Retornaz Finishes Fourth at 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	15
Record:	9W - 6L
PF/G:	8.38
PA/G:	6.31
Hammer Efficiency:	0.51
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) lost 11-3 to Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario. of the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario; Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) lost 11-3 to Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario. Retornaz lost 9-8 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario; and won 8-4 over Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario;

Retornaz finished 8-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz lost 7-4 to Mouat, droppimg another game, 10-6 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) where Retornaz responded with a 7-2 win over Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR). Retornaz won 8-4 against Schwaller, then won 7-2 against Sixten Totzek (Baden Baden, GER). Retornaz went on to lose 9-8 against Ramsfjell. Retornaz responded with a 8-3 win over Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Retornaz won 11-4 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Retornaz went on to lose 6-2 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Retornaz responded with a 8-4 win over Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Retornaz won 12-5 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN), then won 9-2 against ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship, Retornaz take home 44.000 world rankings points. Retornaz gained 17 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 4thplace overall with 336.750 total points. Retornaz ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 336.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	81	31	0	0.723	19-7	19-7	5-4	0-0	1-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	825	733	455	8.88	5.52	3.37	4.91	3.76	1.81	1.47	1.33

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	396	533	82	56	21-0	42-3	108-10	1.35	0.21	0.50	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	429	200	373	54	2-1	13-23	36-80	0.47	0.87	0.57	0.31

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