2025 European Curling Championships

2025 Le Gruyère AOP
European Curling Championships
Host cityLohja, Finland (A divisions)
Lahti, Finland (B divisions)
Östersund, Sweden (C divisions)
ArenaKisakallio Sport Institute (A divisions)
Pajulahti Sports Centre (B divisions)
Östersund Curling Club (C divisions)
DatesNovember 22–29 (A & B divisions)
April 26 – May 1 (C division)
« 2024
2026 »

The 2025 Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships qualify European curling teams for the 2026 World Curling Championships. The A and B division competitions will be held from November 22 to 29 in Finland, with the A division being held at the Kisakallio Sport Institute in Lohja, and the B division being held at the Pajulahti Sports Centre in Lahti.[1] The C division competition will be held from April 26 to May 1 at the Östersund Curling Club in Östersund, Sweden.[2][3]

The top eight men's teams will qualify for the 2026 World Men's Curling Championship and the top seven women's teams with qualify for the 2026 World Women's Curling Championship.

The reigning champions of the 2024 women's edition, Silvana Tirinzoni's Swiss team, will not be able to defend their title after finishing third at the 2024 Swiss Women's Curling Championships,[4] which also served as the sole qualifying tournament for the European Championships.[5]

Medallists

A Division Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women
B Division Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women
C Division Gold Silver Bronze
Men  Latvia
Ritvars Gulbis
Janis Klive
Aivars Avotins
Sandris Buholcs 		 Slovenia
Tomas Tišler
Jure Čulić
Frédéric Rouge
Gašper Uršič
Jakob Omerzel 		 Liechtenstein
Lukas Matt
Peter Prasch
Mauro Liesch
Harald Sprenger
Christian Sprenger
Women  Slovakia
Gabriela Kajanová
Silvia Sýkorová
Daniela Matulová
Linda Haferová
Greta Kapolková 		 Israel
Elana Sone
Andrea Stark
Helen Pokras
Ada Neznamov
Elena Solodkaya 		 Spain
Leyre Viela
Elena Viela
Nerea Viela
Izaro de Ocariz
Olga Khromchenkova

Men

A division

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2025 European Curling Championship:

Event Vacancies Qualified
2024 European Curling Championships A Division 8  Germany
 Scotland
 Norway
 Switzerland
 Sweden
 Italy
 Austria
 Czech Republic
2024 European Curling Championships B Division 2  Denmark
 Poland
TOTAL 10

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

 Austria[6]  Czech Republic  Denmark[7]  Germany  Italy

Skip: Mathias Genner
Third: Jonas Backofen
Second: Martin Reichel
Lead: Florian Mavec
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Fourth: Jonathan Vilandt
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Second: Alexander Qvist
Lead: Mads Nørgaard
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 Norway  Poland  Scotland  Sweden  Switzerland[5]

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Fourth: Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel
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Second: Sven Michel
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Round robin standings

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Teams to Playoffs and Qualified for the 2026 World Men's Curling Championship
Teams Qualified for the 2026 World Men's Curling Championship
Teams Relegated to 2026 B Division
Country Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC
 Austria Mathias Genner 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Czech Republic 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Denmark Jacob Schmidt 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Germany 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Italy 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Norway 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Poland 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Scotland 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Sweden 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Switzerland Yannick Schwaller 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Country Record
1  Austria — D D D D D D D D D 0–0
1  Czech Republic D — D D D D D D D D 0–0
1  Denmark D D — D D D D D D D 0–0
1  Germany D D D — D D D D D D 0–0
1  Italy D D D D — D D D D D 0–0
1  Norway D D D D D — D D D D 0–0
1  Poland D D D D D D — D D D 0–0
1  Scotland D D D D D D D — D D 0–0
1  Sweden D D D D D D D D — D 0–0
1  Switzerland D D D D D D D D D — 0–0

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
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3   Bronze medal game
     
     

Final standings

Key
Teams Advance to the 2026 World Men's Curling Championship
Teams Relegated to 2026 B Division
Place Team
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10

B division

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

 Belgium  England  Estonia  Finland

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 France  Hungary  Ireland  Israel

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 Latvia  Netherlands  Slovakia  Slovenia

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 Spain  Turkey  Ukraine  Wales

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Final standings

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Teams Qualify for 2026 A Division
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C Division

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The teams are listed as follows:[8]

 Andorra  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Georgia  Latvia

Skip: Josep Garcia
Third: Enric Morral
Second: César Mialdea
Lead: Valentín Ortiz

Skip: Mak Dorić
Third: Vladan Savić
Second: Bojan Malis
Lead: Bojan Macar
Alternate: Sinisa Karisik

Skip: Alberto Skendrović
Third: Bojan Gabrić
Second: Davor Dzepina
Lead: Ivan Kapović
Alternate: Zvonimir Lovrić

Skip: Gocha Jeiranashvili
Third: Davit Minasiani
Second: Kakha Kurtanidze
Lead: Eduard Kalandadze
Alternate: Irakil Khechuashvili

Skip: Ritvars Gulbis
Third: Janis Klive
Second: Aivars Avotins
Lead: Sandris Buholcs

 Liechtenstein  Romania  Serbia  Slovenia

Skip: Lukas Matt
Third: Peter Prasch
Second: Mauro Liesch
Lead: Harald Sprenger
Alternate: Christian Sprenger

Skip: Allen Coliban
Third: Cristian Matau
Second: Bogdan Colceriu
Lead: Tudor Mihalca

Skip: Đorđe Nešković
Third: Filip Stojanović
Second: Goran Ungurović
Lead: Viktor Savicević

Skip: Tomas Tišler
Third: Jure Čulić
Second: Frédéric Rouge
Lead: Gašper Uršič
Alternate: Jakob Omerzel

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

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Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L DSC
 Slovenia Tomas Tisler 7 1 1–0 39.02
 Latvia Ritvars Gulbis 7 1 0–1 44.20
 Serbia Đorđe Nešković 5 3 1–0 159.22
 Liechtenstein Lukas Matt 5 3 0–1 128.19
 Andorra Josep Garcia 4 4 – 137.20
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mak Dorić 3 5 1–0 160.25
 Romania Allen Coliban 3 5 0–1 73.69
 Croatia Alberto Skendrović 2 6 – 87.19
 Georgia Gocha Jeiranashvili 0 8 – 181.39
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Country Record
5  Andorra — 7–5 9–4 13–0 4–8 5–6 3–7 9–3 2–10 4–4
6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5–7 — 6–5 11–4 2–8 7–8 8–4 7–8 2–11 3–5
8  Croatia 4–9 5–6 — 15–2 0–19 3–8 8–2 3–7 2–13 2–6
9  Georgia 0–13 4–11 2–15 — 0–26 6–12 1–13 2–12 1–18 0–8
2  Latvia 8–4 8–2 19–0 26–0 — 13–2 12–2 9–3 6–8 7–1
4  Liechtenstein 6–5 8–7 8–3 12–6 2–13 — 7–6 4–5 5–8 5–3
7  Romania 7–3 4–8 2–8 13–1 2–12 6–7 — 3–5 8–3 3–5
3  Serbia 3–9 8–7 7–3 12–2 3–9 5–4 5–3 — 2–7 5–3
1  Slovenia 10–2 11–2 13–2 18–1 8–6 8–5 3–8 7–2 — 7–1

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  Slovenia 11
4  Liechtenstein 3
1  Slovenia 6
2  Latvia 10
2  Latvia 12
3  Serbia 0 Bronze medal game
4  Liechtenstein 7
3  Serbia 4
Semifinals

Thursday, May 1, 10:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovenia (Tišler) 4 0 2 1 4 0 X X 11
 Liechtenstein (Matt) 0 2 0 0 0 1 X X 3
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia (Gulbis) 4 3 1 1 1 2 X X 12
 Serbia (Nešković) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Bronze medal game

Thursday, May 1, 15:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Liechtenstein (Matt) 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 7
 Serbia (Nešković) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
Gold medal game

Thursday, May 1, 15:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovenia (Tišler) 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
 Latvia (Gulbis) 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 X 10

Final standings

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Promoted to 2025 B division
Place Team
 Latvia
 Slovenia
 Liechtenstein
4  Serbia
5  Andorra
6  Bosnia and Herzegovina
7  Romania
8  Croatia
9  Georgia

Women

A division

Qualification

The following nations qualified to participate in the 2025 European Curling Championship:

Event Vacancies Qualified
2024 European Curling Championships A Division 8  Switzerland
 Sweden
 Scotland
 Italy
 Denmark
 Turkey
 Norway
 Lithuania
2024 European Curling Championships B Division 2  Czech Republic
 Germany
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Teams

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 Czech Republic  Denmark[9]  Germany  Italy  Lithuania

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Teams to Playoffs and Qualified for the 2026 World Women's Curling Championship
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 Czech Republic 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Denmark Madeleine Dupont 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Germany 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Italy 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Lithuania 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Norway 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Scotland 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Sweden 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Switzerland Corrie Hürlimann 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Turkey 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Country Record
1  Czech Republic — D D D D D D D D D 0–0
1  Denmark D — D D D D D D D D 0–0
1  Germany D D — D D D D D D D 0–0
1  Italy D D D — D D D D D D 0–0
1  Lithuania D D D D — D D D D D 0–0
1  Norway D D D D D — D D D D 0–0
1  Scotland D D D D D D — D D D 0–0
1  Sweden D D D D D D D — D D 0–0
1  Switzerland D D D D D D D D — D 0–0
1  Turkey D D D D D D D D D — 0–0

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
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Final standings

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B division

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 Austria  England  Estonia  Hungary  Israel

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 Latvia  Netherlands  Poland  Slovakia  Slovenia

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 England 0 0 – 0.00
 Estonia 0 0 – 0.00
 Hungary 0 0 – 0.00
 Israel 0 0 – 0.00
 Latvia 0 0 – 0.00
 Netherlands 0 0 – 0.00
 Poland 0 0 – 0.00
 Slovakia 0 0 – 0.00
 Slovenia 0 0 – 0.00
Round Robin Summary Table
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1  Austria — D D D D D D D D D 0–0
1  England D — D D D D D D D D 0–0
1  Estonia D D — D D D D D D D 0–0
1  Hungary D D D — D D D D D D 0–0
1  Israel D D D D — D D D D D 0–0
1  Latvia D D D D D — D D D D 0–0
1  Netherlands D D D D D D — D D D 0–0
1  Poland D D D D D D D — D D 0–0
1  Slovakia D D D D D D D D — D 0–0
1  Slovenia D D D D D D D D D — 0–0

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
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Final standings

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Teams Qualify for 2026 A Division
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C Division

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The teams are listed as follows:[8]

 Belgium  Finland  Israel  Luxembourg

Fourth: Danielle Berus
Third: Mirte Michiels
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Lead: Elisabeth Rossie
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Skip: Jenni Backman
Third: Susanna Santti
Second: Valentina Lemettinen
Lead: Emilia Nordström
Alternate: Elina Virtäla

Skip: Elana Sone
Third: Andrea Stark
Second: Helen Pokras
Lead: Ada Neznamov
Alternate: Elena Solodkaya

Skip: Virginie Hansen
Third: Shiori Kuboki
Second: Betty Spurgeon
Lead: Maja Bjerg-Petersen
Alternate: Carole Remesch

 Slovakia  Spain  Ukraine

Skip: Gabriela Kajanová
Third: Silvia Sýkorová
Second: Daniela Matulová
Lead: Linda Haferová
Alternate: Greta Kapolková

Skip: Leyre Viela
Third: Elena Viela
Second: Nerea Viela
Lead: Izaro de Ocariz
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Third: Diana Moskalenko
Second: Oleksandra Kononenko
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Final Round Robin Standings

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 Ukraine Yaroslava Kalinichenko 5 1 1–0 98.71
 Slovakia Gabriela Kajanová 5 1 0–1 102.86
 Spain Leyre Viela 4 2 1–0 71.57
 Israel Elana Sone 4 2 0–1 78.35
 Finland Jenni Backman 2 4 – 61.99
 Belgium Kim Catteceur 1 5 – 70.43
 Luxembourg Virginie Hansen 0 6 – 112.06
Round Robin Summary Table
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6  Belgium — 3–10 3–6 7–5 1–5 6–7 4–12 1–5
5  Finland 10–3 — 3–8 8–1 7–10 4–7 2–6 2–4
4  Israel 6–3 8–3 — 7–5 5–8 4–6 9–3 4–2
7  Luxembourg 5–7 1–8 5–7 — 3–9 0–14 3–10 0–6
2  Slovakia 5–1 10–7 8–5 9–3 — 7–4 3–5 5–1
3  Spain 7–6 7–4 6–4 14–0 4–7 — 2–9 4–2
1  Ukraine 12–4 6–2 3–9 10–3 5–3 9–2 — 5–1

Playoffs

Semifinals Gold medal game
      
1  Ukraine 4
4  Israel 7
4  Israel 2
2  Slovakia 9
2  Slovakia 6
3  Spain 5 Bronze medal game
1  Ukraine 3
3  Spain 7
Semifinals

Thursday, May 1, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Kajanová) 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 6
 Spain (Viela) 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Ukraine (Kalinichenko) 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4
 Israel (Sone) 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7
Bronze medal game

Thursday, May 1, 15:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Ukraine (Kalinichenko) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 3
 Spain (Viela) 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 X 7
Gold medal game

Thursday, May 1, 15:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Slovakia (Kajanová) 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 X 9
 Israel (Sone) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2

Final standings

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Promoted to 2025 B division
Place Team
 Slovakia
 Israel
 Spain
4  Ukraine
5  Finland
6  Belgium
7  Luxembourg

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