# 1980 European Curling Championships

The 1980 European Curling Championships were held from 30 November to 6 December at the Hvidovre Ice Rink arena in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Scottish men's team skipped by Barton Henderson won their second European title, and the Swedish women's team skipped by Elisabeth Högström won their fourth European title.
For the first time, the men's team of Luxembourg and women's teams of Netherlands and Whales took part in the European Championship.

## Men's
### Teams

| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Curling club |
| Denmark | Per Berg | Gert Larsen | Jan Hansen | Michael Harry | Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre |
| England | Alan Forrest | Malcolm Maxwell | Stephen Shell | Geoff Logan | |
| France | Claude Feige | Marc Sibuet | Gilles Marin-Pache | Claude Marin-Pache | |
| Germany | Manfred Schulze | Balint von Bery | Manfred Rösgen | Ralph Hubner | |
| Italy | Dino Zardini | Dino Menardi | Valerio Constantini | Cesar Maioni | |
| Luxembourg | Nico Schweich | William Bannerman | Guy Schweich | Gisbert Franz | |
| Netherlands | Otto Veening | Robert van der Cammen | Jeroen Tilman | Wim Neeleman | |
| Norway | Kristian Sørum | Eigil Ramsfjell | Gunnar Meland | Dagfinn Loen | Bygdøy CC, Oslo |
| Scotland | Barton Henderson | Greig Henderson | Bill Henderson | Alistair Sinclair | Aberdeen CC, Aberdeen |
| Sweden | Anders Eriksson | Lars Eriksson | Ulf Sundström | Håkan Svernell | Norrköpings CK, Norrköping |
| Switzerland | Markus Etienne | Rolf Bättig | Thomas Greter | Mark Zeugin | |
| Wales | Keith Preston (fourth) | Gordon Vickers | Peter Williams | John Hunt (skip) | |

### Round robin

| | Team | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | A8 | A9 | A10 | A11 | A12 | W | L | Place |
| A1 | Denmark | * | 11:6 | 4:5 | 5:2 | 13:3 | 9:4 | 14:4 | 5:8 | 3:5 | 3:7 | 5:7 | 7:4 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| A2 | England | 6:11 | * | 3:6 | 3:11 | 10:12 | 5:14 | 3:9 | 3:11 | 5:8 | 3:12 | 4:12 | 3:12 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| A3 | France | 5:4 | 6:3 | * | 8:7 | 4:9 | 9:6 | 8:5 | 5:10 | 9:5 | 4:7 | 9:6 | 12:4 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| A4 | Germany | 2:5 | 11:3 | 7:8 | * | 8:9 | 10:3 | 10:6 | 5:8 | 3:6 | 11:3 | 5:9 | 10:4 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| A5 | Italy | 3:13 | 12:10 | 9:4 | 9:8 | * | 14:7 | 8:6 | L | 4:10 | 5:11 | 2:8 | 9:6 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| A6 | Luxembourg | 4:9 | 14:5 | 6:9 | 3:10 | 7:14 | * | 7:9 | 3:14 | 4:12 | 3:13 | 6:7 | 10:6 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| A7 | Netherlands | 4:14 | 9:3 | 5:8 | 6:10 | 6:8 | 9:7 | * | 2:13 | 5:11 | 5:8 | 5:8 | 10:7 | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| A8 | Norway | 8:5 | 11:3 | 10:5 | 8:5 | W | 14:3 | 13:2 | * | 7:6 | 8:6 | 8:2 | 12:5 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| A9 | Scotland | 5:3 | 8:5 | 5:9 | 6:3 | 10:4 | 12:4 | 11:5 | 6:7 | * | 9:8 | 6:4 | 8:9 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| A10 | Sweden | 7:3 | 12:3 | 7:4 | 3:11 | 11:5 | 13:3 | 8:5 | 6:8 | 8:9 | * | 6:3 | 16:6 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| A11 | Switzerland | 7:5 | 12:4 | 6:9 | 9:5 | 8:2 | 7:6 | 8:5 | 2:8 | 4:6 | 3:6 | * | 10:3 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| A12 | Wales | 4:7 | 12:3 | 4:12 | 4:10 | 6:9 | 6:10 | 7:10 | 5:12 | 9:8 | 6:16 | 3:10 | * | 2 | 9 | 11 |
    Team to playoffs (final)
    Team to playoffs (semifinal)
    Teams to tiebreaker

#### Tiebreaker

| Scotland | Scotland | 7 |
| France | France | 3 |

### Playoffs

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Norway | 4 |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | | Scotland | 6 |
| 3 | Scotland | 7 | | | |

### Final standings

| Place | Team | Skip | GP | W | L |
| | Scotland | Barton Henderson | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| | Norway | Kristian Sørum | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| | Sweden | Anders Eriksson | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 4 | France | Claude Feige | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 5 | Switzerland | Markus Etienne | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 6 | Denmark | Per Berg | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Italy | Dino Zardini | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 8 | Germany | Manfred Schulze | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Netherlands | Otto Veening | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Luxembourg | Nico Schweich | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Wales | John Hunt | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | England | Alan Forrest | 11 | 0 | 11 |

## Women's
### Teams

| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Curling club |
| Denmark | Helena Blach | Marianne Jørgensen | Astrid Birnbaum | Malene Krause | Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre |
| England | Gwen French | Jean Picken | June Henry | Lynda Clegg | |
| France | Martine Drewnowski | Josiane Chambard | Martine Dromard | Anne-Claude Wolfers | |
| Germany | Andrea Schöpp | Elinore Schöpp | Anneliese Diemer | Monika Wagner | |
| Italy | Maria-Grazzia Constantini | Ann Lacedelli | Tea Valt | Marina Pavani | |
| Netherlands | Laura Van Imhoff | Hermance van den Houten | Annemie de Jongh | Hanneke Veening | |
| Norway | Ellen Githmark | Trine Trulsen | Ingvill Githmark | Kirsten Vaule | |
| Scotland | Betty Law | Bea Sinclair | Jane Sanderson | Carol Hamilton | |
| Sweden | Elisabeth Högström | Carina Olsson | Birgitta Sewik | Karin Sjögren | Karlstads CK, Karlstad |
| Switzerland | Gaby Charrière | Jaqueline Landolt | Marianne Uhlmann | Cécilie Blanvillian | Lausanne CC, Lausanne |
| Wales | Jean King | Margaret Crawley | Heather Rees | Doris Vickers | |

### Round robin

| | Team | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | A8 | A9 | A10 | A11 | W | L | Place |
| A1 | Denmark | * | 12:4 | 8:7 | 3:12 | 13:4 | 6:11 | 1:11 | 1:14 | 8:7 | 9:7 | 15:1 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| A2 | England | 4:12 | * | 7:8 | 8:9 | 5:18 | 5:9 | 5:11 | 6:17 | 2:19 | 4:15 | 6:13 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| A3 | France | 7:8 | 8:7 | * | 5:14 | 3:9 | 8:5 | 2:13 | 6:11 | 4:11 | 3:10 | 9:7 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| A4 | Germany | 12:3 | 9:8 | 14:5 | * | 9:7 | 13:3 | 7:9 | 8:6 | 3:15 | 5:4 | 15:2 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| A5 | Italy | 4:13 | 18:5 | 9:3 | 7:9 | * | 10:6 | 8:10 | 4:10 | 8:9 | 8:10 | 12:5 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| A6 | Netherlands | 11:6 | 9:5 | 5:8 | 3:13 | 6:10 | * | 5:8 | 3:12 | 1:12 | 10:6 | 13:2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| A7 | Norway | 11:1 | 11:5 | 13:2 | 9:7 | 10:8 | 8:5 | * | 6:8 | 4:7 | 5:6 | 17:4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| A8 | Scotland | 14:1 | 17:6 | 11:6 | 6:8 | 10:4 | 12:3 | 8:6 | * | 4:13 | 10:6 | 12:2 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| A9 | Sweden | 7:8 | 19:2 | 11:4 | 15:3 | 9:8 | 12:1 | 7:4 | 13:4 | * | 11:3 | 14:3 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| A10 | Switzerland | 7:9 | 15:4 | 10:3 | 4:5 | 10:8 | 6:10 | 6:5 | 6:10 | 3:11 | * | 17:1 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| A11 | Wales | 1:15 | 13:6 | 7:9 | 2:15 | 5:12 | 2:13 | 4:17 | 2:12 | 3:14 | 1:17 | * | 1 | 9 | 10 |
    Teams to playoffs

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Sweden | 5 | | | |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | | | |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | Sweden | 10 |
| | | | 4 | Norway | 9 |
| 3 | Scotland | 8 | 4 | Norway | 9 |
| 4 | Norway | 11 | | | |

### Final standings

| Place | Team | Skip | GP | W | L |
| | Sweden | Elisabeth Högström | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| | Norway | Ellen Githmark | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| | Germany | Andrea Schöpp | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| | Scotland | Betty Law | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | Denmark | Helena Blach | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Switzerland | Gaby Charrière | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Italy | Maria-Grazzia Constantini | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Netherlands | Laura Van Imhoff | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | France | Martine Drewnowski | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Wales | Jean King | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | England | Gwen French | 10 | 0 | 10 |