Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) lost
5-3 to
Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN) in the Final of the World Men's Curling Championship, held April 2 - 10, 2016 in Basel, Switzerland.
Stjerne finished 8-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stjerne defeated
John Shuster (Duluth, USA) 7-1, then went on to lose
11-8 against
Koe. Stjerne responded with a
9-2 win over
Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Stjerne went on to lose
8-6 against
Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Stjerne responded with a
9-1 win over
Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER). Stjerne won
7-5 against
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Stjerne went on to lose
8-5 against
SooHyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR). Stjerne responded with a
9-1 win over
Alexey Tselousov (Moscow, RUS). Stjerne won
7-6 against
Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI), then won
7-6 against
Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) and
8-7 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the World Men's Curling Championship, Stjerne take home
58.154 world rankings points. For week 34 of the event schedule, Stjerne did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Stjerne ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
