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The 2021 Euro Super Series was a
curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...
event among various countries of Europe. It was held from 31 August to 5 September at the National Curling Academy in
Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
,
Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
. It was the first international competition hosted by the club, which serves as the home club for the top British curlers. The total purse for the event was £6,000 on both the men's and women's sides. Team
Yannick Schwaller Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn) is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. He currently skips his own team out of Geneva. Career Juniors Schwaller skipped the Swiss junior men's team at three straight World Junior Curling Champi ...
of Bern, Switzerland won the men's event, defeating the Scottish rink of
Ross Whyte Ross Whyte (born 31 August 1998) is a Scottish curler. He is a two-time European champion and an Olympic silver medallist. He lives in Stirling, Scotland. Personal life Whyte is currently studying Sports Studies at the University of Stirling. ...
from
Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
5–4 in the final. In a tie game after six ends, Schwaller took a pivotal two points in the seventh, with Whyte only able to reply with one in the eighth and final end. It was Team Schwaller's second win of the
2021–22 curling season The 2021–22 curling season began in June 2021 and ended in May 2022. ''Note: In events with two genders, the men's tournament winners will be listed before the women's tournament winners.'' World Curling Federation events Source: Championshi ...
, as they had won the 2021 Baden Masters the week before. To reach the final, Schwaller went 4–1 through the round robin, only suffering a loss to Team Whyte. They then topped
Bruce Mouat Bruce Mouat (; born 27 August 1994 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish curler. He is an Olympic silver medallist, having skipped Great Britain to a second place finish in the men's team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Mouat had a very su ...
8–2 in the quarterfinals and bested undefeated
Joël Retornaz Joël Thierry Retornaz (born 30 September 1983 in Chêne-Bougeries, Genève, Switzerland) is an Italian curler from Cembra. He was the skip of the Italian men's Olympic curling team in 2006, 2018, and 2022. Retornaz gained sudden renown in It ...
5–4 in the semifinals. Whyte also finished 4–1 in the round robin, however, earned a direct berth to the semifinals thanks to their head-to-head victory against Schwaller. In their semifinal matchup, they defeated
Peter de Cruz Peter Vincent de Cruz (born 4 January 1990) is a Swiss curler. He is an Olympic bronze medallist for Switzerland, having skipped his Swiss rink to a third place finish at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. While de Cruz is the skip of his ...
7–5. On the women's side of the draw, Team GB Red, consisting of
Rebecca Morrison Rebecca Morrison (born 22 August 1996) is a Scottish curler from Glasgow. She currently skips her own team out of Stirling. The team won the 2022 Scottish Curling Championships in Dumfries. Career Rebecca Morrison's national curling career ...
, Lauren Gray,
Jennifer Dodds Jennifer Carmichael "Jenn" Dodds (born 1 October 1991) is a Scottish curler. She currently plays mixed doubles with Bruce Mouat, representing Scotland and Great Britain. She is the 2022 Olympic champion in women's curling and the 2022 World ch ...
and
Mili Smith Mili Smith (born 1 March 1998) is a retired Scottish curler from Perth. She was the alternate on the British team that won the gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Career Juniors Smith was a member of Team GB at the 2016 Winter ...
defeated Team
Isabella Wranå Isabella Marianne Peggy Wranå (born 22 June 1997) is a Swedish curler. She is a former skip of the Swedish junior women's team, with whom she won a World Junior championship in 2017. In 2018, she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of F ...
7–2 in the final to claim the title. With the Olympics looming and Team
Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the br ...
not securing an Olympic spot at the
2021 World Women's Curling Championship The 2021 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2021 LGT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held 30 April to 9 May at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The event was ori ...
, British Curling decided to create a nine-player team that would play in various lineups for the 2021–22 season before they selected who would represent Great Britain at the Olympic Qualification Event in December 2021. Both British teams showed promise, with the GB Blue team of
Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the br ...
, Gina Aitken, Vicky Wright, Sophie Sinclair and alternate
Hailey Duff Hailey Caitlin Rose Duff (born 24 January 1997) is a Scottish curler from Forfar. She is the 2022 Olympic Champion in women's curling. At the international level, she is a curler, playing lead for skip Eve Muirhead. At the national level, ...
going 5–0 through the round robin before dropping their semifinal to Sweden's Wranå. GB Red finished the round robin with a 3–2 record, third in their pool. They beat the defending world champions
Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is currently the reigning women's world champion skip having won the last three championships, in 2019, 2021 and . Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 ...
6–3 in the quarterfinals and then defeated
Daniela Jentsch Daniela Jentsch (born 15 January 1982), previously known as Daniela Driendl, is a German curler from Füssen. She is the skip of the German National Women's Curling Team. Career Jentsch played in her first international competition in 1997 at ...
7–4 in the semifinals.


Men


Teams

The teams are listed as follows:


Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''


Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in British Summer Time ( UTC+01:00).


Draw 1

''Tuesday, 31 August, 8:30 am''


Draw 2

''Tuesday, 31 August, 12:30 pm''


Draw 3

''Tuesday, 31 August, 4:30 pm''


Draw 4

''Tuesday, 31 August, 8:30 pm''


Draw 5

''Wednesday, 1 September, 8:30 am''


Draw 6

''Wednesday, 1 September, 12:30 pm''


Draw 7

''Wednesday, 1 September, 4:30 pm''


Draw 8

''Wednesday, 1 September, 8:30 pm''


Draw 9

''Thursday, 2 September, 8:30 am''


Draw 10

''Thursday, 2 September, 12:30 pm''


Draw 11

''Thursday, 2 September, 4:30 pm''


Draw 12

''Thursday, 2 September, 8:30 pm''


Draw 13

''Friday, 3 September, 8:30 am''


Draw 14

''Friday, 3 September, 12:30 pm''


Draw 15

''Friday, 3 September, 4:30 pm''


Draw 16

''Friday, 3 September, 8:30 pm''


Playoffs


Quarterfinals

''Saturday, 4 September 9:00 am''


Semifinals

''Saturday, 4 September, 1:30 pm''


Final

''Sunday, 5 September, 9:00 am''


Women


Teams

The teams are listed as follows:


Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''


Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in British Summer Time ( UTC+01:00).


Draw 1

''Tuesday, 31 August, 8:30 am''


Draw 2

''Tuesday, 31 August, 12:30 pm''


Draw 3

''Tuesday, 31 August, 4:30 pm''


Draw 4

''Tuesday, 31 August, 8:30 pm''


Draw 5

''Wednesday, 1 September, 8:30 am''


Draw 6

''Wednesday, 1 September, 12:30 pm''


Draw 7

''Wednesday, 1 September, 4:30 pm''


Draw 8

''Wednesday, 1 September, 8:30 pm''


Draw 9

''Thursday, 2 September, 8:30 am''


Draw 10

''Thursday, 2 September, 12:30 pm''


Draw 11

''Thursday, 2 September, 4:30 pm''


Draw 12

''Thursday, 2 September, 8:30 pm''


Draw 13

''Friday, 3 September, 8:30 am''


Draw 14

''Friday, 3 September, 12:30 pm''


Draw 15

''Friday, 3 September, 4:30 pm''


Draw 16

''Friday, 3 September, 8:30 pm''


Playoffs


Quarterfinals

''Saturday, 4 September, 9:00 am''


Semifinals

''Saturday, 4 September, 5:30 pm''


Final

''Sunday, 5 September, 9:00 am''


Notes


References


External links


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