CHAMPION: Edin Wins 2015 World Men's Curling Championship

[[1:45.0000]] CHAMPION: Edin Wins 2015 World Men's Curling Championship

Karlstad, Sweden

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SKIP
Niklas
Edin

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Third
Oskar
Eriksson

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Second
Kristian
Lindstroem

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Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Games:	14
Record:	11W - 3L
PF/G:	8.76
PA/G:	5.87
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won 9-5 over Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the World Men's Curling Championship, held March 28 - April 5, 2015 in Halifax, Canada.

Edin finished 8-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN) 6-5, then went on to lose 11-5 against Joel Retornaz (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA). Edin lost 9-6 to Pat Simmons (Calgary, CAN) where Edin responded with a 9-3 win over Evgeniy Arkhipov (Moscow, RUS). Edin went on to lose 6-5 against Ulsrud. Edin responded with a 7-3 win over Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE). Edin won 8-2 against Marc Pfister (Bern, SUI), then won 11-6 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA) and 9-2 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Edin won 7-6 against Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN), then won 11-6 against Ewan MacDonald (Perth, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the World Men's Curling Championship Championship title, Edin earned 45.000 world rankings points. Edin move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 40 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with 276.524 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Edin ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 162.175 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

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