1976 European Curling Championships

1976 European Curling Championships
Host cityWest Berlin
ArenaEissporthalle
Dates1–5 December
Men's winner Switzerland
Curling clubDübendorf CC, Dübendorf
SkipPeter Attinger Jr.
ThirdBernhard Attinger
SecondMattias Neuenschwander
LeadRuedi Attinger
Finalist Norway (Kristian Sørum)
Women's winner Sweden
Curling clubÖrebro DCK, Örebro
SkipElisabeth Branäs
ThirdElisabeth Högström
SecondEva Rosenhed
LeadAnne-Marie Ericsson
Finalist France (Paulette Delachat)
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The 1976 European Curling Championships were held from 1 to 5 December at the Eissporthalle arena in West Berlin.

The Swiss men's team won their first European title and the Swedish women's team won their first European title.

For the first time, the English men's and women's teams took part in the European Championship.

Men's

Teams

Team Skip Third Second Lead Curling club
 Denmark John Olsen John Christiansen Jørn Blach Peter Haase Hvidovre Curling Club, Hvidovre
 England Ronald D. Thornton Kenneth Duncan John D. Kerr Barry Nevett
 France Pierre Boan André Mabboux Pierre Duclos Georges Panisset Mont d'Arbois Curling Club, Megève
 Germany Klaus Kanz Manfred Schulze Hans Österreicher Eckart Jahn EC Bad Tölz, Bad Tölz
 Italy Giuseppe Dal Molin Andrea Pavani Enea Pavani Giorgio Vani Cortina Curling Club, Cortina d’Ampezzo
 Norway Kristian Sørum Morten Sørum Gunnar Meland Gunnar Sigstadstø Trondheim Curling Club, Trondheim
 Scotland Jim Steele Lockhart Steele Ian Fairbairn Jon Veitch
 Sweden Jens Håkansson Thomas Håkansson Per Lindeman Lars Lindgren Karlstads Curlingklubb, Karlstad
 Switzerland Peter Attinger Jr. Bernhard Attinger Mattias Neuenschwander Ruedi Attinger Dübendorf CC, Dübendorf

Round robin

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

Playoffs

Semifinals Filal
      
2  Switzerland 11
3  Sweden 7
 Switzerland 9
 Norway 6
1  Norway 8
4  Scotland 7

Final standings

Place Team Skip GP W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Switzerland Peter Attinger Jr. 10 9 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Norway Kristian Sørum 10 8 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Scotland Jim Steele 9 5 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden Jens Håkansson 9 6 3
5  France Pierre Boan 8 4 4
6  Denmark John Olsen 8 3 5
7  Germany Klaus Kanz 8 2 6
8  Italy Giuseppe Dal Molin 8 2 6
9  England Ronald D. Thornton 8 0 8

Women's

Teams

Team Skip Third Second Lead Curling club
 England Connie Miller Susan Hinds Christine Black Freda Fischer
 France Paulette Delachat Suzanne Parodi Erna Gay Francoise Duclos
 Germany Sibylle Pokorn Helena Ruff Gisela Tappeser Bronia Kornecki
 Italy Maria-Grazzia Constantini Tea Valt Ann Lacedelli Marina Pavani
 Norway Eli Kolstad Ellen Christensen Heidi Wanggard Kirsten Vaule
 Scotland Sandra South Sheena Hay Margareth Ross Elisabeth Manson
 Sweden Elisabeth Branäs Elisabeth Högström Eva Rosenhed Anne-Marie Ericsson Örebro DCK, Örebro
 Switzerland Ulrica Baer Mengia Baumgartner Regula Suter Melanie Bischof

Round robin

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

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1  Sweden 13
4  England 2
 Sweden 13
 France 4
2  Scotland 2
3  France 13

Final standings

Place Team Skip GP W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sweden Elisabeth Branäs 9 8 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France Paulette Delachat 9 6 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England Connie Miller 8 4 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Scotland Sandra South 8 5 3
5  Switzerland Ulrica Baer 7 4 3
6  Germany Sibylle Pokorn 7 3 4
7  Norway Eli Kolstad 7 1 6
8  Italy Maria-Grazzia Constantini 7 0 7

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