The 2012 World Junior Curling Championships was held from March 3 to 11 at the in Östersund, Sweden. Östersund previously hosted the World Junior Curling Championships in 1999 and in 2008.[1]
In the men's final, Canada's Brendan Bottcher defeated Sweden's Rasmus Wranå in eight ends with a score of 10–4. Scotland's Kyle Smith secured the men's bronze medal with a 7–3 win over Norway's Markus Høiberg.[2] In the women's final, Scotland's Hannah Fleming defeated the Czech Republic's Zuzana Hájková in an extra end with a score of 6–5. Russia's Anna Sidorova won over Sweden's Sara McManus in nine ends to win the women's bronze medal with a score of 7–4.[3]
Canadian women's skip Jocelyn Peterman and Norwegian men's lead Sander Rølvåg were awarded with the 2012 World Curling Federation World Junior Sportsmanship Awards. They were chosen by fellow players at the World Junior Championships based on their values of sportsmanship and fair play.[4]
As the last placed European teams, three teams, Italy on the women's side and Italy and Finland on the men's side, will be relegated to the 2013 European Junior Curling Challenge, where teams not already qualified for the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships will have to play to qualify for the worlds.[5][6]
Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States qualified by virtue of their performance at last year's championships. Italy qualified from the European Junior Curling Challenge, and China qualified from the Pacific Junior Curling Championships.
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01).[8]
Draw 1[]
Saturday, March 3, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Pilzer)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
2
United States (Dropkin)
2
0
3
0
0
3
1
X
X
X
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (Klima)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
4
Switzerland (Märki)
0
0
2
0
3
0
3
0
1
X
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Wranå)
3
0
0
2
3
1
X
X
X
X
9
Norway (Høiberg)
0
2
0
0
0
0
X
X
X
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Ma)
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
X
4
Canada (Bottcher)
0
1
1
0
0
5
0
1
0
X
8
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Smith)
0
2
0
2
1
2
0
0
X
X
7
Finland (Sipola)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
3
Draw 2[]
Sunday, March 4, 9:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Switzerland (Märki)
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
6
China (Ma)
1
0
0
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
1
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
United States (Dropkin)
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
6
Canada (Bottcher)
0
2
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
3
9
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Scotland (Smith)
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
6
Italy (Pilzer)
0
1
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Sipola)
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
1
2
0
8
Norway (Høiberg)
2
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
2
9
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (Klima)
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
5
Sweden (Wranå)
0
0
3
0
0
3
0
1
0
1
8
Draw 3[]
Sunday, March 4, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Høiberg)
0
0
0
5
0
1
0
4
X
X
10
Czech Republic (Klima)
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
X
X
4
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Italy (Pilzer)
2
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
9
Finland (Sipola)
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
0
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Dropkin)
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
6
China (Ma)
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Sweden (Wranå)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
4
Scotland (Smith)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Märki)
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
6
Canada (Bottcher)
0
2
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
7
Draw 4[]
Monday, March 5, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Bottcher)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
X
4
Scotland (Smith)
0
1
0
0
1
3
1
0
2
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Wranå)
0
2
0
3
0
3
0
0
X
X
8
China (Ma)
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
X
X
4
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Sipola)
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
1
X
6
Switzerland (Märki)
0
0
2
0
4
0
0
2
0
X
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Høiberg)
3
0
2
0
2
0
2
X
X
X
9
Italy (Pilzer)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
X
3
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Dropkin)
2
0
3
0
0
0
4
1
X
X
10
Czech Republic (Klima)
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
X
X
3
Draw 5[]
Tuesday, March 6, 9:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Wranå)
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
4
Switzerland (Märki)
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
7
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Smith)
3
0
2
1
0
4
0
0
1
X
11
United States (Dropkin)
0
3
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
X
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Pilzer)
0
0
1
0
0
1
X
X
X
X
2
Canada (Bottcher)
2
1
0
2
3
0
X
X
X
X
8
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Czech Republic (Klima)
1
0
1
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
7
Finland (Sipola)
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
6
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Ma)
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
5
Norway (Høiberg)
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
7
Draw 6[]
Tuesday, March 6, 19:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Smith)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
X
3
Norway (Høiberg)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
0
X
6
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Switzerland (Märki)
1
2
0
2
0
1
0
2
X
X
8
Italy (Pilzer)
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
X
X
3
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Ma)
0
0
1
1
0
0
6
X
X
X
8
Czech Republic (Klima)
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
X
X
X
3
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Bottcher)
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
X
5
Sweden (Wranå)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
X
2
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Sipola)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
X
3
United States (Dropkin)
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
X
7
Draw 7[]
Wednesday, March 7, 14:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (Klima)
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
2
0
X
5
Canada (Bottcher)
1
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
2
X
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Finland (Sipola)
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
X
4
Sweden (Wranå)
2
0
0
3
1
0
1
0
1
X
8
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Norway (Høiberg)
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
7
United States (Dropkin)
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
6
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Smith)
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
8
Switzerland (Märki)
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
6
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Italy (Pilzer)
2
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
6
China (Ma)
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
7
Draw 8[]
Thursday, March 8, 8:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
United States (Dropkin)
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
X
4
Sweden (Wranå)
0
1
3
0
0
2
0
0
2
X
8
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
China (Ma)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
X
2
Scotland (Smith)
0
2
1
1
0
2
0
0
X
X
6
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Bottcher)
3
0
3
1
0
2
X
X
X
X
9
Finland (Sipola)
0
1
0
0
1
0
X
X
X
X
2
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Italy (Pilzer)
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
X
X
X
5
Czech Republic (Klima)
2
1
0
2
2
0
4
X
X
X
11
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Høiberg)
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
X
X
2
Switzerland (Märki)
1
0
3
0
2
3
X
X
X
X
9
Draw 9[]
Thursday, March 8, 17:00
Sheet A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
China (Ma)
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
4
0
1
10
Finland (Sipola)
0
4
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
9
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Bottcher)
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
3
10
Norway (Høiberg)
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
2
0
7
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Czech Republic (Klima)
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
X
X
X
4
Scotland (Smith)
2
0
0
2
0
0
5
X
X
X
9
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Final
Switzerland (Märki)
0
1
0
3
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
7
United States (Dropkin)
1
0
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
1
8
Sheet E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Wranå)
0
3
4
0
4
0
X
X
X
X
11
Italy (Pilzer)
1
0
0
2
0
0
X
X
X
X
3
Playoffs[]
Page playoff system
Semifinal
Gold Medal Game
1
Canada
9
2
Sweden
3
1
Canada
10
2
Sweden
8
2
Sweden
4
4
Norway
4
3
Scotland
8
4
Norway
9
Bronze Medal Game
4
Norway
3
3
Scotland
7
1 vs. 2 Game[]
Saturday, March 10, 12:00
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Bottcher)
2
0
1
0
3
0
3
0
X
X
9
Sweden (Wranå)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
X
X
3
3 vs. 4 Game[]
Saturday, March 10, 12:00
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Scotland (Smith)
0
3
0
0
3
0
0
1
1
0
8
Norway (Høiberg)
1
0
2
3
0
2
0
0
0
1
9
Semifinal[]
Saturday, March 10, 18:00
Sheet D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Sweden (Wranå)
0
1
0
4
1
0
1
0
1
X
8
Norway (Høiberg)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
0
X
4
Bronze Medal Game[]
Sunday, March 11, 13:00
Sheet B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Norway (Høiberg)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
X
X
3
Scotland (Smith)
1
1
0
1
1
0
3
0
X
X
7
Gold Medal Game[]
Sunday, March 11, 13:00
Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Final
Canada (Bottcher)
1
0
2
0
2
0
5
0
X
X
10
Sweden (Wranå)
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
X
X
4
2012 World Junior Men's Curling Championship
Canada 17th title
Women[]
Teams[]
Canada, the Czech Republic, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States qualified by virtue of their performance at last year's championships. Italy qualified from the European Junior Curling Challenge, and Japan qualified from the Pacific Junior Curling Championships.
Canada
Sweden (Rasmus Wranå)
Scotland
Czech Republic (Zuzana Hájková)
China
Finland
Italy
Norway
Switzerland
United States
Japan
Russia