Bulgaria's Rico Pleisch2-1 at 2016 Thompson Curling Challenge

SKIP
Rico
Pleisch

Third
Mario
Freiberger

Second
Sven
Iten

Lead
Tobias
Guentensperger

Bulgaria's Rico Pleisch finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bulgaria's Rico Pleisch defeated Switzerland's Andrin Schnider 9-8, then went on to lose 7-3 against Krystof Tabery (Prague, CZE). Bulgaria's Rico Pleisch responded with a 7-0 win over Sven Michel (Zurich, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Bulgaria's Rico Pleisch earned 5.144 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Thompson Curling Challenge, moving up 397 spots the World Ranking Standings into 288th place overall with 5.144 total points. Bulgaria's Rico Pleisch ranks 144th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.144 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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