Kauste5-6 at 2016 World Men's Curling Championship

Hyvinkaa, Finland

SKIP
Aku
Kauste

Third
Kasper
Hakunti

Second
Pauli
Jaamies

Lead
Janne
Pitko

Games:	11
Record:	5W - 6L
PF/G:	6.91
PA/G:	6.60
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 5-6 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste lost 7-3 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN), droppimg another game, 7-5 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Kauste lost 9-2 to Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) where Kauste responded with a 6-4 win over SooHyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR). Kauste won 12-6 against Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI), then won 8-6 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Kauste went on to lose 7-5 against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Kauste lost 7-3 to Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) where Kauste responded with a 9-1 win over Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER). Kauste won 9-3 against Alexey Tselousov (Moscow, RUS). Kauste went on to lose 7-5 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kauste earned 13.217 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Kauste move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 11.144 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 26th overall with 190.090 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kauste ranks 41st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 95.530 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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