# 2012 World Senior Curling Championships

The 2012 World Senior Curling Championships were held at the Tårnby Curling Club in Tårnby, Denmark from April 14 to 21. Tårnby has previously hosted the 2006 World Senior Curling Championships, the 2011 European Mixed Curling Championship, and the 2011 European Curling Championships' Group C competitions, and hosted the 2012 European Junior Curling Challenge. For the first time since 2009, the event was not held in conjunction with the same year's World Mixed Doubles Championship.

## Men
### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Draw Shot Challenge (team with best moves to playoffs, other two play in qualification game)
* Teams to Tiebreaker (winner moves on to Draw Shot Challenge)
| White Group | Skip | W | L |
| Canada | Kelly Robertson | 6 | 0 |
| New Zealand | Hans Frauenlob | 4 | 2 |
| Italy | Antonio Menardi | 3 | 3 |
| Scotland | Keith Prentice | 3 | 3 |
| Japan | Yutak Matsuura | 3 | 3 |
| Netherlands | Wim Neeleman | 2 | 4 |
| Hungary | Andras Rókusfalvy | 0 | 6 |
| Red Group | Skip | W | L |
| Ireland | John Jo Kenny | 7 | 0 |
| Finland | Timo Kauste | 6 | 1 |
| Switzerland | Karl Grossmann | 4 | 3 |
| England | Michael Sutherland | 3 | 4 |
| Latvia | Peteris Sveisbergs | 3 | 4 |
| United States | Ian Journeaux | 3 | 4 |
| Russia | Sergey Korolenko | 1 | 6 |
| Slovakia | Milan Kalis | 0 | 7 |
| Blue Group | Skip | W | L |
| Norway | Eigil Ramsfjell | 6 | 1 |
| Sweden | Connie Östlund | 6 | 1 |
| Australia | Hugh Millikin | 6 | 1 |
| Germany | Rainer Schöpp | 4 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | Petr Kovač | 2 | 5 |
| Austria | Ronald Niederhauser | 2 | 5 |
| Denmark | Hans Peter Schack | 1 | 6 |
| Wales | Chris Wells | 1 | 6 |

### Playoffs

| Qualification Game | Qualification Game | Qualification Game |
| R3 | Switzerland | 5 |
| W3 | Scotland | 6 |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold-medal game | Gold-medal game | Gold-medal game |
| W1 | Canada | 5 | | | | | | |
| W3 | Scotland | 2 | | | | | | |
| W3 | Scotland | 2 | W1 | Canada | 9 | | | |
| | | | B2 | Sweden | 5 | | | |
| W2 | New Zealand | 4 | B2 | Sweden | 5 | | | |
| B2 | Sweden | 5 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Sweden | 5 | | | | W1 | Canada | 5 |
| | | | | | | R1 | Ireland | 6 |
| B1 | Norway | 6 | | | | | | | R1 | Ireland | 6 |
| B3 | Australia | 3 | | | | | | |
| B3 | Australia | 3 | B1 | Norway | 4 | | | |
| | | | R1 | Ireland | 5 | | | |
| R1 | Ireland | 8 | R1 | Ireland | 5 | | | |
| R2 | Finland | 4 | | | | | | |
| Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game |
| B1 | Norway | 4 |
| B2 | Sweden | 8 |

#### Bronze-medal game

Saturday, April 21, 14:00
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Ramsfjell) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sweden (Östlund) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |

#### Gold-medal game

Saturday, April 21, 14:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Canada (Robertson) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ireland (Kenny) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
* 2012 World Senior Men's Curling Championship Winner
* Ireland 1st title

## Women
### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Yellow Group | Skip | W | L |
| Canada | Heidi Hanlon | 6 | 0 |
| Scotland | Barbara Watt | 4 | 2 |
| United States | Pam Oleinik | 4 | 2 |
| Ireland | Marie O'Kane | 3 | 3 |
| Denmark | Jane Bidstrup | 2 | 4 |
| Finland | Kirsti Kauste | 1 | 5 |
| Russia | Liudmila Murova | 1 | 5 |
| Rose Group | Skip | W | L |
| Sweden | Ingrid Meldahl | 6 | 0 |
| New Zealand | Wendy Becker | 5 | 1 |
| Switzerland | Chantal Forrer | 4 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | Ivana Danielisová | 3 | 3 |
| Japan | Mikiko Tsuchiya | 2 | 4 |
| Slovakia | Elena Jancariková | 1 | 5 |
| Italy | Lucilla Macchiati | 1 | 5 |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold-medal game | Gold-medal game | Gold-medal game |
| Y1 | Canada | 7 | | | |
| R2 | New Zealand | 6 | | | |
| R2 | New Zealand | 6 | Y1 | Canada | 12 |
| | | | Y2 | Scotland | 2 |
| Y2 | Scotland | 9 | Y2 | Scotland | 2 |
| R1 | Sweden | 5 | | | |
| Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game | Bronze-medal game |
| R2 | New Zealand | 3 |
| R1 | Sweden | 10 |

#### Bronze-medal game

Saturday, April 21, 14:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| New Zealand (Becker) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sweden (Meldahl) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |

#### Gold-medal game

Saturday, April 21, 14:00
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Hanlon) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | X | 12 |
| Scotland (Watt) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
* 2012 World Senior Women's Curling Championship Winner
* Canada 8th title