The 1980 European Curling Championships were held from 30 November to 6 December at the Hvidovre Ice Rink arena in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Scottish men's team skipped by Barton Henderson won their second European title, and the Swedish women's team skipped by Elisabeth Högström won their fourth European title.

For the first time, the men's team of Luxembourg and women's teams of Netherlands and Whales took part in the European Championship.

Men's

Teams Team Skip Third Second Lead Curling club Per Berg Gert Larsen Jan Hansen Michael Harry Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Alan Forrest Malcolm Maxwell Stephen Shell Geoff Logan Claude Feige Marc Sibuet Gilles Marin-Pache Claude Marin-Pache Manfred Schulze Balint von Bery Manfred Rösgen Ralph Hubner Dino Zardini Dino Menardi Valerio Constantini Cesar Maioni Nico Schweich William Bannerman Guy Schweich Gisbert Franz Otto Veening Robert van der Cammen Jeroen Tilman Wim Neeleman Kristian Sørum Eigil Ramsfjell Gunnar Meland Dagfinn Loen Bygdøy CC, Oslo Barton Henderson Greig Henderson Bill Henderson Alistair Sinclair Aberdeen CC, Aberdeen Anders Eriksson Lars Eriksson Ulf Sundström Håkan Svernell Norrköpings CK, Norrköping Markus Etienne Rolf Bättig Thomas Greter Mark Zeugin Keith Preston (fourth) Gordon Vickers Peter Williams John Hunt (skip)

Round robin Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 W LPlaceA1 * 11:6 4:5 5:213:3 9:414:4 5:8 3:5 3:7 5:7 7:4 6 5 6A2 6:11 * 3:63:1110:125:14 3:93:11 5:83:124:123:12 0 11 12A3 5:4 6:3 * 8:7 4:9 9:6 8:55:10 9:5 4:7 9:612:4 8 3 3A4 2:511:3 7:8 * 8:910:310:6 5:8 3:611:3Mistake in WCF database: shows as "GER-WAL 10:4" and "GER-WAL 11:3" (and no "GER-SWE"), must be (cross-checking with number of wins/losses solved) "GER-SWE 11:3" and "GER-WAL 10:4". 5:910:4 4 7 8A5 3:1312:10 9:4 9:8 * 14:7 8:6 L 4:105:11 2:8 9:6 6 5 7A6 4:914:5 6:93:107:14 * 7:93:144:123:13 6:710:6 2 9 10A7 4:14 9:3 5:86:10 6:8 9:7 * 2:135:11 5:8 5:810:7 3 8 9A8 8:511:310:5 8:5 W 14:313:2 * 7:6 8:6 8:212:5 11 0 1A9 5:3 8:5 5:9 6:310:412:411:5 6:7 * 9:8 6:4 8:9 8 3 3A10 7:312:3 7:43:1111:513:3 8:5 6:8 8:9 * 6:316:6 9 2 2A11 7:512:4 6:9 9:5 8:2 7:6 8:5 2:8 4:6 3:6 * 10:3 7 4 5A12 4:712:34:124:10 6:96:107:105:12 9:86:163:10 * 2 9 11 Team to playoffs (final) Team to playoffs (semifinal) Teams to tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Final standings Place Team SkipGPWL Barton Henderson 14 11 3 Kristian Sørum 12 11 1 Anders Eriksson 12 9 3 4 Claude Feige 12 8 4 5 Markus Etienne 11 7 4 6 Per Berg 11 6 5 7 Dino Zardini 11 8 3 8 Manfred Schulze 11 4 7 9 Otto Veening 11 3 8 10 Nico Schweich 11 2 9 11 John Hunt 11 2 9 12 Alan Forrest 11 0 11

Women's

Teams Team Skip Third Second Lead Curling club Helena Blach Marianne Jørgensen Astrid Birnbaum Malene Krause Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Gwen French Jean Picken June Henry Lynda Clegg Martine Drewnowski Josiane Chambard Martine Dromard Anne-Claude Wolfers Andrea Schöpp Elinore Schöpp Anneliese Diemer Monika Wagner Maria-Grazzia Constantini Ann Lacedelli Tea Valt Marina Pavani Laura Van Imhoff Hermance van den Houten Annemie de Jongh Hanneke Veening Ellen Githmark Trine Trulsen Ingvill Githmark Kirsten Vaule Betty Law Bea Sinclair Jane Sanderson Carol Hamilton Elisabeth Högström Carina Olsson Birgitta Sewik Karin Sjögren Karlstads CK, Karlstad Gaby Charrière Jaqueline Landolt Marianne Uhlmann Cécilie Blanvillian Lausanne CC, Lausanne Jean King Margaret Crawley Heather Rees Doris Vickers

Round robin Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 W LPlaceA1 * 12:4 8:73:1213:46:111:111:14 8:7 9:715:1 6 4 5A2 4:12 * 7:8 8:95:18 5:95:116:172:194:156:13 0 10 11A3 7:8 8:7 * 5:14 3:9 8:52:136:114:113:10 9:7 3 7 9A4 12:3 9:814:5 * 9:713:3 7:9 8:63:15 5:415:2 8 2 2A5 4:1318:5 9:3 7:9 * 10:68:104:10 8:98:1012:5 4 6 7A6 11:6 9:5 5:83:136:10 * 5:83:121:1210:613:2 4 6 8A7 11:111:513:2 9:710:8 8:5 * 6:8 4:7 5:617:4 7 3 4A8 14:117:611:6 6:810:412:3 8:6 * 4:1310:612:2 8 2 3A9 7:819:211:415:3 9:812:1 7:413:4 * 11:314:3 9 1 1A10 7:915:410:3 4:510:86:10 6:56:103:11 * 17:1 5 5 6A11 1:1513:6 7:92:155:122:134:172:123:141:17 * 1 9 10 Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

Final standings Place Team SkipGPWL Elisabeth Högström 12 11 1 Ellen Githmark 12 8 4 Andrea Schöpp 11 8 3 Betty Law 11 8 3 5 Helena Blach 10 6 4 6 Gaby Charrière 10 5 5 7 Maria-Grazzia Constantini 10 4 6 8 Laura Van Imhoff 10 4 6 9 Martine Drewnowski 10 3 7 10 Jean King 10 1 9 11 Gwen French 10 0 10

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