1980 European Curling Championships

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

1980 European Curling Championships
Host cityCopenhagen, Denmark
ArenaHvidovre Ice Rink
Dates30 November – 6 December
Men's winner Scotland
Curling clubAberdeen CC, Aberdeen
SkipBarton Henderson
ThirdGreig Henderson
SecondBill Henderson
LeadAlistair Sinclair
Finalist Norway (Kristian Sørum)
Women's winner Sweden
Curling clubKarlstads CK, Karlstad
SkipElisabeth Högström
ThirdCarina Olsson
SecondBirgitta Sewik
LeadKarin Sjögren
Finalist Norway (Ellen Githmark)
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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

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Teams

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

Round robin

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Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 W L Place
A1   Denmark * 11:6 4:5 5:2 13:3 9:4 14:4 5:8 3:5 3:7 5:7 7:4 6 5 6
A2   England 6:11 * 3:6 3:11 10:12 5:14 3:9 3:11 5:8 3:12 4:12 3:12 0 11 12
A3   France 5:4 6:3 * 8:7 4:9 9:6 8:5 5:10 9:5 4:7 9:6 12:4 8 3 3
A4   Germany 2:5 11:3 7:8 * 8:9 10:3 10:6 5:8 3:6 11:3[1] 5:9 10:4 4 7 8
A5   Italy 3:13 12:10 9:4 9:8 * 14:7 8:6 L 4:10 5:11 2:8 9:6 6 5 7
A6   Luxembourg 4:9 14:5 6:9 3:10 7:14 * 7:9 3:14 4:12 3:13 6:7 10:6 2 9 10
A7   Netherlands 4:14 9:3 5:8 6:10 6:8 9:7 * 2:13 5:11 5:8 5:8 10:7 3 8 9
A8   Norway 8:5 11:3 10:5 8:5 W 14:3 13:2 * 7:6 8:6 8:2 12:5 11 0 1
A9   Scotland 5:3 8:5 5:9 6:3 10:4 12:4 11:5 6:7 * 9:8 6:4 8:9 8 3 3
A10   Sweden 7:3 12:3 7:4 3:11 11:5 13:3 8:5 6:8 8:9 * 6:3 16:6 9 2 2
A11   Switzerland 7:5 12:4 6:9 9:5 8:2 7:6 8:5 2:8 4:6 3:6 * 10:3 7 4 5
A12   Wales 4:7 12:3 4:12 4:10 6:9 6:10 7:10 5:12 9:8 6:16 3:10 * 2 9 11
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  Team to playoffs (semifinal)
  Teams to tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

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  Scotland 7
  France 3

Playoffs

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Semifinal Final
1   Norway 4
2   Sweden 3   Scotland 6
3   Scotland 7

Final standings

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Place Team Skip GP W L
    Scotland Barton Henderson 14 11 3
    Norway Kristian Sørum 12 11 1
    Sweden Anders Eriksson 12 9 3
4   France Claude Feige 12 8 4
5   Switzerland Markus Etienne 11 7 4
6   Denmark Per Berg 11 6 5
7   Italy Dino Zardini 11 8 3
8   Germany Manfred Schulze 11 4 7
9   Netherlands Otto Veening 11 3 8
10   Luxembourg Nico Schweich 11 2 9
11   Wales John Hunt 11 2 9
12   England Alan Forrest 11 0 11

Women's

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

Round robin

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Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 W L Place
A1   Denmark * 12:4 8:7 3:12 13:4 6:11 1:11 1:14 8:7 9:7 15:1 6 4 5
A2   England 4:12 * 7:8 8:9 5:18 5:9 5:11 6:17 2:19 4:15 6:13 0 10 11
A3   France 7:8 8:7 * 5:14 3:9 8:5 2:13 6:11 4:11 3:10 9:7 3 7 9
A4   Germany 12:3 9:8 14:5 * 9:7 13:3 7:9 8:6 3:15 5:4 15:2 8 2 2
A5   Italy 4:13 18:5 9:3 7:9 * 10:6 8:10 4:10 8:9 8:10 12:5 4 6 7
A6   Netherlands 11:6 9:5 5:8 3:13 6:10 * 5:8 3:12 1:12 10:6 13:2 4 6 8
A7   Norway 11:1 11:5 13:2 9:7 10:8 8:5 * 6:8 4:7 5:6 17:4 7 3 4
A8   Scotland 14:1 17:6 11:6 6:8 10:4 12:3 8:6 * 4:13 10:6 12:2 8 2 3
A9   Sweden 7:8 19:2 11:4 15:3 9:8 12:1 7:4 13:4 * 11:3 14:3 9 1 1
A10   Switzerland 7:9 15:4 10:3 4:5 10:8 6:10 6:5 6:10 3:11 * 17:1 5 5 6
A11   Wales 1:15 13:6 7:9 2:15 5:12 2:13 4:17 2:12 3:14 1:17 * 1 9 10
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Playoffs

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Semifinals Final
      
1   Sweden 5
2   Germany 3
1   Sweden 10
4   Norway 9
3   Scotland 8
4   Norway 11

Final standings

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Place Team Skip GP W L
    Sweden Elisabeth Högström 12 11 1
    Norway Ellen Githmark 12 8 4
    Germany Andrea Schöpp 11 8 3
    Scotland Betty Law 11 8 3
5   Denmark Helena Blach 10 6 4
6   Switzerland Gaby Charrière 10 5 5
7   Italy Maria-Grazzia Constantini 10 4 6
8   Netherlands Laura Van Imhoff 10 4 6
9   France Martine Drewnowski 10 3 7
10   Wales Jean King 10 1 9
11   England Gwen French 10 0 10

References

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  1. ^ Mistake 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".