The 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from September 22 to 27, 2008 at the Mercedes Benz Sportpark in Kitzbühel, Austria.RESULTS - European Mixed Curling Championships 2008 - 28 September 2008 SportFocus news
Germany, skipped by Rainer Schöpp, won their first title after defeating Czech Republic in the final.
Teams Hosts Austria were skipped by two-time Austrian mixed curling champion Markus Schagerl. Germany were skipped by Rainer Schöpp and defending champions Wales were skipped by Adrian Meikle.
+TeamsCountry Skip Third Second Lead Alternate(s) Coach Curling club Markus Schagerl Verena Hagenbuchner Rainer M.M. Ammer Jasmin Seidl Armin Kvas,Karin Trauner CC Traun Jirí Snítil Hana Synácková Martin Snítil Karolína Pilařová Katerina Kobosilova,Sune Frederiksen Joel Ostrowski Camilla Jensen Søren Jensen Jeanne Ellegaard Tårnby CC Alan MacDougall Lana Watson John Sharp Suzie Law Andres Jakobson Reet Taidre Konstantin Dotsenko Küllike Ustav Marcella Tammes,Leo Jakobson Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Jaana Hämäläinen Paavo Kuosmanen Kirsi Kaski Minna Uusipaavalniemi Hyvinkää CC Lionel Roux Helène Grieshaber Xavier Bibollet Candice Santacru Alain Contat,Marion Renaud Rainer Schöpp Andrea Schöpp Sebastian Jacoby Melanie Robillard Helmar Erlewein,Monika Wagner John Robillard SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen György Nagy Ildiko Szekeres Zsombor Rokusfalvy Boglarka Adam Johnjo Kenny Marie O'Kane Tony Tierney Gillian Drury Antonio Menardi Giorgia Apollonio Fabio Alverà Claudia Alverà Massimo Antonelli,Lucrezia Salvai CC Tofane, Cortina d'Ampezzo Iveta Staša-Šaršūne Robert Krusts Janis Klive Una Grava-Germane Brian Gray CC Jelgava Margrietha Voskuilen Jaap Veerman Esther Romijn Erik Dijkstra CC Utrecht Joakim Skogvold André Alfsen Gina Grøseth Eli Moen Skaslien Oppdal CC Marta Szeliga-Frynia Pawel Frynia Marianna Das Arkadiusz Detyniecki Katarzyna Wicik,Tomasz Korolko Pawel Burlewicz Alexander Kirikov Yana Nekrasova Petr Dron Galina Arsenkina Victor Kornev,Anna Sidorova Moskvitch CC, Moscow Alan Smith Gillian Howard David Mundell Karen Strang Darko Sovran Radmila Panzalovic Bojan Mijatovic Olivera Momcilovic Miodrag Kastratovic,Dara Gravara-Stojanovic Rene Petko Gabriela Kajanova Milan Kajan Jana Janickova José Luis Hinojosa de Torres-Peralta Martina Zurlohe José Maria Rivera Cadierno Leticia Hinojosa de Torres Ana Arce,Sergio De Miguel Niklas Edin Anna Hasselborg Eric Carlsén Sabina Kraupp Karlstads CK Christian Moser Niki Goridis Stefan Luder Michèle Moser Esther Neuenschwander,Oliver Wininger Dübendorf CC Adrian Meikle Lesley Carol Andrew Tanner Irene Murray Chris Wells Deeside CC
Round robin The winner of each group advanced directly to play-offs and second place contested the qualification round.
Group A Group A consisted of the Czech Republic, France, Latvia, Scotland, Slovakia, Switzerland and defending champions Wales.
Wales, the defending champions, were eliminated at the first hurdle, losing five of their six group matches. The group was won by the Czech Rublic who won all six of their matches. A tie-breaker was required for second after Scotland and Switzerland were tied on four wins and two losses each.
+Group APlaceTeam 1 2 3 4 5 6 7WinsLosses 1 * 6:5 5:4 9:4 8:4 6:3 7:5 6 0 2 5:6 * 6:710:2 9:1 7:3 9:4 4 2 3 4:5 7:6 * 8:6 5:9 8:410:3 4 2 4 4:92:10 6:8 * 5:4 6:4 6:4 3 3 5 4:8 1:9 9:5 4:5 * 4:514:1 2 4 6 3:6 3:7 4:8 4:6 5:4 * 5:7 1 5 7 5:7 4:93:10 4:61:14 7:5 * 1 5 Team to play-offs Teams to tie-break for 2nd place
Tie-break Scotland defeated Switzerland 4–3 in the tie-break.
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Group B Group B consisted of Denmark, England, Estonia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Russia, Serbia and Spain.
Russia finished first in the group after winning all seven of their matches. Denmark were second with a record of six wins and one loss. +Group BPlaceTeam 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8WinsLosses 1 * 11:3 8:5 7:512:2 8:2 7:513:2 7 0 2 3:11 * 6:4 7:6 7:2 8:412:214:2 6 1 3 5:8 4:6 * 8:3 7:2 7:311:513:1 5 2 4 5:7 6:7 3:8 * 10:4 7:214:013:1 4 3 5 5:72:125:110:14 3:4 7:4 * 16:4 2 5 6 2:12 2:7 2:74:10 * 3:5 4:314:2 2 5 7 2:8 4:8 3:7 2:7 5:3 * 4:7 8:2 2 5 8 2:132:141:131:132:14 2:84:16 * 0 7 Team to play-offs Teams to qualification round
Group C Group C consisted of hosts Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Norway and Sweden.
Sweden finished first in the group after winning all seven of their matches. Germany were second with a record of five wins and two losses. +Group CPlaceTeam 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8WinsLosses 1 * 8:5 7:6 5:2 8:1 6:5 5:2 6:4 7 0 2 5:8 * 5:4 7:6 8:9 8:3 5:111:2 5 2 3 6:7 4:5 * 6:5 8:5 6:8 7:6 6:4 4 3 4 2:5 6:7 5:6 * 7:3 8:5 5:4 7:2 4 3 5 1:8 9:8 5:8 3:7 * 9:410:5 8:5 4 3 6 5:6 3:8 8:6 5:8 4:9 * 6:5 3:8 2 5 7 2:5 1:5 6:7 4:55:10 5:6 * 5:4 1 6 8 4:62:11 4:6 2:7 5:8 8:3 4:5 * 1 6 Team to play-offs Teams to qualification round
Qualification round Germany defeated Denmark 12–8 in the qualification semi-final to advance to the qualification final. They then defeated Scotland 6–3 to advance to the play-offs.
Qualification semi-final
Qualification final
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Play-offs In the semi-finals, the Czech Republic and Germany advanced to the final after an 8–3 win over Russia and a 7–1 win over Sweden respectively. Sweden won bronze after a 6–4 win over Russia in the bronze medal game and Germany won the title with a 5–3 win over the Czech Republic in the final.
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
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Final standings +Final standingsPlaceTeamGamesWinsLosses1192871981 4972 5853 6862 7743 8752 97431074311743126331372514624157431672517725186151971620615217252271623707
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