CHAMPION: Walstad Wins 2017 German Masters

Oslo, Norway

SKIP
Steffen
Walstad

Third
Markus
Hoiberg

Second
Magnus
Nedregotten

Lead
Alexander
Lindstroem

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	7.64
PA/G:	4.73
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) won 6-3 over Kyle Smith (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the German Masters, held January 19 - 22, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. To advance to the championship game, Walstad won 5-3 over Rui Liu (HARBIN, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2017 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany; and won 8-3 over Bruce Mouat (Stirlng, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany;

Walstad finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated Mouat 6-3, then won 5-4 against Alexander Baumann (Hamburg, GER) and 7-6 against Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuhel, AUT) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the German Masters Championship title, Walstad earned 44.421 world rankings points along with the $8,556CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 23rd place overall with 261.637 total points. Walstad ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 171.960 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

2017: Steffen Walstad
Oslo, NOR
2016: David Murdoch
Stirling, SCO
2015: Brendan Bottcher
Edmonton, AB
2014: Sven Michel
Adelboden, SUI

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