Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) lost
5-4 to
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, held November 16 - 23, 2019 in Helsingborg, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Muirhead won
3-2 over
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals
Muirhead finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Muirhead defeated
Marianne Rorvik (Oslo, NOR) 7-4, then won
7-6 against
Mathilde Halse (Hvidovre, DEN) and
8-5 against
Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Muirhead won
9-8 against
Tirinzoni. Muirhead went on to lose
11-4 against
Hasselborg. Muirhead responded with a
10-5 win over
Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Muirhead won
10-4 against
Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT). Muirhead went on to lose
10-5 against
Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS). Muirhead responded with a
7-6 win over
Marie Turmann (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Muirhead take home
45.238 world rankings points, moving up 3 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 8th place overall with
327.742 total points. Muirhead ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
189.000 points earned so far this season.
