Constantini Runner-Up at Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

SKIP
Stefania
Constantini

Third
Marta
Lo Deserto

Second
Angela
Romei

Lead
Giulia
Zardini Lacedelli

Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) lost 6-5 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, held November 18 - 25 at the Curl Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Constantini won 11-2 over Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals

Constantini finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Constantini lost 11-8 to Emira Abbes (Fuessen, GER), then responded with a 10-4 win over Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR). Constantini won 7-6 against Rebecca Morrison (Stirling , SCO), then won 9-7 against Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN) and 11-7 against Marie Kaldvee (Tallinn, EST). Constantini won 10-3 against Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE), then won 7-6 against Marianne Roervik (Lillehammer, NOR) and 9-8 against Wrana. Constantini went on to lose 7-2 against Tirinzoni in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Constantini take home 49.500 world rankings points, remaining in 10th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 28.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. Constantini ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 164.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	62	44	0	0.585	24-11	6-6	7-5	0-0	1-4

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	829	621	519	7.49	6.26	1.23	4.49	4.11	1.67	1.52	1.40

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	436	448	128	75	9-1	30-8	90-15	1.03	0.29	0.36	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	393	173	391	41	5-8	12-21	28-76	0.44	0.99	0.57	0.27

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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