1979 European Curling Championships
Host cityVarese, Italy
ArenaPalaghiaccio
DatesNovember 18–24
Men's winner Scotland
Curling clubHamilton & Thornyhill CC, Hamilton
SkipJimmy Waddell
ThirdWillie Frame
SecondJim Forrest
LeadGeorge Bryan
Finalist Sweden (Jan Ullsten)
Women's winner  Switzerland
Curling clubBasel-Albeina CC, Basel
SkipGaby Casanova
ThirdBetty Bourquin
SecondLinda Thommen
LeadRosi Manger
Finalist Sweden (Birgitta Törn)
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The 1979 European Curling Championships were held from November 18 to 24 at the Palaghiaccio arena in Varese, Italy.

The Scottish men's team won their first European title, and the Swiss women's team won their first European title.

For the first time, the men's team of Wales took part in the European Championship.

Men's

Teams

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateCurling club
 DenmarkPer BergGert LarsenJan HansenMichael HarryHvidovre CC, Hvidovre
 EnglandTony AthertonFrank KershawTony FraserJohn D. Kerr
 FranceDaniel ParisSerge FerracaniJoel VantadourAntonio Barca
 GermanyKeith WendorfBalint von BeryHeino von L'EstocqPeter Fischer-WepplerMunchener EV, Munich
 ItalyGiuseppe Dal MolinAndrea PavaniGiancarlo ValtEnea PavaniCC Tofane, Cortina d’Ampezzo
 NetherlandsEric HarmsenRobert HarmsenOtto VeeningWim Neeleman
 NorwayKristian SørumEigil RamsfjellGunnar MelandHarald RamsfjellBygdøy CC, Oslo
 ScotlandJimmy WaddellWillie FrameJim ForrestGeorge BryanHamilton & Thornyhill CC, Hamilton
 SwedenJan UllstenAnders ThidholmAnders NilssonHans SöderströmBertil TimanHärnösands CK, Härnösand
  SwitzerlandKarl GrossmanHans Peter NauerWilli BlessHeinz Meierhofer
 WalesJohn StoneDavid HumphreysGordon VickersPeter Hodgkinson

Round robin

Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 W L Place
A1 Denmark*9:76:81:98:210:46:37:97:83:26:9556
A2 England7:9*3:99:64:715:14:145:75:115:119:102810
A3 France8:69:3*4:94:107:92:95:77:43:1019:3468
A4 Germany9:16:99:4*4:114:116:76:98:64:88:4467
A5 Italy2:87:410:411:4*14:26:56:55:63:216:3822
A6 Netherlands4:101:159:711:42:14*6:135:133:124:107:82811
A7 Norway3:614:49:27:65:613:6*7:55:94:515:2644
A8 Scotland9:77:57:59:65:613:55:7*5:79:414:1733
A9 Sweden8:711:54:76:86:512:39:57:5*8:69:3821
A10  Switzerland2:311:510:38:42:310:45:44:96:8*8:2644
A11 Wales9:610:93:194:83:168:72:151:143:92:8*379
  Teams to playoffs
  Teams to tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

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 Norway 11
  Switzerland 5

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
3  Scotland 7
2  Italy 4
 Scotland 8
 Sweden 7
1  Sweden 8
4  Norway 7

Final standings

PlaceTeamSkip GP W L
1st place, gold medalist(s) ScotlandJimmy Waddell1293
2nd place, silver medalist(s) SwedenJan Ullsten1293
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) ItalyGiuseppe Dal Molin1183
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) NorwayKristian Sørum1275
5  SwitzerlandKarl Grossman1165
6 DenmarkPer Berg1055
7 GermanyKeith Wendorf1046
8 FranceDaniel Paris1046
9 WalesJohn Stone1037
10 EnglandTony Atherton1028
11 NetherlandsEric Harmsen1028

Women's

Teams

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadCurling club
 DenmarkBirgitte JacobsenJytte BergKaren EriksenKarina Blach
 EnglandJanette ForrestEnid LoganDorothy ShellMary Aitchison
 FranceHuguette JullienSuzanne ParodiJean Albert Sulpice (?)[1]Erna Gay
 GermanySusi KieselGisela LunzHildegard MeierTrudi Benzing
 ItalyMaria-Grazzia ConstantiniTea ValtAnn LacedelliMarina Pavani
 NorwayEllen GithmarkTrine TrulsenIngvill GithmarkKirsten Vaule
 ScotlandBeth LindsayAnn McKellarJeanette JohnstonMay Taylor
 SwedenBirgitta TörnKatarina HultlingSusanne Gynning-ÖdlingGunilla BergmanAmatörföreningens CK, Stockholm
  SwitzerlandGaby CasanovaBetty BourquinLinda ThommenRosi MangerBasel-Albeina CC, Basel

Round robin

Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 W L Place
A1 Denmark*8:68:75:114:79:58:121:143:14357
A2 England6:8*4:126:129:41:155:114:103:13179
A3 France7:812:4*4:1011:1015:123:107:1311:4444
A4 Germany11:512:610:4*5:96:107:114:158:9356
A5 Italy7:44:910:119:5*7:33:195:113:7355
A6 Norway5:915:112:1510:63:7*8:125:71:12268
A7 Scotland12:811:510:311:719:312:8*3:56:13623
A8 Sweden14:110:413:715:411:57:55:3*7:5801
A9  Switzerland14:313:34:119:87:312:113:65:7*622
  Team to final
  Teams to semifinal

Playoffs

Semifinal Final
1  Sweden 7
2   Switzerland 5   Switzerland 9
3  Scotland 3

Final standings

PlaceTeamSkip GP W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  SwitzerlandGaby Casanova1082
2nd place, silver medalist(s) SwedenBirgitta Törn981
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) ScotlandBeth Lindsay963
4 FranceHuguette Jullien844
5 ItalyMaria-Grazzia Constantini835
6 GermanySusi Kiesel835
7 DenmarkBirgitte Jacobsen835
8 NorwayEllen Githmark826
9 EnglandJanette Forrest817

References

  1. Mistake in WCF results and statistics database, because Jean Albert Sulipice is a man competed for France on three World Curling Championships (1966, 1967, 1970).
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