2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event

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

The qualification event of the 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from November 5 to 10, 2011 at the 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.

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[]

 Czech Republic  Denmark  Finland
Skip:

Third:
Second:
Lead:
Alternate:
Coach:

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:
Coach:

 Germany  Italy  Japan
Skip: Jens Jäger

Third: Caren Totzauer
Second: Martin Schlitt
Lead:
Alternate: Heike Melchior
Coach:

Skip: Andrea Tabanelli

Third: Egidio Marchese
Second: Emanuele Spelorzi
Lead: Angela Menardi
Alternate:
Coach:

Skip: Yoji Nakajima

Third:
Second:
Lead: Aki Ogawa
Alternate: Ayako Saitoh
Coach:

 Latvia  Slovakia   Switzerland
Skip:

Third:
Second:
Lead: Polina Rozkova
Alternate:
Coach:

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:
Alternate:
Coach: Stephan Pfister

Round robin standings[]

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 3 5
 Japan Yoji Nakajima 3 5
 Latvia 2 6

Round robin results[]

Draw 1[]

Saturday, November 5, 16:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Bolliger) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 7

 Italy receives a bye this round.

Draw 2[]

Sunday, November 6, 10:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Jäger) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) a hammer icon 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[]

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) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 2 3 1 2 1 3 X X 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia (Dimbovkis) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 10

 Denmark receives a bye this round.

Draw 4[]

Monday, November 7, 10:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Hellman) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 4 0 0 0 1 4 1 X 10

 Slovakia receives a bye this round.

Draw 5[]

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) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Jäger) a hammer icon 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[]

Tuesday, November 8, 10:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Finland (Hellman) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Czech Republic (Musílek) a hammer icon 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[]

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) a hammer icon 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Jäger) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 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[]

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) a hammer icon 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Czech Republic (Musílek) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5

 Latvia receives a bye this round.

Draw 9[]

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) a hammer icon 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia (Dimbovkis) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) a hammer icon 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[]

Wednesday, November 9, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Hellman) a hammer icon 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) a hammer icon 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5
 Germany (Jäger) 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 7

Playoffs[]

  Second Place Game Semifinals
                 
    1  Italy 9
      2  Slovakia Q 10
1  Italy Q 6  
3  Finland 5
  3  Finland 13
    4  Germany 2

1 vs. 2[]

Thursday, November 10, 10:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) a hammer icon 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[]

Thursday, November 10, 10:30

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Hellman) a hammer icon 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[]

Thursday, November 10, 16:30

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) a hammer icon 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[]

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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