Oskar Eriksson (Lit, SWE) lost
8-3 to
Thomas Ulsrud (Snaroen, NOR) in the Final of the World Curling Championship, held March 29 - April 6, 2014 in Beijing, China.
Eriksson finished 7-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Eriksson defeated
Ewan MacDonald (Perth, SCO) 8-4, then won
8-6 against
Pete Fenson (Bemidji, USA). Eriksson went on to lose
7-5 against
Johnny Jahr (Hamburg, GER). Eriksson lost
6-3 to
Ulsrud where Eriksson responded with a
7-6 win over
Evgeniy Arkhipov (Moscow, RUS). Eriksson went on to lose
5-3 against
Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE). Eriksson responded with a
9-4 win over
Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). Eriksson went on to lose
8-6 against
Peter de Cruz (Geneve, SUI). Eriksson responded with a
6-2 win over
Kevin Koe (Edmonton, CAN). Eriksson won
11-4 against
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN), then won
6-5 against
Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the World Curling Championship, Eriksson take home
35.000 world rankings points. Eriksson move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 31.1 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with
172.801 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Eriksson ranks 13th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
111.415 points earned so far this season.
