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2012 World Men's Curling Championship

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Host city
  
Basel, Switzerland

Dates
  
March 31 – April 8

Skip
  
Glenn Howard

Arena
  
St. Jakobshalle

Winner
  
Canada

Curling club
  
Coldwater & District CC Coldwater, Ontario

The 2012 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 31 to April 8 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. The 2012 World Men's Championship was one of the curling events that is a qualifier for the curling tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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In the final, Canada's Glenn Howard defeated Scotland's Tom Brewster after making a draw to score the winning point, wrapping up the game with a score of 8–7. Canada won its third consecutive gold medal and thirty-fourth overall gold medal. Howard won his fourth gold medal and his second gold medal as skip, while Brewster won his second consecutive silver medal.

Qualification

  •  Canada (defending champions)
  •   Switzerland (host nation)
  • One team from the North American zone:
  •  United States (Brazil challenge withdrawn)
  • Seven teams from the 2011 European Curling Championships:
  •  Denmark
  •  Norway
  •  Sweden
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Germany
  •  Scotland
  •  France (Winner of the World Challenge Games)
  • Two teams from the 2011 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships:
  •  China
  •  New Zealand
  • Teams

    The teams are listed as follows:

    *Kraupp, Edin's third, filled in as skip for Edin, who is experiencing back pain from sciatica. Edin was not scheduled to be out for the whole tournament, and was able to return to skip three games.
    **Schwarz, the Swiss alternate, replaced Müller at the fourth position for six games. Müller played at lead, while Bamert sat out as the alternate.
    ***Løvold, the Norwegian alternate, replaced Svae at the second position for six games in the round robin, while Svae sat out as the alternate. Løvold also played as second in the playoffs.

    Round Robin Standings

    Final Round Robin Standings

    Round Robin Results

    All times are listed in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

    Draw 1

    Saturday, March 31, 2:00 pm

    Draw 2

    Saturday, March 31, 7:00 pm

    Draw 3

    Sunday, April 1, 9:00 am

    Draw 4

    Sunday, April 1, 2:00 pm

    Draw 5

    Sunday, April 1, 7:00 pm

    Draw 6

    Monday, April 2, 9:00 am

    Draw 7

    Monday, April 2, 2:00 pm

    Draw 8

    Monday, April 2, 7:00 pm

    Draw 9

    Tuesday, April 3, 9:00 am

    Draw 10

    Tuesday, April 3, 2:00 pm

    Draw 11

    Tuesday, April 3, 8:00 pm

    Draw 12

    Wednesday, April 4, 9:00 am

    Draw 13

    Wednesday, April 4, 2:00 pm

    Draw 14

    Wednesday, April 4, 7:00 pm

    Draw 15

    Thursday, April 5, 9:00 am

    Draw 16

    Thursday, April 5, 2:00 pm

    Draw 17

    Thursday, April 5, 7:00 pm

    Tiebreaker

    Friday, April 6, 2:00 pm

    1 vs. 2

    Saturday, April 7, 2:00 pm

    3 vs. 4

    Saturday, April 7, 9:00 am

    Semifinal

    Saturday, April 7, 8:00 pm

    Bronze Medal Game

    Sunday, April 8, 11:00 am

    Gold Medal Game

    Sunday, April 8, 4:00 pm

    Top 5 player percentages

    The top five player percentages of the round robin are as follows:

    References

    2012 World Men's Curling Championship Wikipedia