Qualification for the WCC Completed

curling competition

February 2, 2012

Qualification process for the World Curling Championships has been completed and the whole curling season 2011/2012 comes to grand finish.

Two European (Oestersund – Sweden, Basel – Switzerland) and one Canadian (Lethbridge) venues will welcome junior, mens and womens teams from all around the world to compete. Let us cross fingers for European teams to get first Olympic points and for junior teams to qualify for next World.

ECF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2011

December 10, 2011

At the Annual General Meeting held on December 8, 2011 the members of the European Curling Federation (ECF) agreed that the ECF Board may confer the title of “European Curling Center” to those European Curling arenas, which guarantee the fulfilment of a certain list of critera. These are:

ECC 2011 MEN'S FINAL

December 10, 2011

The men’s final of the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2011 in Moscow was between defending champions Norway, led by Olympic silver medallist Thomas Ulsrud and the 2009 champions Sweden, skipped by Niklas Edin.

These two teams had produced two tight encounters earlier in the week and this time round it was Norway who had the better start.

ECC 2011 WOMEN'S FINAL

December 10, 2011

The women’s final at the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2011 in Moscow was between unbeaten Sweden and a Scottish team that started the event poorly but kept improving as the week went on.

The Scots came out on top, overwhelming Sweden to win by 8-2 in just eight ends.