The Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships returned to Finland for the second consecutive year, with competition beginning on Saturday 22 November 2025. The A-Division teams returned to the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, while the B-Division teams played at the Pajulahti Sports Centre in Lahti, approximately two hours away. Both competitions run until 29 November 2025. Sweden won both Women’s (7-5 vs Scotland) and Men’s (5-4 vs Switzerland) titles in a double last seen back in 2019.
The Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships are for women’s and men’s teams from World Curling’s European zone. These championships qualify teams for the World Curling Championships. The European championships are divided into A, B and C Divisions. Teams in the A-Division can qualify for the World Curling Championships. Each season, two teams are relegated from the A-Division; in the B-Division two teams are promoted and two are relegated, and in the C-Division two are promoted. The A and B Divisions are played together in November and the C-Division is held in April/May each season.
Denmark, Norway and Sweden were competing in both Mens and Womens A-Division in Lohja (Finland)
The men’s teams were:
🇩🇰 Denmark: skipped by Jacob Schmidt, this team won last season’s B-Division to gain promotion this year
🇧🇻 Norway: skipped by Magnus Ramsfjell, this team won bronze last year
🇸🇪 Sweden: skipped by Niklas Edin, who is making a fifteenth appearance, this team are current Olympic champions. They finished fifth last year, while Edin himself has previously won seven European titles
The women’s teams were:
🇩🇰 Denmark: this team is 2022 Champions. Skip Madeleine Dupont makes a thirteenth European appearance, while her sister Denise marks a fifteenth appearance
🇧🇻 Norway: skipped by Marianne Rørvik, who is making her fourteenth European appearance, this team finished seventh last year
🇸🇪 Sweden: this team are the 2018 Olympic champions, skipped by Anna Hasselborg. They have won the European title twice, and took silver last year
As for the host nation 🇫🇮 Finland competes in both men’s and women’s B-Division
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