1999 European Curling Championships

1999 European Curling Championships
Host city	Chamonix, France
Dates	December 4–11, 1999
Men's winner	Scotland
Curling club	Inverness CC, Inverness
Skip	Hammy McMillan
Third	Warwick Smith
Second	Ewan MacDonald
Lead	Peter Loudon
Alternate	James Dryburgh
Coach	Mike Hay
Finalist	Denmark
Women's winner	Norway
Curling club	Snarøen CC, Oslo
Skip	Dordi Nordby
Third	Hanne Woods
Second	Marianne Aspelin
Lead	Cecilie Torhaug
Coach	Torger Nergård
Finalist	Sweden

The 1999 European Curling Championships were held in Chamonix, France December 4–11.

Men's

A Tournament

Group A

Team	Skip	W	L
Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	4	1
Switzerland	Patrick Hürlimann	4	1
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	4	1
France	Thierry Mercier	2	3
Netherlands	Wim Neeleman	1	4
Czech Republic	Karel Kubeska	0	5

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Kubeska)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	4
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Mercier)	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	X	7
Netherlands (Neeleman)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	3

Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Kubeska)	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
Netherlands (Neeleman)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	4	12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Mercier)	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	4
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	X	7

Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Kubeska)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	3
France (Mercier)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	3	X	10
Netherlands (Neeleman)	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	6
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	5

Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (Neeleman)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	1
Sweden (Lindholm)	4	0	2	3	0	1	X	X	X	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	4	0	X	10
France (Mercier)	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	X	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	5	1	1	1	0	X	X	X	9
Czech Republic (Kubeska)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	2

Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Mercier)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	X	8
Czech Republic (Kubeska)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Netherlands (Neeleman)	0	1	1	0	3	0	X	X	X	X	5
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	5	0	0	4	0	4	X	X	X	X	13

Group B

Team	Skip	W	L
Scotland	Hammy McMillan	4	1
Denmark	Ulrik Schmidt	3	2
Norway	Pål Trulsen	3	2
Germany	Daniel Herberg	3	2
Russia	Alexey Tselousov	2	3
England	Mark Copperwheat	0	5

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (McMillan)	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	X	7
Norway (Trulsen)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	7
Germany (Herberg)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Tselousov)	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	X	6
England (Copperwheat)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	3

Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	X	X	10
England (Copperwheat)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Tselousov)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	2
Scotland (McMillan)	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Trulsen)	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	3	X	11
Germany (Herberg)	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	5

Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Tselousov)	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	X	8
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Trulsen)	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	X	9
England (Copperwheat)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Herberg)	2	0	3	0	0	1	4	X	X	X	10
Scotland (McMillan)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	X	X	X	3

Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Herberg)	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	0	3	X	10
Russia (Tselousov)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Trulsen)	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	X	8
Denmark (Schmidt)	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	2	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
England (Copperwheat)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	4
Scotland (McMillan)	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	6

Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
England (Copperwheat)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	3
Germany (Herberg)	2	0	2	2	1	1	2	X	X	X	10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Tselousov)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
Norway (Trulsen)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (McMillan)	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	2	X	9
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	4

B Tournament

Team	Skip	W	L
Italy	Stefano Ferronato	3	0
Luxembourg	Hanjörg Bless	2	1
Austria	Alois Kreidl	1	2
Bulgaria	Lubomir Velinov	0	3

Challenge Games

Winning teams advance to Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Mercier)	0	3	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	X	9
Italy (Ferronato)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	X	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Herberg)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	4
Luxembourg (Bless)	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	5

Playoffs

	Quarterfinal					Semi-final					Final
	Norway		5
	Switzerland		8
						Scotland		9
						Switzerland		2
	Scotland		8
	France		7
											Scotland		6
											Denmark		5
	Sweden		6
	Denmark		9
						Denmark		11
						Finland		4
	Luxembourg		4
	Finland		5

	Bronze medal
	Switzerland		4
	Finland		9

Quarterfinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Trulsen)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
France (Mercier)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	7
Scotland (McMillan)	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	2	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	X	9
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	X	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	5
Luxembourg (Bless)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4

Semifinals

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	3	0	1	5	0	0	2	0	X	X	11
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	X	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2
Scotland (McMillan)	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	X	X	X	9

Bronze Medal Game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Hürlimann)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	0	1	0	0	4	0	3	0	1	X	9

Gold Medal Game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	5
Scotland (McMillan)	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	6

Medals

Medal	Team
Gold	Scotland (Hammy McMillan, Warwick Smith, Ewan MacDonald, Peter Loudon, and James Dryburgh)
Silver	Denmark (Ulrik Schmidt, Lasse Lavrsen, Brian Hansen, Carsten Svensgaard, and Bo Jensen)
Bronze	Finland (Markku Uusipaavalniemi, Wille Mäkelä, Tommi Häti, Jari Laukkanen, and Raimo Lind)

Women's

Group A

Team	Skip	W	L
Sweden	Margaretha Lindahl	5	1
Switzerland	Luzia Ebnöther	5	1
Germany	Andrea Schöpp	5	1
France	Audé Bénier	3	3
England	Sarah Johnston	2	4
Czech Republic	Paula Rubasova	1	5
Netherlands	Marie José Tiemstra	0	6

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindahl)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
Germany (Schöpp)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
England (Johnston)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
Netherlands (Tiemstra)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Bénier)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12
Czech Republic (Rubasova)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2

Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9
Czech Republic (Rubasova)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindahl)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
England (Johnston)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12
Netherlands (Tiemstra)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2

Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
Sweden (Lindahl)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
France (Bénier)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
England (Johnston)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12
Czech Republic (Rubasova)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2

Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindahl)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17
Netherlands (Tiemstra)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11
Czech Republic (Rubasova)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Bénier)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9
England (Johnston)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7

Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Rubasova)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10
Netherlands (Tiemstra)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
France (Bénier)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13
England (Johnston)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6

Draw 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindahl)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11
Czech Republic (Rubasova)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
France (Bénier)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11
Netherlands (Tiemstra)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0

Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13
Netherlands (Tiemstra)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ebnöther)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13
England (Johnston)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindahl)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
France (Bénier)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4

Group B

Team	Skip	W	L
Norway	Dordi Nordby	5	1
Scotland	Rhona Martin	5	1
Denmark	Lene Bidstrup	4	2
Russia	Nina Golovtchenko	3	3
Italy	Giulia Lacedelli	2	4
Finland	Jaana Jokela	2	4
Bulgaria	Zveta Bacheva	0	6

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Golovtchenko)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
Italy (Lacedelli)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Jokela)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11
Bulgaria (Bacheva)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
Scotland (Martin)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7

Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Martin)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14
Bulgaria (Bacheva)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
Italy (Lacedelli)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Golovtchenko)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
Denmark (Bidstrup)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5

Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Bidstrup)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10
Norway (Nordby)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Martin)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
Finland (Jokela)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Lacedelli)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11
Bulgaria (Bacheva)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4

Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
Russia (Golovtchenko)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Bidstrup)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11
Bulgaria (Bacheva)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Lacedelli)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
Finland (Jokela)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5

Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Bidstrup)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
Finland (Jokela)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Martin)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11
Italy (Lacedelli)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Golovtchenko)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10
Bulgaria (Bacheva)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6

Draw 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15
Bulgaria (Bacheva)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Martin)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
Denmark (Bidstrup)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Jokela)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9
Russia (Golovtchenko)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5

Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Bidstrup)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
Italy (Lacedelli)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Martin)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11
Russia (Golovtchenko)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
Finland (Jokela)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2

Playoffs

	Quarterfinal					Semi-final					Final
	Sweden		8
	Russia		6
						Sweden		7
						Scotland		5
	Germany		2
	Scotland		3
											Sweden		4
											Norway		5
	Switzerland		7
	Denmark		3
						Switzerland		5
						Norway		7
	France		6
	Norway		11

	Bronze medal
	Scotland		5
	Switzerland		9

Medals

Medal	Team
Gold	Norway (Dordi Nordby, Hanne Woods, Marianne Aspelin, and Cecilie Torhaug)
Silver	Sweden (Margaretha Lindahl, Ulrika Bergman, Anna Bergström, Maria Zackrisson, and Maria Engholm)
Bronze	Switzerland (Luzia Ebnöther, Nicole Strausak, Tanya Frei, Nadia Raspe, and Laurence Bidaud)

References

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• Women: