Group A The
Group A competitions were contested in Moscow. Ten teams, including the teams advancing from last year's Group B competitions (Italy and Latvia), competed in a round robin. The top four teams moved on to the page playoffs. In the page playoffs, Sweden edged defending champions Norway, while the Czech Republic got a close win over Denmark, last year's runners-up. Norway defeated Czech Republic in the semifinal, sending the Czechs to the bronze medal game. Norway moved to the gold medal game, where they defeated Sweden with skip
Thomas Ulsrud's draw against two Swedish stones in the final end, finishing with a final score of 7–6. Denmark also won their rematch with the Czech Republic, defeating them 9–6 in 9 ends. France, the eighth placed team, played Group B winners Russia in the
World Challenge Games, and defeated Russia in a best-of-three series to win the final berth at the
2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship.
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings Playoffs Bronze-medal game Friday, December 9, 20:00 Gold-medal game Saturday, December 10, 15:00 Group B The
Group B competitions were contested in Moscow. Sixteen teams, including the teams advancing from the Group C competitions (Poland and Lithuania), were divided into two groups and competed in a round robin within their own groups. The top two teams from each group moved on to the page playoffs. Hungary, the leader of the Red Group, defeated Ireland, the leader of the Blue Group, sending Ireland to the semifinal. Russia, the second-ranked team in the Red Group, defeated England, the runner-up of the Blue Group, and advanced to the semifinal. Russia moved on to the gold medal game, where they defeated Hungary to win the Group B competitions. Ireland was defeated by England in the bronze medal game. Russia and Hungary advance to the
2012 Men's Group A competitions, and Russia played France in the
World Challenge Games, where France defeated Russia in a best-of-three series to win the final berth at the
2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship. Belarus and Croatia were relegated to the
2012 Men's Group C competitions.
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings Playoffs Bronze-medal game Saturday, December 10, 9:30 Gold-medal game Friday, December 9, 13:00 Group C The
Group C competitions were contested in Tårnby. The nine participating teams competed in one group of nine and played in a round robin. The top two teams, Poland and Lithuania, advanced to Group B. Poland finished with a 7–1 win–loss record, while Lithuania and Turkey, both finishing with 6–2 win–loss records, played for the second qualifying spot in the semifinal, which went to Lithuania. Poland defeated Lithuania narrowly in the Group C Final, winning after a steal in the ninth end, 7–6.
Round-robin standings Final round-robin standings Playoffs Gold-medal game Thursday, October 6, 19:30 ==Women==