Kapp Runner-Up at 2023 World Junior Curling Championships

Fuessen/Oberstdorf , Germany

SKIP
Benny
Kapp

Third
Felix
Messenzehl

Second
Johannes
Scheuerl

Lead
Mario
Trevisiol

Games:	11
Record:	8W - 3L
PF/G:	8.08
PA/G:	5.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Benny Kapp (Fuessen/Oberstdorf , GER) lost 8-7 to Xueqing Fei (Beijing, CHN) in the Final of the World Junior Curling Championships, held February 25 - March 4, 2023 in Fuessen, Germany. To advance to the championship game, Kapp won 9-6 over Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR) in the semifinals

Kapp finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kapp defeated Hostmaelingen 13-5, then won 8-5 against Ethan Sampson (Chaska, USA) and 7-6 against Eunbin Kim (Kyungil, KOR). Kapp won 7-5 against Orrin Carson (Dumfries, SCO), then won 8-6 against Switzerland's Jan Iseli. Kapp went on to lose 4-3 against Giacomo Colli (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA). Kapp responded with a 11-4 win over Serkan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR). Kapp won 8-2 against Landan Rooney (Whitby, CAN). Kapp went on to lose 4-3 against Fei in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the World Junior Curling Championships, Kapp take home 22.000 world rankings points. For week 31 of the event schedule, Kapp did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kapp 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

2026: Caden Hebert
Caden Hebert, Jackson Bestland, Benji Paral, Jack Wendtland, Daniel Laufer, Mike Peplinski
, USA
2025: Lukas Hostmaelingen
Lukas Hostmaelingen, Tinius Haslev Nordbye, Magnus Lilleboe, Eskild Eriksen, Harald Daehlin, Johan Hostmaelingen
, NOR
2024: Lukas Hostmaelingen
Lukas Hostmaelingen, Grunde Buraas, Magnus Lilleboe, Tinius Haslev Nordbye
Oslo, NOR
2023: Xueqing Fei
Xueqing Fei, Tianqi Guan, Zhichao Li, Xingyin Xie, Jianjun Ye, Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: James Craik
James Craik, Angus Bryce, Scott Hyslop, Niall Ryder
Stirling, SCO
2020: Jacques Gauthier
Jacques Gauthier, Jordan Peters, Brayden Payette, Zack Bilawka, Thomas Dunlop
Winnipeg, CAN
2019: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Matthew Hall, Alex Horvath, Rylan Kleiter
Langley, CAN
2018: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jordan Tardi, Zac Curtis, Jacques Gauthier
Langley, CAN
2017: Kijeong Lee
Kijeong Lee, Kibok Lee, Seunghoon Oh, Won Yeong Choi, Kyung-Ho Woo
Uiseong, KOR
2016: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Duncan Menzies, Bobby Lammie, Gregor Cannon, Robin Brydone
Edinburgh, SCO
2015: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch, Brendan Wilson, Colton Lott
Winnipeg, CAN
2014: Yannick Schwaller
Reto Keller, Yannick Schwaller, Patrick Witschonke, Michael Probst, Romano Keller-Meier
Bern, SUI
2012: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Evan Asmussen, Landon Bucholz, Bryce Bucholz, Parker Konschuh
Edmonton, CAN
2011: Oskar Eriksson
Kristian Lindstroem, Oskar Eriksson, Henrik Leek, Alexander Lindstroem, Christoffer Sundgren
Ostersund, SWE