2008 European Curling Championships


[Image:2008 European Curling Championships.jpg|thumb|250px|Men's competitions, Draw 9]
The 2008 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held at Swedbank Arena in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden December 6–13, 2008. In a rematch of the men's A-Group final from the 2007 European Curling Championships, David Murdoch led Scotland to a second straight gold medal over Norway's Thomas Ulsrud 7–6 in an extra end. On the women's side, Switzerland's Mirjam Ott defeated home-country favorite Anette Norberg of Sweden 5–4.
A total of 51 teams from 29 European countries competed.

Men's Teams

Group A

NationSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
Jiri SnitilJindrich KitzbergerMartin SnitilMarek VydraKarel Uher
Ulrik SchmidtJohnny FrederiksenBo JensenLars VilandtMikkel Poulsen
Thomas DufourTony AngiboustJan DucrozRaphael MathieuRichard Ducroz
Andy KappAndreas LangUli KappHolger HöhneAndreas Kempf
Ireland|4provNORSCOESPSWESUIGERNORSCOSUIDENCZEFRASWE

Results

''All times local''
Draw 1 Saturday December 6, 08:00
Draw 2 Saturday December 6, 16:00
Draw 3 Sunday December 7, 09:00
Draw 4 Sunday December 7, 19:00
Draw 5 Monday December 8, 12:00
Draw 6 Monday December 8, 20:00
Draw 7 Tuesday December 9, 14:00
Draw 8 Wednesday December 10, 09:00
Draw 9 Wednesday December 10, 18:30

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 game
Thursday, December 11, 20:00
3 vs. 4 game
Thursday, December 11, 20:00
Semifinal
Friday, December 12, 14:00
Gold Medal Final
Saturday, December 13, 11:00

Group B1

Results

All times local
Draw 1 Saturday December 6, 08:00
  • 12, 3
  • 8, 5
  • 1, 7
  • 6, 8
Draw 2 Saturday December 6, 16:00
  • 5, 8
  • 2, 11
  • 1, 14
  • 3, 7
Draw 3 Sunday December 7, 08:00
  • 2, 12
  • 2, 7
  • 9, 11
  • 2, 14
Draw 4 Sunday December 7, 16:00
  • 4, 7
  • 11, 3
  • 3, 8
  • 1, 16
Draw 5 Monday December 8, 12:00
  • 8, 5
  • 13, 3
  • 9, 5
  • 10, 3
Draw 6 Monday December 8, 20:00
  • 8, 5
  • 1, 9
  • 7, 6
  • 9, 3
Draw 7 Tuesday December 9, 08:00
  • 4, 9
  • 9, 7
  • 12, 2
  • 7, 4
Draw 8 Tuesday December 9, 20:00
  • 10, 2
  • 10, 3
  • 8, 1
  • 14, 6
Draw 9 Wednesday December 10, 16:00
  • 2, 5
  • 8, 6
  • 6, 13
  • 8, 2

Group B2

Results

All times local
Draw 1 Saturday December 6, 08:00
  • 7, 6
Draw 2 Saturday December 6, 12:00
  • 8, 3
  • 9, 7
  • 5, 6
Draw 3 Saturday December 6, 20:00
  • 3, 8
  • 8, 3
  • 9, 6
  • 9, 4
Draw 4 Sunday December 7, 08:00
  • 12, 4
  • 6, 5
Draw 5 Sunday December 7, 12:00
  • 3, 6
  • 4, 8
Draw 6 Sunday December 7, 20:00
  • 8, 5
  • 8, 4
  • 7, 9
  • 6, 9
Draw 7 Monday December 8, 08:00
  • 10, 6
  • 1, 11
  • 5, 7
  • 7, 4
Draw 8 Monday December 8, 16:00
  • 8, 6
  • 7, 2
  • 1, 9
  • 2, 8
Draw 9 Tuesday December 9, 16:00
  • 4, 8
  • 12, 1
  • 10, 7
  • 1, 12
Draw 10 Wednesday December 10, 08:00
  • 2, 8
  • 9, 2
  • 8, 6
  • 7, 3
Draw 11 Wednesday December 10, 20:00
  • 3, 8
  • 5, 7
  • 13, 8
  • 6, 2

Group B Playoffs

''Finland and Italy advance to the A-Group''

World Challenge Games

Friday, December 12, 20:00
  • 5, 6
Saturday, December 13, 09:00
  • 6, 1
Saturday, December 13, 14:00
  • 7, 5

Women's Teams

Group A

*Jensen skips and throws second rocks; D. Dupont throws third rocks and M. Dupont throws skip rocks
CountryGWL
972
972
963
963
954
954
945
927
927
918

''Netherlands and Czech Republic drop to the B-Group''

Results

All times local
Draw 1 Saturday December 6, 12:00
Draw 2 Saturday December 6, 20:00
Draw 3 Sunday December 7, 14:00
Draw 4 Monday December 8, 08:00
Draw 5 Monday December 8, 16:00
Draw 6 Tuesday December 9, 09:00
Draw 7 Tuesday December 9, 18:30
Draw 8 Wednesday December 10, 14:00
Draw 9 Thursday December 11, 08:00
Tiebreaker Thursday December 11, 15:00

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 game
Thursday, December 11, 20:00
3 vs. 4 game
Thursday, December 11, 20:00
Semifinal
Friday, December 12, 19:00
Gold Medal Final
Saturday, December 13, 15:00

Group B1

Results

All times local
Draw 1 Saturday December 6, 12:00
  • 7, 10
  • 8, 6
Draw 2 Sunday December 7, 16:00
  • 3, 6
Draw 3 Sunday December 7, 20:00
  • 4, 11
Draw 4 Monday December 8, 16:00
  • 9, 8
Draw 5 Monday December 8, 20:00
  • 5, 12
Draw 6 Tuesday December 9, 12:00
  • 7, 6
  • 5, 9
Draw 7 Wednesday December 10, 12:00
  • 5, 7
  • 7, 4

Group B2

Results

All times local
Draw 1 Saturday December 6, 16:00
  • 4, 12
  • 6, 7
Draw 2 Saturday December 6, 20:00
  • 3, 5
Draw 3 Sunday December 7, 12:00
  • 3, 7
  • 5, 7
  • 8, 4
Draw 4 Monday December 8, 08:00
  • 1, 11
Draw 5 Monday December 8, 12:00
  • 9, 1
  • 6, 3
Draw 6 Tuesday December 9, 12:00
  • 8, 3
  • 2, 9
  • 9, 3
Draw 7 Wednesday December 10, 12:00
  • 5, 6
  • 4, 9
  • 7, 8
Tiebreaker Wednesday December 10, 20:00
  • 1, ''' 8'''

Group B Playoffs

''Norway and Finland advance to the A-Group''

World Challenge Games

Friday, December 12, 20:00
  • 10, 1
Saturday, December 13, 09:00
  • 7, 4
Saturday, December 13, 14:00
  • 10, 9

Broadcasting

There is news that the Swedish national television SVT will broadcast four round robin games involving Sweden and follow Sweden through the play-off rounds. The event will also be broadcast throughout Europe by Eurosport.