2000 European Curling Championships

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2000 European Curling Championships
Host city Oberstdorf, Germany
ArenaEislaufzentrum
DatesDecember 9–16, 2000
Men's winnerFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Skip Markku Uusipaavalniemi
Third Wille Mäkelä
Second Tommi Häti
Lead Jari Laukkanen
Alternate Pekka Saarelainen
FinalistFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Women's winnerFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Curling clubUmeå CK
Skip Elisabet Gustafson
Third Katarina Nyberg
Second Louise Marmont
Lead Elisabeth Persson
Alternate Christina Bertrup
Coach Jan Strandlund, Stefan Hasselborg
FinalistFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
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The 2000 European Curling Championships were held in Oberstdorf, Germany from December 9 to 16.

Contents

Men's

A tournament

Final round-robin standings

TeamSkipWL
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Markku Uusipaavalniemi 90
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Ulrik Schmidt 72
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Andreas Schwaller 72
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Peja Lindholm 63
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Thomas Ulsrud 45
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andy Kapp 45
Flag of France.svg  France Dominique Dupont-Roc 36
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland David Mundell 36
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Christian Dupont-Roc 18
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Heribert Krämer 18

Playoffs

Semi-final Final
      
1 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8
4 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7
1 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8
2 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7
3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 5
2 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6Bronze medal
4 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 10
3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7

Medals

MedalTeam
Gold Flag of Finland.svg Finland (Markku Uusipaavalniemi, Wille Mäkelä, Tommi Häti, Jari Laukkanen, and Pekka Saarelainen)
Silver Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (Ulrik Schmidt, Lasse Lavrsen, Brian Hansen, Carsten Svensgaard, and Frants Gufler)
Bronze Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (Peja Lindholm, Tomas Nordin, Magnus Swartling, Peter Narup, and Anders Kraupp)

Women's

A tournament

Final round-robin standings

TeamSkipWL
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Elisabet Gustafson 70
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Nadja Heuer 52
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Dordi Nordby 52
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andrea Schöpp 43
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Gillian Howard 34
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Lene Bidstrup 34
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Nina Golovtchenko 16
Flag of France.svg  France Sandrine Morand 07

Playoffs

Semi-final Final
      
1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4
4 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2
1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9
3 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4
3 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 5 Bronze medal
4 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7

Medals

MedalTeam
Gold Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (Elisabet Gustafson, Katarina Nyberg, Louise Marmont, Elisabeth Persson, and Christina Bertrup)
Silver Flag of Norway.svg Norway (Dordi Nordby, Hanne Woods, Kristin Tøsse Løvseth, Cecilie Torhaug, and Camilla Holth)
Bronze Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (Nadja Heuer, Carmen Küng, Sybil Bachofen, Vera Heuer, and Yvonne Schlunegger)

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