The 2012 World Senior Curling Championships were held at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark from April 14 to 21.[1] 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.[1] For the first time since 2009, the event was not held in conjunction with the same year's World Mixed Doubles Championship.[2]
| 2012 World Senior Curling Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Host city | Tårnby, Denmark[1] |
| Arena | Tårnby Curling Club |
| Dates | April 14–21 |
| Men's winner |  Ireland |
| Skip | John Jo Kenny |
| Third | Bill Gray |
| Second | David Whyte |
| Lead | Tony Tierney |
| Alternate | David Hume |
| Finalist |  Canada (Kelly Robertson) |
| Women's winner | Canada |
| Curling club | Thistle Saint Andrews CC Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Skip | Heidi Hanlon |
| Third | Kathy Floyd |
| Second | Judy Blanchard |
| Lead | Jane Arseneau |
| Finalist |  Scotland (Barbara Watt) |
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Men
editRound-robin standings
editFinal round-robin standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | |
| Teams to Draw Shot Challenge (team with best moves to playoffs, other two play in qualification game) | |
| Teams to Tiebreaker (winner moves on to Draw Shot Challenge) | |
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Playoffs
edit| Qualification Game | ||||
| R3 |  Switzerland
| 5 | ||
| W3 | Scotland
| 6 | ||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold-medal game | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Canada
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | Scotland
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Canada
| 9 | ||||||||||||
| B2 |  Sweden
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| W2 |  New Zealand
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Sweden
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Canada
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| R1 | Ireland
| 6 | ||||||||||||
| B1 |  Norway
| 6 | ||||||||||||
| B3 |  Australia
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Norway
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| R1 | Ireland
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| R1 | Ireland
| 8 | ||||||||||||
| R2 |  Finland
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| Bronze-medal game | ||||
| B1 | Norway
| 4 | ||
| B2 | Sweden
| 8 | ||
Bronze-medal game
editSaturday, April 21, 14:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Ramsfjell)
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
Sweden (Östlund) 
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0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
Gold-medal game
editSaturday, April 21, 14:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Canada (Robertson)
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ireland (Kenny)
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0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012 World Senior Men's Curling Championship Winner |
|---|
 Ireland 1st title |
Women
editRound-robin standings
editFinal round-robin standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | |
| Teams to Tiebreaker | |
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Playoffs
edit| Semifinals | Gold-medal game | ||||||||
| Y1 | Canada
| 7 | |||||||
| R2 | New Zealand
| 6 | |||||||
| Y1 | Canada
| 12 | |||||||
| Y2 | Scotland
| 2 | |||||||
| Y2 | Scotland
| 9 | |||||||
| R1 | Sweden
| 5 | |||||||
| Bronze-medal game | ||||
| R2 | New Zealand
| 3 | ||
| R1 | Sweden
| 10 | ||
Bronze-medal game
editSaturday, April 21, 14:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| New Zealand (Becker)
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sweden (Meldahl)
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2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |
Gold-medal game
editSaturday, April 21, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Hanlon)
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | X | 12 |
| Scotland (Watt)
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| 2012 World Senior Women's Curling Championship Winner |
|---|
 Canada 8th title |
References
edit- General
- "World Senior Curling Championships 2012". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
- Specific
- ^ a b c "Taarnby Denmark to host World Senior Championships 2012". World Curling Federation. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "2012 World Mixed Doubles and World Seniors". New Zealand Curling. 7 May 2011.