Curling competition at Moscow, Russia
The men's tournament of the 2011 European Curling Championships Moscow , Russia from December 2 to 10. The winners of the Group C tournament in Tarnby , Denmark , Poland and Lithuania, moved on to the Group B tournament.
The top seven men's teams at the 2011 European Curling Championships, Sweden , Norway , Denmark , the Czech Republic , Germany , Scotland , and France , will join hosts Switzerland in representing their respective nations at the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Basel . France played Russia in the World Challenge Games , where France defeated Russia after two games in a best-of-three series to win the final berth.
In the Group A competitions, round robin play finished with three teams tied at first and four teams tied at fourth.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Jiří Snítil , fell to Denmark's Rasmus Stjerne , who led his team in a 9–6 victory over Snítil and team. The final saw Sweden's Niklas Edin face Norway's Thomas Ulsrud in another rematch of the 2011 World Championships bronze medal game . Norway started out strong and continued to solidify their lead with two crucial steals, but Sweden bounced back with two successive deuces with last rock, tying the game up at 6–6. Ulsrud drew against two Swedish stones in the tenth end to secure Norway their second consecutive championship.[ 5]
The Group C competitions in Tårnby , Denmark saw Poland and Lithuania advance to the Group B competitions, after Lithuania defeated Turkey in the semifinal. They joined fourteen other teams in Group B to create two groups of eight, and a round robin was held within those groups. Hungary and Russia advanced from the Red Group, and Ireland and England advanced from the Blue Group. Hungary advanced straight to the final after defeating Ireland, while Russia advanced to the semifinal against Ireland after defeating England. Russia won the semifinal over Ireland, sending Ireland to the bronze medal game. England stole a win over Ireland in the bronze medal game, winning with a score of 8–4. The home team Russia proceeded to defeat Hungary to win the Group B competitions. As a result, Russia and Hungary advance to the 2012 Men's Group A competitions , replacing Latvia and Italy, and Belarus and Croatia were relegated to the 2012 Men's Group C competitions .
Group A
Teams
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
Key
Countries to Playoffs
Countries to Tiebreakers
Countries relegated to 2012 Group B
Round-robin results
Draw 1
Saturday, December 3, 16:30
Draw 2
Sunday, December 4, 8:00
Draw 3
Sunday, December 4, 16:00
Draw 4
Monday, December 5, 8:00
Draw 5
Monday, December 5, 16:00
Draw 6
Tuesday, December 6, 11:00
Draw 7
Tuesday, December 6, 20:00
Draw 8
Wednesday, December 7, 12:00
Draw 9
Wednesday, December 7, 20:00
World Challenge Games
Challenge 1
Friday, December 9, 20:00
Challenge 2
Saturday, December 10, 9:30
France moves on to the 2012 World Men's Championship .
Tiebreakers
Round 1
Thursday, December 8, 8:00
Round 2
Thursday, December 8, 14:00
Playoffs
Page 1 vs. 2
Thursday, December 8, 20:30
Page 3 vs. 4
Thursday, December 8, 20:30
Semifinal
Friday, December 9, 13:00
Bronze-medal game
Friday, December 9, 20:00
Gold-medal game
Saturday, December 10, 15:00
2011 European Curling Championships – Men's Winner
Norway
Group B
Teams
Red Group
Blue Group
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
Key
Countries to Playoffs
Countries relegated to 2012 Group C
Round-robin results
Red Group
Draw 1
Saturday, December 3, 7:30
Draw 2
Saturday, December 3, 16:30
Draw 3
Sunday, December 4, 8:00
Draw 4
Sunday, December 4, 16:00
Draw 5
Monday, December 5, 8:00
Draw 6
Monday, December 5, 16:00
Draw 7
Tuesday, December 6, 8:00
*Belarus ran out of time in the 10th end, and officially forfeited the game to Lithuania.
Draw 8
Tuesday, December 6, 16:00
Draw 10
Wednesday, December 7, 16:00
Blue Group
Draw 1
Saturday, December 3, 7:30
Draw 2
Saturday, December 3, 16:30
Draw 3
Sunday, December 4, 8:00
Draw 4
Sunday, December 4, 16:00
Draw 5
Monday, December 5, 8:00
Draw 6
Monday, December 5, 16:00
Draw 7
Tuesday, December 6, 8:00
Draw 8
Tuesday, December 6, 16:00
Draw 9
Wednesday, December 7, 8:00
Relegation game
Thursday, December 8, 8:00
Playoffs
Page R1 vs. B1
Thursday, December 8, 20:00
Page R2 vs. B2
Thursday, December 8, 20:00
Semifinal
Friday, December 9, 8:00
Bronze-medal game
Saturday, December 10, 9:30
Gold-medal game
Friday, December 9, 13:00
Russia and Hungary advance to the 2012 Group A competitions.
Group C
Teams
Standings
Final round-robin standings
Key
To Group C Final
To Group C Semifinal
Round-robin results
Draw 1
Friday, September 30, 15:00
Sheet 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Greece (Arampatis)
0
0
0
4
1
1
0
0
6
Iceland (Valsson) 1
1
3
0
0
0
1
2
8
Sheet 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Lithuania (Vysukpaisas) 1
0
1
3
2
3
X
X
10
Serbia (Stojanovic)
0
2
0
0
0
0
X
X
2
Sheet 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Luxembourg (Etienne)
0
1
0
3
1
0
2
0
7
Turkey (Osmanagaoglu) 1
0
3
0
0
2
0
3
9
Sheet 4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Poland (Zioło)0
0
1
0
3
0
2
0
6
Slovenia (Sever) 1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
4
Draw 2
Saturday, October 1, 08:00
Sheet 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Romania (Coliban) 4
0
4
0
1
0
1
X
10
Slovenia (Sever)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
3
Sheet 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Luxembourg (Etienne)
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
4
Poland (Zioło) 0
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
5
Sheet 6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Iceland (Valsson)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
1
Serbia (Stojanovic) 1
1
1
0
1
1
1
X
6
Sheet 7
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Lithuania (Vysukpaisas)
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
X
5
Turkey (Osmanagaoglu) 0
0
4
0
3
0
0
X
7
Draw 3
Saturday, October 1, 16:30
Sheet 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Iceland (Valsson)0
3
1
1
0
0
5
X
10
Turkey (Osmanagaoglu) 1
0
0
0
2
1
0
X
4
Sheet 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Serbia (Stojanovic) 0
1
3
0
1
0
2
1
8
Slovenia (Sever)
1
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
7
Sheet 6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Greece (Arampatis)
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
5
Poland (Zioło) 0
3
0
2
1
0
0
0
6
Sheet 7
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Final
Luxembourg (Etienne)0
0
1
1
1
3
0
0
2
8
Romania (Coliban) 1
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
6
Draw 4
Sunday, October 2, 12:00
Sheet 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Lithuania (Vysukpaisas)
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
5
Poland (Zioło) 4
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
8
Sheet 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Greece (Arampatis)
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
X
2
Luxembourg (Etienne) 1
1
1
1
0
1
4
X
9
Sheet 6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Serbia (Stojanovic) 3
1
1
0
1
0
2
X
8
Romania (Coliban)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
X
2
Sheet 7
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Iceland (Valsson) 0
2
0
5
1
1
1
X
10
Slovenia (Sever)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
X
2
Draw 5
Sunday, October 2, 19:30
Sheet 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Serbia (Stojanovic)
0
2
0
0
0
0
X
X
2
Greece (Arampatis) 2
0
2
1
1
2
X
X
8
Sheet 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Final
Romania (Coliban) 2
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
7
Iceland (Valsson)
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
6
Sheet 6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Lithuania (Vysukpaisas)2
0
0
0
3
0
4
2
11
Luxembourg (Etienne) 0
0
4
0
0
2
0
0
6
Sheet 7
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Turkey (Osmanagaoglu) 0
1
0
1
1
0
0
X
3
Poland (Zioło)2
0
2
0
0
1
1
X
6
Draw 6
Monday, October 3, 12:00
Sheet 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Slovenia (Sever) 2
0
1
2
0
1
0
X
6
Luxembourg (Etienne)0
2
0
0
0
0
6
X
8
Sheet 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Poland (Zioło) 0
1
0
1
0
0
2
X
4
Serbia (Stojanovic)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
2
Sheet 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Turkey (Osmanagaoglu)0
4
2
3
0
2
2
X
13
Romania (Coliban) 3
0
0
0
2
0
0
X
5
Sheet 4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Greece (Arampatis) 0
0
0
1
1
0
1
X
3
Lithuania (Vysukpaisas)1
2
3
0
0
1
0
X
7
Draw 7
Monday, October 3, 19:30
Sheet 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Poland (Zioło) 0
0
2
1
1
1
2
X
7
Romania (Coliban)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
X
2
Sheet 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Turkey (Osmanagaoglu)3
0
3
4
1
2
X
X
13
Greece (Arampatis) 0
1
0
0
0
0
X
X
1
Sheet 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Slovenia (Sever)
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
X
4
Lithuania (Vysukpaisas) 5
3
1
1
0
1
0
X
11
Sheet 4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Luxembourg (Etienne)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
X
3
Iceland (Valsson) 0
3
2
2
0
1
0
X
8
Draw 8
Tuesday, October 4, 8:30
Sheet 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Turkey (Osmanagaoglu) 0
2
1
0
0
2
0
X
5
Serbia (Stojanovic)
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
X
3
Sheet 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Romania (Coliban) 0
2
0
0
0
0
X
X
2
Lithuania (Vysukpaisas)3
0
2
1
2
2
X
X
10
Sheet 6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Poland (Zioło) 0
0
3
0
0
2
1
0
6
Iceland (Valsson)2
1
0
1
1
0
0
2
7
Sheet 7
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Slovenia (Sever) 4
2
1
1
2
1
1
X
12
Greece (Arampatis)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
X
0
Draw 9
Tuesday, October 4, 16:00
Sheet 1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Iceland (Valsson)
0
0
0
0
0
0
X
X
0
Lithuania (Vysukpaisas) 1
1
1
3
1
1
X
X
8
Sheet 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Slovenia (Sever)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
X
1
Turkey (Osmanagaoglu) 3
0
2
2
2
1
3
X
13
Sheet 6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Romania (Coliban)1
0
0
2
0
2
2
1
8
Greece (Arampatis) 0
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
6
Sheet 5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Final
Serbia (Stojanovic)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
4
Luxembourg (Etienne) 0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
5
Playoffs
Following the round robin, Poland, the leader of the group, automatically qualified to the Group B competitions in Moscow. The semifinal served as a tiebreaker for the second qualifying spot, which went to Lithuania. Poland and Lithuania were both already qualified to the Group B competitions, but played a gold medal game to determine the winner of the Group C competitions.
Semifinal
Thursday, October 6, 12:00
Sheet 6
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Final
Turkey (Osmanagaoglu)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
Lithuania (Vysukpaisas) 1
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
6
Gold-medal game
Thursday, October 6, 19:30
Sheet 5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Final
Poland (Zioło)1
0
1
2
0
1
0
1
1
7
Lithuania (Vysukpaisas) 0
4
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
6
Poland Lithuania
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