Sweden no relation Canada
Qualification
Denmark (host country)
 Germany (defending champion)
 Canada (highest finisher from the Americas region at the 2010 World Championship)
 United States
Top six teams from the 2010 European Curling Championships
 Sweden (winner)
 Scotland (runner-up)
 Switzerland (third place)
 Russia
 Norway
 Czech Republic (defeated  Latvia in World Challenge)
Top two teams from the 2010 Pacific Curling Championships
 South Korea (winner)
 China (runner-up)
no relation