1980 European Curling Championships Explained

1980 European Curling Championships
Host City:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Arena:	Hvidovre Ice Rink
Dates:	30 November – 6 December
Men's Winner:
Curling Club:	Aberdeen CC, Aberdeen
Skip:	Barton Henderson
Third:	Greig Henderson
Second:	Bill Henderson
Lead:	Alistair Sinclair
Finalist:	(Kristian Sørum)
Women's Winner:
Curling Club2:	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip2:	Elisabeth Högström
Third2:	Carina Olsson
Second2:	Birgitta Sewik
Lead2:	Karin Sjögren
Finalist2:	(Ellen Githmark)

The 1980 European Curling Championships were held from 30 November to 6 December at the Hvidovre Ice Rink arena in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Scottish men's team skipped by Barton Henderson won their second European title, and the Swedish women's team skipped by Elisabeth Högström won their fourth European title.

For the first time, the men's team of Luxembourg and women's teams of Netherlands and Whales took part in the European Championship.

Men's

Teams

Team	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Curling club
					Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
					Bygdøy CC, Oslo
					Aberdeen CC, Aberdeen
					Norrköpings CK, Norrköping
	Keith Preston (fourth)			John Hunt (skip)

Round robin

	Team	A1	A2	A3	A4	A5	A6	A7	A8	A9	A10	A11	A12	W	L	Place
A1			11:6	4:5	5:2	13:3	9:4	14:4	5:8	3:5	3:7	5:7	7:4	6	5	6
A2		6:11		3:6	3:11	10:12	5:14	3:9	3:11	5:8	3:12	4:12	3:12	0	11	12
A3		5:4	6:3		8:7	4:9	9:6	8:5	5:10	9:5	4:7	9:6	12:4	8	3	3
A4		2:5	11:3	7:8		8:9	10:3	10:6	5:8	3:6	11:3^[1]	5:9	10:4	4	7	8
A5		3:13	12:10	9:4	9:8		14:7	8:6	L	4:10	5:11	2:8	9:6	6	5	7
A6		4:9	14:5	6:9	3:10	7:14		7:9	3:14	4:12	3:13	6:7	10:6	2	9	10
A7		4:14	9:3	5:8	6:10	6:8	9:7		2:13	5:11	5:8	5:8	10:7	3	8	9
A8		8:5	11:3	10:5	8:5	W	14:3	13:2		7:6	8:6	8:2	12:5	11	0	1
A9		5:3	8:5	5:9	6:3	10:4	12:4	11:5	6:7		9:8	6:4	8:9	8	3	3
A10		7:3	12:3	7:4	3:11	11:5	13:3	8:5	6:8	8:9		6:3	16:6	9	2	2
A11		7:5	12:4	6:9	9:5	8:2	7:6	8:5	2:8	4:6	3:6		10:3	7	4	5
A12		4:7	12:3	4:12	4:10	6:9	6:10	7:10	5:12	9:8	6:16	3:10		2	9	11

Team to playoffs (final)

Team to playoffs (semifinal)

Teams to tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

Final standings

Place	Team	Skip	GP	W	L
			14	11	3
			12	11	1
			12	9	3
4			12	8	4
5			11	7	4
6			11	6	5
7			11	8	3
8			11	4	7
9			11	3	8
10			11	2	9
11			11	2	9
12			11	0	11

Women's

Teams

Team	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Curling club
					Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
					Karlstads CK, Karlstad
					Lausanne CC, Lausanne

Round robin

	Team	A1	A2	A3	A4	A5	A6	A7	A8	A9	A10	A11	W	L	Place
A1			12:4	8:7	3:12	13:4	6:11	1:11	1:14	8:7	9:7	15:1	6	4	5
A2		4:12		7:8	8:9	5:18	5:9	5:11	6:17	2:19	4:15	6:13	0	10	11
A3		7:8	8:7		5:14	3:9	8:5	2:13	6:11	4:11	3:10	9:7	3	7	9
A4		12:3	9:8	14:5		9:7	13:3	7:9	8:6	3:15	5:4	15:2	8	2	2
A5		4:13	18:5	9:3	7:9		10:6	8:10	4:10	8:9	8:10	12:5	4	6	7
A6		11:6	9:5	5:8	3:13	6:10		5:8	3:12	1:12	10:6	13:2	4	6	8
A7		11:1	11:5	13:2	9:7	10:8	8:5		6:8	4:7	5:6	17:4	7	3	4
A8		14:1	17:6	11:6	6:8	10:4	12:3	8:6		4:13	10:6	12:2	8	2	3
A9		7:8	19:2	11:4	15:3	9:8	12:1	7:4	13:4		11:3	14:3	9	1	1
A10		7:9	15:4	10:3	4:5	10:8	6:10	6:5	6:10	3:11		17:1	5	5	6
A11		1:15	13:6	7:9	2:15	5:12	2:13	4:17	2:12	3:14	1:17		1	9	10

Teams to playoffs

Final standings

Place	Team	Skip	GP	W	L
			12	11	1
			12	8	4
			11	8	3
			11	8	3
5			10	6	4
6			10	5	5
7			10	4	6
8			10	4	6
9			10	3	7
10			10	1	9
11			10	0	10

Notes and References

1. Mistake in WCF database: shows as "GER-WAL 10:4" and "GER-WAL 11:3" (and no "GER-SWE"), must be (cross-checking with number of wins/losses solved) "GER-SWE 11:3" and "GER-WAL 10:4".