CHAMPION: Zappone Wins 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

SKIP
Veronica
Zappone

Third
Stefania
Constantini

Second
Angela
Romei

Lead
Giulia
Zardini Lacedelli

Veronica Zappone (Pinerolo, ITA) won 5-2 over Dilsat Yildiz (Eruzurum, TUR) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, held November 16 - 23, 2019 in Helsingborg, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Zappone won 9-4 over Dorottya Palancsa (Budapest, HUN) in the semifinals of the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden;

Zappone finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zappone defeated Oihane Otaegi (San Sebastien, ESP) 11-4, then won 6-4 against Marharyta Dziashuk (Minsk, BLR) and 8-5 against Marta Pluta (Gliwice, POL). Zappone won 8-7 against Elina Virtaala (Hyvinkaa, FIN), then won 9-3 against Lithuania's Asta Vaicekonyte and 9-1 against Gabriela Kajanova (Bratislava, SVK). Zappone went on to lose 6-5 against Palancsa. Zappone lost 8-7 to Yildiz where Zappone responded with a 9-1 win over Lisa Farnell (Kent, ENG) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships Championship title, Zappone earned 20.841 world rankings points, moving up 52 spots the World Ranking Standings into 95th place overall with 35.752 total points. Zappone ranks 73rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 29.410 points earned so far this season.

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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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