The 2012 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 31 to April 8, 2012 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.[1] 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.[2] 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.
The teams are listed as follows:[5][6]
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Czech Republic |
Coldwater & District CC, Coldwater
Skip: Glenn Howard
Third: Wayne Middaugh
Second: Brent Laing
Lead: Craig Savill
Alternate: Scott Howard |
Harbin 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 Mokris |
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Germany |
Hvidovre 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 Frarier |
CC Hamburg, Hamburg
Fourth: Felix Schulze
Skip: John Jahr
Second: Peter Rickmers
Lead: Sven Goldemann
Alternate: Christoph Daase |
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New Zealand[8] |
Scotland[9] |
Snarøen CC, Oslo
Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Torger Nergård
Second: Thomas Løvold***
Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson
Alternate: Christoffer Svae |
Auckland CC, Auckland
Skip: Peter de Boer
Third: Sean Becker
Second: Scott Becker
Lead: Kenny Thomson
Alternate: Phil Dowling |
Curl Aberdeen, Aberdeen
Skip: Tom Brewster
Third: Greg Drummond
Second: Scott Andrews
Lead: Michael Goodfellow
Alternate: David Edwards |
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United States[12][13] |
Karlstads CK, Karlstad
Skip: Sebastian Kraupp*
Third: Fredrik Lindberg
Second: Oskar Eriksson
Lead: Viktor Kjäll
Alternate: Niklas Edin |
Glarus CC, Glarus
Fourth: Benoît Schwarz**
Skip: Jan Hauser
Second: Marco Ramstein
Lead: Toni Müller
Alternate: Jürg Bamert |
Ardsley CC, Irvington
Skip: Heath McCormick
Third: Bill Stopera
Second: Martin Sather
Lead: Dean Gemmell
Alternate: Craig Brown |
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*Kraupp, Edin's third, filled in as skip for Edin, who is experiencing back pain from sciatica.[14] Edin was not scheduled to be out for the whole tournament, and was able to return to skip three games.[15]
**Schwarz, the Swiss alternate, replaced Müller at the fourth position for six games.[16] Müller played at lead, while Bamert sat out as the alternate.[15]
***Løvold, the Norwegian alternate, replaced Svae at the second position for six games in the round robin, while Svae sat out as the alternate.[15] Løvold also played as second in the playoffs.
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Saturday, March 31, 2:00 pm
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Saturday, March 31, 7:00 pm
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Sunday, April 1, 9:00 am
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Sunday, April 1, 2:00 pm
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Sunday, April 1, 7:00 pm
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Monday, April 2, 9:00 am
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Tuesday, April 3, 8:00 pm
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Wednesday, April 4, 9:00 am
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Wednesday, April 4, 2:00 pm
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Wednesday, April 4, 7:00 pm
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Thursday, April 5, 9:00 am
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Thursday, April 5, 2:00 pm
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Thursday, April 5, 7:00 pm
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1 vs. 2
Saturday, April 7, 2:00 pm
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Saturday, April 7, 8:00 pm
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Sunday, April 8, 11:00 am
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Sunday, April 8, 4:00 pm
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The top five player percentages of the round robin are as follows:[15]
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