Curling in Russia - 2008 European Men's Curling Championship. Ornkoldsvik, Sweden

In small Swedish city Ornskoldsvik from 6 to 13 of december will take a place 2008 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships
In this year 51 teams will participate in European Championship, 29 of them Men's teams and 22 Women's.

Russian National Men's Curling Team 2008 (B Group):
- Andrey Drozdov (skip)
- Alexey Stukalsky (third, v/s)
- Roman Kutuzov
- Alexey Kamnev
- Artem Bolduzev (alternate)
* All players from Moscow

Coach: Yuri Andrianov

- A Group: Teams / Games Schedule / Day by Day (A) - B Group: Teams / Games Schedule / Day by Day (B) -
- Russian Team Games -

David Murdoch will defend his European Champion title, which he takes in the final by won over Thomas Ulsrud 5-3 from Norway on European Men's Curling Championship 2007.

All Russian National Men's Curling Team Games 2008:

Round Robin:
06.12.2008, 16:00. Russia - Netherlands* 5-8

07.12.2008, 08:00. Lithuania - Russia* 2-14

07.12.2008, 16:00. Estonia - Russia* 3-8

08.12.2008, 12:00. Russia* - Belorussia 13-3

08.12.2008, 20:00. Finland - Russia* 9-3

09.12.2008, 08:00. Poland* - Russia 4-9

09.12.2008, 20:00. Russia - England* 10-3

10.12.2008, 16:00. Russia* - Austria 8-6

Day by day. PlayOff, A Group:
13.12.2008 (Saturday)
Gold Medal Game, 11:00
C Norway* - Scotland 6-7 (EE)

Scotland's David Murdoch made a remarkable comeback to repeat as men's gold medallist of the Le Gruyere European Curling Championships 2008.
Murdoch, a full-time, state-funded curling athlete from Lockerbie made a stellar double-takeout to tie the game in the final end, then watched as Ulsrud's last shot in the extra-end slipped two inches too far for a wild 7-6 Scottish victory.

Men's Final game. Extra End, Thomas Ulsrud last stone and... "thanks for swipping..."

Closing Ceremony, 18:00

12.12.2008 (Friday)
Semifinal, 14:00
C Germany - Scotland* 2-7

Scotland's David Murdoch, the defending men's champion, scored five unanswered points to defeat Germany's Andy Kapp 7-2 at Swedbank Arena and qualify for Saturday's final of the Le Gruyere European Curling Championships 2008. Murdoch scored two points in the second end and after Kapp replied with a tying deuce in the fifth, the rampage began. The Scots grabbed three in the sixth, then stole the seventh and eighth whereupon Germany conceded. Scotland now meets Norway on Saturday in rematch of 2007 final.

11.12.2008 (Thursday)
Playoff, 20:00
B Norway - Germany* 9-7 (1 v 2 game)

C Switzerland - Scotland* 2-6 (3 v 4 game)

Day by day. Round Robin, A Group:

Final Standings after round robin:

10.12.2008 (Wednesday)
Fifth day:
09:00
A Switzerland* - Norway 7-4
B France* - Scotland 5-6
C Spain - Czech Republic* 2-9
D Germany* - Sweden 10-2
E Ireland* - Denmark 5-11

Team Ireland goes back to B division...

18:30
A France - Czech Republic* 4-3
B Germany - Denmark* 5-7
C Norway* - Sweden 7-6
D Scotland* - Ireland 13-2
E Switzerland - Spain* 14-4

09.12.2008 (Tuesday)
Forth day:
14:00
A Spain - Sweden* 1-8
B Ireland - Norway* 4-9
C Scotland* - Denmark 7-4
D Czech Republic - Switzerland* 8-7
E Germany - France* 5-4

08.12.2008 (Monday)
Third day:
12:00
A Czech Republic* - Ireland 6-3
B Spain* - Germany 4-11
C France* - Switzerland 10-7
D Sweden - Scotland* 4-8
E Denmark* - Norway 4-9

20:00
A Denmark - France* 6-3
B Sweden - Czech Republic* 4-9
C Ireland - Germany* 3-10
D Spain - Norway* 5-6
E Scotland* - Switzerland 6-5

07.12.2008 (Sunday)
Second day:
09:00
A Sweden - Denmark* 8-6
B Norway* - France 10-3
C Czech Republic - Scotland* 0-9
D Switzerland* - Germany 8-3
E Spain* - Ireland 7-4

19:00
A Norway* - Scotland 6-5

B Denmark* - Switzerland 7-8 (EE)
C Sweden - Ireland* 10-4
D France* - Spain 10-5
E Czech Republic - Germany* 4-9

06.12.2008 (Saturday)
First day:
08:00
A Scotland - Germany* 3-6
B Switzerland* - Sweden 8-4
C Denmark* - Spain 13-1
D Ireland - France* 6-5 (EE)
E Norway - Czech Republic* 9-1

16:00
A Ireland* - Switzerland 5-10
B Scotland* - Spain 13-1
C Germany* - Norway 12-8
D Denmark - Czech Republic* 10-3
E France* - Sweden 8-3

Groups:

A Group

- Denmark
Team: Ulrik Schmidt (skip), Johnny Frederiksen, Bo Jensen, Lars Vilandt, Mikkel Adrup Poulsen
Coach: James Dryburgh

- Germany
Team: Andreas (Andy) Kapp (skip), Andreas Lang, Ulrich (Uli) Kapp, Holger Hohne, Andreas Kempf
Coach: Oliver Axnick

- Ireland
Team: Peter Wilson (skip), Bill Gray, Neil Fyfe, John Furey, David Smith
Coach: Rom Myers

- Spain
Team: Antonio de Mollinedo (skip), Martin Rios, Jose Manuel Sanguesas, Angel Garcia
Coach: Rolf Hosly

- Norway
Team: Thomas Ulsrud (skip), Torger Nergard, Christoffer Svae, Havard Vad Petersson, Thomas Due
Coach: Ole Ingvaldsen

- France
Team: Thomas Dufuor (skip), Tony Angiboust, Jan Ducroz, Richard Ducroz, Raphael Mathieu
Coach: Andre Fraland

- Czech Republic
Team: Jiri Snitil (skip), Martin Snitil, Jindrich Kitzberger, Marek Vydra, Karel Uher
Coach: Sune Frederiksen

- Switzerland
Team: Stefan Karnusian (skip), Christof Schwaller, Robert Huerlimann, Rolf Iseli, Andreas Schwaller
Coach: Dominic Andres

- Sweden
Team: Mathias Mabergs (skip), Henrik Edlund, Emil Marklund, David Kallin, Andreas Prytz
Coach: Thomas Skagersten

- Scotland
Team: David Murdoch (skip), Ewan MacDonald, Peter Smith, Euan Byers, Graeme Connal
Coach: David Hay

Games Schedule in A Group:

Men's: B Group. Day by Day:

Final Ranking after round robin:

Day by Day. PlayOff, B Group:
13.12.2008 (Saturday)
World Challenge 2 (Arena A), 09:00
X Sweden - Finland* 6-1 There will be a third game in both World challenge. Both England?s ladies and Swedish men tied the challenge after winning this morning at Swedbank Arena. Sweden beat Finland 6-1 and England came back after 0-4 after three ends to beat Norway with 7-4.

World Challenge 3 (Arena A), 14:00
X Finland* - Sweden 7-5

After this lose, Sweden's Matias Mabergs team will watch World Curling Championship 2009 at home... not in Canada...

Closing Сeremony, 18:00

12.12.2008 (Friday)
Seventh day:
Semifinals, 08:30
H Italy* - Hungary 6-4

Gold Medal Game, 14:00
G Finland* - Italy 9-2

World Challenge 1 (Arena B), 20:00
X Sweden - Finland* 5-6

11.12.2008 (Thursday)
Sixth day:
Play-Off, 18:00
G Italy - Finland* 3-8

H Hungary - Netherlands* 9-8 (EE)

Day by Day. Round Robin, A Group:

Final standings after round robin:

10.12.2008 (Wednesday)
Fifth day:
08:00
F X
G X
H Wales - Hungary* 2-8
J Latvia - Slovakia* 9-2
K Bulgaria - Croatia* 8-6
L Belgium - Greece* 7-3

16:00
F X
G Netherlands* - Finland 2-5

H X
J Russia* - Austria 8-6

K Belorussia - England* 6-13
L Estonia* - Lithuania 8-2

20:00
F Latvia - Hungary* 3-8
G X
H Slovakia - Belgium* 5-7
J X
K Wales* - Greece 13-8
L Italy - Bulgaria* 6-2

09.12.2008 (Tuesday)
Forth Day:
Утреннняя сессия, 08:00
F Poland* - Russia 4-9

G Finland - Austria* 9-7
H X
J X
K Lithuania* - Belorussia 12-2
L Netherlands* - England 7-4

16:00
F Croatia* - Belgium 4-8
G X
H Latvia - Greece* 12-1
J Wales - Bulgaria* 10-7
K Slovakia - Italy* 1-12
L X

20:00
F Finland* - Estonia 10-2
G X
H Russia - England* 10-3

J X
K Netherlands* - Austria 8-1
L Poland* - Belorussia 14-6

08.12.2008 (Monday)
Third Day:
08:00
F Hungary* - Slovakia 10-6
G Greece - Italy* 1-11
H X
J X
K Croatia - Latvia* 5-7
L Wales* - Belgium 7-4

12:00
F Estonia* - Austria 8-5
G Russia* - Belorussia 13-3

H England* - Lithuania 9-5
J Finland* - Poland 10-3
K X
L X

16:00
F Wales* - Latvia 8-6
G X
H Italy* - Croatia 7-2
J Greece - Hungary* 1-9
K X
L Bulgaria - Slovakia* 2-8

20:00
F Lithuania - Netherlands* 5-8
G X
H X
J England* - Austria 9-1
K Estonia* - Poland 6-7

L Finland - Russia* 9-3

07.12.2008 (Sunday)
Second Day:
08:00
F Belorussia - Finland* 2-12
G Estonia - Netherlands* 2-7
H Austria - Poland* 9-11
J Lithuania - Russia* 2-14

K Italy* - Belgium 12-4
L Hungary* - Croatia 6-5

12:00
F X
G Bulgaria* - Latvia 3-6
H Greece - Slovakia* 4-8
J X
K X
L X

16:00
F England - Poland* 4-7
G Austria - Lithuania* 11-3
H Estonia - Russia* 3-8

J X
K X
L Belorussia* - Netherlands 1-16

20:00
F Bulgaria* - Greece 8-5
G Hungary - Belgium* 8-4
H X
J Croatia* - Wales 7-9
K X
L Latvia - Italy* 6-9

06.12.2008 (Saturday)
First Day:
12:00
F Austria - Belorussia* 12-3
G England* - Estonia 8-5
H Lithuania - Finland* 1-7
J Poland - Netherlands* 6-8
K X
L Slovakia - Wales* 7-6 (EE)

12:00
F Belgium - Bulgaria* 8-3
G Croatia* - Greece 9-7
H Hungary* - Italy 5-6
J X
K X
L X

16:00
F Russia - Netherlands* 5-8

G Lithuania* - Poland 2-11
H Belorussia - Estonia* 1-14
J England* - Finland 3-7
K X
L X

20:00
F Slovakia* - Croatia 3-8
G Italy - Wales* 8-3
H Belgium* - Latvia 9-6
J X
K Hungary - Bulgaria* 9-4
L X

B-1 Group

- Austria
Team: Alois Kreidl (skip), Stefan Salinger, Hubert Grundhammer, Max Ehammer, Florian Lintner
- Belorussia
Team: Eugeniy Puchkov (skip), Dmitry Yarko, Dmitry Kirillov, Eugeniy Fedchun
- England
Team: Andrew Reed (skip), James Dixon, Tom Jaeggi, Andrew Dixon
- Estonia
Team: Erke Lill (skip), Harri Lill, Jaanus Lindre, Indrek Ernits, Tanel Telliskivi
- Finland
Team: Kalle Kiiskinen (skip), Jani Saullanmaa, Teemu Salo, Jari Ruovinen, Juha Pekaristo, Wille Makela (coach)
- Lithuania
Team: Andrius Jarkonis (skip), Arturas Smaliukas, Piotras Gerasimovicius, Dalius Grakavinas
- Netherlands
Team: Rob Vilain (skip), Brian Doucet, Miles MacLure, Erik Dijkstra, Laurens van der Windt
- Poland
Team: Bartosz Klimas, Woyda Wojciech, Przemyslaw Stachura, Krzysztof Kowalski (skip)
- Russia
Team: Andrey Drozdov (skip), Alexey Stukalskiy, Roman Kutuzov, Alexey Kamnev, Artem Bolduzev
Coach: Yuri Andrianov

B-2 Group

- Belgium
Team: Thomas Suter, Marc Suter, Walter Verbueken, Dirk Heylen, Peter Suter (coach)
- Bulgaria
Team: Tihomir Todorov, Lubomir Velinov (skip), Ilian Kirilov, Stoil Georgiev, Nickolay Runtov
- Croatia
Team: Alen Cadez (skip), Dalibor Golec, Drazen Cutic, Ognjen Golubic
- Greece
Team: Nikolas Zacharias, Athanassios Pantios, Georgios Arampatzis, Dimitrios Kolonas, Nicolas Sarris, Giuseppe Valentini (coach)
- Hungary
Team: Georgy Nagy (skip), Zsombor Rokusfalvy, Balaszs Nemeth, Zoltan Jakab, Kristian Barna, John Hamm (coach)
- Italy
Team: Stefano Ferronato (skip), Alessandro Zisa, Gianpaolo Zandegiacomo, Marco Mariani, Da rin Giorgio
- Latvia
Team: Rivars Gulbis (skip), Ainars Gulbis, Aivars Avotins, Normunds Saruns
- Slovakia
Team: Pavol Pitonak (skip), Tomas Pitonak, Frantisek Pitonak, Peter Pitonak
- Wales
Team: Jamie Miekle (skip), Andrew Tanner, Stuart Hills, James Pougher, Richard Pougher

Schedule B Group:

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