1988 European Curling Championships

1988 European Curling Championships
1988 European Curling Championships
Host city	Perth, Scotland
Arena	Perth Ice Rink
Dates	6–10 December
Men's winner	Scotland
Skip	David Smith
Third	Mike Hay
Second	Peter Smith
Lead	David Hay
Finalist	Norway (Eigil Ramsfjell)
Women's winner	Sweden
Curling club	Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip	Elisabeth Högström
Third	Anette Norberg
Second	Monika Jansson
Lead	Marie Henriksson
Finalist	Scotland (Hazel McGregor)
	« 1987 1989 »

The 1988 European Curling Championships were held from 6 to 10 December at the Perth Ice Rink arena in Perth, Scotland.

The Scottish men's team skipped by David Smith won their fourth title and the Swedish women's team skipped by Elisabeth Högström won their seventh title.^[1]

For the first time, the men's team of Belgium took part in the European Championship.

Men

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Curling club, city
Austria	Alois Kreidl	Günther Mochny	Dieter Küchenmeister	Stefan Salinger		Kitzbühel CC, Kitzbühel
Belgium	Marcel Marién	Pierre Mallants	Eric Biehels	Arthur Westerlinck
Denmark	Christian Thune	Niels Siggaard	Ole Lehmann de Neergard	Finn Nielsen
England	John Deakin	Gordon Vickers	Malcolm Richardson	Peter Bowyer
Finland	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	Jarmo Jokivalli	Jari Laukkanen	Petri Tsutsunen	Juhani Heinonen	Hyvinkää CC, Hyvinkää
France	Dominique Dupont-Roc	Christian Dupont-Roc	Daniel Cosetto	Patrick Philippe
Italy	Fabio Alverà	Stefano Morona	Adriano Lorenzi	Stefano Zardini
Netherlands	Robert van der Cammen	Wim Neeleman	Rob Joosen	Fred Melker
Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	Sjur Loen	Morten Søgaard	Dagfinn Loen		Snarøyen CC, Oslo
Scotland	David Smith	Mike Hay	Peter Smith	David Hay
Sweden	Claes Roxin	Mats Brisegård	Björn Roxin	Lars-Eric Roxin		CK Ena, Enköping
Switzerland	Bernhard Attinger	Werner Attinger	Martin Zürrer	Marcel Senn		Dübendorf CC, Dübendorf
Wales	John Hunt	John Stone	John Guyan	Michael Hunt
West Germany	Keith Wendorf	Sven Saile	Uwe Saile	Gregor Kunzemüller		CC Schwenningen, Schwenningen

First Phase (Triple Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Second Phase

Game 1		Game 2		Game 3

		Sweden	10
Netherlands	5	Austria	2
Austria	10			Sweden	3
West Germany	2			West Germany	8
Wales	2	West Germany	6
Denmark	8	Denmark	1
France	4

Game 1		Game 2		Game 3

		Norway	9
Finland	3	Italy	3
Italy	8			Norway	8
Switzerland	17			Scotland	3
Belgium	3	Switzerland	3
Scotland	7	Scotland	4
England	3

Round 2

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

Game 1		Game 2		Game 3

				Sweden	7
				England	5
		Finland	4
Belgium	3	England	9
England	10

Game 1		Game 2		Game 3

				Scotland	5
				France	4
		Netherlands	4
Wales	5	France	7
France	10

Game 1		Game 2

Austria	3
Denmark	8	Denmark	5
Italy	7	Italy	6
Switzerland	3

Round 3

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

Game 1		Game 2

		England	3
Switzerland	5	Switzerland	7
Wales	2

Game 1		Game 2

		Denmark	8
Netherlands	5	Finland	1
Finland	7

Game 1		Game 2

		France	10
Austria	11	Austria	7
Belgium	3

Second Phase (Double Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

Game 1		Game 2

West Germany	3

Denmark	6
		Denmark	2

		Scotland	8
Sweden	2

Scotland	5

Game 1		Game 2

Norway	5

Switzerland	3
		Norway	7

		France	2
Italy	6

France	7

Round 2

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

Game 1		Game 2

		France	3
West Germany	5	Sweden	6
Sweden	9

Game 1		Game 2

		Denmark	5
Switzerland	6	Switzerland	8
Italy	5

Placement Phase

Range 9-14

Quarterfinals (9-14)		Semifinals (9-14)		Final for 9th place

England	12
Belgium	3	England	8
		Finland	7
				England	8
				Austria	9
		Austria	10
Wales	3	Netherlands	6
Netherlands	6

Semifinals (11-14)		Final for 11th place

Finland	9

Wales	3
		Finland	4

		Netherlands	9
Netherlands	9

Belgium	4	Match for 13th place


		Wales	7

		Belgium	2

Range 5-8

	Final for 5th place

	France		4

	Denmark		3

	Final for 7th place

	West Germany		5

	Italy		2

Playoffs

Semifinals			Final

1	Switzerland	3

4	Norway	7
			Norway	3

			Scotland	6
2	Sweden	2

	Scotland	3	Bronze Medal Game


			Switzerland	5

			Sweden	2

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	Games	Wins	Losses
	Scotland	David Smith	8	7	1
	Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	6	5	1
	Switzerland	Bernhard Attinger	10	6	4
4	Sweden	Claes Roxin	8	4	4
5	France	Dominique Dupont-Roc	9	5	4
6	Denmark	Christian Thune	9	4	5
7	West Germany	Keith Wendorf	6	4	2
8	Italy	Fabio Alverà	7	3	4
9	Austria	Alois Kreidl	7	4	3
10	England	John Deakin	8	4	4
11	Netherlands	Robert van der Cammen	7	3	4
12	Finland	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	7	2	5
13	Wales	John Hunt	6	1	5
14	Belgium	Marcel Marién	6	0	6

Women

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Curling club, city
Austria	Inge Lamprecht	Jutta Kober	Elke Lamprecht	Karin Egger
Denmark	Marianne Qvist	Lene Bidstrup	Astrid Birnbaum	Linda Laursen
England	Joan Reed	Moira Davison	Christine Short	Margaret Martin		Glendale CC, Northumberland
Finland	Jaana Jokela	Terhi Aro	Nina Ahvenainen	Carita Säilä	Tiina Majuri
France	Agnes Mercier	Annick Mercier	Andrée Dupont-Roc	Catherine Lefebvre
Italy	Ann Lacedelli	Francesca Del Fabbro	Emanuela Sarto	Loredana Siorpaes
Netherlands	Laura Van Imhoff	Gerrie Veening	Jenny Bovenschen	Mirjam Gast
Norway	Trine Trulsen	Dordi Nordby	Hanne Pettersen	Mette Halvorsen		Snarøyen CC, Oslo
Scotland	Hazel McGregor	Edith Loudon	Fiona Bayne	Katie Loudon
Sweden	Elisabeth Högström	Anette Norberg	Monika Jansson	Marie Henriksson		Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Switzerland	Cristina Lestander	Barbara Meier	Ingrid Thulin	Katrin Peterhans
West Germany	Stephanie Mayr	Simone Vogel	Sabine Belkofer	Hatti Foster

First Phase (Triple Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Second Phase

Game 1		Game 2		Game 3

		West Germany	6
Scotland	2	Denmark	5
Denmark	10			West Germany	6
				Switzerland	5
		France	4
Switzerland	13	Switzerland	7
Italy	2

Game 1		Game 2		Game 3

		Sweden	13
Austria	11	Austria	5
England	8			Sweden	8
				Norway	4
		Norway	15
Finland	8	Finland	6
Netherlands	4

Round 2

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

Game 1		Game 2		Game 3

				Denmark	5
				Finland	2
		Austria	5
Denmark	8	Finland	8
France	7

Game 1		Game 2

		Norway	2
Scotland	7	Scotland	9
Italy	2

Game 1		Game 2

		Switzerland	11
Netherlands	9	Netherlands	1
England	7

Round 3

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

Game 1		Game 2

		Finland	9
Italy	0	England	10
England	11

	Game 1

	Netherlands		9

	Austria		7

	Game 1

	Norway		7

	France		1

Second Phase (Double Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

Game 1		Game 2

West Germany	10

England	3
		West Germany	5

		Switzerland	7
Switzerland	5

Scotland	3

Game 1		Game 2

Sweden	14

Netherlands	6
		Sweden	7

		Norway	2
Denmark	3

Norway	7

Round 2

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

Game 1		Game 2

		Norway	3
England	0	Scotland	6
Scotland	9

Game 1		Game 2

		West Germany	6
Netherlands	2	Denmark	7
Denmark	8

Placement Phase

Range 9-12

Semifinals (9-12)		Final for 9th place

Austria	7

Finland	6
		Austria	8

		France	7
France	6

Italy	5	Final for 11th place


		Finland	6

		Italy	8

Range 5-8

	Final for 5th place

	Norway		8

	West Germany		2

	Final for 7th place

	England		11

	Netherlands		14

Playoffs

Semifinals			Final

1	Denmark	4

4	Sweden	8
			Sweden	5

			Scotland	4
2	Scotland	7

3	Switzerland	6	Bronze Medal Game


			Denmark	5

			Switzerland	6

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	Games	Wins	Losses
	Sweden	Elisabeth Högström	6	6	0
	Scotland	Hazel McGregor	8	5	3
	Switzerland	Cristina Lestander	8	6	2
4	Denmark	Marianne Qvist	9	5	4
5	Norway	Trine Trulsen	8	4	4
6	West Germany	Stephanie Mayr	6	3	3
7	Netherlands	Laura Van Imhoff	7	3	4
8	England	Joan Reed	7	2	5
9	Austria	Inge Lamprecht	6	3	3
10	France	Agnes Mercier	5	1	4
11	Italy	Ann Lacedelli	5	1	4
12	Finland	Jaana Jokela	7	2	5

References

^ "Medals". World Curling Federation.

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

[1] "Medals". World Curling Federation.

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