CHAMPION: Eskilsson Wins 2016 Swedish Eliteserien

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Gustav Eskilsson (Skellefteï¿½, SWE) won 7-5 over Rasmus Wrana (Harnosand, SWE) in the Final of the Swedish Eliteserien, held December 4 - February 21, 2016 in Skelleftea / Norrkoping / Jonkoping, Sweden.

Eskilsson finished 8-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Eskilsson defeated Jon Melin (Skelleftea, SWE) 7-6, then went on to lose 7-4 against Mats Nyberg (Stocksund, SWE). Eskilsson responded with a 6-3 win over Lars Goethberg (Malung, SWE). Eskilsson won 6-5 against Hakan Palsson (Skelleftea, SWE). Eskilsson went on to lose 5-4 against Anders Kraupp (Stocksund, SWE). Eskilsson lost 8-5 to K-G Pettersson (Linkoping, SWE) where Eskilsson responded with a 8-3 win over Fredrik Julius (Sundbyberg, SWE). Eskilsson won 7-3 against Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE), then won 8-2 against Wrana and 7-6 against Michael Roxin (Linkoping, SWE). Eskilsson won 6-1 against Tony Polder (Jonkoping, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swedish Eliteserien Championship title, Eskilsson earned 9.188 world rankings points, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 47th place overall with 113.603 total points. Eskilsson ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 79.513 points earned so far this season.

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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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