2012 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament
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. In the page playoffs, Sweden blew past the Czech Republic, and Norway edged past Denmark. 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. 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. 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.
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. Finland played and won the [|World Challenge Games] against France, advancing them to the World Men's Curling Championship.
Group A
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Martin Snítil Second: Jakub Bareš Lead: Jindřich Kitzberger Alternate: Marek Vydra | Skip: Rasmus Stjerne Third: Johnny Frederiksen Second: Mikkel Poulsen Lead: Troels Harry Alternate: Lars Vilandt | Fourth: Tony Angiboust Skip: Thomas Dufour Second: Wilfrid Coulot Lead: Jérémy Frarier Alternate: Lionel Roux | Skip: Andy Lang Third: Markus Messenzehl Second: Daniel Neuner Lead: Andreas Kempf Alternate: Daniel Herberg | Fourth: Krisztian Hall Skip: György Nagy Second: Gábor Ezsöl Lead: Lajos Belleni Alternate: Zsolt Kiss |
Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Christoffer Svae Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Thomas Løvold | Skip: Andrey Drozdov Third: Alexey Stukalskiy Second: Alexey Tselousov Lead: Anton Kalalb Alternate: Petr Dron | Skip: Tom Brewster Third: Greg Drummond Second: Scott Andrews Lead: Michael Goodfellow Alternate: David Murdoch | Skip: Niklas Edin Third: Sebastian Kraupp Second: Fredrik Lindberg Lead: Viktor Kjäll Alternate: Oskar Eriksson | Skip: Sven Michel Third: Claudio Pätz Second: Sandro Trolliet Lead: Simon Gempeler Alternate: Florian Meister |
Round Robin Standings
Final Round Robin StandingsRound Robin Results
Draw 1
Saturday, December 8, 9:00Draw 2
Saturday, December 8, 19:00Draw 3
Sunday, December 9, 8:00Draw 4
Sunday, December 9, 16:00Draw 5
Monday, December 10, 14:00Draw 6
Tuesday, December 11, 8:00Draw 7
Tuesday, December 11, 16:00Draw 8
Wednesday, December 12, 9:00Draw 9
Wednesday, December 12, 19:00World Challenge Games
Challenge 1
Friday, December 14, 20:00Challenge 2
Saturday, December 15, 9:30Challenge 3
Saturday, December 15, 14:00moves on to the 2013 World Men's Championship.
Playoffs
1 vs. 2
Thursday, December 13, 20:003 vs. 4
Thursday, December 13, 20:00Semifinal
Friday, December 14, 13:00Bronze Medal Game
Friday, December 14, 20:00Gold Medal Game
Saturday, December 15, 15:00Player percentages
Round Robin onlyGroup BTeamsThe teams are listed as follows:Red GroupBlue GroupRound Robin StandingsFinal Round Robin StandingsRound Robin ResultsRed GroupDraw 1Saturday, December 8, 8:00Draw 2Saturday, December 8, 16:00Draw 3Sunday, December 9, 8:00Draw 4Sunday, December 9, 16:00Draw 5Monday, December 10, 8:00Draw 6Monday, December 10, 16:00Draw 7Tuesday, December 11, 8:00Draw 8Tuesday, December 11, 16:00Draw 10Wednesday, December 12, 16:00Blue GroupDraw 1Saturday, December 8, 8:00Draw 2Saturday, December 8, 16:00Draw 3Sunday, December 9, 8:00Draw 4Sunday, December 9, 16:00Draw 5Monday, December 10, 8:00Draw 6Monday, December 10, 16:00Draw 7Tuesday, December 11, 8:00Draw 8Tuesday, December 11, 16:00Draw 9Wednesday, December 12, 8:00TiebreakerWednesday, December 12, 20:00PlayoffsR1 vs. B1Thursday, December 13, 20:00R2 vs. B2Thursday, December 13, 20:00SemifinalFriday, December 14, 8:00Bronze Medal GameFriday, December 14, 13:00Gold Medal GameFriday, December 14, 13:00Group CTeamsThe teams are listed as follows:
Round Robin StandingsFinal Round Robin StandingsRound Robin ResultsDraw 1Friday, October 5, 17:30Draw 2Saturday, October 6, 9:00Draw 3Saturday, October 6, 13:00Draw 4Sunday, October 7, 9:00Draw 5Sunday, October 7, 14:00Draw 6Sunday, October 7, 19:00Draw 7Monday, October 8, 9:00Draw 8Monday, October 8, 14:00Draw 9Monday, October 8, 19:00TiebreakerWednesday, October 9, 12:00advances to playoffs. PlayoffsIn 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.SemifinalsTuesday, October 9, 18:00advances to the Group B competitions. moves to Second Place Game. advances to Second Place Game. Second Place GameWednesday, October 10, 10:00advances to Group B competitions. |
Turkey