1976 European Curling Championships
Host cityWest Berlin
ArenaEissporthalle
DatesDecember 1–5
Men's winner  Switzerland
Curling clubDübendorf CC, Dübendorf
SkipPeter Attinger Jr.
ThirdBernhard Attinger
SecondMattias Neuenschwander
LeadRuedi Attinger
Finalist Norway (Kristian Sørum)
Women's winner Sweden
Curling clubÖrebro DCK, Örebro
SkipElisabeth Branäs
ThirdElisabeth Högström
SecondEva Rosenhed
LeadAnne-Marie Ericsson
Finalist France (Paulette Delachat)
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The 1976 European Curling Championships were held from December 1 to 5 at the Eissporthalle arena in West Berlin.

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

For the first time, the English men's and women's teams took part in the European Championship.

Men's

Teams

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadCurling club
 DenmarkJohn OlsenJohn ChristiansenJørn BlachPeter HaaseHvidovre Curling Club, Hvidovre
 EnglandRonald D. ThorntonKenneth DuncanJohn D. KerrBarry Nevett
 FrancePierre BoanAndré MabbouxPierre DuclosGeorges PanissetMont d'Arbois Curling Club, Megève
 GermanyKlaus KanzManfred SchulzeHans ÖsterreicherEckart JahnEC Bad Tölz, Bad Tölz
 ItalyGiuseppe Dal MolinAndrea PavaniEnea PavaniGiorgio VaniCortina Curling Club, Cortina d’Ampezzo
 NorwayKristian SørumMorten SørumGunnar MelandGunnar SigstadstøTrondheim Curling Club, Trondheim
 ScotlandJim SteeleLockhart SteeleIan FairbairnJon Veitch
 SwedenJens HåkanssonThomas HåkanssonPer LindemanLars LindgrenKarlstads Curlingklubb, Karlstad
  SwitzerlandPeter Attinger Jr.Bernhard AttingerMattias NeuenschwanderRuedi AttingerDübendorf CC, Dübendorf

Round robin

Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 W L Place
A1 Denmark*12:85:128:57:84:138:27:93:4356
A2 England8:12*3:106:75:87:102:84:152:13089
A3 France12:510:3*10:38:72:72:101:125:10445
A4 Germany5:87:63:10*7:54:75:84:124:10267
A5 Italy8:78:57:85:7*3:105:93:134:10268
A6 Norway13:410:77:27:410:3*2:410:49:6711
A7 Scotland2:88:210:28:59:54:2*7:104:12534
A8 Sweden9:715:412:112:413:34:1010:7*7:8623
A9  Switzerland4:313:210:510:410:46:912:48:7*712
  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

Semifinals Filal
      
2   Switzerland 11
3  Sweden 7
  Switzerland 9
 Norway 6
1  Norway 8
4  Scotland 7

Final standings

PlaceTeamSkip GP W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  SwitzerlandPeter Attinger Jr.1091
2nd place, silver medalist(s) NorwayKristian Sørum1082
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) ScotlandJim Steele954
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) SwedenJens Håkansson963
5 FrancePierre Boan844
6 DenmarkJohn Olsen835
7 GermanyKlaus Kanz826
8 ItalyGiuseppe Dal Molin826
9 EnglandRonald D. Thornton808

Women's

Teams

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadCurling club
 EnglandConnie MillerSusan HindsChristine BlackFreda Fischer
 FrancePaulette DelachatSuzanne ParodiErna GayFrancoise Duclos
 GermanySibylle PokornHelena RuffGisela TappeserBronia Kornecki
 ItalyMaria-Grazzia ConstantiniTea ValtAnn LacedelliMarina Pavani
 NorwayEli KolstadEllen ChristensenHeidi WanggardKirsten Vaule
 ScotlandSandra SouthSheena HayMargareth RossElisabeth Manson
 SwedenElisabeth BranäsElisabeth HögströmEva RosenhedAnne-Marie EricssonÖrebro DCK, Örebro
  SwitzerlandUlrica BaerMengia BaumgartnerRegula SuterMelanie Bischof

Round robin

Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 W L Place
A1 England*3:1312:610:811:25:84:129:7434
A2 France13:3*9:89:612:46:118:57:8523
A3 Germany6:128:9*10:48:67:44:107:8346
A4 Italy8:106:94:10*8:134:154:104:10078
A5 Norway2:114:126:813:8*5:122:112:9167
A6 Scotland8:511:64:715:412:5*3:1411:4522
A7 Sweden12:45:810:410:411:214:3*10:8611
A8  Switzerland7:98:78:710:49:24:118:10*435
  Teams to playoffs

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1  Sweden 13
4  England 2
 Sweden 13
 France 4
2  Scotland 2
3  France 13

Final standings

PlaceTeamSkip GP W L
1st place, gold medalist(s) SwedenElisabeth Branäs981
2nd place, silver medalist(s) FrancePaulette Delachat963
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) EnglandConnie Miller844
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) ScotlandSandra South853
5  SwitzerlandUlrica Baer743
6 GermanySibylle Pokorn734
7 NorwayEli Kolstad716
8 ItalyMaria-Grazzia Constantini707

References

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