2012 World Senior Curling Championships

{{Infobox curling

| Name = 2012 World Senior Curling Championships

| Logo = 2012worldseniors.jpg

| Size = 230

| Host city = Tårnby, Denmark{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcurling.org/taarnby-denmark-to-host-world-senior-championships-2012|title=Taarnby Denmark to host World Senior Championships 2012|date=19 August 2011|publisher=World Curling Federation|access-date=19 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227235621/http://www.worldcurling.org/taarnby-denmark-to-host-world-senior-championships-2012|archive-date=27 February 2018|url-status=dead}}

| Arena = Tårnby Curling Club

| Dates = April 14–21

| Attendance =

| Men's winner = {{IRL4}}

| Curling club = none

| Skip = John Jo Kenny

| Third = Bill Gray

| Second = David Whyte

| Lead = Tony Tierney

| Alternate = David Hume

| Finalist = {{CAN}} (Kelly Robertson)

| Women's winner = {{CAN}}

| Curling club2 = Thistle Saint Andrews CC
Saint John, New Brunswick

| Skip2 = Heidi Hanlon

| Third2 = Kathy Floyd

| Second2 = Judy Blanchard

| Lead2 = Jane Arseneau

| Alternate2 =

| Finalist2 = {{SCO}} (Barbara Watt)

| prev = 2011

| next = 2013

}}

{{2012WSCC}}

The 2012 World Senior Curling Championships were held at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark from April 14 to 21. Tårnby has previously hosted the 2006 World Senior Curling Championships, the 2011 European Mixed Curling Championship, and the 2011 European Curling Championships' Group C competitions, and hosted the 2012 European Junior Curling Challenge. For the first time since 2009, the event was not held in conjunction with the same year's World Mixed Doubles Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.curling.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=558&Itemid=2|title=2012 World Mixed Doubles and World Seniors|date=7 May 2011|publisher=New Zealand Curling}}

Men

{{Main|2012 World Senior Curling Championships – Men's tournament}}

=Round-robin standings=

Final round-robin standings

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=2|Key
style="background:#ffffcc; width:20px;"|

|align=left|Teams to Playoffs

style="background:#ccffcc; width:20px;"|

|align=left|Teams to Draw Shot Challenge
(team with best moves to playoffs, other two play in qualification game)

style="background:#cfccfc; width:20px;"|

|align=left|Teams to Tiebreaker
(winner moves on to Draw Shot Challenge)

width=10% valign="top" |

{| class="wikitable"

style="background: #FFFFFF;" width=125 | White Groupstyle="background: #FFFFFF;" width=125| Skipstyle="background: #FFFFFF;" width=15| Wstyle="background: #FFFFFF;" width=15| L
bgcolor=#ffffcc

| {{CAN}}

Kelly Robertson60
bgcolor=#ffffcc

| {{NZL}}

Hans Frauenlob42
bgcolor=#cfccfc

| {{ITA}}

Antonio Menardi33
bgcolor=#cfccfc

| {{SCO}}

Keith Prentice33
{{JPN}}Yutak Matsuura33
{{NED}}Wim Neeleman24
{{HUN}}Andras Rókusfalvy06

|width=10% valign="top" |

class="wikitable"
style="background: #FA8072;" width=125 | Red Groupstyle="background: #FA8072;" width=125| Skipstyle="background: #FA8072;" width=15| Wstyle="background: #FA8072;" width=15| L
bgcolor=#ffffcc

| {{IRL4}}

John Jo Kenny70
bgcolor=#ffffcc

| {{FIN}}

Timo Kauste61
bgcolor=#ccffcc

| {{SUI}}

Karl Grossmann43
{{ENG}}Michael Sutherland34
{{LAT}}Peteris Sveisbergs34
{{USA}}Ian Journeaux34
{{RUS}}Sergey Korolenko16
{{SVK}}Milan Kalis07

|width=10% valign="top" |

class="wikitable"
style="background: #ADD8E6;" width=125 | Blue Groupstyle="background: #ADD8E6;" width=125| Skipstyle="background: #ADD8E6;" width=15| Wstyle="background: #ADD8E6;" width=15| L
bgcolor=#ffffcc

| {{NOR}}

Eigil Ramsfjell61
bgcolor=#ffffcc

| {{SWE}}

Connie Östlund61
bgcolor=#ccffcc

| {{AUS}}

Hugh Millikin61
{{GER}}Rainer Schöpp43
{{CZE}}Petr Kovač25
{{AUT}}Ronald Niederhauser25
{{DEN}}Hans Peter Schack16
{{WAL}}Chris Wells16

|}

=Playoffs=

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1= Qualification Game

| team-width = 150

| RD1-seed1= R3

| RD1-team1= {{SUI}}

| RD1-score1= 5

| RD1-seed2= W3

| RD1-team2= {{SCO}}

| RD1-score2= 6

}}

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1= Quarterfinals

| RD2= Semifinals

| RD3= Gold-medal game

| team-width = 150

| RD1-seed1= W1

| RD1-team1= {{CAN}}

| RD1-score1= 5

| RD1-seed2= W3

| RD1-team2= {{SCO}}

| RD1-score2= 2

| RD1-seed3= W2

| RD1-team3= {{NZL}}

| RD1-score3= 4

| RD1-seed4= B2

| RD1-team4= {{SWE}}

| RD1-score4= 5

| RD1-seed5= B1

| RD1-team5= {{NOR}}

| RD1-score5= 6

| RD1-seed6= B3

| RD1-team6= {{AUS}}

| RD1-score6= 3

| RD1-seed7= R1

| RD1-team7= {{IRL4}}

| RD1-score7= 8

| RD1-seed8= R2

| RD1-team8= {{FIN}}

| RD1-score8= 4

| RD2-seed1= W1

| RD2-team1= {{CAN}}

| RD2-score1= 9

| RD2-seed2= B2

| RD2-team2= {{SWE}}

| RD2-score2= 5

| RD2-seed3= B1

| RD2-team3= {{NOR}}

| RD2-score3= 4

| RD2-seed4= R1

| RD2-team4= {{IRL4}}

| RD2-score4= 5

| RD3-seed1= W1

| RD3-team1= {{CAN}}

| RD3-score1= 5

| RD3-seed2= R1

| RD3-team2= {{IRL4}}

| RD3-score2= 6

}}

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1= Bronze-medal game

| team-width = 150

| RD1-seed1= B1

| RD1-team1= {{NOR}}

| RD1-score1= 4

| RD1-seed2= B2

| RD1-team2= {{SWE}}

| RD1-score2= 8

}}

==Bronze-medal game==

Saturday, April 21, 14:00

{{ Curlingbox8

| sheet = D

| team1 = {{NOR}} (Ramsfjell)

|1|0|0|1|0|2|0|X| |4

| team2 = {{SWE}} (Östlund) {{X}}

|0|0|3|0|3|0|2|X| |8

}}

==Gold-medal game==

Saturday, April 21, 14:00

{{ Curlingbox8

| sheet = C

| team1 = {{CAN}} (Robertson) {{X}}

|0|0|1|0|1|2|1|0|0|5

| team2 = {{IRL4}} (Kenny)

|0|0|0|4|0|0|0|1|1|6

}}

{{winners-other|2012 World Senior Men's Curling Championship Winner|none|Ireland|1st|Four Provinces Flag.svg|size=100px}}

Women

{{Main|2012 World Senior Curling Championships – Women's tournament}}

=Round-robin standings=

Final round-robin standings

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=2|Key
style="background:#ffffcc; width:20px;"|

|align=left|Teams to Playoffs

style="background:#ccffcc; width:20px;"|

|align=left|Teams to Tiebreaker

width=10% valign="top" |

{| class="wikitable"

style="background: yellow;" width=125 | Yellow Groupstyle="background: yellow;" width=125| Skipstyle="background: yellow;" width=15| Wstyle="background: yellow;" width=15| L
bgcolor=#ffffcc

| {{CAN}}

Heidi Hanlon60
bgcolor=#ccffcc

| {{SCO}}

Barbara Watt42
bgcolor=#ccffcc

| {{USA}}

Pam Oleinik42
{{IRL4}}Marie O'Kane33
{{DEN}}Jane Bidstrup24
{{FIN}}Kirsti Kauste15
{{RUS}}Liudmila Murova15

|width=10% valign="top" |

class="wikitable"
style="background: #FF99CC;" width=125 | Rose Groupstyle="background: #FF99CC;" width=125| Skipstyle="background: #FF99CC;" width=15| Wstyle="background: #FF99CC;" width=15| L
bgcolor=#ffffcc

| {{SWE}}

Ingrid Meldahl60
bgcolor=#ffffcc

| {{NZL}}

Wendy Becker51
{{SUI}}Chantal Forrer42
{{CZE}}Ivana Danielisová33
{{JPN}}Mikiko Tsuchiya24
{{SVK}}Elena Jancariková15
{{ITA}}Lucilla Macchiati15

|}

=Playoffs=

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1= Semifinals

| RD2= Gold-medal game

| team-width = 150

| RD1-seed1= Y1

| RD1-team1= {{CAN}}

| RD1-score1= 7

| RD1-seed2= R2

| RD1-team2= {{NZL}}

| RD1-score2= 6

| RD1-seed3= Y2

| RD1-team3= {{SCO}}

| RD1-score3= 9

| RD1-seed4= R1

| RD1-team4= {{SWE}}

| RD1-score4= 5

| RD2-seed1= Y1

| RD2-team1= {{CAN}}

| RD2-score1= 12

| RD2-seed2= Y2

| RD2-team2= {{SCO}}

| RD2-score2= 2

}}

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1= Bronze-medal game

| team-width = 150

| RD1-seed1= R2

| RD1-team1= {{NZL}}

| RD1-score1= 3

| RD1-seed2= R1

| RD1-team2= {{SWE}}

| RD1-score2= 10

}}

==Bronze-medal game==

Saturday, April 21, 14:00

{{ Curlingbox8

| sheet = A

| team1 = {{NZL}} (Becker)

|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|X| |3

| team2 = {{SWE}} (Meldahl) {{X}}

|2|0|1|0|4|0|3|X| |10

}}

==Gold-medal game==

Saturday, April 21, 14:00

{{ Curlingbox8

| sheet = B

| team1 = {{CAN}} (Hanlon) {{X}}

|2|0|2|0|3|2|3|X| |12

| team2 = {{SCO}} (Watt)

|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|X| |2

}}

{{winners-other|2012 World Senior Women's Curling Championship Winner|CAN|Canada|8th}}

References

;General

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.worldcurling.org/world-senior-curling-championships-2012|publisher=World Curling Federation|access-date=2010-05-21|title=World Senior Curling Championships 2012}}

;Specific

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