# 2012 Baden Masters

The 2012 Baden Masters were held from August 31 to September 2 in Baden, Switzerland. It was the first event of the men's World Curling Tour for the 2012–13 curling season. The total purse of the event was 29,000 Swiss francs (CHF).
In the final, Sven Michel defeated Peter de Cruz with a 7–5 tally, winning 11,000 CHF of the prize money.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Alex Attinger | Felix Attinger | Daniel Schifferli | Simon Attinger | Switzerland |
| Tom Brewster | Greg Drummond | Scott Andrews | Michael Goodfellow | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Benoît Schwarz (fourth) | Peter de Cruz (skip) | Dominik Märki | Valentin Tanner | Switzerland |
| Tony Angiboust (fourth) | Thomas Dufour (skip) | Lionel Roux | Wilfrid Coulot | Chamonix, France |
| Niklas Edin | Sebastian Kraupp | Fredrik Lindberg | Viktor Kjäll | Karlstad, Sweden |
| Kristian Lindström (fourth) | Oskar Eriksson (skip) | Markus Eriksson | Christoffer Sundgren | Lit, Sweden |
| Mario Freiberger | Sven Iten | Pascal Eicher | Rainer Kobler | Switzerland |
| Brad Gushue | Adam Casey | Brett Gallant | Geoff Walker | St. John's, Canada |
| Pascal Hess | Yves Hess | Florian Meister | Stefan Meienberg | Switzerland |
| Stefan Häsler | Christian Bangerter | Christian Roth | Jörg Lüthy | Switzerland |
| Andy Lang | Daniel Herberg | Daniel Neuner | Andreas Kempf | Füssen, Germany |
| Aku Kauste | Jani Sullanmaa | Pauli Jäämies | Janne Pitko | Finland |
| Sven Michel | Claudio Pätz | Sandro Trolliet | Simon Gempeler | Adelboden, Switzerland |
| Meico Öhninger | Andri Heimann | Kyrill Öhninger | Kevin Wunderlin | Switzerland |
| Marc Pfister | Roger Meier | Enrico Pfister | Raphael Märki | Switzerland |
| Jiří Snítil | Martin Snítil | Jindřich Kitzberger | Marek Vydra | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Rasmus Stjerne | Johnny Frederiksen | Mikkel Poulsen | Troels Harry | Hvidovre, Denmark |
| Alexey Tselousov | Alexey Stukalsky | Andrey Drozdov | Artur Razhabov | Moscow, Russia |
| Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Oslo, Norway |
| Bernhard Werthemann | Bastian Brun | Florian Zürrer | Paddy Käser | Switzerland |

## Round-robin standings

| Group A | W | L |
| Peter de Cruz | 3 | 1 |
| Oskar Eriksson | 2 | 2 |
| Alex Attinger | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Brewster | 2 | 2 |
| Meico Öhninger | 1 | 3 |
| Group B | W | L |
| Brad Gushue | 3 | 1 |
| Rasmus Stjerne | 3 | 1 |
| Bernhard Werthemann | 2 | 2 |
| Marc Pfister | 1 | 3 |
| Alexey Tselousov | 1 | 3 |
| Group C | W | L |
| Niklas Edin | 3 | 1 |
| Mario Freiberger | 3 | 1 |
| Pascal Hess | 3 | 1 |
| Aku Kauste | 1 | 3 |
| Andy Lang | 0 | 4 |
| Group D | W | L |
| Sven Michel | 4 | 0 |
| Stefan Häsler | 2 | 2 |
| Thomas Dufour | 2 | 2 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 2 | 2 |
| Jiří Snítil | 0 | 4 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 5 | | | | | | |
| Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 3 | | | | | | |
| Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 3 | Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 7 | | | |
| | | | Mario Freiberger | Mario Freiberger | 3 | | | |
| Mario Freiberger | Mario Freiberger | 6 | Mario Freiberger | Mario Freiberger | 3 | | | |
| Stefan Häsler | Stefan Häsler | 5 | | | | | | |
| Stefan Häsler | Stefan Häsler | 5 | | | | Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 5 |
| | | | | | | Sven Michel | Sven Michel | 7 |
| Rasmus Stjerne | Rasmus Stjerne | 8 | | | | | | | Sven Michel | Sven Michel | 7 |
| Oskar Eriksson | Oskar Eriksson | 3 | | | | | | |
| Oskar Eriksson | Oskar Eriksson | 3 | Rasmus Stjerne | Rasmus Stjerne | 4 | | | |
| | | | Sven Michel | Sven Michel | 5 | | | |
| Sven Michel | Sven Michel | 5 | Sven Michel | Sven Michel | 5 | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 1 | | | | | | |