The top seven men's teams at the 2011 European Curling Championships, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Germany, Scotland, and France, will join hosts Switzerland in representing their respective nations at the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Basel.

[2] The page playoffs saw Sweden slip past defending champions Norway and the Czech Republic edge Denmark, last year's runners-up.

The final saw Sweden's Niklas Edin face Norway's Thomas Ulsrud in another rematch of the 2011 World Championships bronze medal game.

Norway started out strong and continued to solidify their lead with two crucial steals, but Sweden bounced back with two successive deuces with last rock, tying the game up at 6–6.

Ulsrud drew against two Swedish stones in the tenth end to secure Norway their second consecutive championship.