2012 German Masters (curling)

2012 German Masters
Host city	Hamburg, Germany
Arena	Curling Club Hamburg
Dates	January 27–29
Winner	Tyler George
Curling club	Duluth CC, Duluth, Minnesota
Skip	Tyler George
Third	Christopher Plys
Second	Rich Ruohonen
Lead	Aanders Brorson
Finalist	Wolfgang Burba

The 2012 German Masters were held from January 27 to 29 at the Curling Club Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The tournament was held in a round robin format. The purse for the tournament was €15,000.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Christian Bangerter	Stefan Schori	Marcel Stöckli	Daniel Inversini	Fritz Egger	Switzerland
Alexander Baumann	Manuel Walter	Sebastian Schweizer	Jörg Engesser		Schwenningen, Switzerland
Andy Büttner	Erik Zimmermann	Kai Duschanek	Jerome Grasse		Geising, Germany
Julius Diekmann	Joachim Fenske	Reto Grimm	Felix Pilz		Hamburg, Germany
Tyler George	Chris Plys	Rich Ruohonen	Aanders Brorson		Duluth, Minnesota
Andy Lang (fourth)	Daniel Herberg (skip)	Markus Messenzehl	Daniel Neuner	Andreas Kempf	Füssen, Germany
Felix Schulze (fourth)	John Jahr (skip)	Peter Rickmers	Sven Goldeman	Christoph Daase	Germany
Andy Kapp (fourth)	Wolfgang Burba (skip)	Bernhard Mayr	Markus Herberg	Philip Seitz	Oberstdorf, Germany
Radek Klima	Tomas Valek	Tomáš Paul	Jan Samueli	Karel Klima	Czech Republic
Steffen Mellemseter	Markus Snøve Høiberg	Håvard Mellem	Markus Nedregotten	Stein Mellemseter	Norway
Rasmus Stjerne	Johnny Frederiksen	Mikkel Poulsen	Troels Harry	Lars Vilandt	Hvidovre, Denmark
Alexey Tselousov	Petr Dron	Alexander Badilin	Artur Razhabov	Aleksey Kamnev	Moscow, Russia
Andreas Unterberger	Markus Forejtek	Christian Roth	Marcus Schmitt		Austria
Michal Vojtus	Jakub Bares	Martin Hejhal	Martin Štěpánek	Libor Celoud	Prague, Czech Republic

Round robin standings

Key
	Teams to Playoffs
	Teams to Tiebreakers

Pool A W L Christian Bangerter 1 1 John Jahr 1 1 Rasmus Stjerne 1 1

Pool B W L Tyler George 3 0 Alexander Baumann 2 1 Alexey Tselousov 1 2 Andreas Unterberger 0 3

Pool C W L Daniel Herberg 3 0 Julius Diekmann 2 1 Michal Vojtus 1 2 Andy Büttner 0 3

Pool D W L Steffen Mellemseter 2 0 Wolfgang Burba 1 1 Radek Klima 0 2

Tiebreakers

Sheet A	Final
Rasmus Stjerne	9
Radek Klima	2

Sheet B	Final
Wolfgang Burba	6
John Jahr	3

Sheet C	Final
Alexander Baumann	9
Michal Vojtus	2

Sheet D	Final
Julius Diekmann	5
Alexey Tselousov	7

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Christian Bangerter		1
	Alexey Tselousov		4
						Alexey Tselousov		5
						Tyler George		7
	Tyler George		8
	Alexander Baumann		2
											Tyler George		5
											Wolfgang Burba		4
	Daniel Herberg		4
	Wolfgang Burba		5
						Wolfgang Burba		6
						Steffen Mellemseter		3
	Steffen Mellemseter		9
	Rasmus Stjerne		6

External links

• Results from the CurlingZone database
• Official website