2012 World Junior Curling Championships

2012 World Junior Curling Championships
2012 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Östersund, Sweden
Arena	Z-Hallen
Dates	March 3–11
Men's winner	Canada
Skip	Brendan Bottcher
Third	Evan Asmussen
Second	Landon Bucholz
Lead	Bryce Bucholz
Alternate	Parker Konschuh
Finalist	Sweden (Rasmus Wranå)
Women's winner	Scotland
Skip	Hannah Fleming
Third	Lauren Gray
Second	Alice Spence
Lead	Abigail Brown
Alternate	Jennifer Martin
Finalist	Czech Republic (Zuzana Hájková)
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Host cityÖstersund, Sweden

ArenaZ-Hallen

DatesMarch 3–11

Men's winner Canada

The 2012 World Junior Curling Championships was held from March 3 to 11 at the Z-Hallen in Östersund, Sweden. Östersund previously hosted the World Junior Curling Championships in 1999 and in 2008.^[1]

In the men's final, Canada's Brendan Bottcher defeated Sweden's Rasmus Wranå in eight ends with a score of 10–4. Scotland's Kyle Smith secured the men's bronze medal with a 7–3 win over Norway's Markus Høiberg.^[2] In the women's final, Scotland's Hannah Fleming defeated the Czech Republic's Zuzana Hájková in an extra end with a score of 6–5. Russia's Anna Sidorova won over Sweden's Sara McManus in nine ends to win the women's bronze medal with a score of 7–4.^[3]

Canadian women's skip Jocelyn Peterman and Norwegian men's lead Sander Rølvåg were awarded with the 2012 World Curling Federation World Junior Sportsmanship Awards. They were chosen by fellow players at the World Junior Championships based on their values of sportsmanship and fair play.^[4]

As the last placed European teams, three teams, Italy on the women's side and Italy and Finland on the men's side, will be relegated to the 2013 European Junior Curling Challenge, where teams not already qualified for the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships will have to play to qualify for the worlds.^[5]^[6]

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Country	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate
Canada	Brendan Bottcher	Evan Asmussen	Landon Bucholz	Bryce Bucholz	Parker Konschuh
China	Ma Xiuyue	Xiao Shicheng	Jiang Dongxu	Shao Zhilin	Zhang Zhongbao
Czech Republic	Lukas Klima	Marek Černovský	Jan Zelingr	Samuel Mokris	Jakub Splavec
Finland	Iiro Sipola	Esko Sinisalo	Niklas Malmi	Kim Malmi
Italy	Andrea Pilzer	Amos Mosaner	Daniele Ferrazza	Roberto Arman	Sebastiano Arman
Norway	Markus Høiberg	Magnus Nedregotten	Sebastian Mellemseter	Sander Rølvåg	Eirik Mjøen
Scotland	Kyle Smith	Thomas Muirhead	Kyle Waddell	Kerr Drummond	Hammy McMillan Jr.
Sweden	Rasmus Wranå	Jordan Wåhlin	Daniel Lövstrand	Axel Sjöberg	Patric Mabergs
Switzerland	Dominik Märki	Daniel Schifferli	Päddy Käser	Raphael Märki	Benoît Schwarz
United States	Stephen Dropkin	Korey Dropkin	Thomas Howell	Derek Corbett	Cameron Ross

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Pilzer)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2
United States (Dropkin) 🔨	2	0	3	0	0	3	1	X	X	X	9

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klima) 🔨	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4
Switzerland (Märki)	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	1	X	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Wranå)	3	0	0	2	3	1	X	X	X	X	9
Norway (Høiberg) 🔨	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Ma) 🔨	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	4
Canada (Bottcher)	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	X	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Smith)	0	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	X	X	7
Finland (Sipola) 🔨	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Switzerland (Märki)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	6
China (Ma) 🔨	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
United States (Dropkin) 🔨	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6
Canada (Bottcher)	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	9

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Scotland (Smith)	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	6
Italy (Pilzer) 🔨	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Finland (Sipola)	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	8
Norway (Høiberg) 🔨	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Czech Republic (Klima)	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	5
Sweden (Wranå) 🔨	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Høiberg)	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	4	X	X	10
Czech Republic (Klima) 🔨	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	4

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Italy (Pilzer) 🔨	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	9
Finland (Sipola)	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Dropkin)	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6
China (Ma) 🔨	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Wranå)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	4
Scotland (Smith) 🔨	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Märki)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	6
Canada (Bottcher) 🔨	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	7

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Bottcher)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	4
Scotland (Smith) 🔨	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	X	8

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Wranå)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4
Switzerland (Märki) 🔨	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Smith) 🔨	3	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	1	X	11
United States (Dropkin)	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Czech Republic (Klima) 🔨	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	7
Finland (Sipola)	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Ma)	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	X	X	X	8
Czech Republic (Klima) 🔨	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Bottcher)	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	5
Sweden (Wranå) 🔨	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scotland (Smith)	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	8
Switzerland (Märki) 🔨	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Pilzer) 🔨	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	5
Czech Republic (Klima)	2	1	0	2	2	0	4	X	X	X	11


Page playoff system			Semifinal			Gold-medal game



1	Canada	9				1	Canada	10

2	Sweden	3				2	Sweden	4

			2	Sweden	8

			4	Norway	4

3	Scotland	8

4	Norway	9

Round Robin Standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 Game

3 vs. 4 Game

Semifinal

Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

Teams