Switzerland's Michael Hoechner2-3 at 2009 Lucerne Curling Trophy

Switzerland's Michael Hoechner finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Switzerland's Michael Hoechner defeated Thomas Due (Oslo, NOR) 9-6, then won 11-2 against Italy's Stefano Ferronato. Switzerland's Michael Hoechner went on to lose 6-3 against Switzerland's Markus Eggler. Switzerland's Michael Hoechner lost 8-7 to Ulrik Schmidt (Copenhagen, DEN). Switzerland's Michael Hoechner lost 7-5 to Warwick Smith (Perth, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week of the event schedule, Switzerland's Michael Hoechner did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Switzerland's Michael Hoechner 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

2010: Andy Kapp
Andy Kapp, Daniel Herberg, Andreas Lang, Markus Messenzehl, Holger Hoehne
, GER
2009: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
Oslo, NOR
2008: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Toni Mueller, Thomas Lips, Nicolas Hauswirth
Baden, SUI
2007: Thomas Ulsrud
Andreas Schwaller, Toni Mueller, Thomas Lips, Nicolas Hauswirth
Oslo, NOR
2006: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Hammy McMillan, Ron Brewster, Colin Campbell
Aberdeen, SCO
2005: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Andreas Hänni, Thomas Lips, Damian Grichting
, SUI
2004: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Graeme Connal, Ron Brewster, Colin Campbell
, SCO
2003: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Graeme Connal, Ron Brewster, Colin Campbell
Glasgow, SCO
2002: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller
, SUI
2001: Dordi Nordby
Dordi Nordby
, NOR

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