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
Lead	Melanie Robillard
Alternate	Helmar Erlewein, Monika Wagner
Coach
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.^[1][2]

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				,		CC Traun
Czech Republic	Jirí Snítil		Martin Snítil		,
Denmark	Joel Ostrowski	Camilla Jensen		Jeanne Ellegaard			Tårnby CC
England		Lana Watson
Estonia					,
Finland	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	Jaana Hämäläinen	Paavo Kuosmanen				Hyvinkää CC
France	Lionel Roux				,
Germany	Rainer Schöpp	Andrea Schöpp		Melanie Robillard	Helmar Erlewein, Monika Wagner		SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Hungary	György Nagy	Ildiko Szekeres
Ireland	Johnjo Kenny
Italy	Antonio Menardi	Giorgia Apollonio	Fabio Alverà	Claudia Alverà	,		CC Tofane, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Latvia	Iveta Staša-Šaršūne			Una Grava-Germane			CC Jelgava
Netherlands	Margrietha Voskuilen						CC Utrecht
Norway							Oppdal CC
Poland					,
Russia	Alexander Kirikov	Yana Nekrasova	Petr Dron	Galina Arsenkina	, Anna Sidorova		Moskvitch CC, Moscow
Scotland
Serbia					,
Slovakia
Spain					Ana Arce,
Sweden	Niklas Edin	Anna Hasselborg	Eric Carlsén	Sabina Kraupp			Karlstads CK
Switzerland			Stefan Luder	Michèle Moser	Esther Neuenschwander,		Dübendorf CC
Wales	Adrian Meikle				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

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