CHAMPION: Pfister Wins 2018 German Masters

Adelboden, Switzerland

SKIP
Marc
Pfister

Third
Enrico
Pfister

Second
Raphael
Maerki

Lead
Simon
Gempeler

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	6.27
PA/G:	5.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.92
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI) won 4-3 over Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) in the Final of the German Masters, held January 19 - 21, 2018 in Hamburg, Germany. To advance to the championship game, Pfister won 6-5 over Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany; and won 6-1 over Greg Drummond (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany;

Pfister finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pfister lost 7-1 to Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 5-4 win over Patric Mabergs (Skelleftea, SWE). Pfister went on to lose 5-2 against Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER). Pfister responded with a 8-2 win over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the German Masters Championship title, Pfister earned 31.788 world rankings points along with the $6,889CDN first prize cheque, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 32nd place overall with 209.867 total points. Pfister ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 86.656 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

2017: Steffen Walstad
Oslo, NOR
2016: David Murdoch
Stirling, SCO
2015: Brendan Bottcher
Edmonton, AB
2014: Sven Michel
Adelboden, SUI

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