Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won
9-8 over
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Victoria Curling Classic, held March 21 - 24, 2013 in Victoria, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Edin won
6-1 over
Jeff Stoughton (winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2013 Victoria Curling Classic in Victoria, British Columbia; and won
7-5 over
Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals.
Edin finished 3-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) 7-4, then won
4-2 against
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) and
7-5 against
McEwen in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Victoria Curling Classic Championship title, Edin earned
40.000 world rankings points along with the $25,000CDN first prize cheque. Edin move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 33.6 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 5th overall with
360.025 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Edin ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
168.250 points earned so far this season.
