Birkeland3-1 at 2016 Norway Cup 1

SKIP
Christian
Birkeland

Third
Ole
Hauge

Second
Alexander
Birkeland

Lead
Morten
Moe

Christian Birkeland (Sarpsborg, NOR) finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birkeland lost 8-6 to Christer Wibe (Halden, NOR), then responded with a 5-4 win over Kristian Foss (Oppdal, NOR). Birkeland won 10-8 against Jakob Haugland (Oppdal, NOR), then won 7-4 against Johan Hostmaehlingen (Lillehammer, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Norway Cup 1, Birkeland take home 7.148 world rankings points along with the $802CDN prize, moving up 282 spots the World Ranking Standings into 246th place overall with 7.148 total points. Birkeland ranks 71st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.148 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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