2012 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament explained

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The women's tournament of the 2012 European Curling Championships was held at the Löfbergs Lila Arena and the Karlstad Curling Club in Karlstad, Sweden from December 7 to 15. The winners of the Group C tournament in Erzurum, Turkey moved on to the Group B tournament. The top seven women's teams at the 2012 European Curling Championships, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy and Germany, will represent their respective nations at the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship in Riga, Latvia.

In the Group A competitions, Sweden, Scotland, and Russia finished at the top of the round robin standings with two losses apiece.^[1] Denmark defeated Switzerland in a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs.^[2] The page playoffs saw defending champions Scotland rout Sweden and Russia edge past Denmark.^[3] Sweden dropped to the bronze medal game after a surprising loss in the semifinal to Russia, who stole the 8–6 win in an extra end.^[4] Hometown favorite Sweden, skipped by Margaretha Sigfridsson, recovered by defeating Denmark's Lene Nielsen with a score of 9–3 to win the bronze medal. Russia then played Scotland in the final, and stole one point in the first and fifth ends to hold the lead at the break, and stole one more point in the second half of the game. Scotland's Eve Muirhead managed to hang on with two deuces, and tied the game in the tenth end. Russia's Anna Sidorova secured a second European championship for Russia with a hit in the extra end, winning with a score of 6–5.^[5]

The Group C competitions in Erzurum saw Belarus and Turkey advancing to the Group B competitions, where they and two other teams played in a round robin tournament. Undefeated Norway dominated the round robin, and defeated Estonia in the page playoffs to advance to the final. Latvia moved up to the semifinal with a win over Austria in the page playoffs, and defeated Estonia in the semifinal to advance to the final. Austria defeated Estonia in the bronze medal game with a score of 8–5, while Norway's winning streak was broken with a 7–4 loss to Latvia. Latvia and Norway advance to the Group A competitions, replacing Finland and Hungary, and Belarus and Slovakia were relegated to the Group C competitions. Latvia were scheduled to play Germany in the World Challenge Games, but qualified to the world championships automatically as hosts.

Group A

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^{[6] [7]}

Skip: Linda Klímová Third: Kamila Mošová Second: Anna Kubešková Lead: Kateřina Urbanová Alternate: Tereza Plišková	Skip: Lene Nielsen Third: Helle Simonsen Second: Jeanne Ellegaard Lead: Maria Poulsen Alternate: Ane Hansen	Skip: Anne Malmi Third: Oona Kauste Second: Heidi Hossi Lead: Marjo Hippi Alternate: Tiina Suuripää	Skip: Andrea Schöpp Third: Imogen Oona Lehmann Second: Corinna Scholz Lead: Stella Heiß Alternate: Nicole Muskatewitz	Skip: Ildikó Szekeres Third: Alexandra Béres Second: Ágnes Patonai Lead: Boglárka Ádám Alternate: Blanka Páthy-Denscő
			[8]	[9]
Skip: Diana Gaspari Third: Giorgia Apollonio Second: Chiara Olivieri Lead: Claudia Alvera Alternate: Maria Gaspari	Skip: Anna Sidorova Third: Liudmila Privivkova Second: Margarita Fomina Lead: Ekaterina Galkina Alternate: Nkeiruka Ezekh	Skip: Eve Muirhead Third: Anna Sloan Second: Vicki Adams Lead: Claire Hamilton Alternate: Sarah Reid	Fourth: Maria Prytz Third: Christina Bertrup Second: Maria Wennerström Skip: Margaretha Sigfridsson Alternate: Agnes Knochenhauer	Skip: Mirjam Ott Third: Carmen Schäfer Second: Carmen Küng Lead: Janine Greiner Alternate: Alina Pätz

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Countries to Playoffs
	Countries to Tiebreakers
	Countries relegated to 2013 Group B

width=130	Country	width=150	Skip	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=20	Ends Won	width=20	Ends Lost	width=20	Blank Ends	width=20	Stolen Ends	width=20	Shot Pct.
		7	2	72	38	37	29	7	11	82%
		7	2	64	38	37	25	12	12	78%
		7	2	71	47	38	28	10	14	79%
		6	3	55	48	39	30	12	12	77%
		6	3	63	46	39	34	8	11	77%
		4	5	55	65	36	36	8	9	72%
		3	6	51	57	32	36	11	8	72%
		3	6	50	64	32	36	14	2	70%
		1	8	36	81	25	43	10	2	69%
		1	8	37	70	25	43	12	5	66%

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Saturday, December 8, 14:00^[10]

Draw 2

Sunday, December 9, 8:00^[11]

Draw 3

Sunday, December 9, 16:00^[12]

Draw 4

Monday, December 10, 9:00^[13]

Draw 5

Monday, December 10, 19:00^[14]

Draw 6

Tuesday, December 11, 12:00^[15]

Draw 7

Tuesday, December 11, 20:00^[16]

Draw 8

Wednesday, December 12, 14:00^[17]

Draw 9

Thursday, December 13, 8:00^[18]

Tiebreaker

Thursday, December 13, 15:00^[19]

Placement game

Thursday, December 13, 15:00^[19] was scheduled to play in the World Challenge Games, a best-of-three series with the winner of Group B to determine which team advances to the World Women's Championships, but the winner of Group B, Latvia, was qualified as the host of the World Women's Championships, so Germany qualified automatically.^[20]

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Friday, December 14, 13:00^[21]

3 vs. 4

Friday, December 14, 13:00^[21]

Semifinal

Friday, December 14, 20:00^[22]

Bronze-medal game

Saturday, December 15, 10:00^[23]

Gold-medal game

Saturday, December 15, 10:00^[23]

Player percentages

Round Robin only

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Leads % 83 82 82 75 75

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Seconds % 81 79 79 78 77

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Thirds % 81 80 79 78 76

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Skips/Fourths % 84 79 78 76 73

Group B

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[24]

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Skip: Karina Toth Third: Constanze Hummelt Second: Anna Weghuber Lead: Marijke Reitsma	Skip: Ekaterina Kirillova Third: Alina Pauliuchyk Second: Suzanna Ivashyna Lead: Natallia Sviarzhinskaya Alternate: Arina Sviarzhinskaya	Skip: Fiona Hawker Third: Susan Young Second: Alison Hemmings Lead: Deborah Hutcheon Alternate: Angharad Ward	Skip: Maile Mölder Third: Kristiine Lill Second: Küllike Ustav Lead: Kaja Liik-Tamm	Skip: Iveta Staša-Šaršūne Third: Ieva Krusta Second: Zanda Bikše Lead: Dace Munča Alternate: Una Germane
width=200		width=200		width=200		width=200		width=200
Skip: Linn Githmark Third: Kristine Davanger Second: Ingrid Michalsen Lead: Kristin Skaslien Alternate: Camilla Groeseth	Skip: Elżbieta Ran Third: Magda Strączek Second: Magdalena Dumanowska Lead: Agata Musik Alternate: Justyna Wojtas	Skip: Daniela Matulová Third: Veronika Kvasnovská Second: Linda Haferová Lead: Terezia Gabovicová Alternate: Terezia Hubácková	Skip: Irantzu García Third: Oihane Otaegi Second: Estrella Labrador Lead: María Fernández Alternate: Itziar Ortiz de Urbina	Skip: Elif Kızılkaya Third: Öznur Polat Second: Dilşat Yıldız Lead: Ayşe Gözütok Alternate: Şeyda Zengin

Round-robin results

Final round-robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Countries relegated to 2013 Group C

width=120	Country !	width=150	Skip !	W	L
		9	0
		7	2
		6	3
		5	4
		4	5
		4	5
		3	6
		3	6
		2	7
		2	7

Draw 1

Saturday, December 8, 12:00

Draw 2

Saturday, December 8, 20:00

Draw 3

Sunday, December 9, 12:00

Draw 4

Sunday, December 9, 20:00

Draw 5

Monday, December 10, 12:00

Draw 6

Monday, December 10, 20:00

Draw 7

Tuesday, December 11, 12:00

Draw 8

Tuesday, December 11, 20:00

Draw 9

Wednesday, December 12, 12:00

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

Thursday, December 13, 20:00

3 vs. 4

Thursday, December 13, 20:00

Semifinal

Friday, December 14, 8:00

Bronze-medal game

Friday, December 14, 13:00

Gold-medal game

Friday, December 14, 13:00

Group C

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[25]

Skip: Ekaterina Kirillova Third: Alina Pauliuchyk Second: Natallia Sviarzhinskaya Lead: Suzanna Ivashyna Alternate: Arina Sviarzhinskaya	Skip: Melani Lusic Third: Maja Sertic Second: Emina Crnaic Lead: Marijana Bozic Alternate: Katarina Vidakovic	Skip: Marianne Neeleman Third: Kimberly Honders Second: Bonnie Nilhamn Lead: Lisette Brilman
		Turkey
Skip: Daiana Raluca Colceriu Third: Bianca Neagoe Second: Diana Butucea Lead: Raluca Diana Grapa	Skip: Valentina Jurincic Third: Maja Kremzar Second: Nadja Pipan Lead: Anja Kresnik	Skip: Öznur Polat Third: Elif Kızılkaya Second: Dilşat Yıldız Lead: Ayşe Gözütok Alternate: Şeyda Zengin

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings^[26]

Country	Skip	W	L
		5	0
		3	2
		3	2
		2	3
		1	4
		1	4

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Friday, October 5, 17:30^[27]

Draw 2

Saturday, October 6, 9:00^[28]

Draw 3

Saturday, October 6, 13:00^[29]

Draw 4

Sunday, October 7, 9:00^[30]

Draw 5

Sunday, October 7, 14:00^[31]

Draw 6

Sunday, October 7, 19:00^[32]

Draw 7

Monday, October 8, 9:00^[33]

Draw 8

Monday, October 8, 14:00^[34]

Draw 9

Monday, October 8, 19:00^[35]

Playoffs

In the playoffs, the first and second seeds, Turkey and Belarus, played a semifinal game to determine the first team to advance to the Group B competitions. The loser of this game, along with the winners of the semifinal game played by the third and fourth seeds, the Netherlands and Croatia, advance to the second place game, which determines the second team to advance to the Group B competitions.

Semifinals

Tuesday, October 9, 18:00^[36] advances to the Group B competitions.
moves to Second Place Game. advances to Second Place Game

Second Place Game

Wednesday, October 10, 10:00^[37] advances to the Group B competitions.

References

General

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Day 5: End of Women's Round-Robin. 13 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 16 December 2012.
2. Web site: Day 6: Men's Play-offs & Women's Tie-breakers. 13 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 16 December 2012.
3. Web site: Day 7: Men's Semi-final & Women's Play-off. 14 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 16 December 2012.
4. Web site: Day 7: Men's Bronze Medal & Women's Semi-final. 14 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 16 December 2012.
5. Web site: Day 8: Women's Gold & Bronze Medal Games. 15 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 16 December 2012.
6. Web site: 2012 European Curling Championships – About the European Curling Championships. World Curling Federation.
7. Web site: Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2012 – A Group – Women – Teams. 12 November 2012. World Curling Federation. 12 November 2012.
8. Web site: Väntade svenska lag till curling-EM. 7 November 2012. Svenska Curlingförbundet (Swedish Curling Association). 7 November 2012. sv.
9. Web site: Auch Davos iFAS fährt an die EM nach Karlstad. 21 October 2012. Swiss Curling Association. 22 October 2012. de. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051143/http://www.curling.ch/home/page.aspx?page_id=2454&archive_type_id=106&person&categories&archive_id=9742&from&keyword. 5 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
10. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Session 1: Women. 8 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
11. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Session 2: Women. 9 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
12. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Session 3: Women. 9 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
13. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Session 4: Women. 10 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
14. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Session 5: Women. 10 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
15. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Session 6: Women. 11 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
16. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Session 7: Women. 11 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
17. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Session 8: Women. 12 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
18. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Session 9: Women. 13 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
19. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Session 10: Women. 13 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
20. Web site: Day 7: Men's Semi-final & Women's Play-off. 14 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 14 December 2012.
21. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Session 11: Women. 14 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
22. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Session 12: Women. 14 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
23. Web site: 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships – Women's Gold & Bronze. 15 December 2012. World Curling Federation. 18 December 2012.
24. Web site: Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2012 – B Group – Women – Teams. 22 November 2012. World Curling Federation. 4 December 2012.
25. Web site: 2012 European Mixed and Group C Curling Championships Brochure.
26. Web site: 2012 European Mixed Curling Championship – Standings after Round Robin. 9 October 2012.
27. Web site: 2012 European Curling Championships (Group C) – Draw 1 Results. 5 October 2012.
28. Web site: 2012 European Curling Championships (Group C) – Draw 2 Results. 6 October 2012.
29. Web site: 2012 European Curling Championships (Group C) – Draw 3 Results. 6 October 2012.
30. Web site: 2012 European Curling Championships (Group C) – Draw 4 Results. 7 October 2012.
31. Web site: 2012 European Curling Championships (Group C) – Draw 5 Results. 7 October 2012.
32. Web site: 2012 European Curling Championships (Group C) – Draw 6 Results. 7 October 2012.
33. Web site: 2012 European Curling Championships (Group C) – Draw 7 Results. 8 October 2012.
34. Web site: 2012 European Curling Championships (Group C) – Draw 8 Results. 8 October 2012.
35. Web site: 2012 European Curling Championships (Group C) – Draw 9 Results. 8 October 2012.
36. Web site: 2012 European Curling Championships (Group C) – Semifinals Results. 9 October 2012.
37. Web site: 2012 European Curling Championships (Group C) – Second Place Game Results. 10 October 2012.