1978 European Curling Championships | |
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Host city | Aviemore, Scotland |
Arena | Aviemore Ice Rink |
Dates | 4–9 December |
Men's winner | Switzerland |
Curling club | Lausanne-Riviera CC, Lausanne |
Skip | Jürg Tanner |
Third | Jürg Hornisberger |
Second | Franz Tanner |
Lead | Patrik Lörtscher |
Finalist | Sweden (Bertil Timan) |
Women's winner | Sweden |
Curling club | Örebro CK, Örebro |
Skip | Inga Arfwidsson |
Third | Barbro Arfwidsson |
Second | Ingrid Appelquist |
Lead | Gunvor Björhäll |
Finalist | Switzerland (Heidi Neuenschwander) |
« 1977 1979 » |
The 1978 European Curling Championships were held from 4 to 9 December at the Aviemore Ice Rink in Aviemore, Scotland.
The Swiss men's team won their second European title, and the Swedish women's team won their third European title.
Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Curling club |
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Denmark | Tommy Stjerne | Oluf Olsen | Steen Hansen | Peter Andersen | Hvidovre Curling Club, Hvidovre |
England | Ronald D. Thornton | John D. Kerr | Tony Atherton | Michael Thompson | |
France | Robert Thierriaz | Joel Indergand | Alain Bagnaro | Jean Louis Roux | |
Germany | Hans Jörg Herberg | Franz Schmidt | Wolfgang Metzeler | Sigi Heinle | |
Italy | Giuseppe Dal Molin | Enea Pavani | Giancarlo Valt | Andrea Pavani | Tofane Curling Club, Cortina d’Ampezzo |
Netherlands | Eric Harmsen | Robert Harmsen | Jack De Meyere | Otto Veening | |
Norway | Rolv Kristian Yri | Torger H. Sletten | Harald Ramsfjell | Øystein Skyberg | Brumunddal Curling Club, Oslo |
Scotland | James Sanderson | Iain Baxter | Colin Baxter | Willie Sanderson | Oxenfoord Curling Club, Edinburgh |
Sweden | Anders Thidholm (fourth) | Hans Söderström | Anders Nilsson | Bertil Timan (skip) | Härnösands Curlingklubb, Härnösand |
Switzerland | Jürg Tanner | Jürg Hornisberger | Franz Tanner | Patrik Lörtscher | Lausanne-Riviera Curling Club, Lausanne |
Team | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | A8 | A9 | A10 | W | L | Place | |
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A1 | Denmark | * | 10:5 | 7:6 | 12:3 | 6:4 | 8:3 | 4:10 | 3:7 | 10:6 | 4:5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
A2 | England | 5:10 | * | 6:7 | 1:12 | 2:8 | 13:8 | 5:10 | 2:13 | 4:13 | 6:8 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
A3 | France | 6:7 | 7:6 | * | 6:7 | 1:8 | 10:8 | 3:11 | 5:4 | 5:8 | 6:8 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
A4 | Germany | 3:12 | 12:1 | 7:6 | * | 4:10 | 15:10 | 3:6 | 7:4 | 5:9 | 4:8 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
A5 | Italy | 4:6 | 8:2 | 8:1 | 10:4 | * | 9:4 | 6:5 | 6:7 | 4:8 | 3:10 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
A6 | Netherlands | 3:8 | 8:13 | 8:10 | 10:15 | 4:9 | * | 5:16 | 6:14 | 5:10 | 4:18 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
A7 | Norway | 10:4 | 10:5 | 11:3 | 6:3 | 5:6 | 16:5 | * | 6:7 | 6:7 | 4:6 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
A8 | Scotland | 7:3 | 13:2 | 4:5 | 4:7 | 7:6 | 14:6 | 7:6 | * | 1:8 | 4:6 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
A9 | Sweden | 6:10 | 13:4 | 8:5 | 9:5 | 8:4 | 10:5 | 7:6 | 8:1 | * | 3:8 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
A10 | Switzerland | 5:4 | 8:6 | 8:6 | 8:4 | 10:3 | 18:4 | 6:4 | 6:4 | 8:3 | * | 9 | 0 | 1 |
Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
1 | Switzerland | 6 | |||||||
2 | Sweden | 11 | Sweden | 5 | |||||
3 | Denmark | 2 |
Place | Team | Skip | GP | W | L |
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Switzerland | Jürg Tanner | 10 | 10 | 0 | |
Sweden | Bertil Timan | 11 | 8 | 3 | |
Denmark | Tommy Stjerne | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
4 | Scotland | James Sanderson | 9 | 5 | 4 |
5 | Norway | Rolv Kristian Yri | 9 | 5 | 4 |
6 | Italy | Giuseppe Dal Molin | 9 | 5 | 4 |
7 | Germany | Hans Jörg Herberg | 9 | 4 | 5 |
8 | France | Robert Thierriaz | 9 | 3 | 6 |
9 | England | Ronald D. Thornton | 9 | 1 | 8 |
10 | Netherlands | Eric Harmsen | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Team | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | A8 | A9 | W | L | Place | |
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A1 | Denmark | * | 13:0 | 8:13 | 4:11 | 9:8 | 10:7 | 6:10 | 2:12 | 7:9 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
A2 | England | 0:13 | * | 3:11 | 3:14 | 9:8 | 7:18 | 6:10 | 4:10 | 10:8 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
A3 | France | 13:8 | 11:3 | * | 14:4 | 7:3 | 15:3 | 5:9 | 7:8 | 8:9 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
A4 | Germany | 11:4 | 14:3 | 4:14 | * | 6:7 | 12:8 | 7:12 | 1:19 | 4:16 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
A5 | Italy | 8:9 | 8:9 | 3:7 | 7:6 | * | 6:10 | 1:12 | 4:7 | 4:12 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
A6 | Norway | 7:10 | 18:7 | 3:15 | 8:12 | 10:6 | * | 6:9 | 4:9 | 4:11 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
A7 | Scotland | 10:6 | 10:6 | 9:5 | 12:7 | 12:1 | 9:6 | * | 3:6 | 3:10 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
A8 | Sweden | 12:2 | 10:4 | 8:7 | 19:1 | 7:4 | 9:4 | 6:3 | * | 8:7 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
A9 | Switzerland | 9:7 | 8:10 | 9:8 | 16:4 | 12:4 | 11:4 | 10:3 | 7:8 | * | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
1 | Sweden | 11 | |||||||
2 | Switzerland | 7 | Switzerland | 2 | |||||
3 | Scotland | 3 |
Place | Team | Skip | GP | W | L |
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Sweden | Inga Arfwidsson | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
Switzerland | Heidi Neuenschwander | 10 | 7 | 3 | |
Scotland | Isobel Torrance | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
4 | France | Paulette Delachat | 8 | 5 | 3 |
5 | Germany | Renate Grüner | 8 | 3 | 5 |
6 | Denmark | Inger Torbensen | 8 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Norway | Bente Hoel | 8 | 2 | 6 |
8 | England | Connie Miller | 8 | 2 | 6 |
9 | Italy | Maria-Grazzia Constantini | 8 | 1 | 7 |
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