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1981 European Curling Championships
1981 European Curling Championships
Host city	Grindelwald, Switzerland
Arena	Sportzentrum
Dates	7–12 December
Men's winner	Switzerland
Skip	Jürg Tanner
Third	Jürg Hornisberger
Second	Patrik Lörtscher
Lead	Franz Tanner
Finalist	Sweden (Göran Roxin)
Women's winner	Switzerland
Curling club	CC Bern, Bern
Skip	Susan Schlapbach
Third	Irene Bürgi
Second	Ursula Schlapbach
Lead	Katrin Peterhans
Finalist	Sweden (Elisabeth Högström)
	« 1980 1982 »

The 1981 European Curling Championships were held from 7 to 12 December at the Sportzentrum arena in Grindelwald, Switzerland.

The Swiss men's team skipped by Jürg Tanner won their third European title, and the Swiss women's team skipped by Susan Schlapbach won their second European title.

For the first time, the men's team of Austria and Finland and women's teams of Austria and Luxembourg took part in the European Championship.

Men's

Teams

Team	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Curling club
Austria	Arthur Fabi	Ludwig Karrer	Manfred Fabi	Dieter Küchenmeister
Denmark	Per Berg	Gert Larsen	Jan Hansen	Michael Harry		Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre
England	Bob Martin	Ronald D. Thornton	John D. Kerr	Michael Thompson
Finland	Isto Kolemainen	Juhani Heinonen	Pekka Sylvander	Keijo Silvan
France	André Tronc	Maurice Mercier	Yves Tronc	Jean-Francois Orset
Germany	Keith Wendorf	Hans Dieter Kiesel	Sven Saile	Heiner Martin
Italy	Giuseppe Dal Molin	Massimo Alvera	Franco Sovilla	Claudio Alvera
Luxembourg	Marco Staedtgen	William Bannerman	Nico Schweich	Guy Schweich
Netherlands	Otto Veening	Robin Claushuis	Gustaf van Imhoff	Sytze van Dam
Norway	Pål Trulsen	Flemming Davanger	Stig-Arne Gunnestad	Kjell Berg
Scotland	Colin Hamilton	W. Michael Dick	David Ramsay	Richard Pretsel
Sweden	Göran Roxin	Björn Rudström	Håkan Rudström	Christer Mårtensson	Hans Timan	Magnus Ladulås CK, Stockholm
Switzerland	Jürg Tanner	Jürg Hornisberger	Patrik Lörtscher	Franz Tanner
Wales	Richard Davis	David Humphreys	Chris Wells	Ray King

Round robin

Group A

	Team	A1	A2	A3	A4	A5	A6	A7	W	L	Place
A1	Austria	*	6:7	5:6	5:8	10:8	6:14	5:7	1	5	6
A2	England	7:6	*	7:9	7:9	10:6	4:14	3:11	2	4	5
A3	France	6:5	9:7	*	3:10	11:3	7:6	4:7	4	2	3
A4	Germany	8:5	9:7	10:3	*	11:4	7:6	5:7	5	1	2
A5	Netherlands	8:10	6:10	3:11	4:11	*	4:9	1:13	0	6	7
A6	Scotland	14:6	14:4	6:7	6:7	9:4	*	4:7	3	3	4
A7	Switzerland	7:5	11:3	7:4	7:5	13:1	7:4	*	6	0	1

Group B

	Team	B1	B2	B3	B4	B5	B6	B7	W	L	Place
B1	Denmark	*	12:5	11:6	6:5	7:6	9:10	13:3	5	1	2
B2	Finland	5:12	*	3:7	7:6	2:13	3:13	3:8^[1]	1	5	7
B3	Italy	6:11	7:3	*	15:3	2:7	3:9	12:2	3	3	4
B4	Luxembourg	5:6	6:7	3:15	*	1:14	2:9	11:9	1	5	5
B5	Norway	6:7	13:2	7:2	14:1	*	7:8	14:2	4	2	3
B6	Sweden	10:9	13:3	9:3	9:2	8:7	*	14:4	6	0	1
B7	Wales	3:13	8:3	2:12	9:11	2:14	4:14	*	1	5	6

Teams to playoffs

Ranking games for 5th-14th places

	For 13th place

	Netherlands	5

	Finland	2

	For 11th place

	Austria	10

	Wales	4

	For 9th place

	England	7

	Luxembourg	6

	For 7th place

	Scotland	6

	Italy	5

	For 5th place

	France	8

	Norway	6

Playoffs

Semifinals			Final

A(1)	Switzerland	5

B(2)	Denmark	1
			Switzerland	8

			Sweden	6
B(1)	Sweden	7

A(2)	Germany	6	Bronze game


			Denmark	10

			Germany	4

Final standings

Place	Team	Skip	GP	W	L
	Switzerland	Jürg Tanner	8	8	0
	Sweden	Göran Roxin	8	7	1
	Denmark	Per Berg	8	6	2
4	Germany	Keith Wendorf	8	5	3
5	France	André Tronc	7	5	2
6	Norway	Pål Trulsen	7	4	3
7	Scotland	Colin Hamilton	7	4	3
8	Italy	Giuseppe Dal Molin	7	3	4
9	England	Bob Martin	7	3	4
10	Luxembourg	Marco Staedtgen	7	1	6
11	Austria	Arthur Fabi	7	2	5
12	Wales	Richard Davis	7	1	6
13	Netherlands	Otto Veening	7	1	6
14	Finland	Isto Kolemainen	7	1	6

Women's