See main article: 2012 European Curling Championships.
2012 European Curling Championships Men's tournament | |
Host City: | Karlstad, Sweden |
Arena: | Löfbergs Lila Arena Karlstad Curling Club |
Dates: | December 7–15 |
Winner: | |
Curling Club: | none |
Skip: | Niklas Edin |
Third: | Sebastian Kraupp |
Second: | Fredrik Lindberg |
Lead: | Viktor Kjäll |
Alternate: | Oskar Eriksson |
Finalist: | (Thomas Ulsrud) |
The men's tournament of the 2012 European Curling Championships was held at the Löfbergs Lila Arena and the Karlstad Curling Club in Karlstad, Sweden from December 7 to 15. The winners of the Group C tournament in Erzurum, Turkey moved on to the Group B tournament. The top eight men's teams at the 2012 European Curling Championships, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Switzerland, Scotland, and Finland, represented their respective nations at the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia.
In the Group A competitions, Sweden remained relatively dominant, finishing with only one loss and qualifying for the playoffs, and the Czech Republic, Norway, and Denmark followed.[1] In the page playoffs, Sweden blew past the Czech Republic, and Norway edged past Denmark.[2] In the semifinal, Norway faced the Czech Republic in a rematch of last year's semifinal, and was able to move past them with a 6–4 victory.[3] The bronze medal game saw the Czech Republic, skipped by Jiří Snítil, avenge a loss to Denmark's Rasmus Stjerne in last year's bronze medal game with a huge 12–4 win in eight ends.[4] In the gold medal game, Sweden's Niklas Edin and Norway's Thomas Ulsrud faced off in a rematch of last year's final. Norway, attempting to win a third consecutive title, held an early lead in the fourth end, but the hometown favorite Sweden scored a deuce in the fifth end and stole two more in the sixth end to swing the momentum to their side. The two teams traded deuces in the next two ends, and Sweden clinched the win in the last end with a hit to score one point, wrapping up the game with a score of 8–5.[5]
The Group C competitions in Turkey saw Turkey and Croatia advancing to the Group B tournament, joining fourteen teams in a two-group round-robin tournament. Latvia and the Netherlands finished at the top of the Blue Group, while Finland finished at the top of the Red Group. England won the last playoffs spot by defeating Italy in a tiebreaker. Latvia and the Netherlands each won their playoffs games against Finland and England, respectively, and Latvia advanced to the final, while Finland played the Netherlands in the semifinal. Finland won the semifinal, sending the Netherlands to play England for the bronze medal, where the Netherlands won the bronze medal with a score of 10–5. Finland then won the final over Latvia with a score of 7–4 in nine ends. Both Finland and Latvia advance to the Group A competitions, replacing Germany and Hungary, and Wales and Ireland were relegated to the Group C competitions. Germany was relegated to the Group B competitions for the first time in the history of the European Curling Championships.[6] Finland played and won the World Challenge Games against France, advancing them to the World Men's Curling Championship.
The teams are listed as follows:[7] [8]
Final Round Robin Standings
Key | ||
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Countries to Playoffs | ||
Countries to Tiebreakers | ||
Countries relegated to 2013 Group B |
width=130 | Country | width=130 | Skip | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | PF | width=20 | PA | width=20 | Ends Won | width=20 | Ends Lost | width=20 | Blank Ends | width=20 | Stolen Ends | width=20 | Shot Pct. |
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8 | 1 | 68 | 39 | 40 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 82% | |||||||||||||
7 | 2 | 56 | 48 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 76% | |||||||||||||
6 | 3 | 61 | 46 | 39 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 78% | |||||||||||||
6 | 3 | 67 | 48 | 38 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 77% | |||||||||||||
5 | 4 | 55 | 50 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 74% | |||||||||||||
5 | 4 | 58 | 51 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 76% | |||||||||||||
4 | 5 | 48 | 57 | 29 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 76% | |||||||||||||
3 | 6 | 53 | 63 | 37 | 40 | 7 | 12 | 70% | |||||||||||||
1 | 8 | 39 | 70 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 70% | |||||||||||||
0 | 9 | 37 | 68 | 27 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 68% |
Saturday, December 8, 9:00[11]
Saturday, December 8, 19:00[12]
Sunday, December 9, 8:00[13]
Sunday, December 9, 16:00[14]
Monday, December 10, 14:00[15]
Tuesday, December 11, 8:00[16]
Tuesday, December 11, 16:00[17]
Wednesday, December 12, 9:00[18]
Wednesday, December 12, 19:00[19]
Friday, December 14, 20:00
Saturday, December 15, 9:30
Saturday, December 15, 14:00 moves on to the 2013 World Men's Championship.
Thursday, December 13, 20:00[20]
Thursday, December 13, 20:00[20]
Friday, December 14, 13:00[21]
Friday, December 14, 20:00[22]
Saturday, December 15, 15:00[23]
Round Robin only
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The teams are listed as follows:[24]
Skip: Alan MacDougall Third: Andrew Reed Second: Andrew Woolston Lead: Tom Jaeggi Alternate: John Brown | Skip: Martin Lill Third: Ingar Mäesalu Second: Harri Lill Lead: Jan Anderson Alternate: Siim Sildnik | Skip: Aku Kauste Third: Jani Sullanmaa Second: Pauli Jäämies Lead: Janne Pitko Alternate: Leo Mäkelä | Skip: Fabio Sola Third: Julien Genre Second: Simone Gonin Lead: Graziano Iacovetti Alternate: Simone Sola | |
Turkey | ||||
Skip: Pavol Pitoňák Third: Frantisek Pitoňák Second: Tomas Pitoňák Lead: Peter Pitoňák Alternate: Rene Petko | Skip: Antonio de Mollinedo Third: Sergio Vez Second: José Manuel Sangüesa Lead: Ángel García Alternate: Carlos Vega | Skip: Alican Karataş Third: Kadir Çakır Second: Muhammet Çağrı Bayraktar Lead: Muhammet Oǧuz Zengin Alternate: Murat Sağır | Skip: Adrian Meikle Third: James Pougher Second: Andrew Tanner Lead: Richard Pougher Alternate: Rhys Phillips |
Skip: Andreas Unterberger Third: Markus Forejtek Second: Marcus Schmitt Lead: Martin Egretzberger Alternate: Felix Purzner | Skip: Marc Suter Third: Timothy Verrycken Second: Walter Verbueken Lead: Nils Beosier Alternate: Peter Suter | Skip: Alen Cadez Third: Drazen Cutic Second: Ognjen Golubic Lead: Ivica Ivaci Alternate: Zlatko Nikolic | Skip: Alan Mitchell Third: John Furey Second: Dave Hibberd Lead: Tom Roche Alternate: Craig Whyte | |
Skip: Ritvars Gulbis Third: Normunds Saršūns Second: Aivars Avotiņš Lead: Roberts Krusts | Skip: Tadas Vyskupaitis Third: Vytis Kulakauskas Second: Vidas Sadauskas Lead: Laurynas Telksnys Alternate: Vygantas Zalieckas | Skip: Jaap van Dorp Third: Carlo Glasbergen Second: Miles Maclure Lead: Joey Bruinsma Alternate: Floyd Koelewijn | Fourth: Jakub Głowania Third: Michael Żółtowski Skip: Tomasz Zioło Lead: Michał Kozioł Alternate: Jakub Chęć |
Final Round Robin Standings
Key | ||
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Teams to Playoffs | ||
Countries to Tiebreakers | ||
Countries relegated to 2013 Group C |
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Saturday, December 8, 8:00
Saturday, December 8, 16:00
Sunday, December 9, 8:00
Sunday, December 9, 16:00
Monday, December 10, 8:00
Monday, December 10, 16:00
Tuesday, December 11, 8:00
Tuesday, December 11, 16:00
Wednesday, December 12, 16:00
Saturday, December 8, 8:00
Saturday, December 8, 16:00
Sunday, December 9, 8:00
Sunday, December 9, 16:00
Monday, December 10, 8:00
Monday, December 10, 16:00
Tuesday, December 11, 8:00
Tuesday, December 11, 16:00
Wednesday, December 12, 8:00
Wednesday, December 12, 20:00
Thursday, December 13, 20:00
Thursday, December 13, 20:00
Friday, December 14, 8:00
Friday, December 14, 13:00
Friday, December 14, 13:00
The teams are listed as follows:[25]
Skip: Dmitry Kirillov Third: Pavel Petrov Second: Dzmitry Yarko Lead: Andrey Aulasenka Alternate: George Kirillov | Skip: Alan Cadez Third: Drazen Cutic Second: Robert Mikulandric Lead: Ognjen Golubic Alternate: Alberto Skendrovic | Skip: Jens Gislason Third: Jon Ingi Sigurdsson Second: Olafur Numason Lead: Sveinn Steingrimsson Alternate: Ragnar Ragnarsson | Skip: Jörg Moeser Third: Yves Sieradski Second: Claude Schweitzer Lead: Marc Promme Alternate: Alex Benoy | |
Turkey | ||||
Skip: Bogdan Taut Third: Bogdan Colceriu Lead: Stefan Vladimir Bodea-Tatulea Alternate: Allen Coliban | Skip: Zvone Sever Third: Matjaz Prezelj Second: Domen Zalokar Lead: Mitja Donosa Alternate: Gregor Verbinc | Skip: Muhammet Oǧuz Zengin Third: Alican Karataş Second: Kadir Çakir Lead: Muhammet Çagrı Bayraktar Alternate: Yusuf Ziya Bayraktutan |
Final Round Robin Standings[26]
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Teams to Playoffs | ||
Teams to Tiebreaker |
Country | Skip | W | L | |
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6 | 0 | |||
5 | 1 | |||
4 | 2 | |||
2 | 4 | |||
2 | 4 | |||
1 | 5 | |||
1 | 5 |
Friday, October 5, 17:30[27]
Saturday, October 6, 9:00[28]
Saturday, October 6, 13:00[29]
Sunday, October 7, 9:00[30]
Sunday, October 7, 14:00[31]
Sunday, October 7, 19:00[32]
Monday, October 8, 9:00[33]
Monday, October 8, 14:00[34]
Monday, October 8, 19:00[35]
Wednesday, October 9, 12:00[36] advances to playoffs.
In the playoffs, the first and second seeds, Croatia and Turkey, played a semifinal game to determine the first team to advance to the Group B competitions. The loser of this game, along with the winners of the semifinal game played by the third and fourth seeds, Belarus and Slovakia, advance to the second place game, which determines the second team to advance to the Group B competitions.
Tuesday, October 9, 18:00[37] advances to the Group B competitions.
moves to Second Place Game. advances to Second Place Game.
Wednesday, October 10, 10:00[38] advances to Group B competitions.