Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, CAN) won
10-4 over
Sweden's Rasmus Wrana in the Final of the World Junior Curling Championships, held March 3 - 11, 2012 in Oestersund, Sweden.
Bottcher finished 8-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated
China's Xiuyue Ma 8-4, then won
9-6 against
Stephen Dropkin (Wayland, USA) and
7-6 against
Switzerland's Dominik Maerki. Bottcher went on to lose
8-4 against
Scotland's Kyle Smith. Bottcher responded with a
8-2 win over
Italy's Andrea Pilzer. Bottcher won
5-2 against
Sweden's Rasmus Wrana, then won
9-5 against
Czech Republic's Lukas Klima and
8-2 against
Finland's Iiro Sipola. Bottcher won
10-7 against
Norway's Markus Snove Hoiberg in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the World Junior Curling Championships Championship title, Bottcher earned
8.000 world rankings points. For week 30 of the event schedule, Bottcher did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Bottcher ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
