2012 Women's World Curling Championship

Lethbridge

Venue of the women's world championship

The 2012 Women's Curling World Championship (officially the 2012 World Women's Curling Championship ) took place March 17-25 in Lethbridge , Canada . The venue for the World Cup was the home of the Lethbridge Hurricane , the ENMAX Center . The Swiss women became world champions.

qualification

•  Canada (Hosting Nation)
•  Sweden (defending champion)
•  United States (Second best participant from the American region at the 2011 Women's World Curling Championships , Canada qualified to host) 
• Top seven teams of the 2011 European Curling Championship
  •  Scotland (European Champion)
  •  Russia (third place)
  •  Denmark
  •  Germany
  •  Italy
  •  Switzerland (qualified as seventh, as Sweden qualified as defending champions and not vice European champions) 
  •  Czech Republic (won the World Challenge)
• Top two teams of the Curling Pacific Championship 2011
  •  South Korea (Vice)
  •  People's Republic of China (winner)

Participants

People's Republic of China	Denmark	Germany
Harbin CC, Harbin Skip: Wang Bingyu Third: Yue Qingshuang Second: Liu Jinli Lead: Zhou Yan Alternate: Sun Yue	Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre Skip: Lene Nielsen Third: Helle Simonsen Second: Jeanne Ellegaard Lead: Maria Poulsen Alternate: Mette de Neergaard	SC Riessersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Fourth: Imogen Oona Lehmann Skip: Mélanie Robillard Second: Corinna Scholz Lead: Stella Heiß Alternate: Monika Wagner
Italy	Canada	Russia
CC Dolomiti, Cortina d'Ampezzo Skip: Diana Gaspari Third: Georgia Apollonio Second: Chiara Olivieri Lead: Claudia Alvera Alternate: Veronica Gerbi	Saville Sports Center, Edmonton Skip: Heather Nedohin Third: Beth Iskiw Second: Jessica Mair Lead: Laine Peters Alternate: Amy Nixon	Moskvitch CC, Moscow Skip: Anna Sidorowa Third: Lyudmila Priwiwkowa Second: Margarita Fomina Lead: Jekaterina Galkina Alternate: Nkeiruka Jesech
Scotland	Sweden	Switzerland
Dunkeld CC, Pitlochry Skip: Eve Muirhead Third: Anna Sloan Second: Vicki Adams Lead: Claire Hamilton Alternate: Kelly Wood	Skellefteå CK, Skellefteå Fourth: Maria Prytz Third: Christina Bertrup Second: Maria Wennerström Skip: Margaretha Sigfridsson Alternate: Sabina Kraupp	CC Davos, Davos Skip: Mirjam Ott Third: Carmen Schäfer Second: Carmen Küng Lead: Janine Greiner Alternate: Alina Pätz
South Korea	Czech Republic	United States
GyeongjGiDo CC, Gyeonggi-do Skip: Kim Ji-sun Third: Lee Seul-bee Second: Gim Un Chi Lead: Lee Hyun-jung Alternate: Shin Mi-sung	CC Zbraslav, Zbraslav Skip: Linda Klímová Third: Kamila Mošová Second: Lenka Černovská Lead: Kateřina Urbanová Alternate: Sara Jahodova	St Paul CC, St Paul Skip: Allison Pottinger Third: Nicole Joraanstad Second: Natalie Nicholson Lead: Tabitha Peterson Alternate: Cassandra Potter

Schedule / Results

Explanation of symbols

• : The hammer symbol means the right of the last stone in the first end.
• X: An X in the table indicates an unplayed end.

Round robin

Draw 1

Saturday, March 17th, 2pm

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Denmark		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	3
Germany		0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	X	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Italy		0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Sweden		0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	4th	X	9

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
South Korea		0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Czech Republic		2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Scotland		0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	8th
Russia		1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	7th

Draw 2

Saturday, March 17th, 7:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Czech Republic		3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	8th
Italy		0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Canada		1	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	8th
United States		0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	7th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Switzerland		1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	7th
People's Republic of China		0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
South Korea		0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	3	9
Sweden		3	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	8th

Draw 3

Sunday, March 18, 9:00 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Russia		1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5
Denmark		0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	7th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
Scotland		0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	6th
Germany		0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	7th

Draw 4

Sunday, March 18, 2:30 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Sweden		0	2	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	X	10
Czech Republic		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
United States		0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	7th
Switzerland		2	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	11

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Italy		0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	5
South Korea		1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Canada		0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	7th
People's Republic of China		0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5

Draw 5

Sunday, March 18, 7:30 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Germany		0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4th
Russia		1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Switzerland		0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	5
Canada		2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
People's Republic of China		0	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	8th
United States		1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Denmark		0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	X	6th
Scotland		3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4th	X	8th

Draw 6

Monday, March 19, 9:00 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Scotland		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	2
South Korea		0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	X	7th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Russia		0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	X	6th
Italy		1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	X	10

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Denmark		0	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	8th
Czech Republic		2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	7th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Germany		3	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	6th
Sweden		0	3	1	0	1	0	5	X	X	X	10

Draw 7

Monday, March 19, 2:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Italy		0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	7th
People's Republic of China		1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
South Korea		0	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	X	8th
United States		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Sweden		0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	7th
Switzerland		0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Czech Republic		0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7th
Canada		0	0	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	8th

Draw 8

Monday, March 19, 7:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
Canada		0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	7th
Denmark		0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	9

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Switzerland		0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	7th
Germany		0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
United States		0	2	1	2	0	2	0	X	X	X	7th
Scotland		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	2

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
People's Republic of China		0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	5
Russia		0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	7th

Draw 9

Tuesday, March 20, 9:00 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
United States		1	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	9
Germany		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	7th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
People's Republic of China		0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	7th
Denmark		0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Canada		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7th
Russia		0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Switzerland		0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	5
Scotland		0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4th

Draw 10

Tuesday, March 20, 2:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Russia		0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	X	7th
Sweden		0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	3

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Scotland		2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	8th
Czech Republic		0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Germany		0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	X	9
Italy		0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
Denmark		0	0	2	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	8th
South Korea		0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	9

Draw 11

Tuesday, March 20, 8:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Czech Republic		0	1	0	2	1	0	1	X	X	X	5
Switzerland		2	0	6th	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	9

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Sweden		0	0	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	X	8th
Canada		0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	4th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
South Korea		3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	7th
People's Republic of China		0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Italy		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	1
United States		2	0	1	2	2	0	3	X	X	X	10

Draw 12

Wednesday, March 21, 9:00 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
South Korea		0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	5
Canada		0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	X	7th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Italy		0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	4th
Switzerland		0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	X	8th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Czech Republic		0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4th
United States		1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Sweden		5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	7th
People's Republic of China		0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	5

Draw 13

Wednesday, March 21, 2:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
People's Republic of China		0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	7th
Scotland		1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	9

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
United States		0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	X	7th
Russia		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Switzerland		0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4th
Denmark		0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	7th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Canada		0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	5
Germany		1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4th

Draw 14

Wednesday, March 21, 7:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Denmark		0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	5
Italy		0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Germany		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	4th
South Korea		0	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	X	9

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Scotland		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Sweden		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Russia		1	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	9
Czech Republic		0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	6th

Draw 15

Thursday, March 22nd, 9:00 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
Sweden		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5
United States		0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Czech Republic		0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	6th
People's Republic of China		3	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	X	11

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Italy		0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	6th
Canada		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
South Korea		0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5
Switzerland		2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6th

Draw 16

Thursday, March 22nd, 2pm

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Germany		1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	6th
Czech Republic		0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	5

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Denmark		0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2
Sweden		2	2	0	2	1	0	X	X	X	X	7th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Russia		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
South Korea		0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	7th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
Scotland		1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	9
Italy		0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	8th

Draw 17

Thursday, March 22nd, 7:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Switzerland		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	6th
Russia		0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Canada		0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	3
Scotland		1	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	X	9

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
People's Republic of China		0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	5
Germany		0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6th

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
United States		0	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	X	8th
Denmark		1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	5

Round Robin result

space	team	Games	Victories	Ndlg.
1.	Sweden	11	8th	3
1.	Switzerland	11	8th	3
1.	South Korea	11	8th	3
4th	Canada	11	7th	4th
5.	United States	11	7th	4th
6th	Scotland	11	6th	5
7th	Germany	11	5	6th
8th.	Denmark	11	5	6th
9.	Russia	11	4th	7th
10.	Italy	11	3	8th
11.	People's Republic of China	11	3	8th
12.	Czech Republic	11	2	9

Tiebreaker

Friday, March 23, 2:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
United States		0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	8th
Canada		0	4th	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	9

Playoffs

Page playoffs

Semifinals

final

1

Switzerland

6th

2

Sweden

7th

1

Sweden

6th

2

Switzerland

9

4th

Switzerland

7th

4th

South Korea

6th

3

South Korea

4th

4th

Canada

3

First against second

Friday, March 23, 7:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
Switzerland		0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6th
Sweden		2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	7th

Third against fourth

Saturday, March 24th, 1:00 p.m.

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
South Korea		0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4th
Canada		0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3

Semifinals

Saturday, March 24th, 6:00 pm

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Switzerland		2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	1	9
South Korea		0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6th

3rd place match

Sunday, March 25th, 9:00 am

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
South Korea		1	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	6th
Canada		0	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	9

final

Sunday, March 27th, 4:30 pm

team		1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
Sweden		0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	6th
Switzerland		0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	7th

Final score

space	country
01	Switzerland
02	Sweden
03	Canada
04th	South Korea
05	United States
06th	Scotland
07th	Germany
08th	Denmark
09	Russia
10	Italy
11	People's Republic of China
12	Czech Republic

See also

• Men's Curling World Championship 2012

Web links

• Results of women's tournament (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.curling.ca/2011/11/28/china-and-korea-are-confirmed-for-ford-world-womens-curling-championship/