2009 European Curling Championships Explained

2009 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships
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Dates:	4-12 December
Men's Winner:
Coach:	Sören Gran
Women's Winner:
Prev:	2008
Next:	2010

The 2009 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Aberdeen, Scotland from 4 to 12 December 2009. The A-Group tournament took place at the Linx Ice Arena, and the B-Group are playing at Curl Aberdeen.

A total of 51 teams from 30 European countries were competing.

Men's Teams

Group A

Nation	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
					Karel Uher
		Ulrik Schmidt			Mikkel Poulsen
					Aku Kauste
					Raphaël Mathieu
					Uli Kapp
					Marco Mariani
					Thomas Løvold
					Graeme Connal
					Oskar Eriksson
					Toni Müller

• Ulrik Schmidt skips and throws third stones

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Countries to Playoffs
	Countries to Tiebreakers
	Countries relegated to 2010 Group B

width=130	Country	width=130	Skip	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=20	Ends Won	width=20	Ends Lost	width=20	Blank Ends	width=20	Stolen Ends	width=20	Shot Pct
		8	1	76	45	44	30	6	14	84%
		7	2	61	40	34	30	13	10	83%
		6	3	70	44	40	31	13	14	81%
		6	3	62	37	36	24	24	16	86%
		6	3	61	50	36	37	16	12	80%
		5	4	57	62	32	36	10	5	78%
		3	6	51	54	31	34	15	8	81%
		2	7	44	69	31	37	15	6	75%
		2	7	44	85	28	44	8	8	72%
		0	9	37	77	26	35	14	5	73%

Round Robin

Draw 1

Saturday 5 December, 08:00

Draw 2

Saturday 3 December, 16:00

Draw 3

Sunday 6 December, 09:00

Draw 4

Sunday 6 December, 19:00

Draw 5

Monday 7 December, 14:00

Draw 6

Tuesday 8 December, 08:00

Draw 7

Tuesday 8 December, 16:00

Draw 8

Wednesday 9 December, 09:00

Draw 9

Wednesday 9 December, 19:00

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 game

Thursday 10 December, 20:00

3 vs. 4 game

Thursday 10 December, 20:00

Semifinal

Friday 11 December, 14:00

Gold Medal Final

Saturday 12 December, 13:30

Group B1

Nation	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
					Stanimir Petrov
					John Brown
					Tanel Telliskivi
					Efstratios Kokkinellis
					Vygantas Zalieckas
					Lukasz Krych
					Valentin Demenkov
					Carlos Marcos Sabi

Results

Country	W	L
	9	0
	7	2
	7	2
	5	4
	4	5
	4	5
	4	5
	3	6
	2	7
	0	9

All times local

Draw 1 Saturday 5 December, 08:00

• 2, 13
• 8, 5
• 2, 15
• 7, 6
• 6, 10

Draw 2 Saturday 5 December, 16:00

• 3, 8
• 8, 6
• 8, 5
• 14, 4

Draw 3 Sunday 6 December, 08:00

• 9, 4
• 4, 6
• 5, 8
• 2, 11
• 9, 6

Draw 4 Sunday 6 December, 16:00

• 12, 0
• 4, 15
• 4, 7
• 10, 9

Draw 5 Monday 7 December, 12:00

• 6, 7
• 1, 13
• 8, 6
• 9, 1
• 10, 3

Draw 6 Monday 7 December, 20:00

• 9, 1
• 3, 8
• 1, 2
• 7, 1

Draw 7 Tuesday 8 December, 12:00

• 8, 0
• 9, 3
• 11, 3
• 3, 4
• 10, 8

Draw 8 Tuesday 8 December, 20:00

• 7, 9
• 1, 9
• 10, 2
• 5, 7

Draw 9 Wednesday 9 December, 08:00

• 10, 1
• 7, 6
• 2, 10
• 2, 11

Draw 10 Wednesday 9 December, 16:00

• 8, 1
• 4, 8
• 13, 7
• 10, 1
• 5, 6

Tiebreaker

• 5, 9

Group B2

Nation	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
					Christian Roth
					Yury Karanevich
					Peter Suter
					Davor Palcec
					Andrasz Rokusfalvy
					Sveinn Steingrimsson
					Bill Gray
					Stefan Turna
					John Sharpe

Results

Country	W	L
	8	1
	7	2
	7	2
	7	2
	6	3
	4	5
	3	6
	2	7
	1	8
	0	9

All times local

Draw 1 Saturday 5 December, 12:00

• 4, 11
• 11, 3
• 8, 3
• Ireland 7, 5
• 5, 8

Draw 2 Saturday 5 December, 20:00

• 5, 10
• 7, Ireland 5
• 5, 13
• 5, 7

Draw 3 Sunday 6 December, 12:00

• 4, 15
• 8, 9
• 4, Ireland 14
• 2, 9
• 4, 12

Draw 4 Sunday 6 December, 20:00

• 8, 2
• 5, 8
• 10, 6
• 6, 3

Draw 5 Monday 7 December, 08:00

• 4, 8
• 0, 14
• 5, 6
• 8, Ireland 9
• 15, 1

Draw 6 Monday 7 December, 16:00

• 8, Ireland 7
• 5, 11
• 2, 9
• 4, 10

Draw 7 Tuesday 8 December, 08:00

• 10, 0
• 4, 7
• Ireland 11, 4
• 7, 6
• 11, 5

Draw 8 Tuesday 8 December, 16:00

• 4, 7
• Ireland 9, 4
• 8, 6
• 6, 3

Draw 9 Wednesday 9 December, 12:00

• 8, 5
• 7, 6
• 2, 12
• Ireland 8, 3

Draw 10 Wednesday 9 December, 20:00

• Ireland 10, 2
• 3, 9
• 9, 7
• 12, 2
• 6, 7

Tiebreakers

• Ireland 11, 4
• Ireland 9, 7

Group B Playoffs

Russia and Netherlands advance to the A-Group

World Challenge Games

Friday 11 December, 19:00

• 6, 2

Saturday 12 December, 08:00

• 10, 5

Women's Teams

Group A

Nation	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
			Angelina Jensen		Ane Hansen
					Joan Reed
					Oona Kauste
					Corinna Scholz
					Georgia De Lotto
					Ingrid Stensrud
					Olga Jarkova
					Karen Addison
					Kajsa Bergström
					Binia Feltscher-Beeli

• Jensen skips and throws second stones

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Countries to Playoffs
	Countries to Tiebreakers
	Countries relegated to 2010 Group B

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		7	2	70	43	42	32	7	17	78%
		6	3	58	52	37	35	5	10	68%
		6	3	53	47	32	34	13	10	71%
		6	3	64	43	44	33	7	16	76%
		6	3	58	42	34	33	14	8	76%
		5	4	53	52	41	34	8	14	78%
		4	5	53	61	36	35	7	12	68%
		3	6	47	65	31	42	8	6	64%
		2	7	57	71	33	42	9	8	65%
		0	9	43	82	32	42	3	12	65%

Round Robin

Draw 1

Saturday 5 December, 12:00

Draw 2

Saturday 5 December, 20:00

Draw 3

Sunday 6 December, 14:00

Draw 4

Monday 7 December, 09:00

Draw 5

Monday 7 December, 19:00

Draw 6

Tuesday 8 December, 12:00

Draw 7

Tuesday 8 December, 20:00

Draw 8

Wednesday 9 December, 14:00

Draw 9

Thursday 10 December, 08:00

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 game

Thursday 10 December, 20:00

3 vs. 4 game

Thursday 10 December, 20:00

Semifinal

Friday 11 December, 19:00

Gold Medal Final

Saturday 12 December, 10:00

Group B1

Nation	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
					Katarina Radonic
	Iveta Staša-Šaršūne				Dace Munča
					Margrietha Voskuilen
					Magda Straczek
					Jana Matulova

Results

Country	W	L
	5	0
	4	1
	3	2
	2	3
	1	4
	0	5

All times local

Draw 1 Saturday 5 December, 08:00

• 2, 15

Draw 2 Saturday 5 December, 16:00

• 10, 3
• 1, 14

Draw 3 Sunday 6 December, 08:00

• 10, 12

Draw 4 Sunday 6 December, 16:00

• 3, 11
• 1, 8

Draw 5 Monday 7 December, 12:00

• 1, 4

Draw 6 Monday 7 December, 20:00

• 8, 6
• 6, 8

Draw 7 Tuesday 8 December, 12:00

• 8, 2

Draw 8 Tuesday 8 December, 20:00

• 6, 13
• 8, 2

Draw 9 Wednesday 9 December, 08:00

• 6, 5
• vs.

Draw 10 Wednesday 9 December, 16:00

• 13, 3

Group B2

Results

Country	W	L
	4	0
	3	1
	2	2
	1	3
	0	4

All times local

Draw 1 Saturday 5 December, 20:00

• 6, 4
• 8, 4

Draw 2 Sunday 6 December, 12:00

• 8, 9

Draw 3 Sunday 6 December, 20:00

• 6, 5

Draw 4 Monday 7 December, 08:00

• 2, 7

Draw 5 Monday 7 December, 16:00

• 3, 7

Draw 6 Tuesday 8 December, 08:00

• 9, 6

Draw 7 Tuesday 8 December, 16:00

• 2, 6

Draw 8 Wednesday 9 December, 12:00

• 17, 1
• 4, 5

Group B Playoffs

Netherlands and Latvia advance to the A-Group

World Challenge Games

Friday 11 December, 19:00

• 4, 6

Saturday 12 December, 08:00

• 6, 3

External links

• Official Website of the 2009 European Curling Championships
• European Curling Federation
• Eurosport

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