Michel

Adelboden, Switzerland

SKIP
Sven
Michel

Third
Claudio
Paetz

Second
Sandro
Trolliet

Lead
Simon
Gempeler

Games:	10
Record:	5W - 5L
PF/G:	5.96
PA/G:	6.49
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.13

Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Michel finished 5-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Michel defeated Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE) 7-3, then went on to lose 6-5 against David Murdoch (Lockerbie, SCO). Michel lost 9-5 to Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) where Michel responded with a 7-6 win over Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT). Michel won 8-3 against Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA). Michel went on to lose 8-7 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Michel lost 9-4 to Joel Retornaz (Cortina, ITA) where Michel responded with a 7-6 win over Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). Michel won 4-3 against Germany's Christopher Bartsch in their final qualifying round match.

Michel earned 10.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with 90.808 total points. Michel ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 81.635 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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