CHAMPION: De Cruz Wins 2016 Baden Masters

Geneva, Switzerland

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz van-Berkel

Third
Claudio
Paetz

SKIP
Peter
De Cruz

Lead
Valentin
Tanner

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	7.64
PA/G:	4.55
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.84
Steal Efficiency:	0.11

Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) won 6-5 over Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the Baden Masters, held August 26 - 28, 2016 at the Curling Center Baden Regio in Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, De Cruz won 5-1 over Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2016 Baden Masters in Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland; and won 6-5 over Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Baden Masters in Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland;

De Cruz finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, De Cruz defeated Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) 4-3, then won 9-4 against Rui Liu (HARBIN, CHN) and 6-5 against Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN). De Cruz won 6-2 against Kevin Wunderlin (Biel, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Baden Masters Championship title, De Cruz earned 51.030 world rankings points along with the $14,636CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 17th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 204.186 total points. De Cruz ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.030 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

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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