Retornaz6-3 at 2019 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Fabio
Ribotta

Lead
Simone
Gonin

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	7.77
PA/G:	6.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) 10-6, then won 7-6 against Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) and 7-5 against Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR). Retornaz won 11-4 against Wille Makela (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Retornaz went on to lose 11-4 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Retornaz responded with a 9-3 win over Marc Muskatewitz (Baden Baden, GER). Retornaz went on to lose 7-6 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Retornaz responded with a 6-4 win over Bartosz Dzikowski (Katowice, POL). Retornaz went on to lose 10-6 against Mikhail Vaskov (Dmitrov, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 36.216 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships. Retornaz move up 28 spots after posting a net gain of 33.852 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 47th overall with 88.275 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 34th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.092 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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