CHAMPION: Hoesli Wins 2023 Oslo Cup

SKIP
Marco
Hoesli

Third
Philipp
Hoesli

Second
Simon
Gloor

Lead
Justin
Hausherr

Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) won 6-3 over Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in the Final of the Oslo Cup, held August 31 - September 3, 2023 in Oslo, Norway. To advance to the championship game, Hoesli won 5-1 over Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2023 Oslo Cup in Oslo, Norway; and won 5-2 over Sweden's Fredrik Nyman in the quarterfinals.

Hoesli finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hoesli defeated Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) 5-3, then won 7-6 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) and 8-0 against Andreas Harstad (Oppdal, NOR). Hoesli won 8-5 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Oslo Cup Championship title, Hoesli earned 41.250 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque. Hoesli move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 39 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 19th overall with 175.625 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Hoesli ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	41	32	0	0.562	6-3	9-12	3-4	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	525	400	356	7.62	6.78	0.84	4.78	4.25	1.59	1.60	0.97

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	248	270	75	31	5-0	18-3	57-13	1.09	0.30	0.37	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	277	130	281	20	1-5	9-21	18-57	0.47	1.01	0.50	0.32

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