# 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship

The 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 22 to 27, 2008 at the Mercedes Benz Sportpark in Kitzbühel, Austria.
Germany, skipped by Rainer Schöpp won its first title, defeating Czech Republic in the final.

## Teams

The teams are as follows:
| Country | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate(s) | Coach | Curling club |
| Austria | Markus Schagerl | Verena Hagenbuchner | Rainer M.M. Ammer | Jasmin Seidl | Armin Kvas, Karin Trauner | | CC Traun |
| Czech Republic | Jirí Snítil | Hana Synácková | Martin Snítil | Karolina Pilaròvá | Katerina Kobosilova, Sune Frederiksen | | |
| Denmark | Joel Ostrowski | Camilla Jensen | Søren Jensen | Jeanne Ellegaard | | | Tårnby CC |
| England | Alan MacDougall | Lana Watson | John Sharp | Suzie Law | | | |
| Estonia | Andres Jakobson | Reet Taidre | Konstantin Dotsenko | Küllike Ustav | Marcella Tammes, Leo Jakobson | | |
| Finland | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Jaana Hämäläinen | Paavo Kuosmanen | Kirsi Kaski | Minna Uusipaavalniemi | | Hyvinkää CC |
| France | Lionel Roux | Helène Grieshaber | Xavier Bibollet | Candice Santacru | Alain Contat, Marion Renaud | | |
| Germany | Rainer Schöpp | Andrea Schöpp | Sebastian Jacoby | Melanie Robillard | Helmar Erlewein, Monika Wagner | John Robillard | SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
| Hungary | György Nagy | Ildiko Szekeres | Zsombor Rokusfalvy | Boglarka Adam | | | |
| Ireland | Johnjo Kenny | Marie O'Kane | Tony Tierney | Gillian Drury | | | |
| Italy | Antonio Menardi | Giorgia Apollonio | Fabio Alverà | Claudia Alverà | Massimo Antonelli, Lucrezia Salvai | | CC Tofane, Cortina d'Ampezzo |
| Latvia | Iveta Staša-Šaršūne | Robert Krusts | Janis Klive | Una Grava-Germane | | Brian Gray | CC Jelgava |
| Netherlands | Margrietha Voskuilen | Jaap Veerman | Esther Romijn | Erik Dijkstra | | | CC Utrecht |
| Norway | Joakim Skogvold | André Alfsen | Gina Grøseth | Eli Moen Skaslien | | | Oppdal CC |
| Poland | Marta Szeliga-Frynia | Pawel Frynia | Marianna Das | Arkadiusz Detyniecki | Katarzyna Wicik, Tomasz Korolko | Pawel Burlewicz | |
| Russia | Alexander Kirikov | Yana Nekrasova | Petr Dron | Galina Arsenkina | Victor Kornev, Anna Sidorova | | Moskvitch CC, Moscow |
| Scotland | Alan Smith | Gillian Howard | David Mundell | Karen Strang | | | |
| Serbia | Darko Sovran | Radmila Panzalovic | Bojan Mijatovic | Olivera Momcilovic | Miodrag Kastratovic, Dara Gravara-Stojanovic | | |
| Slovakia | Rene Petko | Gabriela Kajanova | Milan Kajan | Jana Janickova | | | |
| Spain | José Luis Hinojosa de Torres-Peralta | Martina Zurlohe | José Maria Rivera Cadierno | Leticia Hinojosa de Torres | Ana Arce, Sergio De Miguel | | |
| Sweden | Niklas Edin | Anna Hasselborg | Eric Carlsén | Sabina Kraupp | | | Karlstads CK |
| Switzerland | Christian Moser | Niki Goridis | Stefan Luder | Michèle Moser | Esther Neuenschwander, Oliver Wininger | | Dübendorf CC |
| Wales | Adrian Meikle | Lesley Carol | Andrew Tanner | Irene Murray | Chris Wells | | Deeside CC |

## Round Robin

In every group: first place directly to playoffs, second place to qualification round

### Group A

| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Czech Republic | * | 6:5 | 5:4 | 9:4 | 8:4 | 6:3 | 7:5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Scotland | 5:6 | * | 6:7 | 10:2 | 9:1 | 7:3 | 9:4 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4:5 | 7:6 | * | 8:6 | 5:9 | 8:4 | 10:3 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Latvia | 4:9 | 2:10 | 6:8 | * | 5:4 | 6:4 | 6:4 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | France | 4:8 | 1:9 | 9:5 | 4:5 | * | 4:5 | 14:1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 3:6 | 3:7 | 4:8 | 4:6 | 5:4 | * | 5:7 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Wales | 5:7 | 4:9 | 3:10 | 4:6 | 1:14 | 7:5 | * | 1 | 5 |
    Team to playoffs
    Teams to tie-break for 2nd place

#### Tie-break

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Scotland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

### Group B

| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Russia | * | 11:3 | 8:5 | 7:5 | 12:2 | 8:2 | 7:5 | 13:2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Denmark | 3:11 | * | 6:4 | 7:6 | 7:2 | 8:4 | 12:2 | 14:2 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Hungary | 5:8 | 4:6 | * | 8:3 | 7:2 | 7:3 | 11:5 | 13:1 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | England | 5:7 | 6:7 | 3:8 | * | 10:4 | 7:2 | 14:0 | 13:1 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Spain | 5:7 | 2:12 | 5:11 | 0:14 | 3:4 | 7:4 | * | 16:4 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Estonia | 2:12 | 2:7 | 2:7 | 4:10 | * | 3:5 | 4:3 | 14:2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 2:8 | 4:8 | 3:7 | 2:7 | 5:3 | * | 4:7 | 8:2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Serbia | 2:13 | 2:14 | 1:13 | 1:13 | 2:14 | 2:8 | 4:16 | * | 0 | 7 |
    Team to playoffs
    Teams to qualification round

### Group C

| Place | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Wins | Losses |
| 1 | Sweden | * | 8:5 | 7:6 | 5:2 | 8:1 | 6:5 | 5:2 | 6:4 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Germany | 5:8 | * | 5:4 | 7:6 | 8:9 | 8:3 | 5:1 | 11:2 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Finland | 6:7 | 4:5 | * | 6:5 | 8:5 | 6:8 | 7:6 | 6:4 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy | 2:5 | 6:7 | 5:6 | * | 7:3 | 8:5 | 5:4 | 7:2 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Austria | 1:8 | 9:8 | 5:8 | 3:7 | * | 9:4 | 10:5 | 8:5 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Ireland | 5:6 | 3:8 | 8:6 | 5:8 | 4:9 | * | 6:5 | 3:8 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Poland | 2:5 | 1:5 | 6:7 | 4:5 | 5:10 | 5:6 | * | 5:4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Norway | 4:6 | 2:11 | 4:6 | 2:7 | 5:8 | 8:3 | 4:5 | * | 1 | 6 |
    Team to playoffs
    Teams to qualification round

## Qualification round

| Qualification semifinal | Qualification semifinal | Qualification semifinal | Qualification final | Qualification final | Qualification final |
| | | | A-2 | Scotland | 3 |
| | | | | Germany | 6 |
| B-2 | Germany | 12 | | Germany | 6 |
| C-2 | Denmark | 8 | | | |
Qualification semifinal
| Sheet F | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | X | 12 |
| Denmark | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 |
Qualification final
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| B1 | Russia | 3 | | | |
| A1 | Czech Republic | 8 | | | |
| A1 | Czech Republic | 8 | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3 |
| | | | Germany | Germany | 5 |
| C2 | Germany | 7 | Germany | Germany | 5 |
| C1 | Sweden | 1 | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| | | | Russia | Russia | 4 |
| | | | Sweden | Sweden | 6 |
Semifinals
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
Bronze medal game
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Final
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

## Final standings

| Place | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
| | Germany | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| | Czech Republic | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| | Sweden | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Russia | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | Scotland | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Denmark | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | Hungary | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Italy | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | England | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | Finland | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | Latvia | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Spain | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | France | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Austria | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 16 | Ireland | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Estonia | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | Wales | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Poland | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 20 | Slovakia | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 22 | Norway | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 23 | Serbia | 7 | 0 | 7 |
* 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship
* Germany 1st title