Veltsman Finishes Fourth at 2021 WCT Latvia International Challenger

Tallinn, Estonia

Fourth
Mihhail
Vlassov

SKIP
Eduard
Veltsman

Second
Janis
Kiziridi

Lead
Igor
Dzendzeljuk

Games:	8
Record:	4W - 4L
PF/G:	8.00
PA/G:	8.55
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) lost 7-3 to JeongJae Lee (Seoul, KOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2021 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia. of the 2021 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) lost 7-3 to JeongJae Lee (Seoul, KOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2021 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia. Veltsman lost 9-5 to Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Veltsman finished 4-2 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Veltsman defeated Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT) 10-4, then won 5-2 against Bryce. Veltsman went on to lose 7-4 against Konrad Stych (Lodz, POL). Veltsman lost 8-1 to Lee where Veltsman responded with a 6-4 win over Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT). Veltsman won 10-6 against Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the WCT Latvia International Challenger, Veltsman take home 4.715 world rankings points along with 427CDN, moving up 35 spots the World Ranking Standings into 187th place overall with 10.180 total points. Veltsman ranks 131st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.681 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

2022: Martins Truksans
Martins Truksans, Janis Klive, Arnis Veidemanis, Sandris Buholcs
Riga, LAT
2021: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Callum Kinnear, Mark Taylor, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2019: Daniel Magnusson
Daniel Magnusson, Robin Ahlberg, Anton Regosa, Sebastian Jones
Karlstad, SWE
2018: Wille Makela
Wille Makela, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Paavo Kuosmanen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2017: Rasmus Stjerne
Rasmus Stjerne, Johnny Frederiksen, Mikkel Poulsen, Oliver Dupont
Hvidovre, DEN

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