# 2013 European Curling Championships

The 2013 European Curling Championships were held from November 22 to 30 at the Sørmarka Arena in Stavanger, Norway. Norway last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1990. The Group C competitions were held in October at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark.
At the conclusion of the championships, the top eight women's teams advanced to the 2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, and the top eight men's teams advanced to the 2014 World Men's Curling Championship.

## Men
### Group A

The Group A competitions were contested in Stavanger.

#### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Countries relegated to 2014 Group B
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Norway | Thomas Ulsrud | 8 | 1 |
| Switzerland | Sven Michel | 7 | 2 |
| Denmark | Rasmus Stjerne | 7 | 2 |
| Scotland | David Murdoch | 7 | 2 |
| Sweden | Niklas Edin | 5 | 4 |
| Russia | Andrey Drozdov | 4 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | Jiří Snítil | 3 | 6 |
| Latvia | Ritvars Gulbis | 2 | 7 |
| France | Joffrey Vincent | 1 | 8 |
| Finland | Tomi Rantamäki | 1 | 8 |

#### Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Norway | 7 | | | | 1 | Norway | 6 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 4 | | | | 2 | Switzerland | 8 |
| | | | 2 | Switzerland | 8 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Denmark | 7 | | | |
| 3 | Denmark | 6 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Scotland | 5 | | | | | | |
| Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game |
| 3 | Denmark | 6 |
| 4 | Scotland | 7 |

#### Bronze-medal game

Saturday, November 30, 10:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Denmark (Stjerne) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Scotland (Murdoch) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Player percentages :
| Denmark | Denmark | Scotland | Scotland |
| Troels Harry | 90% | Michael Goodfellow | 90% |
| Mikkel Poulsen | 78% | Scott Andrews | 83% |
| Johnny Frederiksen | 79% | Greg Drummond | 89% |
| Rasmus Stjerne | 80% | David Murdoch | 88% |
| Total | 82% | Total | 87% |

#### Final

Saturday, November 30, 15:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Norway (Ulsrud) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Switzerland (Michel) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Player percentages :
| Norway | Norway | Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Håvard Vad Petersson | 86% | Simon Gempeler | 92% |
| Christoffer Svae | 75% | Benoît Schwarz | 83% |
| Torger Nergård | 90% | Claudio Pätz | 81% |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 73% | Sven Michel | 90% |
| Total | 81% | Total | 86% |

### Group B

The Group B competitions were contested in Stavanger.

#### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Countries to Playoffs
* Countries to Tiebreakers
* Countries relegated to 2014 Group C
| Yellow Group | Skip | W | L |
| Germany | John Jahr | 7 | 0 |
| Italy | Amos Mosaner | 5 | 2 |
| Estonia | Martin Lill | 5 | 2 |
| England | Alan MacDougall | 5 | 2 |
| Turkey | Alican Karataş | 3 | 4 |
| Spain | Mikel Unanue | 2 | 5 |
| Romania | Allen Coliban | 1 | 6 |
| Slovakia | Pavel Kocian | 0 | 7 |
| Blue Group | Skip | W | L |
| Hungary | Gábor Ézsöl | 7 | 0 |
| Poland | Tomasz Zioło | 5 | 2 |
| Netherlands | Jaap van Dorp | 5 | 2 |
| Wales | Adrian Meikle | 4 | 3 |
| Austria | Markus Forejtek | 3 | 4 |
| Croatia | Alen Čadež | 2 | 5 |
| Lithuania | Tadas Vyskupaitis | 1 | 6 |
| Belgium | Timothy Verreycken | 1 | 6 |

#### Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Y1 | Germany | 7 | | | | Y1 | Germany | 9 |
| B1 | Hungary | 1 | | | | Y2 | Italy | 3 |
| | | | B1 | Hungary | 6 | | | |
| | | | Y2 | Italy | 7 | | | |
| Y2 | Italy | 6 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Netherlands | 4 | | | | | | |
| Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game |
| B1 | Hungary | 7 |
| B2 | Netherlands | 5 |

##### Bronze-medal game

Friday, November 29, 12:00
| Sheet H | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Hungary (Ézsöl) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Netherlands (van Dorp) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |

##### Final

Friday, November 29, 12:00
| Sheet K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Germany (Jahr) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 9 |
| Italy (Mosaner) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |

### Group C

The Group C competitions were contested in Tårnby. Eight men's teams competed for two berths to the Group B competitions in Stavanger. The teams played a single round robin, and at its conclusion, the top four teams advanced to the playoffs, which were held in a format similar to that of the World Wheelchair Curling Championship qualification events. Wales and Romania advanced to the Group B competitions in Stavanger.

#### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Wales | Adrian Meikle | 6 | 1 |
| Romania | Bogdan Colceriu | 5 | 2 |
| Slovenia | Lan Žagar | 5 | 2 |
| Serbia | Đorđe Nešković | 4 | 3 |
| Belarus | Pavel Petrov | 3 | 4 |
| Ireland | Alan Mitchell | 3 | 4 |
| Luxembourg | Jörg Moeser | 2 | 5 |
| Iceland | Ólafur Hreinsson | 0 | 7 |

#### Playoffs

| Second Place Game | Second Place Game | Second Place Game | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | 1 | Wales | 8 |
| | | | 2 | Romania | 5 |
| 2 | Romania | 9 | 2 | Romania | 5 |
| 4 | Serbia | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Serbia | 5 | 3 | Slovenia | 4 |
| | | | 4 | Serbia | 9 |

## Women
### Group A

The Group A competitions were contested in Stavanger.

#### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreakers
* Teams relegated to 2014 Group B
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Scotland | Eve Muirhead | 9 | 0 |
| Switzerland | Mirjam Ott | 7 | 2 |
| Sweden | Margaretha Sigfridsson | 6 | 3 |
| Denmark | Lene Nielsen | 6 | 3 |
| Russia | Anna Sidorova | 6 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | Anna Kubešková | 4 | 5 |
| Latvia | Evita Regža | 3 | 6 |
| Germany | Andrea Schöpp | 2 | 7 |
| Norway | Marianne Rørvik | 1 | 8 |
| Italy | Veronica Zappone | 1 | 8 |
Sweden won the draw-to-the-button challenge and were given the third seed. Russia and Denmark played a tiebreaker game for the fourth seed.

#### Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Scotland | 10 | | | | 1 | Scotland | 5 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | | | | 3 | Sweden | 10 |
| | | | 2 | Switzerland | 6 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Sweden | 7 | | | |
| 3 | Sweden | 10 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Denmark | 2 | | | | | | |
| Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game |
| 2 | Switzerland | 6 |
| 4 | Denmark | 4 |

##### Bronze-medal game

Saturday, November 30, 10:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Switzerland (Ott) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Denmark (Nielsen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
Player percentages :
| Switzerland | Switzerland | Denmark | Denmark |
| Janine Greiner | 86% | Maria Poulsen | 85% |
| Alina Pätz | 86% | Jeanne Ellegaard | 73% |
| Carmen Schäfer | 88% | Helle Simonsen | 73% |
| Mirjam Ott | 81% | Lene Nielsen | 80% |
| Total | 85% | Total | 78% |

#### Final

Saturday, November 30, 10:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Scotland (Muirhead) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sweden (Sigfridsson) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Player percentages :
| Scotland | Scotland | Sweden | Sweden |
| Claire Hamilton | 81% | Margaretha Sigfridsson | 88% |
| Vicki Adams | 75% | Maria Wennerström | 75% |
| Anna Sloan | 75% | Christina Bertrup | 79% |
| Eve Muirhead | 69% | Maria Prytz | 74% |
| Total | 75% | Total | 79% |

### Group B

The Group B competitions were contested in Stavanger.

#### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreakers
* Countries relegated to 2013 Group C
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Estonia | Maile Mölder | 7 | 2 |
| Finland | Sanna Puustinen | 7 | 2 |
| England | Anna Fowler | 6 | 3 |
| Austria | Constanze Hummelt | 5 | 4 |
| Turkey | Elif Kızılkaya | 5 | 4 |
| Hungary | Ildikó Szekeres | 5 | 4 |
| Belarus | Alina Pavlyuchik | 3 | 6 |
| Poland | Elżbieta Ran | 3 | 6 |
| Slovenia | Valentina Jurinčič | 2 | 7 |
| Spain | Irantzu García | 2 | 7 |

#### Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Estonia | 3 | | | | 1 | Finland | 9 |
| 2 | Finland | 8 | | | | 2 | Estonia | 8 |
| | | | 2 | Estonia | 7 | | | |
| | | | 3 | England | 2 | | | |
| 3 | England | 12 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Austria | 7 | | | | | | |
| Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game |
| 3 | England | 7 |
| 4 | Austria | 5 |

##### Bronze-medal game

Friday, November 29, 12:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| England (Fowler) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Austria (Hummelt) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

##### Final

Friday, November 29, 12:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Finland (Puustinen) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Estonia (Mölder) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |

### Group C

The Group C competitions were contested in Tårnby. Four women's teams competed for two berths to the Group B competitions in Stavanger. The teams played a double round robin, and at its conclusion, the top three teams advanced to the playoffs. Belarus and Slovenia advanced to the Group B competitions in Stavanger.

#### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Slovenia | Valentina Jurinčič | 5 | 1 |
| Belarus | Alina Pavlyuchik | 3 | 3 |
| Slovakia | Monika Kristofcakova | 2 | 4 |
| Croatia | Iva Penava | 2 | 4 |

#### Playoffs

| Second Place Game | Second Place Game | Second Place Game | First Place Game | First Place Game | First Place Game |
| | | | 1 | Slovenia | 8 |
| 1 | Slovenia | 8 | 2 | Belarus | 9 |
| 3 | Slovakia | 6 | | | |