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 city	Lohja, Finland
Arena	Kisakallio Sports Institute
Dates	November 5–10, 2011
Winner	Slovakia
Skip	Radoslav Duris
Third	Branislav Jakubec
Second	Dušan Pitoňák
Lead	Monika Kunkelová
Coach	Frantisek Pitoňák
Finalist	Italy (Andrea Tabanelli)

Main article: 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

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: 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

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

Draw 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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)	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)	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)	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.
• . 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.

Specific

1. "Chuncheon City, South Korea to host 2012 World Wheelchair Championship". World Curling Federation. 2011-02-22.
2. "Kisakallio Sports Institute Home Page".

External links

• Official website