Birkeland

Sarpsborg, Norway

SKIP
Christian
Birkeland

Third
Ole
Hauge

Second
Alexander
Birkeland

Lead
Morten
Moe

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	13.57
PA/G:	9.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.42
Force Efficiency:	0.17
Steal Efficiency:	0.63

Christian Birkeland (Sarpsborg, NOR) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Birkeland finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birkeland defeated Trygve Fjerdingstad (Hedmarken, NOR) 11-4, then went on to lose 9-6 against Oystein Sorum (Oslo, NOR). Birkeland responded with a 10-0 win over Kjell Berg (Risenga, NOR). Birkeland went on to lose 9-0 against Johan Hostmaehlingen (Lillehammer, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Birkeland earned 0.539 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 320th place overall with 7.687 total points. Birkeland ranks 246th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.687 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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