1985 European Curling Championships

1985 European Curling Championships
Host city	Grindelwald, Switzerland
Arena	Sportzentrum
Dates	10–14 December
Men's winner	West Germany
Skip	Rodger Gustaf Schmidt
Third	Wolfgang Burba
Second	Johnny Jahr
Lead	Hans-Joachim Burba
Finalist	Sweden (Per Lindeman)
Women's winner	Switzerland
Skip	Jaqueline Landolt
Third	Christine Krieg
Second	Marianne Uhlmann
Lead	Silvia Benoit
Finalist	Scotland (Jeanette Johnston)
« 1984 1986 »

The 1985 European Curling Championships were held from 10 to 14 December at the Sportzentrum arena in Grindelwald, Switzerland.

The West German men's team skipped by Rodger Gustaf Schmidt won their first title and the Swiss women's team skipped by Jaqueline Landolt won their third title.

Men

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Curling club, city
Austria	Konrad Weiser	Thomas Wieser	Herwig Ritter	Christian Wieser
Denmark	Tommy Stjerne	Per Berg	Peter Andersen	Ivan Frederiksen			Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
England	Bob Martin	Ronnie Brock	Ian Coutts	John Brown
Finland	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	Petri Tsutsunen	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	Jarmo Jokivalli	Juhani Heinonen
France	Dominique Dupont-Roc	Christian Dupont-Roc	Thierry Mercier	Daniel Cosetto
Italy	Andrea Pavani	Franco Sovilla	Fabio Alverà	Stefano Morona
Luxembourg	Nico Schweich	Guy Schweich	Georges Schweich	William Bannerman	Paul Bannerman
Netherlands	Wim Neeleman	Otto Veening	Gérard Verbeek	Jeroen Tilman		Darrell Ell
Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	Sjur Loen	Gunnar Meland	Morten Skaug
Scotland	Billy Howat	Robert Clark	Robert Shaw	Alistair Henry
Sweden	Connie Östlund (fourth)	Per Lindeman (skip)	Bo Andersson	Göran Åberg			Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Switzerland	Jürg Tanner	Patrick Hürlimann	Patrik Lörtscher	Mario Gross			Lausanne-Riviera CC, Lausanne
Wales	John Hunt	John Stone	John Guyan	Scott Lyon
West Germany	Rodger Gustaf Schmidt	Wolfgang Burba	Johnny Jahr	Hans-Joachim Burba

First Phase (Triple Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						Switzerland		4
	Finland		2			Italy		7
	Italy		8								Italy		4
	West Germany		9								West Germany		9
	Wales		4			West Germany		7
	England		15			England		5
	Luxembourg		3

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						Scotland		6
	Sweden		6			Sweden		5
	Netherlands		5								Scotland		9
	Norway		10								Norway		4
	Austria		3			Norway		6
	Denmark		8			Denmark		3
	France		4

Round 2

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
											Norway		10
											Finland		2
						Finland		9
	Wales		6			Luxembourg		8
	Luxembourg		8

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
											Italy		4
											Netherlands		5
						Netherlands		6
	Austria		2			France		3
	France		12

	Game 1					Game 2
	Switzerland		7
	England		1			Switzerland		7
	Sweden		6			Denmark		2
	Denmark		8

Round 3

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2
						Italy		2
	Sweden		9			Sweden		8
	Wales		1

	Game 1					Game 2
						Finland		4
	England		7			England		9
	Austria		4

	Game 1					Game 2
						Denmark		9
	Luxembourg		8			Luxembourg		2
	France		6

Second Phase (Double Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
	West Germany		9
	Sweden		1
						West Germany		4
						Norway		6
	Norway		8
	England		2

	Game 1					Game 2
	Switzerland		9
	Netherlands		2
						Switzerland		5
						Denmark		8
	Scotland		6
	Norway		7

Round 2

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
						Switzerland		3
	Sweden		9			Sweden		6
	England		4

	Game 1					Game 2
						West Germany		7
	Netherlands		4			Scotland		6
	Scotland		5

Placement Phase

Range 9-14

	Quarterfinals (9-14)					Semifinals (9-14)					Final for 9th place
						Luxembourg		7
	Wales		3			Austria		8
	Austria		6								Austria		3
	Italy		2								Finland		7
	France		8			France		3
						Finland		4

	Semifinal (11-14)					Final for 11th place
	Luxembourg		2
	Italy		11
						Italy		4
						France		5
	France		10
	Wales		4			Final for 13th place
						Luxembourg		3
						Wales		9

Range 5-8

	Final for 5th place
	Switzerland		8
	Scotland		7

	Final for 7th place
	England		5
	Netherlands		4

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	West Germany	9
	4	Denmark	7
						West Germany		7
						Sweden		5
	2	Sweden	8
	3	Norway	6			Bronze Medal Game
						Denmark		4
						Norway		5

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	Games	Wins	Losses
	West Germany	Rodger Gustaf Schmidt	8	7	1
	Sweden	Per Lindeman	10	6	4
	Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	8	6	2
4	Denmark	Tommy Stjerne	9	5	4
5	Switzerland	Jürg Tanner	7	4	3
6	Scotland	Billy Howat	6	3	3
7	England	Bob Martin	8	4	4
8	Netherlands	Wim Neeleman	6	2	4
9	Finland	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	6	3	3
10	Austria	Konrad Weiser	6	2	4
11	France	Dominique Dupont-Roc	8	4	4
12	Italy	Andrea Pavani	8	3	5
13	Wales	John Hunt	6	1	5
14	Luxembourg	Nico Schweich	8	2	6

Women

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Coach	Curling club, city
Austria	Edeltraud Koudelka	Christl Naegle	Ingrid Märker	Veronika Hölzl
Denmark	Maj-Brit Rejnholdt-Christensen	Jane Bidstrup	Hanne Olsen	Lone Bagge		Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
England	Margaret Maxwell	Enid Logan	Caroline Cumming	Dorothy Shell
Finland	Jaana Jokela	Nina Ahvenainen	Taru Kivinen	Kirsi Jeskanen
France	Paulette Sulpice	Huguette Jullien	Isabelle Quere	Jocelyn Lhenry
Italy	Maria-Grazzia Constantini	Angela Constantini	Tea Valt	Nella Alvera
Luxembourg	Cilly Schweich	Madeleine van den Houten	Marie Garritze	Pat Bannerman
Netherlands	Laura Van Imhoff	Gerrie Veening	Marjorie Querido	Jenny Bovenschen	Darrell Ell
Norway	Trine Trulsen	Dordi Nordby	Hanne Pettersen	Mette Halvorsen
Scotland	Jeanette Johnston	Catherine Dodds	Marjorie Kidd	Ella Gallanders
Sweden	Maud Nordlander (fourth)	Inga Arfwidsson (skip)	Ulrika Åkerberg	Barbro Arfwidsson		Norrköpings CK, Norrköping
Switzerland	Jaqueline Landolt	Christine Krieg	Marianne Uhlmann	Silvia Benoit
Wales	Jean King	Helen Lyon	Margaret Crawley	Anne Stone
West Germany	Almut Hege	Petra Tschetsch	Suzanne Fink	Josefine Einsle

First Phase (Triple Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						West Germany		7
	England		7			Norway		6
	Norway		11								West Germany		8
	Italy		1								Denmark		4
	Luxembourg		12			Luxembourg		2
	Denmark		9			Denmark		11
	Netherlands		6

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						Sweden		10
	Austria		3			Scotland		4
	Scotland		4								Sweden		6
	Switzerland		10								Switzerland		3
	Finland		1			Switzerland		10
	France		2			Wales		1
	Wales		9

Round 2

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
	Italy		9
	Netherlands		3			Italy		9
						England		6
											Italy		8
											Switzerland		4

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
											Denmark		7
											Austria		5
						Austria		7
	Finland		3			France		4
	France		7

	Game 1					Game 2
	Norway		12
	Luxembourg		2			Norway		8
	Scotland		11			Scotland		3
	Wales		7

Round 3

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2
						Scotland		12
	Wales		2			Netherlands		3
	Netherlands		10

	Game 1					Game 2
						Austria		10
	Luxembourg		8			Finland		8
	Finland		9

	Game 1					Game 2
						Switzerland		13
	England		4			France		5
	France		10

Second Phase (Double Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
	West Germany		7
	Switzerland		5
						West Germany		4
						Scotland		6
	Italy		1
	Scotland		9

	Game 1					Game 2
	Denmark		6
	Norway		5
						Denmark		9
						Sweden		2
	Sweden		8
	Austria		2

Round 2

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
						Sweden		6
	Switzerland		7			Switzerland		7
	Italy		5

	Game 1					Game 2
						West Germany		2
	Norway		14			Norway		9
	Austria		4

Placement Phase

Range 9-14

	Quarterfinal (9-14)					Semifinals (9-14)					Final for 9th place
						Finland		14
	Wales		9			Wales		5
	England		8								Finland		8
	Netherlands		10								France		5
	Luxembourg		3			Netherlands		1
						France		11

	Semifinal (11-14)					Final for 11th place
	Wales		5
	Luxembourg		8
						Luxembourg		4
						Netherlands		9
	Netherlands		12
	England		1			Final for 13th place
						Wales		1
						England		9

Range 5-8

	Final for 5th place
	Sweden		7
	West Germany		1

	Final for 7th place
	Italy		5
	Austria		7

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Switzerland	9
	4	Denmark	3
						Switzerland		7
						Scotland		3
	2	Norway	3
	3	Scotland	5			Bronze Medal Game
						Denmark		3
						Norway		7

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	Games	Wins	Losses
	Switzerland	Jaqueline Landolt	10	7	3
	Scotland	Jeanette Johnston	9	6	3
	Norway	Trine Trulsen	9	6	3
4	Denmark	Maj-Brit Rejnholdt-Christensen	8	5	3
5	Sweden	Inga Arfwidsson	7	5	2
6	West Germany	Almut Hege	6	3	3
7	Austria	Edeltraud Koudelka	7	3	4
8	Italy	Maria-Grazzia Constantini	7	3	4
9	Finland	Jaana Jokela	6	3	3
10	France	Paulette Sulpice	7	3	4
11	Netherlands	Laura Van Imhoff	8	4	4
12	Luxembourg	Cilly Schweich	7	2	5
13	England	Margaret Maxwell	6	1	5
14	Wales	Jean King	8	2	6

References

• Men's results from the World Curling Federation
• Women's results from the World Curling Federation