CHAMPION: Retornaz Wins Baden Masters

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	12.27
PA/G:	2.50
Hammer Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.89
Steal Efficiency:	0.58

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) won 6-1 over Cameron Bryce (Border, SCO) in the Final of the Baden Masters, held August 18 - 20 at the Curling Center Baden Regio in Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Retornaz won 8-0 over James Craik (Forfar, SCO) in the semifinals of the Baden Masters in Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland; and won 6-2 over Kyle Waddell (Hamilton, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the Baden Masters in Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland;

Retornaz finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Waddell 10-1, then won 9-0 against Lars Brauchli (Wildhaus, SUI) and 9-2 against Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR). Retornaz won 6-5 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Baden Masters Championship title, Retornaz earned 45.000 world rankings points along with the $18,465CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 2nd place overall with 396.750 total points. Retornaz ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	63	13	0	0.829	20-0	10-1	6-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	551	487	281	8.84	5.10	3.74	4.81	3.50	1.84	1.46	1.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	274	377	32	51	12-0	30-2	82-3	1.38	0.12	0.56	0.09

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	277	110	249	42	4-1	7-10	17-58	0.40	0.90	0.59	0.24

2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Steffen Walstad
Steffen Walstad, Magnus Nedregotten, Mathias Braenden, Magnus Vaagberg
Oslo, NOR
2020: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2018: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2015: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Kristian Lindstroem, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2014: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2012: Sven Michel
Sven Michel, Claudio Paetz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
Adelboden, SUI
2011: Sven Michel
Sven Michel, Claudio Paetz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
Adelboden, SUI
2010: Thomas Lips
Toni Mueller, Thomas Lips, Remo Schmid, Simon Struebin
, SUI
2009: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2008: Thomas Ulsrud
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
, NOR
2007: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, David Noftall
St. John's, NL
2006: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Dan Kammerlock, Richard Daneault, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Andreas Hänni, Thomas Lips, Damian Grichting
, SUI
2002: Andre Flotron
Andre Flotron
, SUI
2000: Andreas Schwaller
Andre Flotron
Biel, SUI

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