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2009 European Curling Championships

curling competition at Aberdeen, Scotland

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ1144671 ↗
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The 2009 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Aberdeen, Scotland from 4 to 12 December 2009. The A-Group tournament took place at the Linx Ice Arena, and the B-Group are playing at Curl Aberdeen.

A total of 51 teams from 30 European countries were competing.

Men's Teams

Group A

*Ulrik Schmidt skips and throws third stones

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Round Robin

Draw 1

Saturday 5 December, 08:00

Draw 2

Saturday 3 December, 16:00

Draw 3

Sunday 6 December, 09:00

Draw 4

Sunday 6 December, 19:00

Draw 5

Monday 7 December, 14:00

Draw 6

Tuesday 8 December, 08:00

Draw 7

Tuesday 8 December, 16:00

Draw 8

Wednesday 9 December, 09:00

Draw 9

Wednesday 9 December, 19:00

Placement Game

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 game

Thursday 10 December, 20:00

3 vs. 4 game

Thursday 10 December, 20:00

Semifinal

Friday 11 December, 14:00

Gold Medal Final

Saturday 12 December, 13:30

Group B1

Results

All times local

Draw 1 Saturday 5 December, 08:00

Lithuania 2, Netherlands 13

England 8, Greece 5

Serbia 2, Estonia 15

Spain 7, Bulgaria 6

Poland 6, Russia 10

Draw 2 Saturday 5 December, 16:00

Bulgaria 3, Russia 8

Netherlands 8, Spain 6

Greece 8, Poland 5

Estonia 14, Lithuania 4

Draw 3 Sunday 6 December, 08:00

Poland 9, England 4

Estonia 4, Russia 6

Lithuania 5, Spain 8

Serbia 2, Netherlands 11

Greece 9, Bulgaria 6

Draw 4 Sunday 6 December, 16:00

Netherlands 12, Greece 0

Serbia 4, Lithuania 15

England 4, Russia 7

Bulgaria 10, Poland 9

Draw 5 Monday 7 December, 12:00

Serbia 6, Poland 7

Greece 1, Estonia 13

Netherlands 8, Bulgaria 6

England 9, Spain 1

Russia 10, Lithuania 3

Draw 6 Monday 7 December, 20:00

Russia 9, Spain 1

Lithuania 3, Bulgaria 8

Estonia 1, England 2

Greece 7, Serbia 1

Draw 7 Tuesday 8 December, 12:00

England 8, Lithuania 0

Russia 9, Netherlands 3

Spain 11, Greece 3

Poland 3, Estonia 4

Bulgaria 10, Serbia 8

Draw 8 Tuesday 8 December, 20:00

Estonia 7, Bulgaria 9

Spain 1, Poland 9

Russia 10, Serbia 2

Netherlands 5, England 7

Draw 9 Wednesday 9 December, 08:00

Netherlands 10, Poland 1

Lithuania 7, Greece 6

Serbia 2, England 10

Spain 2, Estonia 11

Draw 10 Wednesday 9 December, 16:00

Spain 8, Serbia 1

Bulgaria 4, England 8

Poland 13, Lithuania 7

Russia 10, Greece 1

Estonia 5, Netherlands 6

Tiebreaker

England 5, Netherlands 9

Group B2

Results

All times local

Draw 1 Saturday 5 December, 12:00

Croatia 4, Hungary 11

Latvia 11, Belarus 3

Iceland 8, Slovakia 3

Ireland 7, Austria 5

Belgium 5, Wales 8

Draw 2 Saturday 5 December, 20:00

Austria 5, Wales 10

Hungary 7, Ireland 5

Belarus 5, Belgium 13

Slovakia 5, Croatia 7

Draw 3 Sunday 6 December, 12:00

Belgium 4, Latvia 15

Slovakia 8, Wales 9

Croatia 4, Ireland 14

Iceland 2, Hungary 9

Belarus 4, Austria 12

Draw 4 Sunday 6 December, 20:00

Hungary 8, Belarus 2

Iceland 5, Croatia 8

Latvia 10, Wales 6

Austria 6, Belgium 3

Draw 5 Monday 7 December, 08:00

Iceland 4, Belgium 8

Belarus 0, Slovakia 14

Hungary 5, Austria 6

Latvia 8, Ireland 9

Wales 15, Croatia 1

Draw 6 Monday 7 December, 16:00

Wales 8, Ireland 7

Croatia 5, Austria 11

Slovakia 2, Latvia 9

Belarus 4, Iceland 10

Draw 7 Tuesday 8 December, 08:00

Latvia 10, Croatia 0

Wales 4, Hungary 7

Ireland 11, Belarus 4

Belgium 7, Slovakia 6

Austria 11, Iceland 5

Draw 8 Tuesday 8 December, 16:00

Slovakia 4, Austria 7

Ireland 9, Belgium 4

Wales 8, Iceland 6

Hungary 6, Latvia 3

Draw 9 Wednesday 9 December, 12:00

Hungary 8, Belgium 5

Croatia 7, Belarus 6

Iceland 2, Latvia 12

Ireland 8, Slovakia 3

Draw 10 Wednesday 9 December, 20:00

Ireland 10, Iceland 2

Austria 3, Latvia 9

Belgium 9, Croatia 7

Wales 12, Belarus 2

Slovakia 6, Hungary 7

Tiebreakers

Ireland 11, Wales 4

Ireland 9, Latvia 7

Group B Playoffs

Russia and Netherlands advance to the A-Group

World Challenge Games

Friday 11 December, 19:00

Denmark 6, Netherlands 2

Saturday 12 December, 08:00

Denmark 10, Netherlands 5

Women's Teams

Group A

*Jensen skips and throws second stones

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Round Robin

Draw 1

Saturday 5 December, 12:00

Draw 2

Saturday 5 December, 20:00

Draw 3

Sunday 6 December, 14:00

Draw 4

Monday 7 December, 09:00

Draw 5

Monday 7 December, 19:00

Draw 6

Tuesday 8 December, 12:00

Draw 7

Tuesday 8 December, 20:00

Draw 8

Wednesday 9 December, 14:00

Draw 9

Thursday 10 December, 08:00

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 game

Thursday 10 December, 20:00

3 vs. 4 game

Thursday 10 December, 20:00

Semifinal

Friday 11 December, 19:00

Gold Medal Final

Saturday 12 December, 10:00

Group B1

Results

All times local

Draw 1 Saturday 5 December, 08:00

Wales 2, Netherlands 15

Draw 2 Saturday 5 December, 16:00

Poland 10, Croatia 3

Slovakia 1, Latvia 14

Draw 3 Sunday 6 December, 08:00

Croatia 10, Latvia 12

Draw 4 Sunday 6 December, 16:00

Slovakia 3, Netherlands 11

Wales 1, Poland 8

Draw 5 Monday 7 December, 12:00

Croatia 1, Netherlands 4

Draw 6 Monday 7 December, 20:00

Latvia 8, Poland 6

Slovakia 6, Wales 8

Draw 7 Tuesday 8 December, 12:00

Netherlands 8, Poland 2

Draw 8 Tuesday 8 December, 20:00

Croatia 6, Slovakia 13

Latvia 8, Wales 2

Draw 9 Wednesday 9 December, 08:00

Netherlands 6, Latvia 5

Poland vs.

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