After advancing directly to the championship game, Kevin Mattsson (Ostersund, SWE) lost
9-2 to
Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Swedish Junior Mens Championship, held December 14 - 17, 2017 in Karlstad, Sweden.
Mattsson finished 5-1 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mattsson defeated
Magnusson 4-3, then went on to lose
4-3 against
Emil Hermansson (Ostersund, SWE). Mattsson responded with a
6-4 win over
Axel Landelius (Mjolby, SWE). Mattsson won
8-0 against
Johan Engqvist (Harnosand, SWE), then won
8-2 against
Mans Winge (Sundbyberg, SWE) and
6-5 against
Robin Ahlberg (Gavle, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Swedish Junior Mens Championship, Mattsson take home
5.486 world rankings points. For week 19 of the event schedule, Mattsson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Mattsson ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
