EM i curling till Helsingborg 2019

Tidigare i veckan presenterade Svensk Curling nyheten att den nystartade Världscupen kommer att arrangeras i Jönköping, Sverige i januari 2019. Och idag presenteras nästa stora nyhet för kommande internationella mästerskap. I november 2019 kan helsingborgarna se curling i världsklass när EM för damer och herrar arrangeras i Helsingborg på Olympiarinken. Sverige har arrangerat EM vid fyra tillfällen (2012, 2008, 1994 och 1983) men aldrig tidigare i den sydligaste regionen.

– Helsingborg och hela region Skåne har stor potential för tillväxt av vår sport och att få presentera ytterligare ett stort internationellt mästerskap i Sverige känns fantastiskt. De inledande samtalen med Helsingborg, region Skåne och den lokala klubben startade för tre år sedan och vi är glada att idag kunna presentera Helsingborg som värdstad för Europamästerskapen i Curling 2019. Det är ett stort evenemang som inkluderar damer och herrar i både A- och B-grupp med totalt 46 lag, säger Stefan Lund, generalsekreterare på Svenska Curlingförbundet.

Mästerskapet genomförs av Helsingborgs Curlingklubb med stöd av Helsingborgs stad, Event in Skåne, Svenska Curlingförbundet och World Curling Federation.

– Det är en ära för oss i Helsingborgs Curlingklubb att få arrangera ett Europamästerskap i Helsingborg, det första någonsin! Nu hoppas vi att många från Helsingborg med omnejd tar chansen att besöka mästerskapet och se våra världsspelare på isen, säger Emma Pettersson, projektledare för EM i curling 2019 och ordförande i Helsingborgs Curlingklubb.

– Efter en längre tids samarbete med Helsingborgs Curlingklubb och Svenska Curlingförbundet har vi nu lyckats få ett Europamästerskap i curling till Helsingborg! Det innebär många nya besökare till vår stad och att helsingborgarna får möjlighet att uppleva curling i världsklass på hemmaplan, säger Johan Lundell, chef för Helsinborg Convention & Event Bureau.

EM för damer och herrrar arrangeras 15-23 november 2019. Över 400 tävlande beräknas komma till Helsingborg under mästerskapet. Totalt spelas över 100 matcher och 46 lag från 26 länder deltar.

För mer information, vänligen kontakta:


Emma Pettersson, projektledare EM Curling 2019, 073-1559965
Stefan Lund, generalsekreterare Svenska Curlingförbundet, 070-209 22 95

Johan Lundell, chef Helsingborg Convention & Event Bureau, 042-10 43 84

Caroline Nilsson, Helsingborg Convention & Event Bureau,
caroline.nilsson@helsingborg.se, 0732-31 59 55

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Press release from World Curling Federation – English version
For immediate release: Thursday 16 August 2018
CURLING: 

Sweden to host European Curling Championships for fifth time in 2019

Helsingborg, Sweden

– The Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2019 will be held in Helsingborg, Sweden between 15 and 23 November.

The event will take place in Helsingborg’s Ice Rinks, in The Olympia Park. The A-Division will be staged in the Olympic A Hall. The B-Division will take place in the same venue in the B Hall, on the same dates.

This will be the fifth time the Swedish Curling Association has held a European Curling Championships. The previous times were in Karlstad in 2012, Ornskoldsvik in 2008, Sundsvall in 1994 and Vasteraes in 1983.

The European Curling Championships 2019 is not the only World Curling event that will be held in Sweden in 2019. The third leg of the new Curling World Cup will be played in Jonkoping from 30 January to 3 February.

World Curling Federation President, Kate Caithness, said: “We are delighted to be taking our European Curling Championships back to Sweden.

“Swedish Curling are a prominent force on the international stage at the moment, with their women’s team skipped by Anna Hasselborg Olympic champions and the men’s team by Niklas Edin the current World champions.

“We greatly appreciate the energy and investment the Swedish Curling Association put into our sport and I have no doubt that this festival of curling – which will feature 46 teams from across Europe – will be a great event.”

The European Curling Championships are for women’s and men’s teams from the World Curling Federation’s European zone and involve qualification for the next World Curling Championships. They are divided into A, B and C-Divisions. Traditionally the A and B Divisions are held together in November, with the C-Division earlier in the year, in April/May.

What the organisers say

Johan Lundell, Director of Helsingborg Convention and Event Bureau, said: “After a long time collaborating with Helsingborg’s Curling Club we can now gladly announce that the European championships, in curling, is coming to Helsingborg, which is really exciting news.

“This will bring many new visitors to our city and our citizens will be given the opportunity to experience world-class curling in their home town. As the competition is of great interest to sports enthusiasts throughout Europe we hope for great media attention around the world.”

Pehr Palm, CEO of Event Skåne, said: “We are excited and proud to welcome the European Curling Championships to [the Swedish region of] Skåne. This event will boost the interest for sport in the south of Sweden.”

Michael Marklund, President of the Swedish Curling Association, said: “Congratulations to Helsingborg and Sweden. We welcome this event and support it. Now we can present the best of world curling on our home ground.”

Emma Pettersson, of the Helsingborg local organising committee, said: “It is an honour for Helsingborg Curling Club, together with our Swedish partners and the World Curling Federation, to host the European Curling Championships 2019. We look forward to meeting everyone that comes and welcoming them to Helsingborg.”

About Helsingborg

Helsingborg is the second largest city in the southern region Scania (Skåne). It is full of history, ancient and modern, Danish and Swedish. This part of Sweden offers so much beauty, right on your doorstep. There are few other places with such variety in such close proximity.

The coastal city Helsingborg, is located in the heart of the dynamic Greater Copenhagen area which is home to 3.6 million people and with a highly advanced system of infrastructure. Helsingborg has it all, sandy beaches, beech woods, old fishing villages, urban settings and a beautiful countryside.

Helsingborg is a communication hub for both national and international road, rail and ferry traffic. Copenhagen airport, Kastrup, is only one hour away by road or rail. Another option is to take the train from Kastrup to Elsinore (Denmark) and then a twenty minute ferry to Helsingborg (Sweden).

Helsingborg has all the advantages of a small town while being able to offer the wide variety of amenities expected of a large town. You can reach just about everything on foot – hotels, accomodation, ice rinks and a generous number of restaurants, cafés, parks and shops within easy walking distance.

You can follow the work of the World Curling Federation on Twitter, Instagram (@worldcurling) and Facebook (/WorldCurlingFederation) and by searching the hashtag #curling

Notes to Editors

About the World Curling Federation www.worldcurling.org

The World Curling Federation is the international sport federation governing the Olympic winter sports of curling and the Paralympic winter sport of wheelchair curling. The World Curling Federation is one of seven International Federations currently part of the Olympic Winter Games programme. It represents 60 Member Associations and is generally acknowledged to direct one of the fastest-growing international winter sports.

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For further information, please contact:

Cameron MacAllister
Communications and Media Relations Manager
World Curling Federatione
media@worldcurling.org