# 1977 European Curling Championships

The 1977 European Curling Championships were held from 22 to 26 November at the Askerhallen arena in Oslo, Norway.
The Swedish men's team won their first European title, and the Swedish women's team won their second European title.
For the first time, the Dutch men's team took part in the European Championship.

## Men's
### Teams

| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Curling club |
| Denmark | Jørn Blach | Freddy Bartelsen | Bent Jørgensen | Antonny Hinge | Hvidovre Curling Club, Hvidovre |
| England | Ronald D. Thornton | John D. Kerr | Tony Atherton | Tony Fraser | |
| France | André Tronc | Jean-Louis Sibuet | Gaby Ronchis | Jean-Francois Orset | Mont d'Arbois Curling Club, Megève |
| Germany | Hans Jörg Herberg | Sigi Heinle | Wolfgang Metzeler | Franz Schmidt | |
| Italy | Giuseppe Dal Molin | Giancarlo Valt | Enea Pavani | Ivo Lorenzi | Tofane Curling Club, Cortina d’Ampezzo |
| Netherlands | Eric Harmsen | Robert Harmsen | Jack De Meyere | Arthur Taudin-Scabot | |
| Norway | Sjur Loen | Morten Søgaard | Dagfinn Loen | Roar Rise | Brumunddal Curling Club, Oslo |
| Scotland | Ken Horton | Willie Jamieson | Keith Douglas | Richard Harding | Carmunnock & Rutherglen CC, Glasgow |
| Sweden | Ragnar Kamp | Björn Rudström | Håkan Rudström | Christer Mårtensson | Härnösands Curlingklubb, Härnösand |
| Switzerland | Paul Hofer | Dieter Kraft | Walter Glaser | Bruno Schallberger | |

### Round robin

| | Team | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | A8 | A9 | A10 | W | L | Place |
| A1 | Denmark | * | 16:3 | 2:10 | 10:3 | 6:7 | 11:3 | 5:7 | 5:7 | 5:11 | 5:12 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| A2 | England | 3:16 | * | 9:6 | 3:9 | 6:9 | 11:4 | 4:18 | 3:18 | 3:15 | 6:10 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| A3 | France | 10:2 | 6:9 | * | 6:7 | 7:8 | 12:4 | 7:4 | 6:12 | 5:12 | 8:7 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| A4 | Germany | 3:10 | 9:3 | 7:6 | * | 8:1 | 9:1 | 4:2 | 2:8 | 1:6 | 4:3 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| A5 | Italy | 7:6 | 9:6 | 8:7 | 1:8 | * | 12:4 | 10:7 | 2:8 | 3:11 | 5:8 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| A6 | Netherlands | 3:11 | 4:11 | 4:12 | 1:9 | 4:12 | * | 3:5 | 3:15 | 5:18 | 6:15 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| A7 | Norway | 7:5 | 18:4 | 4:7 | 2:4 | 7:10 | 5:3 | * | 10:4 | 6:7 | 8:5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| A8 | Scotland | 7:5 | 18:3 | 12:6 | 8:2 | 8:2 | 15:3 | 4:10 | * | 3:5 | 8:5 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| A9 | Sweden | 11:5 | 15:3 | 12:5 | 6:1 | 11:3 | 18:5 | 7:6 | 5:3 | * | 10:7 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| A10 | Switzerland | 12:5 | 10:6 | 7:8 | 3:4 | 8:5 | 15:6 | 5:8 | 5:8 | 7:10 | * | 4 | 5 | 7 |

### Final standings

| Place | Team | Skip | GP | W | L |
| | Sweden | Ragnar Kamp | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| | Scotland | Ken Horton | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| | Germany | Hans Jörg Herberg | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy | Giuseppe Dal Molin | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Norway | Sjur Loen | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | France | André Tronc | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Switzerland | Paul Hofer | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Denmark | Jørn Blach | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | England | Ronald D. Thornton | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Netherlands | Eric Harmsen | 9 | 0 | 9 |

## Women's
### Teams

| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Curling club |
| England | Janette Forrest | Enid Logan | Mary Aitchison | Dorothy Shell | |
| France | Paulette Delachat | Suzanne Parodi | Erna Gay | Francoise Duclos | |
| Germany | Renate Grüner | Valentina Fischer-Weppler | Irmi Wagner | Traudl Krämer | |
| Italy | Maria-Grazzia Constantini | Tea Valt | Ann Lacedelli | Marina Pavani | |
| Norway | Bente Hoel (fourth) | Herborg Pettersen | Åse Wilhelmsen | Anne Sofie Bjaanaes (skip) | |
| Scotland | Betty Law | Bea Dodds | Margaret Paterson | Margaret Cadzow | |
| Sweden | Elisabeth Branäs | Eva Rosenhed | Britt-Marie Ericson | Anne-Marie Ericsson | Örebro DCK, Örebro |
| Switzerland | Nicole Zloczower | Rose Marie Steffen | Ebe Beyeler | Nelly Moser | |

### Round robin

| | Team | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | A8 | W | L | Place |
| A1 | England | * | 4:15 | 8:6 | 2:13 | 10:9 | 6:5 | 5:15 | 4:9 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| A2 | France | 15:4 | * | 6:11 | 11:10 | 13:7 | 6:7 | 4:9 | 8:10 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| A3 | Germany | 6:8 | 11:6 | * | 8:9 | 5:9 | 6:10 | 7:9 | 2:15 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| A4 | Italy | 13:2 | 10:11 | 9:8 | * | 7:8 | 7:9 | 3:8 | 2:10 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| A5 | Norway | 9:10 | 7:13 | 9:5 | 8:7 | * | 3:16 | 2:11 | 5:7 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| A6 | Scotland | 5:6 | 7:6 | 10:6 | 9:7 | 16:3 | * | 4:6 | 8:10 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| A7 | Sweden | 15:5 | 9:4 | 9:7 | 8:3 | 11:2 | 6:4 | * | 7:4 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| A8 | Switzerland | 9:4 | 10:8 | 15:2 | 10:2 | 7:5 | 10:8 | 4:7 | * | 6 | 1 | 2 |

### Final standings

| Place | Team | Skip | GP | W | L |
| | Sweden | Elisabeth Branäs | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| | Switzerland | Nicole Zloczower | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| | Scotland | Betty Law | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | France | Paulette Delachat | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | England | Janette Forrest | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Norway | Anne Sofie Bjaanaes | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Italy | Maria-Grazzia Constantini | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Germany | Renate Grüner | 7 | 1 | 6 |