Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR) lost 11-4 to Orrin Carson (Dumfries, SCO) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships in Fuessen, Germany. of the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships in Fuessen, Germany; Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR) lost 11-4 to Orrin Carson (Dumfries, SCO) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 World Junior Curling Championships in Fuessen, Germany. Hostmaelingen lost
9-6 to
Benny Kapp (Fuessen/Oberstdorf , GER) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Hostmaelingen finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hostmaelingen lost
13-5 to
Kapp, then responded with a
6-5 win over
Giacomo Colli (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA). Hostmaelingen won
9-5 against
Serkan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR), then won
8-6 against
Switzerland's Jan Iseli and
10-8 against
Ethan Sampson (Chaska, USA). Hostmaelingen went on to lose
9-3 against
Landan Rooney (Whitby, CAN). Hostmaelingen lost
7-6 to
Xueqing Fei (Beijing, CHN) where Hostmaelingen responded with a
6-3 win over
Eunbin Kim (Kyungil, KOR). Hostmaelingen went on to lose
8-5 against
Carson in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the World Junior Curling Championships, Hostmaelingen take home
16.000 world rankings points. For week 31 of the event schedule, Hostmaelingen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Hostmaelingen ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
