The women's tournament of the

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was held at the

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and the

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from December 7 to 15. The winners of the Group C tournament in

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moved on to the Group B tournament. The top seven women's teams at the 2012 European Curling Championships,

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and

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, will represent their respective nations at the

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. In the Group A competitions, Sweden, Scotland, and Russia finished at the top of the round robin standings with two losses apiece. Denmark defeated Switzerland in a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs. The page playoffs saw defending champions Scotland rout Sweden and Russia edge past Denmark. Sweden dropped to the bronze medal game after a surprising loss in the semifinal to Russia, who stole the 8–6 win in an extra end. Hometown favorite Sweden, skipped by

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, recovered by defeating Denmark's

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with a score of 9–3 to win the bronze medal. Russia then played Scotland in the final, and stole one point in the first and fifth ends to hold the lead at the break, and stole one more point in the second half of the game. Scotland's

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managed to hang on with two deuces, and tied the game in the tenth end. Russia's

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secured a second European championship for Russia with a hit in the extra end, winning with a score of 6–5. The Group C competitions in Erzurum saw Belarus and Turkey advancing to the Group B competitions, where they and two other teams played in a round robin tournament. Undefeated Norway dominated the round robin, and defeated Estonia in the page playoffs to advance to the final. Latvia moved up to the semifinal with a win over Austria in the page playoffs, and defeated Estonia in the semifinal to advance to the final. Austria defeated Estonia in the bronze medal game with a score of 8–5, while Norway's winning streak was broken with a 7–4 loss to Latvia. Latvia and Norway advance to the Group A competitions, replacing Finland and Hungary, and Belarus and Slovakia were relegated to the Group C competitions. Latvia were scheduled to play Germany in the World Challenge Games, but qualified to the world championships automatically as hosts.

Group A

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''Saturday, December 8, 14:00''

Draw 2

''Sunday, December 9, 8:00''

Draw 3

''Sunday, December 9, 16:00''

Draw 4

''Monday, December 10, 9:00''

Draw 5

''Monday, December 10, 19:00''

Draw 6

''Tuesday, December 11, 12:00''

Draw 7

''Tuesday, December 11, 20:00''

Draw 8

''Wednesday, December 12, 14:00''

Draw 9

''Thursday, December 13, 8:00''

Tiebreaker

''Thursday, December 13, 15:00''

Placement game

''Thursday, December 13, 15:00'' was scheduled to play in the World Challenge Games, a best-of-three series with the winner of Group B to determine which team advances to the World Women's Championships, but the winner of Group B, Latvia, was qualified as the host of the World Women's Championships, so Germany qualified automatically.

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Friday, December 14, 13:00''

3 vs. 4

''Friday, December 14, 13:00''

Semifinal

''Friday, December 14, 20:00''

Bronze-medal game

''Saturday, December 15, 10:00''

Gold-medal game

''Saturday, December 15, 10:00''

Player percentages

''Round Robin only''

Group B

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin results

''Final round-robin standings''

Draw 1

''Saturday, December 8, 12:00''

Draw 2

''Saturday, December 8, 20:00''

Draw 3

''Sunday, December 9, 12:00''

Draw 4

''Sunday, December 9, 20:00''

Draw 5

''Monday, December 10, 12:00''

Draw 6

''Monday, December 10, 20:00''

Draw 7

''Tuesday, December 11, 12:00''

Draw 8

''Tuesday, December 11, 20:00''

Draw 9

''Wednesday, December 12, 12:00''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Thursday, December 13, 20:00''

3 vs. 4

''Thursday, December 13, 20:00''

Semifinal

''Friday, December 14, 8:00''

Bronze-medal game

''Friday, December 14, 13:00''

Gold-medal game

''Friday, December 14, 13:00''

Group C

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''Friday, October 5, 17:30''

Draw 2

''Saturday, October 6, 9:00''

Draw 3

''Saturday, October 6, 13:00''

Draw 4

''Sunday, October 7, 9:00''

Draw 5

''Sunday, October 7, 14:00''

Draw 6

''Sunday, October 7, 19:00''

Draw 7

''Monday, October 8, 9:00''

Draw 8

''Monday, October 8, 14:00''

Draw 9

''Monday, October 8, 19:00''

Playoffs

In the playoffs, the first and second seeds, Turkey and Belarus, 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, the Netherlands and Croatia, advance to the second place game, which determines the second team to advance to the Group B competitions.

Semifinals

''Tuesday, October 9, 18:00'' advances to the Group B competitions.
moves to Second Place Game. advances to Second Place Game

Second Place Game

''Wednesday, October 10, 10:00'' advances to the Group B competitions.

References

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External links

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