The 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship took place from February 11 to 18 at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania (with the host city being listed as

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). It was held in conjunction with the 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship. The winning team, skipped by Allison Pottinger, will represent the United States at the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in

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. The first and second placed teams, skipped respectively by Allison Pottinger 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 women's nationals by qualifying automatically through the

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Order of Merit or through a challenge round. Four teams qualified via the Order of Merit, while six teams qualified via the challenge round. The challenge round was held in Marshfield,

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, where the teams that did not qualify directly via the Order of Merit competed for the final six spots in the nationals.

Teams

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, 4:30 pm''

Draw 2

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

Draw 3

''Sunday, February 12, 4:00 pm''

Draw 4

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

Draw 5

''Monday, February 13, 4:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Tuesday, February 14, 12:00 pm''

Draw 7

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

Draw 8

''Wednesday, February 15, 12:00 pm''

Draw 9

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

Playoffs

1 vs. 2 game

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

3 vs. 4 game

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

Semifinal

''Friday, February 17, 4:00 pm''

Championship final

''Saturday, February 18, 10:00 am''

References

External links

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