2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Host city	Chuncheon City, South Korea
Arena	Uiam Ice Rink
Dates	February 18–25
Winner	Russia
Skip	Andrey Smirnov
Third	Marat Romanov
Second	Aleksandr Shevchenko
Lead	Svetlana Pakhomova
Alternate	Oxana Slesarenko
Coach	Margarita Nesterova
Finalist	South Korea (Kim Hak-sung)

The 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 18 to 25 at the Uiam Ice Rink in Chuncheon City, South Korea.^[1]

Qualification

•  South Korea (host country)
• Top seven teams from the 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
  •  Canada
  •  Norway
  •  Scotland
  •  Russia
  •  China
  •  United States
  •  Sweden (winner of the challenge games)
• Two teams from the 2012 WWhCC Qualification Event
  •  Slovakia
  •  Italy

Qualification event

Slovakia and Italy qualified from the qualifying event held in November 2011 in Lohja, Finland.^[2]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[3]

Canada	China	Italy	Norway	Russia
Skip: Darryl Neighbour Third: Ina Forrest Second: Jack Smart Lead: Sonja Gaudet Alternate: Jim Armstrong Coach: Joe Rea	Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Liu Wei Second: He Jun Lead: Xu Guangqin Alternate: Zhang Qiang Coach: Li Jianrui	Skip: Andrea Tabanelli Third: Egidio Marchese Second: Emanuele Spelorzi Lead: Angela Menardi Alternate: Rosanna Menazzi Coach: Giulo Regli	Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Terje Rafdal Lead: Sissel Løchen Alternate: Per Fagerhøi Coach: Thoralf Hognestad	Skip: Andrey Smirnov Third: Marat Romanov Second: Aleksandr Shevchenko Lead: Svetlana Pakhomova Alternate: Oxana Slesarenko Coach: Margarita Nesterova
Scotland	Slovakia	South Korea	Sweden	United States
Skip: Aileen Neilson Third: Tom Killin Second: Gregor Ewan Lead: Angela Malone Alternate: Jim Gault Coach: Tony Zummack	Skip: Radoslav Duris Third: Branislav Jakubec Second: Dušan Pitoňák Lead: Monika Kunkelová Alternate: Alena Kánová Coach: Frantisek Pitoňák	Skip: Kim Hak-sung Third: Jung Seoung-won Second: Noh Byeong-Il Lead: Kang Mi-suk Alternate: Bang Min-ja Coach: Park Kwon-Il	Skip: Jalle Jungnell Third: Glenn Ikonen Second: Patrik Kallin Lead: Anette Wilhelm Alternate: Gert Erlandsson Coach: Tomas Nordin	Skip: Patrick McDonald Third: David Palmer Second: James Joseph Lead: Penny Greely Alternate: Timothy Kelly Coach: Steve Brown

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Nation	Skip	W	L
China	Wang Haitao	7	2
Russia	Andrey Smirnov	7	2
South Korea	Kim Hak-sung	7	2
United States	Patrick McDonald	6	3
Slovakia	Radoslav Duris	6	3
Canada	Darryl Neighbour	3	6
Scotland	Aileen Neilson	3	6
Sweden	Jalle Jungnell	3	6
Norway	Rune Lorentsen	2	7
Italy	Andrea Tabanelli	1	8

Round Robin Results

All times listed in Korea Standard Time (UTC+09).^[4]

Draw 1

Sunday, February 19, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Tabanelli)	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	X	4
Canada (Neighbour)	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	X	7

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	6
Scotland (Neilson)	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	6
United States (McDonald)	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Duris)	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	0	9
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	1	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	2	0	2	5	0	X	9
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	3

Draw 2

Sunday, February 19, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	X	4
China (Wang)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	4
Sweden (Jungnell)	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	2	0	2	0	2	1	X	X	7
Canada (Neighbour)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
Scotland (Neilson)	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	8
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	6

Draw 3

Monday, February 20, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
Sweden (Jungnell)	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	X	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Neighbour)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4
Slovakia (Duris)	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	5

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Neilson)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	3	0	1	2	1	0	1	X	8
Italy (Tabanelli)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
China (Wang)	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5

Draw 4

Monday, February 20, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Neighbour)	1	0	1	2	0	4	X	X	8
Scotland (Neilson)	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	7
Italy (Tabanelli)	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	X	5
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	7
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	8

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Duris)	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	2
United States (McDonald)	3	1	0	2	2	0	X	X	8

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 21, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	X	9
Russia (Smirnov)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	1

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Neilson)	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	X	4
United States (McDonald)	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Neighbour)	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	5
Norway (Lorentsen)	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	5
Slovakia (Duris)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	6

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
Italy (Tabanelli)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	6

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 21, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	5
Slovakia (Duris)	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	6

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Tabanelli)	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	X	5
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	2	1	0	2	0	3	X	8

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
China (Wang)	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	7

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Scotland (Neilson)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	2
South Korea (Kim)	1	2	1	0	2	1	2	X	9

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Neighbour)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	7

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 22, 9:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	X	8
Italy (Tabanelli)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	0	1	2	1	3	1	X	X	8
Canada (Armstrong)	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Duris)	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	5
Scotland (Neilson)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3
United States (McDonald)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	X	6

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 22, 15:30

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	X	7
Norway (Lorentsen)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	3

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Duris)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	4
Russia (Smirnov)	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	X	7

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	7
South Korea (Kim)	0	2	0	3	0	3	2	X	10

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Neighbour)	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	2
China (Wang)	2	1	0	1	2	1	X	X	7

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Tabanelli)	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	0
Scotland (Neilson)	2	3	3	1	0	X	X	X	10

Draw 9

Thursday, February 23, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Slovakia (Duris)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	3
South Korea (Kim)	4	0	3	0	4	0	3	X	14

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Lorentsen)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	3
China (Wang)	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	X	6

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	X	7
Italy (Tabanelli)	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	X	4

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Jungnell)	1	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	8
Scotland (Neilson)	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	4

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
United States (McDonald)	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5
Canada (Neighbour)	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	7

Tiebreaker

Thursday, February 23, 14:30

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
United States (McDonald)	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5
Slovakia (Duris)	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	7

Playoffs

	Page playoff system					Semifinal					Gold Medal Game
	1	South Korea	5
	2	Russia	4								1	South Korea	1
						2	Russia	3			2	Russia	9
						3	China	2
	3	China	7
	4	Slovakia	2

	Bronze Medal Game
	3	China	7
	4	Slovakia	4

1 vs. 2 Game

Friday, February 24, 9:30

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	EE	Final
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	5
Russia (Smirnov)	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4

3 vs. 4 Game

Friday, February 24, 9:30

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	X	7
Slovakia (Duris)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2

Semifinal

Friday, February 24, 15:30

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Russia (Smirnov)	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
China (Wang)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2

Bronze Medal Game

Saturday, February 25, 10:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Wang)	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	X	7
Slovakia (Duris)	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	X	4

Gold Medal Game

Saturday, February 25, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1
Russia (Smirnov)	0	1	3	2	1	1	1	X	9

2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Russia 1st title

References

General

• "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
• "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship Draw Schedule". World Curling Federation.

Specific

1. "Chuncheon City, South Korea to host 2012 World Wheelchair Championship". World Curling Federation. 22 February 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
2. "Slovakia & Italy qualify for WWhCC 2012". 10 November 2011.
3. "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Teams". World Curling Federation.
4. "2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Playing Schedule". World Curling Federation.