[[1:8.0000]] CHAMPION: Bottcher Wins 2012 World Junior Curling Championships

World Junior Curling Championships

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M: Baden Masters
Baden, SUI
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Draw: 7 -- Fri, Aug 14 -- 8:30pm CET
Schwaller  
Ramsfjell  
Retornaz  
Jermann  
Brunner  
Waddell  
W: Curling1spoon Elite 8
Uiseong, KOR
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Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 2 -- 2:00am ET
Park 8  Final
Kang 7  (8)
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CHAMPION: Bottcher Wins 2012 World Junior Curling Championships

Mar 3 - 11, 2012

Edmonton, Canada
Player Photo
SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher
   Player Photo
Third
Evan
Asmussen
   Player Photo
Second
Landon
Bucholz
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Lead
Bryce
Bucholz
  
Games: 11  
Record: 10W - 1L  
PF/G: 9.16  
PA/G: 5.16  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.59  
Steal Defense: 0.14  
Force Efficiency: 0.76  
Steal Efficiency: 0.21  
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, CAN) won 10-4 over Sweden's Rasmus Wrana in the Final of the World Junior Curling Championships, held March 3 - 11, 2012 in Oestersund, Sweden.
 
Bottcher finished 8-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated China's Xiuyue Ma 8-4, then won 9-6 against Stephen Dropkin (Wayland, USA) and 7-6 against Switzerland's Dominik Maerki. Bottcher went on to lose 8-4 against Scotland's Kyle Smith. Bottcher responded with a 8-2 win over Italy's Andrea Pilzer. Bottcher won 5-2 against Sweden's Rasmus Wrana, then won 9-5 against Czech Republic's Lukas Klima and 8-2 against Finland's Iiro Sipola. Bottcher won 10-7 against Norway's Markus Snove Hoiberg in their final qualifying round match.
 
For winning the World Junior Curling Championships Championship title, Bottcher earned 8.000 world rankings points. For week 30 of the event schedule, Bottcher did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Bottcher ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.
 

Statistics

 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 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  M1 vs. Ma (CHN) - WTR:408 W 8-4
  M2 vs. Dropkin (USA) - WTR:112 W 9-6
  M3 vs. Maerki (SUI) - WTR:107 W 7-6
  M4 vs. Smith (SCO) - WTR:184 L 4-8
  M5 vs. Pilzer (ITA) - WTR:408 W 8-2
  M6 vs. Wrana (SWE) - WTR:408 W 5-2
  M7 vs. Klima (CZE) - WTR:408 W 9-5
  M8 vs. Sipola (FIN) - WTR:408 W 8-2
  M9 vs. Snove Hoiberg (NOR) - WTR:213 W 10-7
  M-PGs vs. Wrana (SWE) - WTR:408 W 9-3
  CF vs. Wrana (SWE) - WTR:408 W 10-4

Curling Scores

M: Baden Masters
Baden, SUI
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: 7 -- Fri, Aug 14 -- 8:30pm CET
Schwaller  
Ramsfjell  
Retornaz  
Jermann  
Brunner  
Waddell  
W: Curling1spoon Elite 8
Uiseong, KOR
Teams | Scores | Standings | Playoffs
Draw: CF -- Sun, Aug 2 -- 8:00am CET
Park 8  Final
Kang 7  (8)
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