Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) won
7-4 over
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, held November 20 - 27, 2021 in Lillehammer, Norway. To advance to the championship game, Muirhead won
7-4 over
Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) in the semifinals
Muirhead finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Muirhead defeated
Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) 7-4, then won
8-2 against
Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN) and
8-5 against
Hasselborg. Muirhead won
9-5 against
Jentsch, then won
10-3 against
Liisa Turmann (Tallinn, EST). Muirhead went on to lose
8-7 against
Stefania Constantini (Trentino, ITA). Muirhead responded with a
9-1 win over
Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Muirhead won
7-2 against
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI), then won
9-4 against
Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships Championship title, Muirhead earned
73.082 world rankings points. Muirhead move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 48.883 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with
280.313 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Muirhead ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
138.321 points earned so far this season.
