The 2010 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Champéry, Switzerland from December 3âÂÂ11, 2010. The Group C matches took place from September 24âÂÂ28 at the Greenacres Ice Rink in Howwood, Scotland. The winners of the Group C matches advanced to the Group B playoffs in Monthey. The Group A round robin matches took place from December 4âÂÂ11 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, while the Group B matches took place at the Verney Arena in Monthey.
Sweden's Stina Viktorsson won the gold medal when her rink defeated the Eve Muirhead rink from Scotland. Switzerland's Mirjam Ott won the bronze medal game over Russia's Liudmila Privivkova in 9 ends. The Thomas Ulsrud rink from Norway won in the final over Rasmus Stjerne's rink from Denmark, which played surprisingly well at the championships this year. Switzerland's Christof Schwaller won the bronze medal after defeating Germany's Andy Kapp.
Six women's teams qualified for the 2011 World Women's Curling Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark. They are: Sweden, Scotland, Switzerland, Russia, Norway, and the Czech Republic (who defeated Latvia in the World Challenge). Only six nations qualified because the host (Denmark) and the defending champion (Germany) are automatically qualified. Eight men's teams qualified for the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. They are: Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Scotland, Czech Republic, France (who defeated Italy in the World Challenge).
The 2010 European Curling Championships marked the first European curling tournament that Turkey was represented at. Turkey was represented by a men's and women's berth, and their women's berth advanced to the B Group of the championships.
10 men's berths were qualified for Group A, including defending champions Sweden and last year's B Group qualifiers (Russia and the Netherlands).
Switzerland, Norway, and Germany finished the round-robin with a 7âÂÂ2 winâÂÂloss record, while Denmark finished with a 6âÂÂ3 record. Switzerland was defeated by Norway 4âÂÂ5 in the tenth end and Denmark defeated Germany 10âÂÂ5 with a game-ending 5-point end in the page playoffs. Norway moved on to the gold final, while Denmark was able to defeat Switzerland in the semifinal, 9âÂÂ7. Denmark faced Norway in the final, where Norway won 5âÂÂ3, while Switzerland won over Germany, 7âÂÂ4.
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16 men's berths were qualified for Group B, including the teams advancing from Group C (Slovakia and Belarus) and the teams relegated from last year's A Group (Finland and Italy). They are split into two eight-team groups (B1 and B2).
Latvia and Ireland finished at the top of Group B1, while Italy and Slovakia finished at the top of their groups. In the page playoffs, Latvia won over Italy 9âÂÂ5, while Ireland defeated Slovakia 8âÂÂ2. Italy won over Ireland 6âÂÂ5 in 11 ends to advance to the final and face Latvia once more. This time, Italy was able to win over Latvia in an extra end, 10âÂÂ7. Ireland won over Slovakia in 8 ends, 9âÂÂ2.
Seven men's berths competed in the first ever Group C tournament.
Slovakia and Belarus finished at the top of the group with 5âÂÂ1 winâÂÂloss records. They both qualified for the B Group tournament, and played in the Group C Final, where Slovakia defeated Belarus in 8 ends.
10 women's berths were qualified for Group A, including defending champions Germany and last year's B Group qualifiers (the Netherlands and Latvia).
Scotland advanced to the playoffs with an impressive 8âÂÂ1 record; Russia and Switzerland advanced with a 7âÂÂ2 record, and Sweden with a 6âÂÂ3 record. In the playoffs, Scotland defeated Russia in 9 ends with a 9âÂÂ4 score. Sweden was able to work its way to the gold final, defeating Switzerland 5âÂÂ3 in the playoffs and passing by Russia 7âÂÂ5 in the semifinals. Sweden met and defeated Scotland in the final, 8âÂÂ6, taking home the gold. The Switzerland rink faced Russia in the bronze final, winning 9âÂÂ5 in 9 ends.
10 women's berths were qualified for Group B, including the teams advancing from Group C (Ireland and Turkey) and the teams relegated from last year's A Group (England and Italy).
The Czech Republic finished the round-robin undefeated with an impressive 9âÂÂ0 record, while Hungary, Austria, and Italy finished with a 7âÂÂ2 record. The Czech berth defeated Hungary 8âÂÂ6 in an extra end and Italy defeated Austria 6âÂÂ3 in the page playoffs. Italy met Hungary in the semifinal and defeated them 7âÂÂ6. The Czech rink then scored a resounding 14âÂÂ7 win over Italy in the final game. Austria won over Hungary in the bronze final after an extra end, 5âÂÂ4.
Five women's berths competed in the first ever Group C tournament.
The Turkish team, making its debut in an international curling competition, finished the round robin undefeated at 4âÂÂ0, while Ireland held a 3âÂÂ1 record. In the final, Ireland would open with a 4-point end and dominated the game, winning 11âÂÂ3 over Turkey in 8 ends.
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