2008 European Curling Championships
- 2008 European Curling Championships
The 2008 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships will be held at Swedbank Arena in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden December 6-13, 2008. After the June 30, 2008 deadline, it was announced that 54 teams from 31 European countries will compete. With 20 B-Group men's teams, they will be divided into 2 divisions or 10 each. With 12 B-Group women's teams, they will be divided into 2 divisions of 6. [cite web|url=http://www.ecf-web.org/ecc_system.html|title=ECC System of Play|language=english|accessdate=2008-07-12]
Teams
The B-Groups will be determined later based on registered teams. On the men's side FIN and ITA will be top seeded and on the women's side AUT and FIN will also be top seeded.
Broadcasting
There is news that the Swedish national television ( [Sveriges Television|SVT] ) will broadcast four round robin games involving Sweden and follow Sweden through the play-off rounds. [ [http://www.ecc2008.se/en/news.cfm?ID=19 The EC in curling covered live by the Swedish Television] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.ecc2008.se/en/ Official Website of the 2008 European Curling Championships]
* [http://www.ecf-web.org/ European Curling Federation]
* [http://www.svt.se/ SVT]
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