Eskilsson4-3 at 2016 Harbin International Men's Championship

Fourth
Patric
Mabergs

SKIP
Gustav
Eskilsson

Second
Fredrik
Nyman

Lead
Johannes
Patz

Gustav Eskilsson (Skellefteï¿½, SWE) finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Eskilsson defeated Charley Thomas (Edmonton, CAN) 5-4, then won 6-1 against Fengchun Wang (Harbin, CHN). Eskilsson went on to lose 5-2 against Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). Eskilsson lost 6-5 to Rui Liu (HARBIN, CHN). Eskilsson lost 6-1 to Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) where Eskilsson responded with a 3-2 win over Xiu Yue Ma (Harbin, CHN). Eskilsson won 6-1 against Alexey Stukalskiy (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Harbin International Men's Championship Championship title, Eskilsson earned 19.032 world rankings points along with the $10,319CDN first prize cheque, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 42nd place overall with 92.227 total points. Eskilsson ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.032 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

The Swiss Olympic rink (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) are off and running as they aim to top the podium in Cortina.

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