Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) won 13-4 over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. of the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada; Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) won 13-4 over Korey Dropkin (Duluth, USA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. Retornaz lost
8-4 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada; and won
10-4 over
Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada;
Retornaz finished 8-4 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz lost
5-4 to
Kyle Waddell (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a
10-8 win over
Edin. Retornaz won
10-7 against
Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Retornaz went on to lose
10-4 against
Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Retornaz lost
11-9 to
Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) where Retornaz responded with a
7-3 win over
Tobias Thune (Hvidovre, DEN). Retornaz went on to lose
10-5 against
Soo-Hyuk Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Retornaz responded with a
11-8 win over
Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER). Retornaz won
5-3 against
Schwaller, then won
6-5 against
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) and
9-6 against
Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR). Retornaz won
8-4 against
Dropkin in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the LGT World Men's Curling Championship, Retornaz earn
45.173 world rankings points. Retornaz move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 40.053 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 7th overall with
223.968 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
223.968 points earned so far this season.
