England cruised through their first 3 games, beating Andorra 21-3, Bulgaria 11-5, and the Netherlands 11-6, but came up against tough opposition in the shape of Italy in Round 4.  England could only answer Italy's consistent 2's with consistent singles, and they eventually lost 5-9.  Round 5 produced a ding-dong battle with Wales, with the lead changing hands several times. Leading by 2 shots into the last end, England contrived to lose a 3, and thus lost 11-10.  Round 6 resulted in a comfortable 12-5 victory against Spain, leaving an interesting situation going into the 7th and final round.  At that point, Italy topped the table on 6 wins and no defeats, with Wales in 2nd place on 5 wins and 1 defeat, and England and Latvia in joint 3rd place on 4 wins and 2 defeats.  The remaining 3 teams were out of contention for the semis.  Italy were almost certain to remain top of the league when they played Spain, so England had to finish in 2nd or 3rd place to avoid meeting Italy in the semi.  And they had to play Latvia to do it. Italy duly finished top of the league, undefeated, and a convincing 10-2 victory for England against Latvia got them into 3rd place in the league, behind Wales.

In the semis, Italy played Latvia, and England played Wales. Italy won 13-2, while England got revenge against Wales.  After 4 ends, they were 6-1 up, and although Wales pulled the score back to 6-4 after 6 ends, England pulled ahead to win 9-5.

So the stage was set for an Italy vs. England final.  England were 1-0 up after 2 ends, then Italy took a 4.  Singles were traded in the 4th and 5th ends, after which England took a 3.  So the score at this point was tied at 5-5. Italy then took singles in the 7th and 8th, while England took a single in the 9th.  So going into the last end Italy were leading 7-6, with last stone advantage.  The Italians made no mistake, and took a final single to win the gold medal, with England taking the silver.

Italy thus got automatic promotion to the "A" division for next season, and a chance to play against the 7th team in the "A" division (Germany) for the last place in the World Championships.  They continued on their winning way, defeating Germany in the challenge match.

By finishing in the silver medal position, England had the opportunity to challenge the 9th team in the "A" division (Finland) to decide the 2nd promotion / relegation place between the "A" and "B" divisions.  This turned out to be another tight game.  Singles were swapped in the first two ends, to be followed by a 3 for Finland in the 3rd end, countered in turn by England with a 2 in the 4th end.  Finland increased their lead to 2 shots by taking a single in the 5th, to be countered by singles for England in the 6th and 7th ends to peel the game at 5-5. The 8th end was blanked, and Finland then took a single in the 9th, thus going into the last end 1 shot-up, but crucially, without last stone. A well-engineered 4 for England in the 10th and final end won the match for them. Finland were thus relegated to the "B" division, while England gained promotion to the "A" division for next season's contest.