Veltsman Runner-Up at 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger

Tallinn, Estonia

Fourth
Mihhail
Vlassov

SKIP
Eduard
Veltsman

Second
Janis
Kiziridi

Lead
Igor
Dzendzeljuk

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	10.80
PA/G:	7.40
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) lost 9-3 to Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) in the Final of the WCT Latvia International Challenger, held October 21 - 23, 2022 in Tukums, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Veltsman won 6-5 over Timothy Verreycken (Zemst, BEL) in the semifinals of the 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; and won 7-6 over Axel Landelius (MjÃ¶lby, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;

Veltsman finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Veltsman defeated Verreycken 12-2, then won 9-3 against Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT). Veltsman went on to lose 10-8 against Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT). Veltsman responded with a 9-2 win over Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WCT Latvia International Challenger, Veltsman take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $1,081CDN prize. For week 12 of the event schedule, Veltsman did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Veltsman ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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