The 1979 European Curling Championships were held from November 18 to 24 at the Palaghiaccio arena in Varese, Italy.

The Scottish men's team won their first European title, and the Swiss women's team won their first European title.

For the first time, the men's team of Wales took part in the European Championship.

Men's

Teams Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Curling club Per Berg Gert Larsen Jan Hansen Michael Harry Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Tony Atherton Frank Kershaw Tony Fraser John D. Kerr Daniel Paris Serge Ferracani Joel Vantadour Antonio Barca Keith Wendorf Balint von Bery Heino von L'Estocq Peter Fischer-Weppler Munchener EV, Munich Giuseppe Dal Molin Andrea Pavani Giancarlo Valt Enea Pavani CC Tofane, Cortina d’Ampezzo Eric Harmsen Robert Harmsen Otto Veening Wim Neeleman Kristian Sørum Eigil Ramsfjell Gunnar Meland Harald Ramsfjell Bygdøy CC, Oslo Jimmy Waddell Willie Frame Jim Forrest George Bryan Hamilton & Thornyhill CC, Hamilton Jan Ullsten Anders Thidholm Anders Nilsson Hans Söderström Bertil Timan Härnösands CK, Härnösand Karl Grossman Hans Peter Nauer Willi Bless Heinz Meierhofer John Stone David Humphreys Gordon Vickers Peter Hodgkinson

Round robin Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 W LPlaceA1 * 9:7 6:8 1:9 8:210:4 6:3 7:9 7:8 3:2 6:9 5 5 6A2 7:9 * 3:9 9:6 4:715:14:14 5:75:115:119:10 2 8 10A3 8:6 9:3 * 4:94:10 7:9 2:9 5:7 7:43:1019:3 4 6 8A4 9:1 6:9 9:4 * 4:114:11 6:7 6:9 8:6 4:8 8:4 4 6 7A5 2:8 7:410:411:4 * 14:2 6:5 6:5 5:6 3:216:3 8 2 2A6 4:101:15 9:711:42:14 * 6:135:133:124:10 7:8 2 8 11A7 3:614:4 9:2 7:6 5:613:6 * 7:5 5:9 4:515:2 6 4 4A8 9:7 7:5 7:5 9:6 5:613:5 5:7 * 5:7 9:414:1 7 3 3A9 8:711:5 4:7 6:8 6:512:3 9:5 7:5 * 8:6 9:3 8 2 1A10 2:311:510:3 8:4 2:310:4 5:4 4:9 6:8 * 8:2 6 4 4A11 9:610:93:19 4:83:16 8:72:151:14 3:9 2:8 * 3 7 9 Teams to playoffs Teams to tiebreaker

Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Final standings Place Team SkipGPWL Jimmy Waddell 12 9 3 Jan Ullsten 12 9 3 Giuseppe Dal Molin 11 8 3 Kristian Sørum 12 7 5 5 Karl Grossman 11 6 5 6 Per Berg 10 5 5 7 Keith Wendorf 10 4 6 8 Daniel Paris 10 4 6 9 John Stone 10 3 7 10 Tony Atherton 10 2 8 11 Eric Harmsen 10 2 8

Women's

Teams Team Skip Third Second Lead Curling club Birgitte Jacobsen Jytte Berg Karen Eriksen Karina Blach Janette Forrest Enid Logan Dorothy Shell Mary Aitchison Huguette Jullien Suzanne Parodi Jean Albert Sulpice (?)Mistake in WCF results and statistics database, because Jean Albert Sulipice is a man competed for France on three World Curling Championships (, , ). Erna Gay Susi Kiesel Gisela Lunz Hildegard Meier Trudi Benzing Maria-Grazzia Constantini Tea Valt Ann Lacedelli Marina Pavani Ellen Githmark Trine Trulsen Ingvill Githmark Kirsten Vaule Beth Lindsay Ann McKellar Jeanette Johnston May Taylor Birgitta Törn Katarina Hultling Susanne Gynning-Ödling Gunilla Bergman Amatörföreningens CK, Stockholm Gaby Casanova Betty Bourquin Linda Thommen Rosi Manger Basel-Albeina CC, Basel

Round robin Team A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 W LPlaceA1 * 8:6 8:75:11 4:7 9:58:121:143:14 3 5 7A2 6:8 * 4:126:12 9:41:155:114:103:13 1 7 9A3 7:812:4 * 4:1011:1015:123:107:1311:4 4 4 4A4 11:512:610:4 * 5:96:107:114:15 8:9 3 5 6A5 7:4 4:910:11 9:5 * 7:33:195:11 3:7 3 5 5A6 5:915:112:1510:6 3:7 * 8:12 5:71:12 2 6 8A7 12:811:510:311:719:312:8 * 3:56:13 6 2 3A8 14:110:413:715:411:5 7:5 5:3 * 7:5 8 0 1A9 14:313:34:11 9:8 7:312:113:6 5:7 * 6 2 2 Team to final Teams to semifinal

Playoffs

Final standings Place Team SkipGPWL Gaby Casanova 10 8 2 Birgitta Törn 9 8 1 Beth Lindsay 9 6 3 4 Huguette Jullien 8 4 4 5 Maria-Grazzia Constantini 8 3 5 6 Susi Kiesel 8 3 5 7 Birgitte Jacobsen 8 3 5 8 Ellen Githmark 8 2 6 9 Janette Forrest 8 1 7

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