2015 European Junior Curling Challenge

The 2015 European Junior Curling Challenge was held from January 3 to 9 at the Curling Hall Roztyly in Prague, Czech Republic. Nations in the Europe zone that have not already qualified for the World Junior Curling Championships participated in the curling challenge. The top finishers of each tournament advanced to the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.^[1]

2015 European Junior Curling Challenge
Host city	Prague, Czech Republic
Arena	Curling Hall Roztyly
Dates	January 3–9
Men's winner	Russia
Skip	Artur Ali
Third	Timur Gadzhikhanov
Second	Alexandr Kuzmin
Lead	Panteleimon Lappo
Alternate	Mikhail Vaskov
Finalist	Spain (Sergio Vez Labrador)
Women's winner	England
Skip	Hetty Garnier
Third	Angharad Ward
Second	Naomi Robinson
Lead	Lucy Sparks
Alternate	Niamh Fenton
Finalist	Turkey (Dilşat Yıldız)

Men

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Group A Skip W L  Russia Artur Ali 5 0  Germany Marc Muskatewitz 4 1  Spain Sergio Vez Labrador 3 2  England Ben Fowler 2 3  Poland Michal Janowski 1 4  Romania Cristian Matau 0 5

Group B Skip W L  Austria Sebastian Wunderer 5 0  Turkey Enes Taskesen 4 1  Denmark Tobias Thune Jacobsen 3 2  Lithuania Gelmis Valdavicius 1 4  Hungary Botond Kovacs 1 4  Slovenia Stefan Sever 1 4

Group C Skip W L  Czech Republic Krystof Krupansky 5 0  Netherlands Wouter Gösgens 4 1  Latvia Janis Bremanis 3 2  France Theo Ducroz 2 3  Slovakia Jakub Polak 1 4  Finland Melker Lundberg 0 5

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold-medal game

A1

Russia

10

C3

Latvia

1

A1

Russia

10

B2

Turkey

3

A2

Germany

3

B2

Turkey

7

A1

Russia

4

A3

Spain

3

A3

Spain

5

C1

Czech Republic

4

A3

Spain

10

B1

Austria

4

B1

Austria

5

C2

Netherlands

3

	Bronze-medal game
	B1	Austria	5
	B2	Turkey	8

Quarterfinals

Thursday, January 8, 16:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Krupansky)	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	4
Spain (Vez Labrador)	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	5

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Austria (Wunderer)	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	5
Netherlands (Gösgens)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Muskatewitz)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	3
Turkey (Taskesen)	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Ali)	1	0	3	3	3	0	X	X	10
Latvia (Bremanis)	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Semifinals

Friday, January 9, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Ali)	4	0	1	3	2	0	X	X	10
Turkey (Taskesen)	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	X	3

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Spain (Vez Labrador)	0	2	2	0	3	0	3	X	10
Austria (Wunderer)	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	4

Bronze-medal game

Friday, January 9, 14:30

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Austria (Wunderer)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	5
Turkey (Taskesen)	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	8

Gold-medal game

Friday, January 9, 14:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Ali)	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
Spain (Vez Labrador)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3

Women

Teams

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs

Group A Skip W L  England Hetty Garnier 5 1  Turkey Dilşat Yıldız 4 2  Poland Marta Pluta 4 2  Italy Elisa Charlotte Patono 3 3  Slovakia Silvia Sykorova 3 3  Slovenia Nina Kremzar 2 4  Spain Aroa Amilibia Gonzalez 0 6

Group B Skip W L  Norway Maia Ramsfjell 5 1  Hungary Dorottya Palansca 5 1  Germany Emira Abbes 4 2  Latvia Santa Blumberga 3 3  Denmark Christine Svensen 3 3  Finland Mira Lehtonen 1 5  Romania Iulia Ioana Traila 0 6

Round-robin results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold-medal game

A2

Turkey

6

B3

Germany

2

A2

Turkey

6

A4

Italy

2

B1

Norway

5

A4

Italy

6

A2

Turkey

1

A1

England

9

A1

England

7

B4

Latvia

1

A1

England

6

B2

Hungary

5

B2

Hungary

8

A3

Poland

2

	Bronze-medal game
	B2	Hungary	7
	A4	Italy	4

Quarterfinals

Thursday, January 8, 20:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Germany (Abbes)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	2
Turkey (Yıldız)	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England (Garnier)	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	X	7
Latvia (Blumberga)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Poland (Pluta)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Hungary (Palansca)	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	X	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Patrono)	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	6
Norway (Ramsejell)	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	5

Semifinals

Friday, January 9, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	X	6
Italy (Patrono)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	2

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
England (Garnier)	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	6
Hungary (Palansca)	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	5

Bronze-medal game

Friday, January 9, 14:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Hungary (Palansca)	0	2	0	1	3	0	1	X	7
Italy (Patrono)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4

Gold-medal game

Friday, January 9, 14:30

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Turkey (Yıldız)	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	1
England (Garnier)	3	0	0	3	2	1	X	X	9