Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won
7-5 over
Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) in the Final of the Swiss Cup Basel, held October 4 - 7, 2018 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Edin won
6-4 over
Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won
1-0 over
Sergio Vez (Vitoria-Gasteiz, ESP) in the quarterfinals.
Edin finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated
Klaudius Harsch (Fuessen, GER) 7-5, then won
8-3 against
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) and
6-5 against
Jan Hess (Zug, SUI). Edin won
5-3 against
Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Swiss Cup Basel Championship title, Edin earned
53.834 world rankings points along with the $18,287CDN first prize cheque. Edin move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 4.1360000000001 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 1st overall with
564.397 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Edin ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
117.115 points earned so far this season.
