Kokkola6-11 at Finnish Men's Championship

SKIP
Tomi
Kokkola

Third
Jouni
Jukkara

Second
Riku
Toura

Lead
Jorma
Kokkola

Tomi Kokkola (Savitaipale, FIN) finished 6-11 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kokkola lost 13-5 to Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN), droppimg another game, 12-2 to Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Helsinki, FIN). Kokkola lost 9-4 to Jani Sullanmaa (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Kokkola lost 7-6 to Toni Anttila (Mariehamn, FIN). Kokkola lost 8-2 to Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN) where Kokkola responded with a 9-8 win over Jari Saarelainen (Helsinki, FIN). Kokkola went on to lose 12-4 against Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Kokkola lost 11-3 to Kiiskinen where Kokkola responded with a 8-7 win over Uusipaavalniemi. Kokkola went on to lose 9-2 against Sullanmaa. Kokkola lost 11-7 to Anttila. Kokkola lost 10-1 to Kauste where Kokkola responded with a 9-3 win over Saarelainen. Kokkola won 9-8 against Rantamaki, then won 9-7 against Uusipaavalniemi. Kokkola went on to lose 8-2 against Rantamaki. Kokkola responded with a 8-4 win over Saarelainen in their final qualifying round match.

Kokkola earned 0.471 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 148 spots the World Ranking Standings into 390th place overall with 0.471 total points. Kokkola ranks 334th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.471 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

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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