The 2012 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 31 to April 8, 2012 at St. Jakobshalle in

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. The 2012 World Men's Championship was one of the curling events that is a qualifier for the curling tournament at the

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. In the final, Canada's

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defeated Scotland's

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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* (defending champions) * (host nation) *One team from the North American zone: ** ( Brazil challenge withdrawn) *Seven teams from the

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) *Two teams from the

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: ** **

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: *Kraupp, Edin's third, filled in as skip for Edin, who is experiencing back pain from

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. Edin was not scheduled to be out for the whole tournament, and was able to return to skip three games.
**Schwarz, the Swiss alternate, replaced Müller at the fourth position for six games. Müller played at lead, while Bamert sat out as the alternate.
***Løvold, the Norwegian alternate, replaced Svae at the second position for six games in the round robin, while Svae sat out as the alternate. Løvold also played as second in the playoffs.

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

All times are listed in

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Draw 1

''Saturday, March 31, 2:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, March 31, 7:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Sunday, April 1, 9:00 am''

Draw 4

''Sunday, April 1, 2:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Sunday, April 1, 7:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Monday, April 2, 9:00 am''

Draw 7

''Monday, April 2, 2:00 pm''

Draw 8

''Monday, April 2, 7:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Tuesday, April 3, 9:00 am''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, April 3, 2:00 pm''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, April 3, 8:00 pm''

Draw 12

''Wednesday, April 4, 9:00 am''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, April 4, 2:00 pm''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, April 4, 7:00 pm''

Draw 15

''Thursday, April 5, 9:00 am''

Draw 16

''Thursday, April 5, 2:00 pm''

Draw 17

''Thursday, April 5, 7:00 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Friday, April 6, 2:00 pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, April 7, 2:00 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, April 7, 9:00 am''

Semifinal

''Saturday, April 7, 8:00 pm''

Bronze medal game

''Sunday, April 8, 11:00 am''

Gold medal game

''Sunday, April 8, 4:00 pm''

Player percentages

The top five player percentages of the round robin are as follows:

References

;General * ;Specific

External links

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Final on YouTube
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