Kauste19-1 at Finnish Men's Championship

[[1:13.9650]] Kauste19-1 at Finnish Men's Championship

Helsinki, Finland

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SKIP
Aku
Kauste

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Third
Kasper
Hakunti

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Second
Pauli
Jaamies

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Lead
Janne
Pitko

Games:	20
Record:	19W - 1L
PF/G:	9.14
PA/G:	5.69
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.51
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN) finished 19-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste defeated Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) 9-8, then won 6-5 against Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Hyvinkaa, FIN) and 7-3 against Finland's Olli Rissanen. Kauste won 8-3 against Finland's Jari Saarelainen, then won 9-8 against Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Kauste went on to lose 10-5 against Finland's Jani Sullanmaa. Kauste responded with a 7-3 win over Finland's Markus Sipila. Kauste won 7-6 against Kiiskinen, then won 6-3 against Uusipaavalniemi and 6-1 against Finland's Olli Rissanen. Kauste won 13-2 against Finland's Jari Saarelainen, then won 10-8 against Rantamaki and 10-5 against Finland's Jani Sullanmaa. Kauste won 8-7 against Finland's Markus Sipila, then won 7-2 against Finland's Jani Sullanmaa and 7-6 against Uusipaavalniemi. Kauste won 8-2 against Rantamaki, then won 9-3 against Finland's Jani Sullanmaa and 9-7 against Uusipaavalniemi. Kauste won 8-7 against Rantamaki in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Finnish Men's Championship Championship title, Kauste earned 13.965 world rankings points, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 28th place overall with 163.570 total points. Kauste ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 69.010 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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