The inaugural 2005

European Mixed Curling Championship The European Mixed Curling Championship was a mixed curling tournament held annually in the autumn for European nations. The first tournament was held in 2005. The European Mixed Curling Championship was replaced with a World Mixed Curling Champi ...

was held from October 18 to 22, 2005 at the Canillo Ice Arena in

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, skipped by

Markku Uusipaavalniemi Markku Uusipaavalniemi (born 23 November 1966 in Karkkila) is a Finnish curler and former politician. Curling career Uusipaavalniemi was the skip of Team Finland for the first time in the mid-1990s. Most (but not all) of Finland's curling med ...

, won its first title, defeating Sweden in the final.

Teams

The teams are as follows:

Round Robin

In every group: two best teams to playoffs.

Group A

: Teams to playoffs

Group B

: Teams to playoffs

Group C

: Teams to playoffs

Group D

: Team to playoffs : Teams to tie-break for 2nd place

Tie-break

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

References

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