Edin Runner-Up at 2019 Karuizawa International

Karlstad, Sweden

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Oskar
Eriksson

Second
Rasmus
Wrana

Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	9.57
PA/G:	5.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) lost 7-4 to Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 19 - 22, 2019 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Edin won 7-6 over John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the semifinals of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; and won 6-2 over Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Nagano, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Edin finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) 5-2, then went on to lose 6-3 against Matsumura. Edin responded with a 10-0 win over Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN). Edin won 10-3 against Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Karuizawa International, Edin take home 26.428 world rankings points along with the $9,617CDN prize, remaining in 5th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 446.807 total points. Edin ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 281.802 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

2024: Marc Muskatewitz
Marc Muskatewitz, Benny Kapp, Felix Messenzehl, Johannes Scheuerl
Fuessen, GER
2023: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker , Siyu Liu
St. John's, NL
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Mike McEwen, Matt Wozniak, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, CAN
2017: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
2015: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyun Sung, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR

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