# 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship

The 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 18 to 25 at the Uiam Ice Rink in Chuncheon City, South Korea.

## Qualification

* South Korea (host country)
* Top seven teams from the 2011 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:
** Canada
** Norway
** Scotland
** Russia
** China
** United States
** Sweden (winner of the challenge games)
* Two teams from the 2012 WWhCC Qualification Event
** Slovakia
** Italy

### Qualification event

Slovakia and Italy qualified from the qualifying event held in November 2011 in Lohja, Finland.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Canada | China | Italy | Norway | Russia |
| Skip: Darryl Neighbour Third: Ina Forrest Second: Jack Smart Lead: Sonja Gaudet Alternate: Jim Armstrong Coach: Joe Rea | Skip: Wang Haitao Third: Liu Wei Second: He Jun Lead: Xu Guangqin Alternate: Zhang Qiang Coach: Li Jianrui | Skip: Andrea Tabanelli Third: Egidio Marchese Second: Emanuele Spelorzi Lead: Angela Menardi Alternate: Rosanna Menazzi Coach: Giulo Regli | Skip: Rune Lorentsen Third: Jostein Stordahl Second: Terje Rafdal Lead: Sissel Løchen Alternate: Per Fagerhøi Coach: Thoralf Hognestad | Skip: Andrey Smirnov Third: Marat Romanov Second: Aleksandr Shevchenko Lead: Svetlana Pakhomova Alternate: Oxana Slesarenko Coach: Margarita Nesterova |
| Scotland | Slovakia | South Korea | Sweden | United States |
| Skip: Aileen Neilson Third: Tom Killin Second: Gregor Ewan Lead: Angela Malone Alternate: Jim Gault Coach: Tony Zummack | Skip: Radoslav Duris Third: Branislav Jakubec Second: Dušan Pitoňák Lead: Monika Kunkelová Alternate: Alena Kánová Coach: Frantisek Pitoňák | Skip: Kim Hak-sung Third: Jung Seung-won Second: Noh Byeong-il Lead: Kang Mi-suk Alternate: Bang Min-ja Coach: Park Kwon-il | Skip: Jalle Jungnell Third: Glenn Ikonen Second: Patrik Kallin Lead: Anette Wilhelm Alternate: Gert Erlandsson Coach: Tomas Nordin | Skip: Patrick McDonald Third: David Palmer Second: James Joseph Lead: Penny Greely Alternate: Timothy Kelly Coach: Steve Brown |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Nation | Skip | W | L |
| China | Wang Haitao | 7 | 2 |
| Russia | Andrey Smirnov | 7 | 2 |
| South Korea | Kim Hak-sung | 7 | 2 |
| United States | Patrick McDonald | 6 | 3 |
| Slovakia | Radoslav Duris | 6 | 3 |
| Canada | Darryl Neighbour | 3 | 6 |
| Scotland | Aileen Neilson | 3 | 6 |
| Sweden | Jalle Jungnell | 3 | 6 |
| Norway | Rune Lorentsen | 2 | 7 |
| Italy | Andrea Tabanelli | 1 | 8 |

## Round-robin results

All times listed in Korea Standard Time (UTC+09).

### Draw 1

Sunday, February 19, 9:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Canada (Neighbour) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| United States (McDonald) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 |

### Draw 2

Sunday, February 19, 15:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Canada (Neighbour) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Draw 3

Monday, February 20, 9:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Neighbour) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |

### Draw 4

Monday, February 20, 15:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Neighbour) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 8 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
| United States (McDonald) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 8 |

### Draw 5

Tuesday, February 21, 9:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 9 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| United States (McDonald) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Neighbour) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

### Draw 6

Tuesday, February 21, 15:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | X | 9 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Neighbour) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |

### Draw 7

Wednesday, February 22, 9:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Canada (Armstrong) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 |

### Draw 8

Wednesday, February 22, 15:30
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Canada (Neighbour) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| China (Wang) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 0 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 10 |

### Draw 9

Thursday, February 23, 9:00
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| South Korea (Kim) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | X | 14 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Norway (Lorentsen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Italy (Tabanelli) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sweden (Jungnell) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Scotland (Neilson) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Canada (Neighbour) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |

## Tiebreaker

Thursday, February 23, 14:30
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| United States (McDonald) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |

## Playoffs

| Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | | | | 1 | South Korea | 1 |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | | | | 2 | Russia | 9 |
| | | | 2 | Russia | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | China | 2 | | | |
| 3 | China | 7 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Slovakia | 2 | | | | | | |
| Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game |
| 3 | China | 7 |
| 4 | Slovakia | 4 |

### 1 vs. 2 Game

Friday, February 24, 9:30
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | EE | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

### 3 vs. 4 Game

Friday, February 24, 9:30
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |

### Semifinal

Friday, February 24, 15:30
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |

### Bronze medal game

Saturday, February 25, 10:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Slovakia (Duris) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |

### Gold medal game

Saturday, February 25, 14:00
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| South Korea (Kim) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| Russia (Smirnov) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 9 |
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