The 2012

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's men's provincial curling championship, was held from February 8 to 12 at the

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. The winning team of Rob Fowler, will represent Manitoba at the

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. This will be the 88th edition of the Manitoba men's curling championships.

Teams

Thirty-two teams qualify for the men's provincial championship in Manitoba. Berths 1–14 represent the rural zones, and berths 15–21 represent the Winnipeg zones. There were two separate bonspiels played earlier in the year, the Northern and Southern Bonspiels, representing the north and south; these represent berths 22 and 23. Berth 24 goes to the winner of the Brandon Bonspiel played around the same time of fall as the Northern and Southern floating bonspiels. Berth 25 goes to the prior year's Manitoban champion, assuming the team meets the requirements to represent themselves. The same goes for berths 26 and 27, which go to the Manitoba Curling Tour champion and the top Manitoban team on the Canadian Team Ranking System, respectively. Berth 27 must be declared by November 1, 2010. Numbers 28–32 are qualifiers from the

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, also subject to subset rules and requirements. Once all 32 teams have been qualified, they will be seeded respectively and slotted into the draw format of 1 vs 32, 2 vs 31, and so on.

Draw Brackets

''32 team double knockout with playoff round''
''Four teams qualify each from A Event and B Event''

A Event

B Event

Results

*All times CST

Draw 1

''February 8, 8:30am''

Draw 2

''February 8, 12:15pm''

Draw 3

''February 8, 4:00pm''

Draw 4

''February 8, 8:15pm''

Draw 5

''February 9, 8:30am''

Draw 6

''February 9, 12:15pm''

Draw 7

''February 9, 4:00pm''

Draw 8

''February 9, 7:45pm''

Draw 9

''February 10, 8:30am''

Draw 10

''February 10, 12:15pm''

Draw 11

''February 10, 4:00pm''

Playoffs

Playoff round

''8 team double knockout''
''Four teams qualify into Championship Round''

First round

''February 10, 7:45pm''

Second round

''February 11, 9:00am''

Third round

''February 11, 2:00pm''

Championship Round

1 vs. 2

''February 11, 6:30 PM''

3 vs. 4

''February 11, 6:30 PM''

Semifinal

''February 12, 9:00 AM''

Final

''February 12, 1:30 PM''

References

{{Manitoba Curling Championships

Sport in Dauphin, Manitoba

Curling in Manitoba