2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – Qualification Event

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 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.

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Ørbæk) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 3 1 2 1 3 X X 12
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia (Dimbovkis) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Finland (Hellman) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Jäger) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Czech Republic (Musílek) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Germany (Jäger) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Czech Republic (Musílek) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Latvia (Dimbovkis) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5
 Germany (Jäger) 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 7

Playoffs

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

1 vs. 2

Thursday, November 10, 10:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Italy (Tabanelli) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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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