Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) lost
9-4 to
Tyler Tardi (Langley, CAN) in the Final of the World Junior Curling Championships, held February 16 - 23, 2019 in Liverpool, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Hoesli won
10-9 over
Ross Whyte (Dumfries, SCO) in the semifinals
Hoesli finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hoesli lost
9-6 to
Magnus Ramsfjell (Oslo, NOR), then responded with a
7-6 win over
Luca Rizzolli (Cembra, ITA). Hoesli went on to lose
8-3 against
Tardi. Hoesli responded with a
11-6 win over
Daniel Berggren (Sveg, SWE). Hoesli won
6-5 against
Weihaoping Wang (Beijing, CHN), then won
7-5 against
Matthew Neilson (Naseby, NZL). Hoesli went on to lose
8-6 against
Whyte. Hoesli responded with a
7-6 win over
Andrew Stopera (Chaska, USA). Hoesli won
6-5 against
Klaudius Harsch (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the World Junior Curling Championships, Hoesli take home
19.359 world rankings points. For week 28 of the event schedule, Hoesli did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Hoesli ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
