Jump to content

2008 European Mixed Curling Championship

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2008 European Mixed
Curling Championship
Host cityKitzbühel, Austria
ArenaMercedes Benz Sportpark
DatesSeptember 22–27, 2008
Winner Germany
Curling clubSC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
SkipRainer Schöpp
ThirdAndrea Schöpp
SecondSebastian Jacoby
LeadMelanie Robillard
AlternateHelmar Erlewein,
Monika Wagner
CoachJohn Robillard
Finalist Czech Republic (Jiří Snítil)
« 2007
2009 »

The 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 22 to 27, 2008 at the Mercedes Benz Sportpark in Kitzbühel, Austria.[1][2]

Germany, skipped by Rainer Schöpp, won their first title after defeating Czech Republic in the final.

Teams

[edit]

Hosts Austria were skipped by two-time Austrian mixed curling champion Markus Schagerl.[3] Germany were skipped by Rainer Schöpp and defending champions Wales were skipped by Adrian Meikle.[1][4]

Teams[1]
Country Skip Third Second Lead Alternate(s) Coach Curling club
 Austria Markus Schagerl Verena Hagenbuchner Rainer M.M. Ammer Jasmin Seidl Armin Kvas,
Karin Trauner		 CC Traun
 Czech Republic Jirí Snítil Hana Synácková Martin Snítil Karolina Pilaròvá Katerina Kobosilova,
Sune Frederiksen
 Denmark Joel Ostrowski Camilla Jensen Søren Jensen Jeanne Ellegaard Tårnby CC
 England Alan MacDougall Lana Watson John Sharp Suzie Law
 Estonia Andres Jakobson Reet Taidre Konstantin Dotsenko Küllike Ustav Marcella Tammes,
Leo Jakobson
 Finland Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Jaana Hämäläinen Paavo Kuosmanen Kirsi Kaski Minna Uusipaavalniemi Hyvinkää CC
 France Lionel Roux Helène Grieshaber Xavier Bibollet Candice Santacru Alain Contat,
Marion Renaud
 Germany Rainer Schöpp Andrea Schöpp Sebastian Jacoby Melanie Robillard Helmar Erlewein,
Monika Wagner		 John Robillard SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
 Hungary György Nagy Ildiko Szekeres Zsombor Rokusfalvy Boglarka Adam
 Ireland Johnjo Kenny Marie O'Kane Tony Tierney Gillian Drury
 Italy Antonio Menardi Giorgia Apollonio Fabio Alverà Claudia Alverà Massimo Antonelli,
Lucrezia Salvai		 CC Tofane, Cortina d'Ampezzo
 Latvia Iveta Staša-Šaršūne Robert Krusts Janis Klive Una Grava-Germane Brian Gray CC Jelgava
 Netherlands Margrietha Voskuilen Jaap Veerman Esther Romijn Erik Dijkstra CC Utrecht
 Norway Joakim Skogvold André Alfsen Gina Grøseth Eli Moen Skaslien Oppdal CC
 Poland Marta Szeliga-Frynia Pawel Frynia Marianna Das Arkadiusz Detyniecki Katarzyna Wicik,
Tomasz Korolko		 Pawel Burlewicz
 Russia Alexander Kirikov Yana Nekrasova Petr Dron Galina Arsenkina Victor Kornev,
Anna Sidorova		 Moskvitch CC, Moscow
 Scotland Alan Smith Gillian Howard David Mundell Karen Strang
 Serbia Darko Sovran Radmila Panzalovic Bojan Mijatovic Olivera Momcilovic Miodrag Kastratovic,
Dara Gravara-Stojanovic
 Slovakia Rene Petko Gabriela Kajanova Milan Kajan Jana Janickova
 Spain José Luis Hinojosa de Torres-Peralta Martina Zurlohe José Maria Rivera Cadierno Leticia Hinojosa de Torres Ana Arce,
Sergio De Miguel
 Sweden Niklas Edin Anna Hasselborg Eric Carlsén Sabina Kraupp Karlstads CK
 Switzerland Christian Moser Niki Goridis Stefan Luder Michèle Moser Esther Neuenschwander,
Oliver Wininger		 Dübendorf CC
 Wales Adrian Meikle Lesley Carol Andrew Tanner Irene Murray Chris Wells Deeside CC

Round robin

[edit]

The winner of each group advanced directly to play-offs and second place contested the qualification round.[5]

Group A

[edit]

Group A consisted of the Czech Republic, France, Latvia, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland and defending champions Wales.[5]

Wales, the defending champions, were eliminated at the first hurdle, losing five of their six group matches. The group was won by the Czech Rublic who won all six of their matches. A tie-breaker was required for second after Scotland and Switzerland were tied on four wins and two losses each.[5]

Group A[5]
Place Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wins Losses
1  Czech Republic * 6:5 5:4 9:4 8:4 6:3 7:5 6 0
2  Scotland 5:6 * 6:7 10:2 9:1 7:3 9:4 4 2
3  Switzerland 4:5 7:6 * 8:6 5:9 8:4 10:3 4 2
4  Latvia 4:9 2:10 6:8 * 5:4 6:4 6:4 3 3
5  France 4:8 1:9 9:5 4:5 * 4:5 14:1 2 4
6  Slovakia 3:6 3:7 4:8 4:6 5:4 * 5:7 1 5
7  Wales 5:7 4:9 3:10 4:6 1:14 7:5 * 1 5
  Team to play-offs
  Teams to tie-break for 2nd place

Tie-break

[edit]

Scotland defeated Switzerland 4–3 in the tie-break.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
 Scotland 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4

Source:[5]

Group B

[edit]

Group B consisted of Denmark, England, Estonia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Russia, Serbia and Spain.[5]

Russia finished first in the group after winning all seven of their matches. Denmark were second with a record of six wins and one loss.[5]

Group B[5]
Place Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Wins Losses
1  Russia * 11:3 8:5 7:5 12:2 8:2 7:5 13:2 7 0
2  Denmark 3:11 * 6:4 7:6 7:2 8:4 12:2 14:2 6 1
3  Hungary 5:8 4:6 * 8:3 7:2 7:3 11:5 13:1 5 2
4  England 5:7 6:7 3:8 * 10:4 7:2 14:0 13:1 4 3
5  Spain 5:7 2:12 5:11 0:14 3:4 7:4 * 16:4 2 5
6  Estonia 2:12 2:7 2:7 4:10 * 3:5 4:3 14:2 2 5
7  Netherlands 2:8 4:8 3:7 2:7 5:3 * 4:7 8:2 2 5
8  Serbia 2:13 2:14 1:13 1:13 2:14 2:8 4:16 * 0 7
  Team to play-offs
  Teams to qualification round

Group C

[edit]

Group C consisted of hosts Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Norway and Sweden.[5]

Sweden finished first in the group after winning all seven of their matches. Germany were second with a record of five wins and two losses.[5]

Group C[5]
Place Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Wins Losses
1  Sweden * 8:5 7:6 5:2 8:1 6:5 5:2 6:4 7 0
2  Germany 5:8 * 5:4 7:6 8:9 8:3 5:1 11:2 5 2
3  Finland 6:7 4:5 * 6:5 8:5 6:8 7:6 6:4 4 3
4  Italy 2:5 6:7 5:6 * 7:3 8:5 5:4 7:2 4 3
5  Austria 1:8 9:8 5:8 3:7 * 9:4 10:5 8:5 4 3
6  Ireland 5:6 3:8 8:6 5:8 4:9 * 6:5 3:8 2 5
7  Poland 2:5 1:5 6:7 4:5 5:10 5:6 * 5:4 1 6
8  Norway 4:6 2:11 4:6 2:7 5:8 8:3 4:5 * 1 6
  Team to play-offs
  Teams to qualification round

Qualification round

[edit]

Germany defeated Denmark 12–8 in the qualification semi-final to advance to the qualification final. They then defeated Scotland 6–3 to advance to the play-offs.[5]

Qualification
semi-final 		Qualification
final
      
 
 
A-2  Scotland 3
 Germany 6
B-2  Germany 12
C-2  Denmark 8

Qualification semi-final

Sheet F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (has hammer) 0 3 0 2 0 4 3 X 12
 Denmark 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 8

Qualification final

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Scotland 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
 Germany (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 6

Source:[5]

Play-offs

[edit]

In the semi-finals, the Czech Republic and Germany advanced to the final after an 8–3 win over Russia and a 7–1 win over Sweden respectively. Sweden won bronze after a 6–4 win over Russia in the Bronze medal game and Germany won the title with a 5–3 win over the Czech Republic in the final.[5]

Semi-finals Final
      
B1  Russia 3
A1  Czech Republic 8
 Czech Republic 3
 Germany 5
C2  Germany 7
C1  Sweden 1 Bronze Medal Game
 Russia 4
 Sweden 6

Semifinals

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
 Czech Republic (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany 0 3 1 1 1 1 X X 7
 Sweden (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1

Bronze medal game

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Russia 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
 Sweden (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 6

Final

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 5
 Czech Republic (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3

Source:[5]

Final standings

[edit]
Final standings[1]
Place Team Games Wins Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany 11 9 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Czech Republic 8 7 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden 9 8 1
4  Russia 9 7 2
5  Scotland 8 5 3
6  Denmark 8 6 2
7  Switzerland 7 4 3
8  Hungary 7 5 2
9  Italy 7 4 3
10  England 7 4 3
11  Finland 7 4 3
12  Latvia 6 3 3
13  Spain 7 2 5
14  France 6 2 4
15  Austria 7 4 3
16  Ireland 7 2 5
17  Estonia 7 2 5
18  Wales 6 1 5
19  Poland 7 1 6
20  Slovakia 6 1 5
21  Netherlands 7 2 5
22  Norway 7 1 6
23  Serbia 7 0 7

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d "European Mixed Curling Championship 2008 ". World Curling. Retrieved 3 April 2025. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 41 (help)
  2. ^ RESULTS - European Mixed Curling Championships 2008 - 28 September 2008 SportFocus news
  3. ^ "Medaillenspiegel-Mixed " (PDF) (in German). Curling Austria. Retrieved 3 April 2025. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 23 (help)
  4. ^ "European Mixed Curling Championship 2007 ". World Curling. Retrieved 3 April 2025. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 41 (help)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Tournament details ". World Curling. Retrieved 3 April 2025. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 19 (help)
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_European_Mixed_Curling_Championship&oldid=1283808292"