2012 World Junior Curling Championships

2012 World Junior Curling Championships
Host city	Östersund, Sweden
Arena	Z-Hallen
Dates	March 3–11
Men's winner	Canada
Skip	Brendan Bottcher
Third	Evan Asmussen
Second	Landon Bucholz
Lead	Bryce Bucholz
Alternate	Parker Konschuh
Finalist	Sweden (Rasmus Wranå)
Women's winner	Scotland
Skip	Hannah Fleming
Third	Lauren Gray
Second	Alice Spence
Lead	Abigail Brown
Alternate	Jennifer Martin
Finalist	Czech Republic (Zuzana Hájková)
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The 2012 World Junior Curling Championships was held from March 3 to 11 at the Z-Hallen in Östersund, Sweden. Östersund previously hosted the World Junior Curling Championships in 1999 and in 2008.^[1]

In the men's final, Canada's Brendan Bottcher defeated Sweden's Rasmus Wranå in eight ends with a score of 10–4. Scotland's Kyle Smith secured the men's bronze medal with a 7–3 win over Norway's Markus Høiberg.^[2] In the women's final, Scotland's Hannah Fleming defeated the Czech Republic's Zuzana Hájková in an extra end with a score of 6–5. Russia's Anna Sidorova won over Sweden's Sara McManus in nine ends to win the women's bronze medal with a score of 7–4.^[3]

Canadian women's skip Jocelyn Peterman and Norwegian men's lead Sander Rølvåg were awarded with the 2012 World Curling Federation World Junior Sportsmanship Awards. They were chosen by fellow players at the World Junior Championships based on their values of sportsmanship and fair play.^[4]

As the last placed European teams, three teams, Italy on the women's side and Italy and Finland on the men's side, will be relegated to the 2013 European Junior Curling Challenge, where teams not already qualified for the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships will have to play to qualify for the worlds.^[5][6]