Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) lost
5-2 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Sun City Cup, held February 23 - 26, 2023 in Karlstad, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Gosgens won
7-2 over
Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2023 Sun City Cup in Karlstad, Sweden; and won
7-6 over
Andreas Harstad (Oppdal, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Sun City Cup in Karlstad, Sweden;
Gosgens finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gosgens defeated
Anders Westerberg (Sundbyberg, SWE) 8-5, then won
5-4 against
Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR) and
6-3 against
Fredrik Nyman (Solleftea, SWE). Gosgens won
10-5 against
Axel Landelius (Mjölby, SWE), then won
5-2 against
Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Sun City Cup, Gosgens take home
22.000 world rankings points along with the $1,565CDN prize. Gosgens move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 7.125 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 14th overall with
180.182 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Gosgens ranks 13th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
169.625 points earned so far this season.
