Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) lost 9-6 to Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway. of the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway; Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) lost 9-6 to Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway. Kovaleva lost
5-4 to
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway;
Kovaleva finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva lost
7-4 to
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a
6-5 win over
Hasselborg. Kovaleva won
7-3 against
Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN). Kovaleva went on to lose
10-6 against
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). Kovaleva responded with a
9-2 win over
Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Kovaleva won
7-4 against
Jentsch, then won
7-5 against
Stefania Constantini (Trentino, ITA) and
10-1 against
Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR). Kovaleva won
11-2 against
Liisa Turmann (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Kovaleva take home
29.233 world rankings points. For week 18 of the event schedule, Kovaleva did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 10th to 11th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
235.151 total points. Kovaleva ranks 8th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
116.322 points earned so far this season.
