The 2012 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 31 to April 8, 2012 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.

In the final, Canada's Glenn Howard defeated Scotland's Tom Brewster after making a draw to score the winning point, wrapping up the game with a score of 8–7.

The teams are listed as follows:[5][6] Skip: Glenn Howard Third: Wayne Middaugh Second: Brent Laing Lead: Craig Savill Alternate: Scott Howard Skip: Liu Rui Third: Xu Xiaoming Second: Ba Dexin Lead: Zang Jialiang Alternate: Chen Lu'an Skip: Jiří Snítil Third: Martin Snítil Second: Jindřich Kitzberger Lead: Marek Vydra Alternate: Samuel Mokris Skip: Rasmus Stjerne Third: Johnny Frederiksen Second: Mikkel Poulsen Lead: Troels Harry Alternate: Lars Vilandt Fourth: Tony Angiboust Skip: Thomas Dufour Second: Lionel Roux Lead: Wilfrid Coulot Alternate: Jérémy Frarier Fourth: Felix Schulze Skip: John Jahr Second: Peter Rickmers Lead: Sven Goldemann Alternate: Christoph Daase Skip: Thomas Ulsrud Third: Torger Nergård Second: Thomas Løvold*** Lead: Håvard Vad Petersson Alternate: Christoffer Svae Skip: Peter de Boer Third: Sean Becker Second: Scott Becker Lead: Kenny Thomson Alternate: Phil Dowling Skip: Tom Brewster Third: Greg Drummond Second: Scott Andrews Lead: Michael Goodfellow Alternate: David Edwards Skip: Sebastian Kraupp* Third: Fredrik Lindberg Second: Oskar Eriksson Lead: Viktor Kjäll Alternate: Niklas Edin Fourth: Benoît Schwarz** Skip: Jan Hauser Second: Marco Ramstein Lead: Toni Müller Alternate: Jürg Bamert Skip: Heath McCormick Third: Bill Stopera Second: Martin Sather Lead: Dean Gemmell Alternate: Craig Brown *Kraupp, Edin's third, filled in as skip for Edin, who is experiencing back pain from sciatica.

[14] Edin was not scheduled to be out for the whole tournament, and was able to return to skip three games.

[15] **Schwarz, the Swiss alternate, replaced Müller at the fourth position for six games.