Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) lost
5-4 to
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, held November 19 - 26, 2022 in Ostersund, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won
6-3 over
Oskar Eriksson (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals
Schwaller finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) 7-3, then won
7-3 against
Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) and
11-3 against
Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR). Schwaller won
7-6 against
Eriksson, then won
5-3 against
Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN). Schwaller went on to lose
8-7 against
Joel Retornaz (Trento, ITA). Schwaller responded with a
6-3 win over
Sergio Vez (San Sebastian, ESP). Schwaller won
7-2 against
Mouat, then won
8-5 against
Sixten Totzek (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Schwaller take home
44.000 world rankings points. Schwaller move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 14.25 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with
227.028 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
156.500 points earned so far this season.
