2016 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament explained

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2016 European Curling Championships Men's tournament
Host City:	Renfrewshire, Scotland
Arena:	Braehead Arena
Dates:	November 18–26
Winner:
Curling Club:	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip:	Niklas Edin
Third:	Oskar Eriksson
Second:	Rasmus Wranå
Lead:	Christoffer Sundgren
Alternate:	Henrik Leek

The men's tournament of the 2016 European Curling Championships was held from November 18 to 26 in Renfrewshire, Scotland.^[1] The winners of the Group C tournament in Ljubljana, Slovenia will move on to the Group B tournament. The top eight men's teams at the 2016 European Curling Championships will represent their respective nations at the 2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Group A

Teams

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Skip: Sebastian Wunderer Third: Mathias Genner Second: Martin Reichel Lead: Philipp Nothegger Alternate: Markus Forejtek	Skip: Rasmus Stjerne Third: Johnny Frederiksen Second: Mikkel Poulsen Lead: Troels Harry Alternate: Oliver Dupont	Skip: Aku Kauste Third: Kasper Hakunti Second: Pauli Jäämies Lead: Janne Pitko Alternate: Jere Sullanmaa	Fourth: Alexander Baumann Third: Manuel Walter Second: Daniel Herberg Skip: Andy Kapp Alternate: Ryan Sherrard	Skip: Joël Retornaz Third: Amos Mosaner Second: Andrea Pilzer Lead: Daniele Ferrazza Alternate: Fabio Ribotta
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Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Sander Rølvåg	Skip: Alexey Timofeev Third: Alexey Stukalskiy Second: Timur Gadzhikanov Lead: Artur Razhabov Alternate: Artur Ali	Skip: Tom Brewster Third: Glen Muirhead Second: Ross Paterson Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr. Alternate: Duncan Menzies	Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Oskar Eriksson Second: Rasmus Wranå Lead: Christoffer Sundgren Alternate: Henrik Leek	Fourth: Benoît Schwarz Third: Claudio Pätz Skip: Peter de Cruz Lead: Valentin Tanner Alternate: Reto Gribi

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker
	Teams relegated to 2016 Group B

width=110	Country	width=135	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	65	30	36	23	14	9	88%
		6	3	64	43	37	31	14	10	84%
		6	3	50	40	32	31	17	7	84%
		6	3	59	49	40	33	10	13	81%
		4	5	53	49	33	31	18	7	81%
		4	5	50	53	34	36	20	8	84%
		3	6	51	58	35	37	13	6	78%
		3	6	46	72	31	37	10	4	74%
		3	6	41	65	30	39	14	6	79%
		2	7	38	58	26	36	16	5	79%

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Saturday, November 19, 9:00

Draw 2

Saturday, November 19, 19:00

Draw 3

Sunday, November 20, 12:00

Draw 4

Monday, November 21, 8:00

Draw 5

Monday, November 21, 16:00

Draw 6

Tuesday, November 22, 9:00

Draw 7

Tuesday, November 22, 19:00

Draw 8

Wednesday, November 23, 12:00

Draw 9

Wednesday, November 23, 20:00

Placement game

Thursday, November 24, 14:00

World Challenge Games

The World Challenge Games are held between the eighth-ranked team in the Group A round robin and the winner of the Group B tournament to determine which of these two teams will play at the World Championships.

Challenge 1

Friday, November 25, 19:00

Challenge 2

Saturday, November 26, 9:00

Challenge 3

Saturday, November 26, 14:00

Playoffs

Semifinals

Thursday, November 27, 19:00

Bronze-medal game

Friday, November 25, 19:00

Gold-medal game

Saturday, November 26, 15:00

Player percentages

Round Robin only

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Leads	%
	88
	86
	86
	86
	85

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Seconds	%
	88
	87
	86
	84
	83

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Thirds	%
	88
	86
	86
	85
	81

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Skips/Fourths	%
	89
	82
	81
	80
	80

Group B

Teams

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Skip: Timothy Verreycken Third: Tom Waterschoot Second: Gregory Janbroers Lead: Pieter Meijlaers Alternate: Jeroen Spruyt	Fourth: Jiří Candra Skip: Karel Kubeška Second: Martin Jurík Lead: David Jirounek Alternate: Lukáš Klíma	Skip: Alan MacDougall Third: Andrew Reed Second: Andrew Woolston Lead: Thomas Jaeggi Alternate: Ben Fowler	Skip: Martin Lill Third: Ingar Mäesalu Second: Johan Karlson Lead: Tanel Toomvali
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Skip: Jean-Olivier Biechely Third: Louis Pizon Second: Simon Pagnot Lead: Sylvian Mouterde Alternate: Theo Ducroz	Skip: Gergely Szabó Third: Gábor Bodor Second: Gergely Major Lead: Gábor Szarvas Alternate: Tamás Lados	Skip: Ritvars Gulbis Third: Normunds Šaršūns Second: Aivars Avotiņš Lead: Raivis Bušmanis Alternate: Janis Klive	Skip: Tadas Vyskupaitis Third: Vytis Kulakauskas Second: Laurynas Telksnys Lead: Vidas Sadauskas Alternate: Nerijus Pacevičius
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Skip: Adam Freilich Third: Leonid Rivkind Second: Ariel Krasik-Geiger Lead: Jeffrey Lutz Alternate: Gabriel Kempenich	Skip: Jaap van Dorp Third: Wouter Gosgen Second: Laurens Hoekman Lead: Carlo Glasbergen Alternate: Lars de Boom	Skip: Borys Jasiecki Third: Krzysztof Domin Second: Damian Cebula Lead: Bartosz Łobaza Alternate: Maciej Kołodziej	Fourth: David Mišun Third: Patrik Kaprálik Skip: Juraj Gallo Lead: Jakub Polák
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Skip: Štefan Sever Third: Aljaž Stopar Second: Noël Gregori Lead: Luka Prezelj Alternate: Gašper Stopar	Fourth: Alfonso Gracia Skip: Lucas Munuera Second: Rodrigo García Lead: Óscar Tesa Alternate: Eduardo de Paz	Skip: Alican Karataş Third: Uğurcan Karagöz Second: Bilal Ömer Çakır Lead: Kadir Çakır	Skip: Adrian Meikle Third: James Pougher Second: Rhys Phillips Lead: Gary Coombs Alternate: Simon Pougher

Round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker
	Teams relegated to 2016 Group C

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width=150	Pool A !	width=135	Skip !	W	L
		6	1
		5	2
		5	2
		5	2
		4	3
		2	5
		1	6
		0	7

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Pool B	Skip	W	L
		6	1
		5	2
		4	3
		4	3
		4	3
		2	5
		2	5
		1	6

Round-robin results

Group A

Draw 1

Saturday, November 19, 9:00 & 15:00

Draw 2

Sunday, November 20, 8:00

In the France vs. Israel game team France ran out of time and forfeited the game.^[2]

Draw 3

Sunday, November 20, 16:00 & Monday, November 21, 16:00 & 20:00

Draw 4

Monday, November 21, 8:00, 12:00, 16:00 & Tuesday, November 22, 12:00

Draw 5

Monday, November 21, 16:00 & Tuesday, November 22, 16:00, 20:00

Draw 6

Monday, November 21, 8:00 & Wednesday, November 23, 12:00

Draw 7

Wednesday, November 23, 20:00

Group B

Draw 1

Saturday, November 19, 15:00 & 20:00

Draw 2

Sunday, November 20, 8:00, 12:00 & 16:00

Draw 3

Monday, November 21, 8:00

Draw 4

Monday, November 21, 16:00 & Wednesday, November 23, 16:00

Draw 5

Tuesday, November 22, 8:00

Draw 6

Tuesday, November 22, 16:00

Draw 7

Wednesday, November 23, 8:00

Tiebreakers

Thursday, November 24, 9:00

Relegation round

Relegation Semifinals

Thursday, November 24, 20:00

Relegation Final

Friday, November 25, 19:00

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Thursday, November 24, 14:30

Semifinals

Thursday, November 24, 20:00

Bronze-medal game

Friday, November 25, 13:00

Gold-medal game

Friday, November 25, 13:00

Group C

Teams

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Skip: Josep Garcia Third: Oscar Zazo Second: Cesar Mialdea Lead: Carles Herrero Alternate: Jordi Montero	Skip: Ilya Shalamitski Third: Konstantin Balakin Second: Aliaksei Smotrin Lead: Viktar Hilitski Alternate: Aliaksandr Tsiushkevich	Skip: Reto Seiler Third: Bojidar Momerin Second: Nikolay Runtov Lead: Petar Tchakarov Alternate: Stanko Velinov	Skip: Robert Mikulandric Third: Ante Baus Second: Neven Pufnik Lead: Dario Vukovic Alternate: Jurica Bican
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Skip: Martin Lill Third: Ingar Mäesalu Second: Johan Karlson Lead: Tanel Toomvali	Skip: Jean-Olivier Biechely Third: Louis Pizon Second: Simon Pagnot Lead: Sylvain Mouterde Alternate: Theo Ducroz	Skip: Andri Magnusson Third: Gudmundur Olafsson Second: Sigurjon Steinsson Lead: Jonas Gustafsson Alternate: Trausti Hilmisson	Skip: Andrew Gilmore Third: Alan Mitchell Second: Bob Sherrard Lead: Tom Roche
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Skip: Marc Hansen Third: Francesco Grassi Second: Alex Benoy Lead: Fabio Veltri Alternate: Ian Munn	Skip: Stefan Bodea Third: Bogdan Taut Second: Cristian Matau Lead: Adrian Dobos Alternate: Gabriel Timus	Skip: Đorđe Nešković Third: Goran Ungurović Second: Marko Stojanović Lead: Filip Stojanović

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Country	Skip	W	L
		10	0
		7	3
		7	3
		7	3
		6	4
		6	4
		5	5
		2	8
		2	8
		2	8
		0	10

Round-robin results

Draw 11

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Winner advances to Group B competitions.
Loser advances to Second Place Game.

3 vs. 4

Winner advances to Second Place Game.

Second Place Game

Winner advances to Group B competitions.

References

General

Web site: 2016 European Curling Championships. World Curling Federation.
Web site: 2016 European Curling Championships C Division. World Curling Federation. 2016-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011180858/http://worldcurling.org/2016-ecc-c-division. 2016-10-11. dead.

Specific

Notes and References

Web site: Scotland awarded four international curling championships. 23 December 2014. World Curling Federation. 12 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180227225137/http://www.worldcurling.org/scotland-awarded-four-international-curling-championships. 27 February 2018. dead.
http://live.ktgsports.com/data/CUR_ECCB2016P/Men's_Teams/04~Session_4/C73~~Game_Results_ISR-FRA.pdf FRA/ISR game official game summary