# 1979 European Curling Championships

The 1979 European Curling Championships were held from 18 to 24 November at the Palaghiaccio arena in Varese, Italy.
The Scottish men's team won their first European title, and the Swiss women's team won their first European title.
For the first time, the men's team of Wales took part in the European Championship.

## Men's
### Teams

| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Curling club |
| Denmark | Per Berg | Gert Larsen | Jan Hansen | Michael Harry | | Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre |
| England | Tony Atherton | Frank Kershaw | Tony Fraser | John D. Kerr | | |
| France | Daniel Paris | Serge Ferracani | Joel Vantadour | Antonio Barca | | |
| Germany | Keith Wendorf | Balint von Bery | Heino von L'Estocq | Peter Fischer-Weppler | | Munchener EV, Munich |
| Italy | Giuseppe Dal Molin | Andrea Pavani | Giancarlo Valt | Enea Pavani | | CC Tofane, Cortina d’Ampezzo |
| Netherlands | Eric Harmsen | Robert Harmsen | Otto Veening | Wim Neeleman | | |
| Norway | Kristian Sørum | Eigil Ramsfjell | Gunnar Meland | Harald Ramsfjell | | Bygdøy CC, Oslo |
| Scotland | Jimmy Waddell | Willie Frame | Jim Forrest | George Bryan | | Hamilton & Thornyhill CC, Hamilton |
| Sweden | Jan Ullsten | Anders Thidholm | Anders Nilsson | Hans Söderström | Bertil Timan | Härnösands CK, Härnösand |
| Switzerland | Karl Grossman | Hans Peter Nauer | Willi Bless | Heinz Meierhofer | | |
| Wales | John Stone | David Humphreys | Gordon Vickers | Peter Hodgkinson | | |

### Round robin

| | Team | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | A8 | A9 | A10 | A11 | W | L | Place |
| A1 | Denmark | * | 9:7 | 6:8 | 1:9 | 8:2 | 10:4 | 6:3 | 7:9 | 7:8 | 3:2 | 6:9 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| A2 | England | 7:9 | * | 3:9 | 9:6 | 4:7 | 15:1 | 4:14 | 5:7 | 5:11 | 5:11 | 9:10 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| A3 | France | 8:6 | 9:3 | * | 4:9 | 4:10 | 7:9 | 2:9 | 5:7 | 7:4 | 3:10 | 19:3 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| A4 | Germany | 9:1 | 6:9 | 9:4 | * | 4:11 | 4:11 | 6:7 | 6:9 | 8:6 | 4:8 | 8:4 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| A5 | Italy | 2:8 | 7:4 | 10:4 | 11:4 | * | 14:2 | 6:5 | 6:5 | 5:6 | 3:2 | 16:3 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| A6 | Netherlands | 4:10 | 1:15 | 9:7 | 11:4 | 2:14 | * | 6:13 | 5:13 | 3:12 | 4:10 | 7:8 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| A7 | Norway | 3:6 | 14:4 | 9:2 | 7:6 | 5:6 | 13:6 | * | 7:5 | 5:9 | 4:5 | 15:2 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| A8 | Scotland | 9:7 | 7:5 | 7:5 | 9:6 | 5:6 | 13:5 | 5:7 | * | 5:7 | 9:4 | 14:1 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| A9 | Sweden | 8:7 | 11:5 | 4:7 | 6:8 | 6:5 | 12:3 | 9:5 | 7:5 | * | 8:6 | 9:3 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| A10 | Switzerland | 2:3 | 11:5 | 10:3 | 8:4 | 2:3 | 10:4 | 5:4 | 4:9 | 6:8 | * | 8:2 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| A11 | Wales | 9:6 | 10:9 | 3:19 | 4:8 | 3:16 | 8:7 | 2:15 | 1:14 | 3:9 | 2:8 | * | 3 | 7 | 9 |
    Teams to playoffs
    Teams to tiebreaker

#### Tiebreaker

| Norway | Norway | 11 |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 5 |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Scotland | 7 | | | |
| 2 | Italy | 4 | | | |
| 2 | Italy | 4 | Scotland | Scotland | 8 |
| | | | Sweden | Sweden | 7 |
| 1 | Sweden | 8 | Sweden | Sweden | 7 |
| 4 | Norway | 7 | | | |

### Final standings

| Place | Team | Skip | GP | W | L |
| | Scotland | Jimmy Waddell | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| | Sweden | Jan Ullsten | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| | Italy | Giuseppe Dal Molin | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| | Norway | Kristian Sørum | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | Switzerland | Karl Grossman | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Denmark | Per Berg | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Germany | Keith Wendorf | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | France | Daniel Paris | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Wales | John Stone | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | England | Tony Atherton | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | Netherlands | Eric Harmsen | 10 | 2 | 8 |

## Women's
### Teams

| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Curling club |
| Denmark | Birgitte Jacobsen | Jytte Berg | Karen Eriksen | Karina Blach | |
| England | Janette Forrest | Enid Logan | Dorothy Shell | Mary Aitchison | |
| France | Huguette Jullien | Suzanne Parodi | Jean Albert Sulpice (?) | Erna Gay | |
| Germany | Susi Kiesel | Gisela Lunz | Hildegard Meier | Trudi Benzing | |
| Italy | Maria-Grazzia Constantini | Tea Valt | Ann Lacedelli | Marina Pavani | |
| Norway | Ellen Githmark | Trine Trulsen | Ingvill Githmark | Kirsten Vaule | |
| Scotland | Beth Lindsay | Ann McKellar | Jeanette Johnston | May Taylor | |
| Sweden | Birgitta Törn | Katarina Hultling | Susanne Gynning-Ödling | Gunilla Bergman | Amatörföreningens CK, Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Gaby Casanova | Betty Bourquin | Linda Thommen | Rosi Manger | Basel-Albeina CC, Basel |

### Round robin

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

### Playoffs

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Sweden | 7 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 5 | | Switzerland | 9 |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | | | |

### Final standings

| Place | Team | Skip | GP | W | L |
| | Switzerland | Gaby Casanova | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| | Sweden | Birgitta Törn | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| | Scotland | Beth Lindsay | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | France | Huguette Jullien | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy | Maria-Grazzia Constantini | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Germany | Susi Kiesel | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Denmark | Birgitte Jacobsen | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Norway | Ellen Githmark | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | England | Janette Forrest | 8 | 1 | 7 |