2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event

The qualification event of the 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from November 5 to 10, 2011 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland,[1] which hosted the qualification event for last year's World Wheelchair Championships.[2] The event's two top finishers, Slovakia and Italy, qualified for the main tournament in Chuncheon City, South Korea.

2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Qualification Event
Host cityLohja, Finland
ArenaKisakallio Sports Institute
DatesNovember 5–10, 2011
Winner Slovakia
SkipRadoslav Duris
ThirdBranislav Jakubec
SecondDušan Pitoňák
LeadMonika Kunkelová
CoachFrantisek Pitoňák
Finalist Italy (Andrea Tabanelli)

The two qualification spots were determined as follows: The nine teams played each other once in the round-robin. At the conclusion of the round robin, the top four teams advanced to the playoffs. Tie-break games were necessary to decide on the top four teams. The playoffs followed the first and second rounds of the page playoff system. In the first round of playoffs, the first seed played the second seed and the third seed played the fourth seed. The winner of the 1 vs. 2 game, Slovakia, qualified for the World Championships, while the loser of the 1 vs. 2 game, Italy, played the winner of the 3 vs. 4 game, Finland, in the Second Place Game. The winner of the Second Place Game, Italy, qualified to the World Championships.

Teams

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  Czech Republic   Denmark   Finland
Skip: Radek Musílek

Third: Martin Tluk
Second: Stepan Benes
Lead: Michaela Charvátocá
Alternate: Jana Břinčilová
Coach: Jiri Marsa

Skip: Kenneth Ørbæk

Third: Henrik Harlev
Second: Preben Nielsen
Lead: Rosita Jensen
Alternate: Sussie Nielsen
Coach: Per Christensen

Fourth: Markku Karjalainen

Skip: Vesa Hellman
Second: Sari Karjalainen
Lead: Tuomo Aarnikka
Alternate: Riita Särösalo
Coach: Lauri Ikävalko

  Germany   Italy   Japan
Skip: Jens Jäger

Third: Caren Totzauer
Second: Martin Schlitt
Lead: Uwe Raschke
Alternate: Heike Melchior
Coach: Bernd Weißer

Skip: Andrea Tabanelli

Third: Egidio Marchese
Second: Emanuele Spelorzi
Lead: Angela Menardi
Alternate: Rosanna Menazzi
Coach: Giulio Regli

Skip: Yoji Nakajima

Third: Takashi Sakataya
Second: Hiroshi Wachi
Lead: Aki Ogawa
Alternate: Ayako Saitoh
Coach: Michiaki Saito

  Latvia   Slovakia   Switzerland
Skip: Aleksandrs Dimbovkis

Third: Ojars Briedis
Second: Maris Dzelskalns
Lead: Polina Rozkova
Alternate: Vita Miezite
Coach: Artis Zentelis

Skip: Radoslav Duris

Third: Branislav Jakubec
Second: Dušan Pitoňák
Lead: Monika Kunkelová
Coach: Frantisek Pitoňák

Skip: Manfred Bolliger

Third: Felix Wagner
Second: Claudia Hüttenmoser
Lead: Eric Decorvet
Alternate: Melanie Villars
Coach: Stephan Pfister

Round-robin standings

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Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Country Skip W L
  Italy Andrea Tabanelli 7 1
  Slovakia Radoslav Duris 5 3
  Denmark Kenneth Ørbæk 4 4
  Finland Vesa Hellman 4 4
  Germany Jens Jäger 4 4
  Switzerland Manfred Bolliger 4 4
  Czech Republic Radek Musílek 3 5
  Japan Yoji Nakajima 3 5
  Latvia Aleksandrs Dimbovkis 2 6

Round-robin results

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Draw 1

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Saturday, November 5, 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Bolliger)   0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 7
  Japan (Nakajima) 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Hellman)   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3
  Latvia (Dimbovkis) 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Ørbæk)   0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4
  Slovakia (Duris) 3 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Czech Republic (Musílek) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4
  Germany (Jäger)   1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 7

  Italy receives a bye this round.

Draw 2

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Sunday, November 6, 10:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany (Jäger)   1 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 9
  Latvia (Dimbovkis) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Slovakia (Duriš)   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
  Italy (Tabanelli) 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 0 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Bolliger) 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 7
  Czech Republic (Musílek)   2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Ørbæk)   0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
  Finland (Hellman) 1 5 2 0 4 2 X X 14

  Japan receives a bye this round.

Draw 3

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Sunday, November 6, 16:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Czech Republic (Musílek) 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 8
  Finland (Hellman)   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Japan (Nakajima) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
  Germany (Jäger)   2 3 1 2 1 3 X X 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Latvia (Dimbovkis)   1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
  Italy (Tabanelli) 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 3 10
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Slovakia (Duris) 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 6
  Switzerland (Bolliger)   4 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 10

  Denmark receives a bye this round.

Draw 4

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Monday, November 7, 10:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy (Tabanelli)   0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 5
  Switzerland (Bolliger) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Ørbæk) 2 0 0 3 3 3 2 X 13
  Czech Republic (Musílek)   0 2 3 0 0 0 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Hellman)   2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 7
  Germany (Jäger) 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Japan (Nakajima) 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 X 6
  Latvia (Dimbovkis)   4 0 0 0 1 4 1 X 10

  Slovakia receives a bye this round.

Draw 5

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Monday, November 7, 16:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Latvia (Dimbovkis) 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 X 3
  Denmark (Ørbæk)   5 1 3 2 0 2 2 X 15
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Bolliger) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 6
  Finland (Hellman)   1 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Slovakia (Duris) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
  Japan (Nakajima)   0 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany (Jäger)   0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1
  Italy (Tabanelli) 2 0 0 4 3 2 X X 11

  Czech Republic receives a bye this round.

Draw 6

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Tuesday, November 8, 10:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
  Finland (Hellman)   1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 6
  Slovakia (Duris) 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
  Italy (Tabanelli) 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
  Japan (Nakajima)   2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Czech Republic (Musílek)   1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 7
  Latvia (Dimbovkis) 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Bolliger) 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
  Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 6

  Germany receives a bye this round.

Draw 7

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Tuesday, November 8, 16:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Japan (Nakajima) 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
  Czech Republic (Musílek)   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany (Jäger)   0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4
  Denmark (Ørbæk) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy (Tabanelli)   0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 6
  Finland (Hellman) 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Latvia (Dimbovkis)   0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 5
  Slovakia (Duris) 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 6

  Switzerland receives a bye this round.

Draw 8

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Wednesday, November 9, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Ørbæk) 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
  Italy (Tabanelli)   3 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Czech Republic (Musílek)   2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
  Slovakia (Duris) 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Germany (Jäger) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 6
  Switzerland (Bolliger)   1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Hellman) 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 8
  Japan (Nakajima)   0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5

  Latvia receives a bye this round.

Draw 9

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Wednesday, November 9, 14:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Slovakia (Duris) 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 7
  Germany (Jäger)   0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Latvia (Dimbovkis)   1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
  Switzerland (Bolliger) 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 3 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
  Japan (Nakajima) 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6
  Denmark (Ørbæk)   0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy (Tabanelli)   1 2 1 1 0 1 1 X 7
  Czech Republic (Musílek) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1

  Finland receives a bye this round.

Tiebreakers

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Wednesday, November 9, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Hellman)   1 1 2 0 1 0 2 X 7
  Switzerland (Bolliger) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Denmark (Ørbæk)   1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5
  Germany (Jäger) 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 7

Playoffs

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Second Place GameSemifinals
1  Italy9
2  Slovakia Q10
1  Italy Q6
3  Finland5
3  Finland13
4  Germany2

1 vs. 2

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Thursday, November 10, 10:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Italy (Tabanelli)   2 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 9
  Slovakia (Duris) 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 2 10

  Slovakia is qualified to participate in the Worlds
  Italy moves to Second Place Game

3 vs. 4

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Thursday, November 10, 10:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Finland (Hellman)   1 2 0 6 4 0 X X 13
  Germany (Jäger) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X 2

  Finland advances to Second Place Game

Second Place Game

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Thursday, November 10, 16:30

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
  Italy (Tabanelli)   1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 6
  Finland (Hellman) 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5

  Italy qualified to participate in the Worlds

References

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General
  • "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Event". World Curling Federation.
  • "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Event Round Robin Draw". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
  • "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Event Teams" (PDF). World Curling Federation.
  • "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Qualification Event Results". Finnish Curling Federation.
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