1987 European Curling Championships

1987 European Curling Championships
Host city	Oberstdorf, West Germany
Arena	Eis-Bundesleistungs-Zentrum
Dates	8–12 December
Men's winner	Sweden
Curling club	Timrå CK, Timrå
Skip	Thomas Norgren
Third	Jan Strandlund
Second	Lars Strandqvist
Lead	Lars Engblom
Alternate	Olle Håkansson
Finalist	Norway (Eigil Ramsfjell)
Women's winner	West Germany
Curling club	SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Skip	Andrea Schöpp
Third	Almut Hege
Second	Monika Wagner
Lead	Suzanne Fink
Finalist	Sweden (Anette Norberg)
« 1986 1988 »

The 1987 European Curling Championships were held from 8 to 12 December at the Eis-Bundesleistungs-Zentrum arena in Oberstdorf, West Germany.

The Swedish men's team skipped by Thomas Norgren won their second title and the West German women's team skipped by Andrea Schöpp won their third title.

Men

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Curling club, city
Austria	Alois Kreidl	Günther Mochny	Dieter Küchenmeister	Stefan Salinger			Kitzbühel CC, Kitzbühel
Denmark	Sören Bang	Henrik Jakobsen	Lasse Lavrsen	Ulrik Schmidt	Michael Harry		Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
England	John Deakin	Gordon Vickers	Martyn Deakin	Peter Bowyer
Finland	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	Jarmo Jokivalli	Jari Laukkanen	Petri Tsutsunen	Juhani Heinonen
France	Christophe Boan	Gerard Ravello	Alain Brangi	Thierry Mercier
Italy	Fabio Alverà	Adriano Lorenzi	Stefano Morona	Stefano Zardini
Luxembourg	Denis Boulianne	Nico Schweich	Norbert Busch	William Bannerman
Netherlands	Wim Neeleman	Otto Veening	Sytze van Dam	Cock Sonneveld
Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	Sjur Loen	Morten Søgaard	Bo Bakke
Scotland	Douglas Dryburgh	Philip Wilson	Lindsay Clark	Billy Andrew
Sweden	Thomas Norgren	Jan Strandlund	Lars Strandqvist	Lars Engblom	Olle Håkansson	Olle Håkansson	Timrå CK, Timrå
Switzerland	Dieter Wüest	Jens Piesbergen	Peter Grendelmeier	Simon Roth
Wales	John Hunt	John Stone	John Guyan	Michael Hunt
West Germany	Keith Wendorf	Uwe Saile	Sven Saile	Hans Dieter Kiesel			CC Schwenningen, Schwenningen

First Phase (Triple Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						Switzerland		10
	France		2			Austria		3
	Austria		11								Switzerland		5
	Italy		8								Scotland		6
	Netherlands		2			Italy		1
	Scotland		12			Scotland		3
	Wales		4

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						Sweden		8
	Denmark		7			England		5
	England		8								Sweden		6
	Norway		12								Norway		4
	Luxembourg		4			Norway		6
	West Germany		7			West Germany		4
	Finland		0

Round 2

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
											Switzerland		9
											Denmark		2
						Denmark		8
	Luxembourg		3			Finland		2
	Finland		8

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
											Norway		5
											Netherlands		4
						France		2
	Netherlands		8			Netherlands		7
	Wales		2

	Game 1					Game 2
	Austria		6
	Italy		7			Italy		5
	England		7			West Germany		7
	West Germany		8

Round 3

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2
						Denmark		7
	England		3			Wales		1
	Wales		8

	Game 1					Game 2
						Italy		3
	France		4			Finland		6
	Finland		5

	Game 1					Game 2
						Netherlands		7
	Austria		8			Austria		6
	Luxembourg		7

Second Phase (Double Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
	Scotland		8
	Finland		3
						Scotland		5
						Norway		6
	Switzerland		6
	Norway		7

	Game 1					Game 2
	Sweden		6
	Denmark		7
						Denmark		5
						West Germany		6
	West Germany		6
	Netherlands		3

Round 2

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
						Denmark		3
	Finland		2			Switzerland		4
	Switzerland		7

	Game 1					Game 2
						Scotland		3
	Sweden		8			Sweden		4
	Netherlands		1

Placement Phase

Range 9-14

	Quarterfinals (9-14)					Semifinals (9-14)					Final
						Italy		7
	Wales		8			Wales		2
	Luxembourg		7
						Austria		4
	England		5			France		3
	France		7

	Semifinals (11-14)					Final for 11th place
	England		6
	Wales		4
						England		5
						France		2
	France		8
	Luxembourg		2			Match for 13th place
						Wales		7
						Luxembourg		5

Range 5-8

	Final for 5th place
	Denmark		6
	Scotland		5

	Final for 7th place
	Finland		7
	Netherlands		4

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Sweden	9
	4	West Germany	2
						Sweden		5
						Norway		4
	2	Switzerland	3
	3	Norway	8			Bronze Medal Game
						West Germany		4
						Switzerland		5

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	Games	Wins	Losses
	Sweden	Thomas Norgren	6	5	1
	Norway	Eigil Ramsfjell	8	6	2
	Switzerland	Dieter Wüest	8	5	3
4	West Germany	Keith Wendorf	8	5	3
5	Denmark	Sören Bang	8	4	4
6	Scotland	Douglas Dryburgh	6	4	2
7	Finland	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi	9	5	4
8	Netherlands	Wim Neeleman	9	3	6
9	Austria	Alois Kreidl	7	4	3
10	Italy	Fabio Alverà	7	3	4
11	England	John Deakin	7	3	4
12	France	Christophe Boan	7	2	5
13	Wales	John Hunt	8	3	5
14	Luxembourg	Denis Boulianne	6	0	6

Women

Teams

Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Coach	Curling club, city
Austria	Lilly Hummelt	Andrea von Malberg	Inge Lamprecht	Jutta Kober
Denmark	Marianne Qvist	Lene Bidstrup	Astrid Birnbaum	Lilian Frøhling		Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
England	Caroline Cumming	Aileen Gemmell	Penni Hinds	Alison Arthur	Robin Gemmell
Finland	Anne Eerikäinen	Mari Lundén	Tytti Haapasaari	Terhi Liukkonen
France	Agnes Mercier	Annick Mercier	Andrée Dupont-Roc	Catherine Lefebvre
Italy	Ann Lacedelli	Francesca Del Fabbro	Emanuela Sarto	Loredana Siorpaes
Netherlands	Laura Van Imhoff	Gerrie Veening	Kniertje van Kuyk	Mirjam Gast
Norway	Trine Trulsen	Dordi Nordby	Hanne Pettersen	Mette Halvorsen		Snarøyen CC, Oslo
Scotland	Marion Miller	Janice Miller	Jane McConnell	Moira McConnell		Greenacres CC, Renfrewshire
Sweden	Anette Norberg	Sofie Marmont	Anna Rindeskog	Louise Marmont		Härnösands CK, Härnösand
Switzerland	Cristina Lestander	Barbara Meier	Christina Gartenmann	Katrin Peterhans
Wales	Helen Lyon	Jean Robinson	Anna Martin	Jackie Jones
West Germany	Andrea Schöpp	Almut Hege	Monika Wagner	Suzanne Fink		SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

First Phase (Triple Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						West Germany		6
	Netherlands		1			Norway		7
	Norway		14								Norway		10
	Scotland		13								Scotland		2
	Wales		2			Scotland		14
	France		5			Austria		1
	Austria		6

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
						Austria		4
	Sweden		11			Sweden		5
	Finland		4								Sweden		10
											Denmark		2
						Denmark		11
	Italy		7			Italy		3
	England		6

Round 2

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2					Game 3
											Denmark		7
											France		10
						Netherlands		5
	Wales		1			France		6
	France		13

	Game 1					Game 2
	West Germany		9
	Austria		1			West Germany		5
	Switzerland		6			Switzerland		6
	Italy		1

	Game 1					Game 2
						Scotland		9
	Finland		13			Finland		3
	England		1

Round 3

Three teams promoted to Second Phase

	Game 1					Game 2
						Finland		8
	Italy		5			Wales		1
	Wales		9

	Game 1					Game 2
						West Germany		12
	Netherlands		1			England		5
	England		7

	Game 1
	Denmark		6
	Austria		9

Second Phase (Double Knockout)

Round 1

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
	Norway		4
	West Germany		7
						West Germany		12
						France		4
	Scotland		6
	France		7

	Game 1					Game 2
	Sweden		12
	Finland		2
						Sweden		7
						Switzerland		5
	Switzerland		9
	Austria		2

Round 2

Two teams promoted to Playoffs

	Game 1					Game 2
						Switzerland		5
	Norway		8			Norway		9
	Scotland		4

	Game 1					Game 2
						France		8
	Finland		6			Finland		2
	Austria		5

Placement Phase

Range 9-13

	Quarterfinal (9-13)					Semifinals (9-13)					Final
						Wales		1
						England		10
						Denmark		10
	Italy		9			Italy		5
	Netherlands		5

	Semifinal (11-13)					Final for 11th place
	Wales		2
	Netherlands		10			Netherlands		10
						Italy		4

Range 5-8

	Final for 5th place
	Switzerland		8
	Finland		4

	Final for 7th place
	Scotland		3
	Austria		6

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	France	3
	4	Sweden	8
						Sweden		6
						West Germany		7
	2	Norway	6
	3	West Germany	7			Bronze Medal Game
						France		4
						Norway		9

Final standings

Place	Country	Skip	Games	Wins	Losses
	West Germany	Andrea Schöpp	8	6	2
	Sweden	Anette Norberg	7	6	1
	Norway	Trine Trulsen	8	6	2
4	France	Agnes Mercier	9	5	4
5	Switzerland	Cristina Lestander	7	4	3
6	Finland	Anne Eerikäinen	8	3	5
7	Austria	Lilly Hummelt	7	3	4
8	Scotland	Marion Miller	7	3	4
9	Denmark	Marianne Qvist	6	3	3
10	England	Caroline Cumming	6	2	4
11	Netherlands	Laura Van Imhoff	6	2	4
12	Italy	Ann Lacedelli	7	2	5
13	Wales	Helen Lyon	6	1	5

References

• Men's results from the World Curling Federation
• Women's results from the World Curling Federation