| 2011 European Curling Championships | |
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| Host city | Moscow, Russia |
| Arena | Megasport Arena |
| Dates | December 2–10 |
| Men's winner |  Norway |
| Curling club | Snarøen CC, Oslo |
| Skip | Thomas Ulsrud |
| Third | Torger Nergård |
| Second | Christoffer Svae |
| Lead | Håvard Vad Petersson |
| Alternate | Thomas Løvold |
| Finalist |  Sweden (Niklas Edin) |
| Women's winner |  Scotland |
| Skip | Eve Muirhead |
| Third | Anna Sloan |
| Second | Vicki Adams |
| Lead | Claire Hamilton |
| Alternate | Kay Adams |
| Finalist | Sweden (Margaretha Sigfridsson) |
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The 2011 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from December 2 to 10.[1] The Group C competitions were held from September 30 to October 8 in Tårnby, Denmark.[1]
Scotland's Eve Muirhead, last year's runner-up, won the gold medal in the women's tournament after defeating last year's champions Sweden, skipped by Margaretha Sigfridsson, in the final in eight ends. Russia's Anna Sidorova won the bronze medal over Denmark's Lene Nielsen. In the men's tournament, Thomas Ulsrud and team from Norway successfully defended their title by defeating Sweden's Niklas Edin. Last year's runners-up Denmark, skipped by Rasmus Stjerne, won the bronze medal after defeating Jiří Snítil of the Czech Republic, who led his team to the Czech Republic's best finish at the European Championships so far.
A total of seven men's and seven women's teams qualified for the 2012 World Championships. On the men's side, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Germany, Scotland, and France (who defeated Russia in the World Challenge Games), qualified for the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship and will join hosts Switzerland in competition. On the women's side, Scotland, Russia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic (who defeated Hungary in the World Challenge Games), qualified for the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship and will join defending champions Sweden in competition.
- ^ a b ECF News - Annual General Assembly of the European Curling Federation Archived 2011-02-10 at the Wayback Machine