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1979 European Curling Championships

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1979 European Curling Championships
Host cityVarese, Italy
ArenaPalaghiaccio
Dates18–24 November
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 18 to 24 November 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

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Teams

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Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Curling club
 Denmark Per Berg Gert Larsen Jan Hansen Michael Harry Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
 England Tony Atherton Frank Kershaw Tony Fraser John D. Kerr
 France Daniel Paris Serge Ferracani Joel Vantadour Antonio Barca
 Germany Keith Wendorf Balint von Bery Heino von L'Estocq Peter Fischer-Weppler Munchener EV, Munich
 Italy Giuseppe Dal Molin Andrea Pavani Giancarlo Valt Enea Pavani CC Tofane, Cortina d’Ampezzo
 Netherlands Eric Harmsen Robert Harmsen Otto Veening Wim Neeleman
 Norway Kristian Sørum Eigil Ramsfjell Gunnar Meland Harald Ramsfjell Bygdøy CC, Oslo
 Scotland Jimmy Waddell Willie Frame Jim Forrest George Bryan Hamilton & Thornyhill CC, Hamilton
 Sweden Jan Ullsten Anders Thidholm Anders Nilsson Hans Söderström Bertil Timan Härnösands CK, Härnösand
 Switzerland Karl Grossman Hans Peter Nauer Willi Bless Heinz Meierhofer
 Wales John Stone David Humphreys Gordon Vickers Peter Hodgkinson

Round robin

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Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 W L Place
A1  Denmark * 9:7 6:8 1:9 8:2 10:4 6:3 7:9 7:8 3:2 6:9 5 5 6
A2  England 7:9 * 3:9 9:6 4:7 15:1 4:14 5:7 5:11 5:11 9:10 2 8 10
A3  France 8:6 9:3 * 4:9 4:10 7:9 2:9 5:7 7:4 3:10 19:3 4 6 8
A4  Germany 9:1 6:9 9:4 * 4:11 4:11 6:7 6:9 8:6 4:8 8:4 4 6 7
A5  Italy 2:8 7:4 10:4 11:4 * 14:2 6:5 6:5 5:6 3:2 16:3 8 2 2
A6  Netherlands 4:10 1:15 9:7 11:4 2:14 * 6:13 5:13 3:12 4:10 7:8 2 8 11
A7  Norway 3:6 14:4 9:2 7:6 5:6 13:6 * 7:5 5:9 4:5 15:2 6 4 4
A8  Scotland 9:7 7:5 7:5 9:6 5:6 13:5 5:7 * 5:7 9:4 14:1 7 3 3
A9  Sweden 8:7 11:5 4:7 6:8 6:5 12:3 9:5 7:5 * 8:6 9:3 8 2 1
A10  Switzerland 2:3 11:5 10:3 8:4 2:3 10:4 5:4 4:9 6:8 * 8:2 6 4 4
A11  Wales 9:6 10:9 3:19 4:8 3:16 8:7 2:15 1:14 3:9 2:8 * 3 7 9
  Teams to playoffs
  Teams to tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

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 Norway 11
 Switzerland 5

Playoffs

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

Final standings

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Place Team Skip GP W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Scotland Jimmy Waddell 12 9 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Jan Ullsten 12 9 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy Giuseppe Dal Molin 11 8 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Norway Kristian Sørum 12 7 5
5  Switzerland Karl Grossman 11 6 5
6  Denmark Per Berg 10 5 5
7  Germany Keith Wendorf 10 4 6
8  France Daniel Paris 10 4 6
9  Wales John Stone 10 3 7
10  England Tony Atherton 10 2 8
11  Netherlands Eric Harmsen 10 2 8

Women's

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Teams

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Team Skip Third Second Lead Curling club
 Denmark Birgitte Jacobsen Jytte Berg Karen Eriksen Karina Blach
 England Janette Forrest Enid Logan Dorothy Shell Mary Aitchison
 France Huguette Jullien Suzanne Parodi Jean Albert Sulpice (?)[1] Erna Gay
 Germany Susi Kiesel Gisela Lunz Hildegard Meier Trudi Benzing
 Italy Maria-Grazzia Constantini Tea Valt Ann Lacedelli Marina Pavani
 Norway Ellen Githmark Trine Trulsen Ingvill Githmark Kirsten Vaule
 Scotland Beth Lindsay Ann McKellar Jeanette Johnston May Taylor
 Sweden Birgitta Törn Katarina Hultling Susanne Gynning-Ödling Gunilla Bergman Amatörföreningens CK, Stockholm
 Switzerland Gaby Casanova Betty Bourquin Linda Thommen Rosi Manger Basel-Albeina CC, Basel

Round robin

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Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 W L Place
A1  Denmark * 8:6 8:7 5:11 4:7 9:5 8:12 1:14 3:14 3 5 7
A2  England 6:8 * 4:12 6:12 9:4 1:15 5:11 4:10 3:13 1 7 9
A3  France 7:8 12:4 * 4:10 11:10 15:12 3:10 7:13 11:4 4 4 4
A4  Germany 11:5 12:6 10:4 * 5:9 6:10 7:11 4:15 8:9 3 5 6
A5  Italy 7:4 4:9 10:11 9:5 * 7:3 3:19 5:11 3:7 3 5 5
A6  Norway 5:9 15:1 12:15 10:6 3:7 * 8:12 5:7 1:12 2 6 8
A7  Scotland 12:8 11:5 10:3 11:7 19:3 12:8 * 3:5 6:13 6 2 3
A8  Sweden 14:1 10:4 13:7 15:4 11:5 7:5 5:3 * 7:5 8 0 1
A9  Switzerland 14:3 13:3 4:11 9:8 7:3 12:1 13:6 5:7 * 6 2 2
  Team to final
  Teams to semifinal

Playoffs

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

Final standings

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Place Team Skip GP W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Switzerland Gaby Casanova 10 8 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Birgitta Törn 9 8 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Scotland Beth Lindsay 9 6 3
4  France Huguette Jullien 8 4 4
5  Italy Maria-Grazzia Constantini 8 3 5
6  Germany Susi Kiesel 8 3 5
7  Denmark Birgitte Jacobsen 8 3 5
8  Norway Ellen Githmark 8 2 6
9  England Janette Forrest 8 1 7

References

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  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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