2012 European Curling Championships – Women's tournament
Country Skip W L PF PA Ends Won Ends Lost Blank Ends Stolen Ends Shot Pct
Sweden Margaretha Sigfridsson 7 2 72 38 37 29 7 11 82%
Scotland Eve Muirhead 7 2 64 38 37 25 12 12 78%
Russia Anna Sidorova 7 2 71 47 38 28 10 14 79%
Denmark Lene Nielsen 6 3 55 48 39 30 12 12 77%
Switzerland Mirjam Ott 6 3 63 46 39 34 8 11 77%
Italy Diana Gaspari 4 5 55 65 36 36 8 9 72%
Germany Andrea Schöpp 3 6 51 57 32 36 11 8 72%
Czech Republic Linda Klímová 3 6 50 64 32 36 14 2 70%
Finland Anne Malmi 1 8 36 81 25 43 10 2 69%
Hungary Ildikó Szekeres 1 8 37 70 25 43 12 5 66%
Group A -- Round Robin Standings
Final Round Robin Standings Key Countries to Playoffs Countries to Tiebreakers Countries relegated to 2013 Group B
The women's tournament of the 2012 European Curling Championships was held at the Löfbergs Lila Arena and the Karlstad Curling Club in Karlstad, Sweden from December 7 to 15. The winners of the Group C tournament in Erzurum, Turkey moved on to the Group B tournament. The top seven women's teams at the 2012 European Curling Championships, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy and Germany, will represent their respective nations at the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship in Riga, Latvia. In the Group A competitions, Sweden, Scotland, and Russia finished at the top of the round robin standings with two losses apiece. Denmark defeated Switzerland in a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs. The page playoffs saw defending champions Scotland rout Sweden and Russia edge past Denmark. Sweden dropped to the bronze medal game after a surprising loss in the semifinal to Russia, who stole the 8-6 win in an extra end. Hometown favorite Sweden, skipped by Margaretha Sigfridsson, recovered by defeating Denmark's Lene Nielsen with a score of 9-3 to win the bronze medal. Russia then played Scotland in the final, and stole one point in the first and fifth ends to hold the lead at the break, and stole one more point in the second half of the game. Scotland's Eve Muirhead managed to hang on with two deuces, and tied the game in the tenth end. Russia's Anna Sidorova secured a second European championship for Russia with a hit in the extra end, winning with a score of 6-5. The Group C competitions in Erzurum saw Belarus and Turkey advancing to the Group B competitions, where they and two other teams played in a round robin tournament.