CHAMPION: Germany's Lena Kapp/Marc Muskatewitz Wins 2019 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	10.61
PA/G:	7.35
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.53

Germany's Lena Kapp/Marc Muskatewitz won 11-4 over Switzerland's Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin in the Final of the Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup, held September 6 - 8, 2019 in Oberstdorf, Germany. To advance to the championship game, Germany's Lena Kapp/Marc Muskatewitz won 10-6 over Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2019 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany; and won 5-4 over Spain's Oihane Unanue/Mikel Unanue in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany;

Germany's Lena Kapp/Marc Muskatewitz finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Germany's Lena Kapp/Marc Muskatewitz lost 14-1 to Perret/Rios, then responded with a 8-3 win over Slovakia's Daniela Matulova/Milan Morvcik. Germany's Lena Kapp/Marc Muskatewitz won 10-3 against Switzerland's Cynthia Gertsch/Cyril Gertsch, then won 7-2 against Poland's Aleksandra Bylina/Karol Nowakowski in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup Championship title, Germany's Lena Kapp/Marc Muskatewitz earned 38.321 world rankings points along with the $1,167CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 38.32 after improving upon their best so far this season. Germany's Lena Kapp/Marc Muskatewitz ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.320 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

2020: Almida de Val
Almida de Val, Oskar Eriksson
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Lena Kapp
Lena Kapp, Marc Muskatewitz
, GER
2018: Johanna Heldin
Johanna Heldin, Kristian Lindstroem
Uppsala, SWE
2017: Zuzana Paulova
Zuzana Paulova, Tomas Paul
Prague, CZE

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Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.

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