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WCF European Curling Championships B-Tournament 2004

 PWL
Group A   
x – Ireland880
x – Finland871
Austria862
Hungary853
Bulgaria844
Belarus826
Estonia826
Poland826
Andorra808
Group B   
x – England761
x – Czech Republic761
Netherlands752
Spain743
Latvia743
Slovakia725
Greece716
Kazakhstan707

[1]

Semi-Finals   
England2Finland12
Czech Republic4Ireland13
3rd Place   
England5Czech Republic4
Final   
Finland9Ireland2

[1]

WCF European Curling Championships Group A Tournament 2005

 PWL
x – Scotland981
x – Sweden981
x – Switzerland963
t1 – Norway954
t1 – Germany954
Denmark945
Ireland945
Finland936
r – Italy918
r – Russia918

[2]

Tied Playoff 1   
Germany7Norway8
Semi-Finals   
Norway7Scotland4
Sweden8Switzerland5
3rd Place   
Scotland7Switzerland5
Final   
Norway9Sweden4

[2]

WCF European Curling Championships Group A Tournament 2006

 PWL
x – Scotland972
x – Switzerland972
x – Germany963
t2 – Sweden954
t1 – Norway954
t1 – Finland954
t1r – France936
t2r – Denmark936
t1r – Ireland936
r – Wales918

[3]

Tied Playoff 1 Relegation   
Ireland4France5
Tied Playoff 2 Relegation   
Denmark5France6

[3]

Tied Playoff 1   
Finland5Norway6
Tied Playoff 2   
Sweden7Norway6
Place 3 Playoff   
Sweden6Germany4
Place 1 Playoff   
Switzerland9Scotland5
Semi-Final   
Sweden2Scotland5
Final   
Switzerland7Scotland6

[3]

WCF European Curling Championships B-Tournament 2007

 PWL
Group A   
x – Ireland660
x – Spain651
Netherlands642
Austria633
Belgium624
Greece615
Iceland606
Group B   
x – Latvia660
x – England651
Wales642
Lithuania633
Bulgaria624
Belarus615
Serbia606

[4]

Promotion SC1   
England8Hungary5
Promotion SC2   
Russia6Spain7
Promotion C   
Ireland7Czech Republic9
Ireland2Czech Republic9

[4]

Place 3 Playoff   
England3Spain8
Place 1 Playoff   
Ireland9Latvia7
Final   
Spain4Ireland9

[4]

WCF European Curling Championships Group A Tournament 2008

 PWL
Scotland972
Norway972
Germany972
Switzerland963
Denmark954
France945
Czech Republic945
Sweden936
Spain918
Ireland918

[5]

    

WCF European Curling Championships B-Tournament 2009

 PWL
Group A   
x – Russia990
t1 – Netherlands972
t1 – England972
Estonia954
Poland945
Spain945
Bulgaria945
Greece936
Lithuania927
Serbia909
Group B   
x – Hungary981
t2 – Latvia972
t2 – Ireland972
t1 – Wales972
Austria963
Belgium945
Croatia936
Iceland927
Slovakia918
Belarus909

[6]

Promotion B   
Hungary 4Netherlands6
Promotion C   
Denmark6Netherlands2
Denmark10Netherlands5
Tied 2 Playoff   
Ireland9Latvia7
Tied 1 Playoff   
England5Netherlands9
Ireland11Wales4
Place 3 Playoff   
Netherlands9Ireland3
Final   
Russia4Netherlands8

[6]

WCF European Curling Championships B-Tournament 2010

 PWL
Group A   
x – Latvia660
y – Ireland651
Finland642
Wales633
Austria624
Belarus615
Croatia606
Group B   
x – Italy770
y – Slovakia752
Belgium743
Spain743
Estonia734
England734
Hungary725
Greece707

[7]

Promotion B   
Ireland9Slovakia2
Promotion C   
France11Italy5
France7Italy8
France8Italy4

[7]

Place 3 Playoff   
Ireland8Slovakia2
Place 1 Playoff   
Italy5Latvia9
Semi-Final   
Ireland5Italy6
Final   
Latvia7Italy10

[7]

WCF European Curling Championships B-Tournament 2011

 PWL
Group A   
x – Hungary761
y – Russia761
Austria752
Finland743
Spain734
Lithuania725
Slovakia716
Belarus716
Group B   
x – Ireland761
y – England761
Estonia743
Poland743
Belgium743
Wales725
Netherlands725
Croatia707

[8]

Promotion C   
France10Russia4
France10Russia6
Promotion B   
Ireland4England8

[8]

Place 3 Playoff   
England2Russia6
Place 1 Playoff   
Ireland4Hungary6
Semi-Final   
Russia6Ireland3
Final   
Hungary4Russia7

[8]

WCF European Curling Championships B-Tournament 2012

 PWL
Group A   
x – Finland761
t1 – England752
t1 – Italy752
Estonia743
Spain734
Turkey725
Slovakia725
Wales716
Group B   
x – Latvia761
y – Netherlands761
Croatia743
Belgium743
Poland734
Austria725
Lithuania725
Ireland716

[9]

Promotion C   
France11Finland10
France6Finland8
France5Finland6
Promotion B   
Netherlands10England8

[9]

Tied 1 Playoff   
England8Italy4
Place 3 Playoff   
Netherlands7England4
Place 1 Playoff   
Finland5Latvia6
Semi-Final   
Finland7Netherlands4
Final   
Latvia4Finland7

[9]

Report

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From 2004-2012 Ireland competed in the B-Tournament in the European Championships, and twice winning promotion to the A-Tournament, before the loss of Home Ice meant they could no longer compete.

In 2004, they finished top of Group A with a perfect 8-0 record, winning 13-4 in the Semi-Finals against the Czech Republic before losing 9-2 to Finland in the Final, although winning Promotion in the process.

2005 would see Ireland finish with a 4-5 record in the A-Tournament and in joint 6th.

In 2006 the Irish team would finish with a 3-6 record, losing the relegation playoff 5-4 to France.

Back in the B-Tournament for 2007, Ireland would finish top of Group A on 6-0, but lose the Promotion Playoff 9-7 & 9-2 to the Czechs. After winning the Placement Playoff 9-7 against Latvia, Ireland would win the Final 9-4 against Spain.

In the A-Tournament again for 2008 Ireland would finish joint bottom with a 1-8 record and be relegated.

Once again in the B-Tournament for 2009, the Irish would finish joint second in their Group on 7-2, before once again beating Latvia in the Playoffs 9-2, and then going down 9-3 to the Netherlands in the Place 3 Playoff, who would go on to beat Russia in the Final.

In the 2010 Tournament, Ireland would finish runners-up to Latvia in their group with 5 wins and 1 loss, before beating Slovakia 9-2 & 8-2 in the Playoffs, and again losing in the Semi-Finals to the eventual winners, this time Italy on a scoreline of 6-5.

For 2011, Ireland would finish joint top of their group on 6-1 with England, before losing the Playoff to them 8-4, and then in the next Playoff, losing to Hungary 6-4. Once again, for the third year running, Ireland would lose in the Semi-Finals to the eventual winner, Russia this time, 6-3.

Following a disappointing 2012 where Ireland finished bottom of their group on 1-6, they would lose Home Ice, after Dundonald Ice Bowl was no longer available for Curling, and be unable then to compete in the European Championships until returning to the C-Tournament in 2017.

References

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Websites

[1] World Curling Federation (2017) Le Gruyere European Curling Championships 2004 http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/227 [Accessed 10 February 2017]

[2] World Curling Federation (2017) Le Gruyere European Curling Championships 2005 http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/229 [Accessed 10 February 2017]

[3] World Curling Federation (2017) Le Gruyere European Curling Championships 2006 http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/231 [Accessed 10 February 2017]

[4] World Curling Federation (2017) Le Gruyere European Curling Championships 2007 http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/320 [Accessed 10 February 2017]

[5] World Curling Federation (2017) Le Gruyere European Curling Championships 2008 http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/253 [Accessed 10 February 2017]

[6] World Curling Federation (2017) Le Gruyere European Curling Championships 2009 http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/318 [Accessed 10 February 2017]

[7] World Curling Federation (2017) Le Gruyere European Curling Championships 2010 http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/359 [Accessed 10 February 2017]

[8] World Curling Federation (2017) Le Gruyere European Curling Championships 2011 http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/435 [Accessed 10 February 2017]

[9] World Curling Federation (2017) Le Gruyere European Curling Championships 2012 http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/451 [Accessed 10 February 2017]

Images

[10] World Curling Federation (2017) World Curling Federation Logo [Internet] http://www.worldcurling.org/_templates/wcf2014/css/1/images/default.jpg [Accessed 20 June 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Emerson Callender.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 18 December 2018

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