pitoňák	6	3
Israel	Adam Freilich	6	3
Belarus	Dmitry Kirillov	5	4
Slovenia	Gašper Uršič	5	4
Iceland	Jón Ingi Sigurðsson	3	6
Serbia	Bojan Mijatović	3	6
Bulgaria	Stoil Georgiey	2	7
Luxembourg	Alex Benoy	2	7

Playoffs

	Second Place Game					Semifinals
						1	Ireland	5
						2	Belgium	7
	1	Ireland	3
	4	Israel	7
						3	Slovakia	6
						4	Israel	7

Women

Main article: 2014 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament

Group A

The Group A competitions will be contested in Champéry.

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Countries relegated to 2015 Group B

Country	Skip	W	L
Russia	Anna Sidorova	9	0
Switzerland	Binia Feltscher	6	3
Scotland	Eve Muirhead	6	3
Denmark	Lene Nielsen	6	3
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	5	4
Finland	Sanna Puustinen	5	4
Germany	Andrea Schöpp	4	5
Estonia	Maile Mölder	2	7
Latvia	Iveta Staša-Šaršūne	1	8
Czech Republic	Linda Klímová	1	8

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Russia	5								2	Switzerland	8
	2	Switzerland	6								1	Russia	7
						1	Russia	9
						4	Denmark	4
	3	Scotland	3
	4	Denmark	8

	Bronze Medal Game
	3	Scotland	8
	4	Denmark	4

Bronze Medal Game

Friday, November 28, 19:30

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Muirhead)	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	X	X	8
Denmark (Nielsen)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	4

Player percentages
Scotland		Denmark
Sarah Reid	97%	Charlotte Clemmensen	81%
Vicki Adams	86%	Jeanne Ellegaard	78%
Anna Sloan	86%	Stephanie Risdal	56%
Eve Muirhead	89%	Lene Nielsen	69%
Total	89%	Total	71%

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, November 29, 10:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Feltscher)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	8
Russia (Sidorova)	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	7

Player percentages
Switzerland		Russia
Christine Urech	92%	Ekaterina Galkina	88%
Franziska Kaufmann	86%	Alexandra Saitova	81%
Irene Schori	79%	Margarita Fomina	86%
Binia Feltscher	75%	Anna Sidorova	80%
Total	83%	Total	84%

Group B

The Group B competitions will be contested in Champéry.

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker
	Countries relegated to 2015 Group C

Country	Skip	W	L
Norway	Kristin Skaslien	8	1
Austria	Karina Toth	7	2
Italy	Veronica Zappone	6	3
Hungary	Dorottya Palancsa	5	4
Turkey	Öznur Polat	5	4
England	Anna Fowler	5	4
Netherlands	Marianne Neeleman	4	5
Poland	Marta Pluta	4	5
Belarus	Alina Pavlyuchik	1	8
Slovakia	Marína Gallová	0	9

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Final
	1	Norway	10								1	Norway	10
	2	Austria	5								4	Hungary	6
						2	Austria	6
						4	Hungary	7
	3	Italy	3
	4	Hungary	11

	Bronze Medal Game
	2	Austria	2
	3	Italy	10

Bronze Medal Game

Friday, November 28, 10:00

Sheet K	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Austria (Toth)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	2
Italy (Zappone)	1	1	2	1	2	0	3	0	X	X	10

Gold Medal Game

Friday, November 28, 10:00

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Skaslien)	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	10
Hungary (Palancsa)	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	6

Group C

The Group C competitions will be contested in Zoetermeer.

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L
Slovakia	Marina Gallova	6	0
Netherlands	Marianne Neeleman	4	2
Spain	Oihane Otaegi	4	2
Slovenia	Valentina Jurinčič	3	3
Croatia	Melani Turkovic	2	4
Ireland	Margarita Sweeney-Baird	1	5
Romania	Daiana Colceriu	1	5

Playoffs

	Second Place Game					Semifinals
						1	Slovakia	5
						2	Netherlands	6
	1	Slovakia	4
	3	Spain	3
						3	Spain	8
						4	Slovenia	4