2010 European Curling Championships

2010 Le Gruyère European Curling Championship

Host city	Champéry, Switzerland
Arena	Palladium de Champéry
Dates	December 3–11, 2010
Men's winner	Norway
Curling club	Snarøen CC, Oslo
Skip	Thomas Ulsrud
Third	Torger Nergård
Second	Christoffer Svae
Lead	Håvard Vad Petersson
Alternate	Markus Høiberg
Finalist	Denmark (Rasmus Stjerne)
Women's winner	Sweden
Skip	Stina Viktorsson
Third	Christina Bertrup
Second	Maria Wennerström
Lead	Margaretha Sigfridsson
Alternate	Agnes Knochenhauer
Finalist	Scotland (Eve Muirhead)

2010 European Curling Championships
Tournament
men	Group A Group B Group C
women	Group A Group B Group C

The 2010 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Champéry, Switzerland from December 3–11, 2010. The Group C matches took place from September 24–28 at the Greenacres Ice Rink in Howwood, Scotland. The winners of the Group C matches advanced to the Group B playoffs in Monthey. The Group A round robin matches took place from December 4–11 at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, while the Group B matches took place at the Verney Arena in Monthey.

Sweden's Stina Viktorsson won the gold medal when her rink defeated the Eve Muirhead rink from Scotland. Switzerland's Mirjam Ott won the bronze medal game over Russia's Liudmila Privivkova in 9 ends. The Thomas Ulsrud rink from Norway won in the final over Rasmus Stjerne's rink from Denmark, which played surprisingly well at the championships this year. Switzerland's Christof Schwaller won the bronze medal after defeating Germany's Andy Kapp.

Six women's teams qualified for the 2011 World Women's Curling Championship in Esbjerg, Denmark. They are: Sweden, Scotland, Switzerland, Russia, Norway, and the Czech Republic (who defeated Latvia in the World Challenge). Only six nations qualified because the host (Denmark) and the defending champion (Germany) are automatically qualified. Eight men's teams qualified for the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. They are: Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Scotland, Czech Republic, France (who defeated Italy in the World Challenge).