The 2012

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took place from February 11 to 18 at the IceWorks Skating Complex in

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, (with the host city being listed as

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). It was held in conjunction with the

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. The winning team, skipped by

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, represented the United States at the

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. The first and second placed teams, skipped respectively by

and

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, earned qualification spots to the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials, which will determine the teams that will represent the United States at the

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Road to the Nationals

As with last year, teams qualified for the men's nationals by qualifying automatically through the

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Order of Merit, through regional qualifiers, or through a challenge round. Two teams qualified via the Order of Merit, five teams qualified through the regional qualifiers, and the remaining three teams qualified through the challenge round. The regional qualifiers in Green Bay,

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, and

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each received one or more qualifying spots, which were awarded to the top finishers from the qualifiers. Teams that were not awarded a qualification spot but were top finishers were invited to the challenge round, where the top three teams qualified. The

rink stood as an exception to the preceding rules. Since Fenson and his team were scheduled to represent the United States in the 2012 USA-Brazil Challenge, which was cancelled, they received an automatic berth into the nationals, regardless of their Order of Merit standing. Because they were not one of the top two Order of Merit teams, the Fenson rink participated as the eleventh team in the nationals.

Teams

Eleven teams participated in the national championship, one more team than usual, due to the Fenson rink's scheduled participation in the USA-Brazil Challenge. The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All times listed in

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Draw 1

''Saturday, February 11, 8:30 pm''

Draw 2

''Sunday, February 12, 12:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, February 12, 8:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Monday, February 13, 12:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Monday, February 13, 8:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Tuesday, February 14, 8:00 am''

Draw 7

''Tuesday, February 14, 4:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Wednesday, February 15, 8:00 am''

Draw 9

''Wednesday, February 15, 4:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Thursday, February 16, 8:00 am''

Draw 11

''Thursday, February 16, 12:00 pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 game

''Friday, February 17, 12:00 pm''

3 vs. 4 game

''Friday, February 17, 12:00 pm''

Semifinal

''Friday, February 17, 8:00 pm''

Championship final

''Saturday, February 18, 3:00 pm''

References

External links

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