2011 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of the 2011 European Curling Championships took place in Moscow, Russia from December 2 to 10. The winners of the Group C tournament in Tarnby, Denmark will move on to the Group B tournament. The top seven women's teams at the 2011 European Curling Championships, Scotland, Russia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic, will join defending champions Sweden in representing their respective nations at the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The Czech Republic won the World Challenge Games over Group B winners Hungary to claim the last berth to the worlds.

2011 European Curling Championships Women's tournament
Host city	Moscow, Russia
Arena	Megasport Arena
Dates	December 2–10
Winner	Scotland
Skip	Eve Muirhead
Third	Anna Sloan
Second	Vicki Adams
Lead	Claire Hamilton
Alternate	Kay Adams
Finalist	Sweden (Margaretha Sigfridsson)

Events at the 2011 European Curling Championships
Men's Tournament
	Group A	Group B	Group C
Women's Tournament
	Group A	Group B	Group C

In the Group A competitions, Sweden emerged from the round robin undefeated, with Denmark and Scotland trailing with one and two losses, respectively.[1] Russia defeated Germany in the tiebreaker to qualify for the playoffs.[2] The page playoffs saw defending champions Sweden trounce Denmark in eight ends and Scotland edge past Russia in an extra end.[3] Scotland crushed Denmark in the semifinal in eight ends with a score of 10–2, and Denmark dropped to the bronze medal game.[4] Home team Russia, skipped by Anna Sidorova, wrapped up a respectable performance with a 13–7 win over Denmark's Lene Nielsen. The final saw Sweden's Margaretha Sigfridsson, a lead at last year's championships, faced Scotland's Eve Muirhead in a rematch of the 2010 European Curling Championships gold medal game. An error-prone Sweden allowed Scotland to steal points in four of the first five ends before scoring a single point in the sixth. After two ends where both teams traded singles, bringing the game up to 6–2, Sweden conceded and gave Scotland their second championship title, their first since Betty Law led Scotland to win the inaugural championships in 1975.[5]

The Group C competitions in Tårnby, Denmark saw Poland and Slovakia advance to the Group B competitions, after Slovakia defeated France in the semifinal. They joined eight other teams in Group B and played a round robin. In the page playoffs, Hungary advanced straight to the final after defeating Finland in the 1 vs. 2 game, while Poland advanced to the semifinal against Finland after defeating Slovakia. Finland won the semifinal over Poland, sending Poland to the bronze medal game to face Slovakia again. In their third meeting in the week, Slovakia finally triumphed over Poland by stealing the last two ends, winning with a score of 7–6. Hungary defeated Finland in a low-points affair to win the Group B competitions. As a result, Hungary and Finland advanced to the 2012 Women's Group A competitions, replacing Latvia and Norway, and Ireland and Wales were relegated to the 2012 Women's Group C competitions.