2008 European Mixed Curling Championship

2008 European Mixed Curling Championship
Host city	Kitzbühel, Austria
Arena	Mercedes Benz Sportpark
Dates	September 22–27, 2008
Winner	Germany
Curling club	SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Skip	Rainer Schöpp
Third	Andrea Schöpp
Second	Sebastian Jacoby
Lead	Melanie Robillard
Alternate	Helmar Erlewein, Monika Wagner
Coach	John Robillard
Finalist	Czech Republic (Jiří Snítil)
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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	Estonia	2:12	2:7	2:7	4:10	*	3:5	4:3	14:2	2	5
6	Netherlands	2:8	4:8	3:7	2:7	5:3	*	4:7	8:2	2	5
7	Spain	5:7	2:12	5:11	0:14	3:4	7:4	*	16:4	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 final
						A-2	Scotland	3
							Germany	6
	B-2	Germany	12
	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					Final
	B1	Russia	3
	A1	Czech Republic	8
						Czech Republic		3
						Germany		5
	C2	Germany	7
	C1	Sweden	1			Bronze Medal Game
						Russia		4
						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