Birkeland1-4 at 2017 Norwegian National Championship

Sarpsborg, Norway

SKIP
Christian
Birkeland

Third
Alexander
Birkeland

Second
Morten
Moe

Lead
Ole
Hauge

Games:	5
Record:	1W - 4L
PF/G:	4.58
PA/G:	15.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.08
Steal Defense:	0.62
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Christian Birkeland (Sarpsborg, NOR) finished 1-4 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birkeland lost 11-4 to Jorgen Myran (Oppdal, NOR), droppimg another game, 9-0 to Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) where Birkeland responded with a 7-4 win over Olav Kringlebotn (Hedmarken, NOR). Birkeland went on to lose 6-0 against Jorn Nordhagen (Lillehammer, NOR). Birkeland lost 6-0 to Johan Hostmaehlingen (Lillehammer, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Birkeland earned 0.962 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 15 spots the World Ranking Standings into 306th place overall with 8.649 total points. Birkeland ranks 234th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.649 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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