World Women's Curling Championship
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World Women's Curling Championship 2012 for sponsorship reasons) was held at the
Enmax Centre
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in
Lethbridge
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,
Alberta
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from March 17 to 25. It marked the 12th time that
Canada
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has hosted the World Women's Curling Championship. The 2012 World Women's Championship was one of the curling events that is a qualifier for the curling tournament at the
.
This edition of the World Women's Championship saw the first team from South Korea advancing to the playoffs in history. Previously, their best performance was in
2009
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, where they finished the round robin in tenth place with a 3–8 win–loss record.
In the final, Switzerland's
Mirjam Ott
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defeated Sweden's
Margaretha Sigfridsson
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Early career
Sigfridsson skipped the Swedish team at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championship ...
after scoring a deuce in the tenth end, wrapping up the game with a score of 7–6. Switzerland won its third gold medal, its first since
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, when
Erika Müller
Erika Müller (born 16 May 1950) is a Swiss curler. She skipped her teams from Bern Egghölzli Curling Club and Wetzikon Curling Club to five Swiss Championship titles in 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1988. With her teammates Barbara Meyer, Barba ...
won the world championship. Ott won her first gold medal, while Sigfridsson won her third silver medal.
Scottish skip
Eve Muirhead
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was awarded the Frances Brodie Award, an honour given to a curler at the championships who best exemplified sportsmanship, fair play, honesty, and friendship. Muirhead was nominated by fellow curlers at the championships.
Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship:
* (host country)
*One team from the North American zone
**
*Eight teams from the
The teams are listed as follows:
*The team's normal skip, Andrea Schöpp, withdrew from the world championships due to a leg injury sustained prior to the championships. Melanie Robillard replaced Schöpp as skip, and threw third stones.
Round-robin standings
''Final round-robin standings''
Round-robin results
All times are listed in
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World Championship
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World Curling Championship
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...
World Women's Curling Championship
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...
World Women's Curling Championship
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...