Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won
8-1 over
Finland's Markku Uusipaavalniemi in the Final of the Radisson Blu Oslo Cup, held September 20 - 23, 2012 in Oslo, Norway. To advance to the championship game, Edin won
7-3 over
Thomas Ulsrud (oslo, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2012 Radisson Blu Oslo Cup in Oslo, Norway; and won
8-3 over
Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Radisson Blu Oslo Cup in Oslo, Norway;
Edin finished 4-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated
Grant Hardie (Dumfries, SCO) 10-3, then won
7-2 against
Thomas Lovold (Oslo, NOR) and
6-2 against
Jean-Francois Royer (Montreal, PQ). Edin won
7-4 against
Evgeniy Arkhipov (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Radisson Blu Oslo Cup Championship title, Edin earned
17.100 world rankings points along with the $10,265CDN first prize cheque, dropping 1 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 5th place overall with
217.625 total points. Edin ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
25.850 points earned so far this season.
