van Dorp5-2 at 2019 Men's World Qualification Event

Zoetermeer, Netherlands

Fourth
Wouter
Gosgens

SKIP
Jaap
van Dorp

Second
Laurens
Hoekman

Lead
Carlo
Glasbergen

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	9.58
PA/G:	5.35
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, van Dorp lost 9-8 to Andrew Reed (Kent, ENG), then responded with a 9-2 win over Ulrik Damm (Hvidovre, DEN). van Dorp won 10-3 against Marcelo Mello (Sao Paolo, BRZ), then won 10-5 against Ian Palangio (Sydney, AUS). van Dorp went on to lose 6-5 against Borys Jasiecki (Sopot, POL). van Dorp responded with a 9-6 win over SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR). van Dorp won 9-2 against Scott Becker (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Men's World Qualification Event, van Dorp take home 9.900 world rankings points. van Dorp move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of -5.622 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 27th overall with 126.620 total points on the World Ranking Standings. van Dorp ranks 27th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 117.489 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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