1976 European Curling Championships

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1976 European Curling Championships
Host city West Berlin
ArenaEissporthalle
Dates1–5 December
Men's winnerFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Curling clubDübendorf CC, Dübendorf
Skip Peter Attinger Jr.
Third Bernhard Attinger
Second Mattias Neuenschwander
Lead Ruedi Attinger
FinalistFlag of Norway.svg  Norway (Kristian Sørum)
Women's winnerFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Curling clubÖrebro DCK, Örebro
Skip Elisabeth Branäs
Third Elisabeth Högström
Second Eva Rosenhed
Lead Anne-Marie Ericsson
FinalistFlag of France.svg  France (Paulette Delachat)
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The 1976 European Curling Championships were held from 1 to 5 December at the Eissporthalle arena in West Berlin.

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The Swiss men's team won their first European title and the Swedish women's team won their first European title.

For the first time, the English men's and women's teams took part in the European Championship.

Men's

Teams

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadCurling club
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark John Olsen John Christiansen Jørn Blach Peter Haase Hvidovre Curling Club, Hvidovre
Flag of England.svg  England Ronald D. Thornton Kenneth Duncan John D. Kerr Barry Nevett
Flag of France.svg  France Pierre Boan André Mabboux Pierre Duclos Georges Panisset Mont d'Arbois Curling Club, Megève
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Klaus Kanz Manfred Schulze Hans Österreicher Eckart Jahn EC Bad Tölz, Bad Tölz
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giuseppe Dal Molin Andrea Pavani Enea Pavani Giorgio Vani Cortina Curling Club, Cortina d’Ampezzo
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Kristian Sørum Morten Sørum Gunnar Meland Gunnar Sigstadstø Trondheim Curling Club, Trondheim
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Jim Steele Lockhart Steele Ian Fairbairn Jon Veitch
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Jens Håkansson Thomas Håkansson Per Lindeman Lars Lindgren Karlstads Curlingklubb, Karlstad
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Mattias Neuenschwander Ruedi Attinger Dübendorf CC, Dübendorf

Round robin

TeamA1A2A3A4A5A6A7A8A9WLPlace
A1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark *12:85:128:57:84:138:27:93:4356
A2Flag of England.svg  England 8:12*3:106:75:87:102:84:152:13089
A3Flag of France.svg  France 12:510:3*10:38:72:72:101:125:10445
A4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5:87:63:10*7:54:75:84:124:10267
A5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:78:57:85:7*3:105:93:134:10268
A6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:410:77:27:410:3*2:410:49:6711
A7Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2:88:210:28:59:54:2*7:104:12534
A8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9:715:412:112:413:34:1010:7*7:8623
A9Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 4:313:210:510:410:46:912:48:7*712
  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

Semifinals Filal
      
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 11
3 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 9
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6
1 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8
4 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 7

Final standings

PlaceTeamSkipGPWL
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Peter Attinger Jr. 1091
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Norway.svg  Norway Kristian Sørum 1082
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Jim Steele 954
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Jens Håkansson 963
5Flag of France.svg  France Pierre Boan 844
6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark John Olsen 835
7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Klaus Kanz 826
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giuseppe Dal Molin 826
9Flag of England.svg  England Ronald D. Thornton 808

Women's

Teams

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadCurling club
Flag of England.svg  England Connie Miller Susan Hinds Christine Black Freda Fischer
Flag of France.svg  France Paulette Delachat Suzanne Parodi Erna Gay Francoise Duclos
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Sibylle Pokorn Helena Ruff Gisela Tappeser Bronia Kornecki
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Maria-Grazzia Constantini Tea Valt Ann Lacedelli Marina Pavani
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Eli Kolstad Ellen Christensen Heidi Wanggard Kirsten Vaule
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Sandra South Sheena Hay Margareth Ross Elisabeth Manson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Elisabeth Branäs Elisabeth Högström Eva Rosenhed Anne-Marie Ericsson Örebro DCK, Örebro
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Ulrica Baer Mengia Baumgartner Regula Suter Melanie Bischof

Round robin

TeamA1A2A3A4A5A6A7A8WLPlace
A1Flag of England.svg  England *3:1312:610:811:25:84:129:7434
A2Flag of France.svg  France 13:3*9:89:612:46:118:57:8523
A3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:128:9*10:48:67:44:107:8346
A4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:106:94:10*8:134:154:104:10078
A5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:114:126:813:8*5:122:112:9167
A6Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8:511:64:715:412:5*3:1411:4522
A7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 12:45:810:410:411:214:3*10:8611
A8Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7:98:78:710:49:24:118:10*435
  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13
4 Flag of England.svg  England 2
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13
Flag of France.svg  France 4
2 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2
3 Flag of France.svg  France 13

Final standings

PlaceTeamSkipGPWL
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Elisabeth Branäs 981
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France Paulette Delachat 963
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of England.svg  England Connie Miller 844
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Sandra South 853
5Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Ulrica Baer 743
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Sibylle Pokorn 734
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Eli Kolstad 716
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Maria-Grazzia Constantini 707

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