CHAMPION: Michel Wins 2013 Swiss Curling League Finals

SKIP
Sven
Michel

Third
Claudio
Paetz

Second
Sandro
Trolliet

Lead
Simon
Gempeler

Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) won 5-3 over Switzerland's Bernhard Werthemann in the Final of the Swiss Curling League Finals, held February 16 - 23, 2013 in Gstaad, Switzerland.

Michel finished 9-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Michel defeated Mario Freiberger (Zug, SUI) 7-3, then went on to lose 7-4 against Peter de Cruz (Geneve, SUI). Michel responded with a 11-1 win over Switzerland's Stefan Haesler. Michel won 6-2 against Switzerland's Marc Pfister, then won 7-4 against Switzerland's Bernhard Werthemann. Michel went on to lose 5-2 against Freiberger. Michel responded with a 4-3 win over Freiberger. Michel won 5-4 against de Cruz, then won 6-3 against Switzerland's Stefan Haesler and 3-2 against Switzerland's Marc Pfister. Michel won 6-2 against Switzerland's Bernhard Werthemann in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swiss Curling League Finals Championship title, Michel earned 8.000 world rankings points, remaining in 14th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 156.748 total points. Michel ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 69.733 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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