The 2022 Le Gruyère AOP
European Curling Championships
The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December. The tournament also acts as a qualifier for the World ...
was held in May and November 2022, to qualify European
curling
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teams for the 2023
World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...
. The A and B division competitions were held from November 18 to 26 at the
Ă–stersund Arena
Ă–stersund Arena is a multi-purpose venue in Ă–stersund, Sweden. The arena can be used for curling, ice hockey, field hockey, figure skating, gymnastics. The arena opened in 2013, and replaced the Z-hallen for the Ă–stersunds IK ice hockey team.
...
in
Ă–stersund
Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...
,
Sweden
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. The C division competition was held from April 30 to May 5 at the Kaunas Ice Palace in
Kaunas
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,
Lithuania
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.
The top eight men's and women's team qualified for the
2023 World Men's Curling Championship and the
2023 World Women's Curling Championship respectively. Sweden, the host of the women's world championship, automatically qualified as one of the eight European entrants. Because of the inaugural
Pan Continental Curling Championships
The Pan Continental Curling Championships are an annual curling tournament, held every year in late October or early November. The event is used to qualify teams from the America and Pacific-Asia zones for the World Curling Championships, with th ...
, the European Championship have a set number of qualifiers for the World Championships for the first time. As a result, the
World Qualification Event
The World Qualification Event was an annual curling tournament first held in 2019 by the World Curling Federation. Eight men's and women's teams who had not already qualified for the World Curling Championships competed for the final two spots in ...
has been discontinued.
Medalists
Men
A division
Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2022 European Curling Championship:
=Russian participation
=
As part of international sports' reaction to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
, on September 23, the World Curling Federation made the decision to remove Russian and Belarusian teams from the 2022 European Curling Championships.
Because the Russian men's team qualified for the 2022 A Division through the 2021 B Division, their spot was filled by the next placing team in the 2021 B Division, which was Spain.
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round robin standings
''Final Round Robin Standings''
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in
Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer.
A number of African countries use UTC+0 ...
(
UTC+03:00).
=Draw 1
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''Saturday, November 19, 9:00''
=Draw 2
=
''Saturday, November 19, 19:00''
=Draw 3
=
''Sunday, November 20, 14:00''
=Draw 4
=
''Monday, November 21, 8:00''
=Draw 5
=
''Monday, November 21, 16:00''
=Draw 6
=
''Tuesday, November 22, 9:00''
=Draw 7
=
''Tuesday, November 22, 19:00''
=Draw 8
=
''Wednesday, November 23, 14:00''
=Draw 9
=
''Thursday, November 24, 8:00''
Playoffs
=Semifinal 1
=
''Thursday, November 24, 20:00''
=Semifinal 2
=
''Friday, November 25, 9:00''
=Bronze medal game
=
''Friday, November 25, 19:00''
=Gold medal game
=
''Saturday, November 26, 13:00''
Player percentages
''Round Robin only''
Final standings
B division
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round robin standings
''Final Round Robin Standings''
Relegation round
=Semifinals
=
''Friday, November 25, 13:00''
=Final
=
''Friday, November 25, 19:30''
Playoffs
=Qualification games
=
''Friday, November 25, 13:00''
=Semifinals
=
''Friday, November 25, 19:30''
=Bronze medal game
=
''Saturday, November 26, 9:00''
=Gold medal game
=
''Saturday, November 26, 9:00''
Final standings
C division
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round robin standings
''Final Round Robin Standings''
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in
Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer.
A number of African countries use UTC+0 ...
(
UTC+03:00).
=Draw 1
=
''Saturday, April 30, 17:00''
=Draw 2
=
''Sunday, May 1, 8:00''
=Draw 4
=
''Sunday, May 1, 16:00''
=Draw 6
=
''Monday, May 2, 8:00''
=Draw 8
=
''Monday, May 2, 16:00''
=Draw 10
=
''Tuesday, May 3, 8:00''
=Draw 12
=
''Tuesday, May 3, 16:00''
=Draw 14
=
''Wednesday, May 4, 9:00''
=Draw 16
=
''Wednesday, May 4, 19:00''
Playoffs
=Semifinals
=
''Thursday, May 5, 9:30''
=Bronze medal game
=
''Thursday, May 5, 15:30''
=Gold medal game
=
''Thursday, May 5, 15:30''
Final standings
Women
A division
Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2022 European Curling Championship:
=Russian participation
=
As part of international sports' reaction to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
, on September 23, the World Curling Federation made the decision to remove Russian and Belarusian teams from the 2022 European Curling Championships.
Because the Russian women's team qualified for the 2022 A Division, their spot was filled by the next placing team in the 2021 B Division, which was Hungary.
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round robin standings
''Final Round Robin Standings''
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in
Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer.
A number of African countries use UTC+0 ...
(
UTC+03:00).
=Draw 1
=
''Friday, November 18, 20:00''
=Draw 2
=
''Saturday, November 19, 14:00''
=Draw 3
=
''Sunday, November 20, 9:00''
=Draw 4
=
''Sunday, November 20, 19:00''
=Draw 5
=
''Monday, November 21, 12:00''
=Draw 6
=
''Monday, November 21, 20:00''
=Draw 7
=
''Tuesday, November 22, 14:00''
=Draw 8
=
''Wednesday, November 23, 9:00''
=Draw 9
=
''Wednesday, November 23, 19:00''
Playoffs
=Semifinal 1
=
''Thursday, November 24, 12:00''
=Semifinal 2
=
''Thursday, November 24, 16:00''
=Bronze medal game
=
''Friday, November 25, 14:00''
=Gold medal game
=
''Saturday, November 26, 9:00''
Player percentages
''Round Robin only''
Final standings
B division
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round robin standings
''Final Round Robin Standings''
Playoffs
=Semifinals
=
''Friday, November 25, 19:30''
=Bronze medal game
=
''Saturday, November 26, 9:00''
=Gold medal game
=
''Saturday, November 26, 9:00''
Final standings
C division
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:
Round robin standings
''Final Round Robin Standings''
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in
Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer.
A number of African countries use UTC+0 ...
(
UTC+03:00).
=Draw 3
=
''Sunday, May 1, 12:00''
=Draw 5
=
''Sunday, May 1, 20:00''
=Draw 7
=
''Monday, May 2, 12:00''
=Draw 9
=
''Monday, May 2, 20:00''
=Draw 11
=
''Tuesday, May 3, 12:00''
=Draw 13
=
''Tuesday, May 3, 20:00''
=Draw 15
=
''Wednesday, May 4, 14:00''
Playoffs
=Semifinals
=
''Thursday, May 5, 9:30''
=Bronze medal game
=
''Thursday, May 5, 15:30''
=Gold medal game
=
''Thursday, May 5, 15:30''
Final standings
References
External links
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* (A division, women)
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* (C division, men)
* (C division, women)
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The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December. The tournament also acts as a qualifier for the World ...
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The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December. The tournament also acts as a qualifier for the World ...