2012 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2012 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Enmax Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta from March 17 to 25. It marked the 12th time that Canada has hosted the World Women's Curling Championship. The 2012 World Women's Championship was one of the curling events that is a qualifier for the curling tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
This edition of the World Women's Championship saw the first South Korean team advance to the playoffs in history. Previously, their best performance was in 2009, when they finished the round-robin in tenth place with a 3–8 win-loss record.
In the final, Switzerland's Mirjam Ott defeated Sweden's Margaretha Sigfridsson after scoring a deuce in the tenth end, wrapping up the game with a score of 7–6. Switzerland won its third gold medal, its first since 1983, when Erika Müller won the world championship. Ott won her first gold medal, while Sigfridsson won her third silver medal.
Scottish skip Eve Muirhead was awarded the Frances Brodie Award, an honour given to a curler at the championships who best exemplified sportsmanship, fair play, honesty, and friendship. Muirhead was nominated by her fellow curlers at the championships.
Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship:- One team from the North American zone
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- Eight teams from the 2011 European Curling Championships
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- Two teams from the 2011 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships:
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Teams
The teams are listed as follows:Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings| Country | Skip | W | L | PF | PA | Ends Won | Ends Lost | Blank Ends | Stolen Ends | Shot Pct. |
| Margaretha Sigfridsson | 8 | 3 | 77 | 51 | 43 | 37 | 20 | 6 | 85% | |
| Mirjam Ott | 8 | 3 | 72 | 58 | 45 | 41 | 20 | 9 | 86% | |
| Kim Ji-sun | 8 | 3 | 75 | 57 | 48 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 83% | |
| Heather Nedohin | 7 | 4 | 67 | 70 | 44 | 46 | 16 | 15 | 85% | |
| Allison Pottinger | 7 | 4 | 74 | 61 | 48 | 43 | 13 | 13 | 86% | |
| Eve Muirhead | 6 | 5 | 67 | 65 | 41 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 83% | |
| Melanie Robillard | 5 | 6 | 61 | 71 | 43 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 79% | |
| Lene Nielsen | 5 | 6 | 66 | 72 | 46 | 47 | 12 | 10 | 83% | |
| Anna Sidorova | 4 | 7 | 61 | 70 | 41 | 49 | 18 | 4 | 82% | |
| Diana Gaspari | 3 | 8 | 59 | 80 | 42 | 47 | 13 | 8 | 78% | |
| Wang Bingyu | 3 | 8 | 68 | 73 | 43 | 48 | 18 | 10 | 84% | |
| Linda Klímová | 2 | 9 | 64 | 83 | 48 | 46 | 9 | 10 | 79% |