The 2012 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 31 to April 8, 2012 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.
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Qualification (defending champions) (host nation) One team from the North American zone: (Brazil challenge withdrawn) Seven teams from the 2011 European Curling Championships:
(Winner of the World Challenge Games) Two teams from the 2011 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships:
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Coldwater & District CC, Coldwater Skip: Glenn Howard Third: Wayne Middaugh Second: Brent Laing Lead: Craig Savill Alternate: Scott HowardHarbin CC, Harbin Skip: Liu Rui Third: Xu Xiaoming Second: Ba Dexin Lead: Zang Jialiang Alternate: Chen Lu'an Brno CK, Brno Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Martin Snítil Second: Jindřich Kitzberger Lead: Marek Vydra Alternate: Samuel MokrisHvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Rasmus Stjerne Third: Johnny Frederiksen Second: Mikkel Poulsen Lead: Troels Harry Alternate: Lars Vilandt Chamonix CC, Chamonix Fourth: Tony Angiboust Skip: Thomas Dufour Second: Lionel Roux Lead: Wilfrid Coulot Alternate: Jérémy FrarierCC Hamburg, Hamburg Fourth: Felix Schulze Skip: John Jahr Second: Peter Rickmers Lead: Sven Goldemann Alternate: Christoph DaaseSnarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Thomas Løvold*** Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Christoffer SvaeAuckland CC, Auckland Skip: Peter de Boer Third: Sean Becker Second: Scott Becker Lead: Kenny Thomson Alternate: Phil DowlingCurl Aberdeen, Aberdeen Skip: Tom Brewster Third: Greg Drummond Second: Scott Andrews Lead: Michael Goodfellow Alternate: David EdwardsKarlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Sebastian Kraupp* Third: Fredrik Lindberg Second: Oskar Eriksson Lead: Viktor Kjäll Alternate: Niklas EdinGlarus CC, Glarus Fourth: Benoît Schwarz** Skip: Jan Hauser Second: Marco Ramstein Lead: Toni Müller Alternate: Jürg BamertArdsley CC, Irvington Skip: Heath McCormick Third: Bill Stopera Second: Martin Sather Lead: Dean Gemmell Alternate: Craig Brown *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 KeyTeams to playoffsTeams to tiebreaker
CountrySkipWLPFPAEnds WonEnds LostBlank Ends Stolen Ends Shot % Glenn Howard 10 1 88 58 50 45 9 9 88% Tom Brewster 8 3 77 59 46 44 16 10 84% Thomas Ulsrud 8 3 71 61 47 38 19 10 83% Sebastian Kraupp 7 4 68 68 37 40 19 10 82% Peter de Boer 7 4 67 71 44 42 16 8 79% Liu Rui 6 5 73 63 46 46 15 16 84% Rasmus Stjerne 6 5 53 64 48 43 13 12 80% Heath McCormick 4 7 73 70 49 46 6 14 77% Jan Hauser 3 8 61 73 41 46 14 6 79% Thomas Dufour 3 8 63 83 45 48 14 7 79% John Jahr 2 9 52 76 39 47 17 5 77% Jiří Snítil 2 9 61 84 43 49 15 6 78%
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
Player percentages Viktor Kjäll 96% Kenny Thomson 61% Oskar Eriksson 79% Scott Becker 84% Fredrik Lindberg 73% Sean Becker 75% Sebastian Kraupp 79% Peter de Boer 55% Total 81% Total 69%
Playoffs
1 vs. 2 Saturday, April 7, 2:00 pm
Player percentages Craig Savill 83% Michael Goodfellow 80% Brent Laing 80% Scott Andrews 77% Wayne Middaugh 83% Greg Drummond 82% Glenn Howard 85% Tom Brewster 80% Total 83% Total 80%
3 vs. 4 Saturday, April 7, 9:00 am
Player percentages Håvard Vad Petersson 96% Viktor Kjäll 93% Thomas Løvold 95% Oskar Eriksson 100% Torger Nergård 88% Fredrik Lindberg 83% Thomas Ulsrud 71% Sebastian Kraupp 86% Total 88% Total 90%
Semifinal Saturday, April 7, 8:00 pm
Player percentages Michael Goodfellow 81% Viktor Kjäll 93% Scott Andrews 80% Oskar Eriksson 81% Greg Drummond 96% Fredrik Lindberg 55% Tom Brewster 80% Sebastian Kraupp 64% Total 84% Total 73%
Bronze medal game Sunday, April 8, 11:00 am
Player percentages Viktor Kjäll 90% Håvard Vad Petersson 78% Oskar Eriksson 90% Thomas Løvold 91% Fredrik Lindberg 91% Torger Nergård 85% Sebastian Kraupp 83% Thomas Ulsrud 76% Total 88% Total 83%
Gold medal game Sunday, April 8, 4:00 pm
Player percentages The top five player percentages of the round robin are as follows: Leads % Craig Savill 93 Zang Jialiang 89 Viktor Kjäll 88 Michael Goodfellow 87 Sven Goldemann 87 Seconds % Ba Dexin 86 Brent Laing 85 Oskar Eriksson 84 Scott Andrews 83 Mikkel Poulsen 82 Thirds % Wayne Middaugh 90 Torger Nergård 85 Greg Drummond 83 Fredrik Lindberg 82 Xu Xiaoming 81 Skips % Glenn Howard 84 Tom Brewster 82 Thomas Ulsrud 80 Rasmus Stjerne 80 Sebastian Kraupp 79
References General
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External links
Final on YouTube