Hostmaelingen Finishes Fourth at 2023 World Junior Curling Championships

Oslo, Norway

Fourth
Grunde
Buraas

SKIP
Lukas
Hostmaelingen

Second
Magnus
Lilleboe

Lead
Tinius Haslev
Nordbye

Games:	11
Record:	5W - 6L
PF/G:	6.67
PA/G:	8.24
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR) lost 11-4 to Orrin Carson (Dumfries, SCO) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships in Fuessen, Germany. of the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships in Fuessen, Germany; Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR) lost 11-4 to Orrin Carson (Dumfries, SCO) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships in Fuessen, Germany. Hostmaelingen lost 9-6 to Benny Kapp (Fuessen/Oberstdorf , GER) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Hostmaelingen finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hostmaelingen lost 13-5 to Kapp, then responded with a 6-5 win over Giacomo Colli (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA). Hostmaelingen won 9-5 against Serkan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR), then won 8-6 against Switzerland's Jan Iseli and 10-8 against Ethan Sampson (Chaska, USA). Hostmaelingen went on to lose 9-3 against Landan Rooney (Whitby, CAN). Hostmaelingen lost 7-6 to Xueqing Fei (Beijing, CHN) where Hostmaelingen responded with a 6-3 win over Eunbin Kim (Kyungil, KOR). Hostmaelingen went on to lose 8-5 against Carson in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the World Junior Curling Championships, Hostmaelingen take home 16.000 world rankings points. For week 31 of the event schedule, Hostmaelingen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hostmaelingen ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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