2012 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2012 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 31 to April 8, 2012 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. 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.
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. 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.
Qualification
- One team from the North American zone:
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- Seven teams from the 2011 European Curling Championships:
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- Two teams from the 2011 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships:
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Teams
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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'' |
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings| Country | Skip | W | L | PF | PA | Ends Won | Ends Lost | Blank Ends | Stolen Ends | Shot % |
| Glenn Howard | 10 | 1 | 88 | 58 | 50 | 45 | 9 | 9 | 88% | |
| Tom Brewster | 8 | 3 | 77 | 59 | 46 | 44 | 16 | 10 | 84% | |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 8 | 3 | 71 | 61 | 47 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 83% | |
| Sebastian Kraupp | 7 | 4 | 68 | 68 | 37 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 82% | |
| Peter de Boer | 7 | 4 | 67 | 71 | 44 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 79% | |
| Liu Rui | 6 | 5 | 73 | 63 | 46 | 46 | 15 | 16 | 84% | |
| Rasmus Stjerne | 6 | 5 | 53 | 64 | 48 | 43 | 13 | 12 | 80% | |
| Heath McCormick | 4 | 7 | 73 | 70 | 49 | 46 | 6 | 14 | 77% | |
| Jan Hauser | 3 | 8 | 61 | 73 | 41 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 79% | |
| Thomas Dufour | 3 | 8 | 63 | 83 | 45 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 79% | |
| John Jahr | 2 | 9 | 52 | 76 | 39 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 77% | |
| Jiří Snítil | 2 | 9 | 61 | 84 | 43 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 78% |