Virtaala4-5 at 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

Hyvinkaa, Finland

SKIP
Elina
Virtaala

Third
Miia
Ahrenberg

Second
Janina
Lindstroem

Lead
Tuuli
Rissanen

Games:	9
Record:	4W - 5L
PF/G:	7.39
PA/G:	6.93
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Elina Virtaala (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 4-5 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Virtaala defeated Gabriela Kajanova (Bratislava, SVK) 6-3, then went on to lose 10-5 against Dorottya Palancsa (Budapest, HUN). Virtaala lost 10-9 to Dilsat Yildiz (Eruzurum, TUR). Virtaala lost 8-7 to Veronica Zappone (Pinerolo, ITA) where Virtaala responded with a 10-5 win over Marta Pluta (Gliwice, POL). Virtaala won 10-5 against Oihane Otaegi (San Sebastien, ESP), then won 7-6 against Marharyta Dziashuk (Minsk, BLR). Virtaala went on to lose 7-5 against Lisa Farnell (Kent, ENG). Virtaala lost 7-6 to Lithuania's Asta Vaicekonyte in their final qualifying round match.

Virtaala earned 4.168 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 21 spots the World Ranking Standings into 165th place overall with 10.526 total points. Virtaala ranks 144th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.358 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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