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2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship
The 2012 World Curling Championships, 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 at the 2014 Winter Olympics, 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 * (defending champions) * (host nation) *One team from the North American zone: ** (2012 USA-Brazil Challenge, Brazil challenge withdrawn) *Seven teams from the 2011 European Curling Championships – Men's tournament, 2011 European Curling Championships: ** ** ** ** ** ** ** (Winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basel
Basel ( ; ), also known as Basle ( ), ; ; ; . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine (at the transition from the High Rhine, High to the Upper Rhine). Basel is Switzerland's List of cities in Switzerland, third-most-populous city (after Zurich and Geneva), with 177,595 inhabitants within the city municipality limits. The official language of Basel is Swiss Standard German and the main spoken language is the local Basel German dialect. Basel is commonly considered to be the cultural capital of Switzerland and the city is famous for its many Museums in Basel, museums, including the Kunstmuseum Basel, Kunstmuseum, which is the first collection of art accessible to the public in the world (1661) and the largest museum of Swiss art, art in Switzerland, the Fondation Beyeler (located in Riehen), the Museum Tinguely and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel), Museum of Contemporary Art, which is the first public museum of contemporary art in Europe. Forty museums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Curling Association
Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Association (CCA)) is a sanctioning body for the sport of curling in Canada. It is associated with more than a dozen provincial and territorial curling associations across the country, and organizes Canada's national championships in the sport. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the two previous sanctioning bodies, Curl Canada (men's) and the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association (women's). History The CCA was created in 1990 when Curl Canada and the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association amalgamated. From its creation until 2007, Dave Parkes was the general manager and then chief executive officer (CEO). Greg Stremlaw was the CEO until 2015 when he took over as head of sports at CBC Sports Katherine Henderson became CEO in 2016 and continued to be in that role until August 2023, when she became CEO of Hockey Canada. Danny Lamoureux took over as interim CEO as her replacement. Nolan Thiessen was appointed CEO in January 2024. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brno
Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 100 largest cities of the European Union. The Brno metropolitan area has approximately 730,000 inhabitants. Brno is the former capital city of Moravia and the political and cultural hub of the South Moravian Region. It is the centre of the Judiciary of the Czech Republic, Czech judiciary, with the seats of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Administrative Court, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office, and a number of state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Lu'an (curler)
Chen Lu'an (; born January 10, 1988) is a Chinese male curling, curler. At the international level, he is a three-time (, , ). Teams References External links * Living people 1988 births Chinese male curlers Pacific-Asian curling champions Place of birth missing (living people) Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade Winter World University Games medalists in curling FISU World University Games bronze medalists for China {{PRChina-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zang Jialiang
Zang Jialiang (; born January 12, 1988, in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese curler who trains in Harbin. He made his world championship debut at the 2008 Grand Forks World Championships. Team China achieved their best result to date. In the round robin portion they achieved upset wins over Team Canada and Team Norway. They would finish in third after the round robin and for the first time a men's team from the Pacific region would qualify for the Playoffs. In the 3 vs. 4 Playoff match, they lost to Team Norway, and again in the Bronze Medal Match. Team China was less successful at the 2009 Moncton World Championships, where it placed ninth overall. Zang Jialiang represented Team China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Teammates 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games *Wang Fengchun Wang Fengchun (; born February 2, 1982, in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Fengchun Wang) is a Chinese curler. He is the skip of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ba Dexin
Ba Dexin (; ; born 14 June 1990 in Harbin) is a Chinese curler. He competed at the 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017 World Curling Championships, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where the Chinese team placed fourth. He also competed in the mixed doubles tournament of the 2018 Winter Olympics with partner Wang Rui, placing fourth. Personal life Ba was educated at Harbin Sport University Harbin Sport University (), also known as the Harbin Institute of Physical Education or HIPE, is a university in Harbin, China, working with research on health and sports. In 2015, the announcement of a new Olympic winter sports center was mad .... References External links * 1990 births Living people Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Chinese male curlers Olympic curlers for China Curlers from Harbin Asian Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Xiaoming
Xu Xiaoming (; born September 14, 1984, in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese curler from Beijing. Career His team won bronze in the Curling at the 2007 Asian Winter Games and he competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics. In Vancouver he threw Second stones for the Chinese team. He represented China at the 2014 Winter Olympics as the third for the Chinese team. Currently, as the head coach of the Chinese Men's Youth Curling Team, he coached the team to win the country's first ever men's World Junior Curling Championship in 2023. Personal life Xu is married to Kim Ji-sun who skipped the South Korean Women's National Team at the 2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro .... They have one child.2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team China References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Rui (curler)
Liu Rui (; born March 13, 1982, in Harbin, Heilongjiang; sometimes known as Rui Lui) is a Chinese curler. He was the skip of the Chinese men's Olympic Curling Team at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Liu played in his first World Curling Championships in 2008, playing third for Fengchun Wang. The team lost in the bronze medal game to Norway, settling for fourth place. After a slow start in the 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, Liu switched to throw 4th stones while skip Fengchun Wang continued to call the game and throw 3rd stones. The team struggled, placing 9th. The team represented China at the 2010 Winter Olympics, with Liu throwing last rocks and Wang continuing to skip. The team finished 8th with a 2–7 record. After the Olympics, Liu took over skipping the team, leading China at the 2010 World Men's Curling Championship, placing 11th. He led China to a 6th place finish at the 2012 World Men's Curling Championship, the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbin
Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Liaoning province) and largest metropolitan area, metropolitan population (urban and rural regions together) in Northeast China. Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts, two county-level cities and seven counties, and is the List of cities in China by population and built-up area, eighth most populous Chinese city according to the Seventh National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, 2020 census. The built-up area of Harbin (which consists of all districts except Shuangcheng, Harbin, Shuangcheng and Acheng, Harbin, Acheng) had 5,841,929 inhabitants, while the total metropolitan population was up to 10,009,854, making it List of urban areas by population, one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
The 2011 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships were held from November 19 to 26 at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in Nanjing, People's Republic of China, China. The Pacific Championships acted as the Pacific Zone qualifiers for the 2012 World Curling Championships. The top two women's berths (China and Korea) qualified for the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta, while the top two men's berths (China and New Zealand) qualified for the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland. Men Teams Round Robin Standings Round Robin Results Draw 1 ''Saturday, November 19, 14:30'' Draw 2 ''Sunday, November 20, 10:00'' Draw 3 ''Sunday, November 20, 19:00'' Draw 4 ''Monday, November 21, 10:00'' Draw 5 ''Monday, November 21, 19:00'' Draw 6 ''Tuesday, November 22, 10:00'' Draw 7 ''Tuesday, November 22, 19:00'' Draw 8 ''Wednesday, November 23, 10:00'' Draw 9 ''Wednesday, November 23, 19:00'' Draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
