Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) lost
9-3 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, held November 16 - 23, 2019 in Helsingborg, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won
8-5 over
Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden;
Schwaller finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) 9-4, then went on to lose
8-5 against
Edin. Schwaller responded with a
11-5 win over
Krause. Schwaller won
10-6 against
Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS), then won
8-7 against
Andrew Reed (Kent, ENG). Schwaller went on to lose
9-4 against
Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Schwaller lost
5-4 to
Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) where Schwaller responded with a
8-3 win over
Ross Paterson (Stirling, SCO). Schwaller won
7-5 against
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Schwaller take home
46.868 world rankings points, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 10th place overall with
366.788 total points. Schwaller ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
227.559 points earned so far this season.
