2011 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament
| 2011 European Curling Championships Men's tournament |
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|---|---|
| Host city | Moscow, Russia |
| Arena | Megasport Arena |
| Dates | December 2–10 |
| Winner |  Norway |
| Curling club | Snarøen CC, Oslo |
| Skip | Thomas Ulsrud |
| Third | Torger Nergård |
| Second | Christoffer Svae |
| Lead | Håvard Vad Petersson |
| Alternate | Thomas Løvold |
| Finalist |
 Sweden (Niklas Edin) |
| 2011 European Curling Championships | |
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| Tournament | |
| men | Group A Group B Group C |
| women | Group A Group B Group C |
| 2011 European Curling Championships | |
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| Tournament | |
| men | Group A Group B Group C |
| women | Group A Group B Group C |
| 2011 European Curling Championships | |
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| Tournament | |
| men | Group A Group B Group C |
| women | Group A Group B Group C |
| 2011 European Curling Championships | |
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| Tournament | |
| men | Group A Group B Group C |
| women | Group A Group B Group C |
The men's tournament of the 2011 European Curling Championships took place in Moscow, Russia from December 2 to 10. The winners of the Group C tournament in Tarnby, Denmark, Poland and Lithuania, moved on to the Group B tournament. The top seven men's teams at the 2011 European Curling Championships, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Germany, Scotland, and France, will join hosts Switzerland in representing their respective nations at the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Basel. France played Russia in the World Challenge Games, where France defeated Russia after two games in a best-of-three series to win the final berth.
In the Group A competitions, round robin play finished with three teams tied at first and four teams tied at fourth. The Czech Republic emerged victorious from the four-way tiebreaker to qualify for the playoffs. The page playoffs saw Sweden slip past defending champions Norway and the Czech Republic edge Denmark, last year's runners-up. Norway soundly defeated the Czech Republic in the semifinal with a score of 5–2, and the Czech Republic dropped to the bronze medal game. The Czechs, skipped by Jiří Snítil, fell to Denmark's Rasmus Stjerne, who led his team in a 9–6 victory over Snítil and team. The final saw Sweden's Niklas Edin face Norway's Thomas Ulsrud in another rematch of the 2011 World Championships bronze medal game. Norway started out strong and continued to solidify their lead with two crucial steals, but Sweden bounced back with two successive deuces with last rock, tying the game up at 6–6. Ulsrud drew against two Swedish stones in the tenth end to secure Norway their second consecutive championship.
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