Rantamaki12-8 at Finnish Men's Championship

Hyvinkaa, Finland

SKIP
Tomi
Rantamaki

Third
Jere
Sullanmaa

Second
Iikko
Santti

Lead
Jermu
Poellaenen

Games:	20
Record:	12W - 8L
PF/G:	9.01
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.34
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 12-8 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rantamaki defeated Finland's Olli Rissanen 7-3, then won 10-1 against Finland's Jari Saarelainen and 12-6 against Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Rantamaki won 8-1 against Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Rantamaki went on to lose 9-8 against Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN). Rantamaki lost 9-7 to Finland's Markus Sipila. Rantamaki lost 8-7 to Finland's Jani Sullanmaa where Rantamaki responded with a 11-2 win over Finland's Olli Rissanen. Rantamaki won 8-2 against Finland's Jari Saarelainen, then won 9-2 against Uusipaavalniemi and 7-6 against Kiiskinen. Rantamaki went on to lose 10-8 against Kauste. Rantamaki lost 10-4 to Finland's Markus Sipila where Rantamaki responded with a 9-7 win over Finland's Jani Sullanmaa. Rantamaki went on to lose 8-7 against Uusipaavalniemi. Rantamaki responded with a 8-4 win over Finland's Jani Sullanmaa. Rantamaki went on to lose 8-2 against Kauste. Rantamaki responded with a 7-6 win over Uusipaavalniemi. Rantamaki won 8-4 against Finland's Jani Sullanmaa. Rantamaki went on to lose 8-7 against Kauste in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Finnish Men's Championship, Rantamaki take home 10.973 world rankings points, moving up 18 spots the World Ranking Standings into 97th place overall with 50.179 total points. Rantamaki ranks 91st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 39.694 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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