2012 United States Men's Curling Championship
| 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship | |
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| Host city | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Arena | IceWorks Skating Complex |
| Dates | February 11–18 |
| Winner |
 Heath McCormick
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| Curling club | Ardlsey CC, Irvington, New York |
| Skip | Heath McCormick |
| Third | Bill Stopera |
| Second | Martin Sather |
| Lead | Dean Gemmell |
| Finalist |
 Pete Fenson
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| 2012 United States National Curling Championships |
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| Tournament |
| men women |
| Qualifiers |
| men women |
The 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship took place from February 11 to 18 at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania, (with the host city being listed as Philadelphia). It was held in conjunction with the 2012 United States Women's Curling Championship. The winning team, skipped by Heath McCormick, will represent the United States at the 2012 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship in Basel, Switzerland. The first and second placed teams, skipped respectively by Heath McCormick and Pete Fenson, earned qualification spots to the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials, which will determine the teams that will represent the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
As with last year, teams qualified for the men's nationals by qualifying automatically through the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, through regional qualifiers, or through a challenge round. Two teams qualified via the Order of Merit, five teams qualified through the regional qualifiers, and the remaining three teams qualified through the challenge round. The regional qualifiers in Green Bay, Seattle, Grand Forks, and Laurel each received one or more qualifying spots, which were awarded to the top finishers from the qualifiers. Teams that were not awarded a qualification spot but were top finishers were invited to the challenge round, where the top three teams qualified.
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