Baumann5-4 at 2018 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships

Baden-Baden, Germany

SKIP
Alexander
Baumann

Third
Manuel
Walter

Second
Ryan
Sherrard

Lead
Sebastian
Schweizer

Games:	9
Record:	5W - 4L
PF/G:	5.80
PA/G:	6.17
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.16

Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER) finished 5-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Baumann defeated David Misun (Martin, SVK) 4-2, then went on to lose 8-2 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Baumann lost 9-4 to Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) where Baumann responded with a 6-4 win over Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO). Baumann won 8-3 against Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuhel, AUT). Baumann went on to lose 11-6 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Baumann responded with a 6-5 win over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Baumann won 7-2 against Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS). Baumann went on to lose 6-4 against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Baumann earned 10.837 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 70th place overall with 79.718 total points. Baumann ranks 105th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.372 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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