Retornaz Reaches 2023 Insitu Players Open Quarters

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) qualified for the 2023 Insitu Players Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-2 against John Epping (Toronto, ON).

Retornaz finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) 6-3, then won 5-3 against Mark Kean (Woodstock, ON) and 7-4 against ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR). Retornaz won 8-7 against Epping, then won 9-4 against Cameron Bryce (Border, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Insitu Players Open, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 3rd place overall with 357.437 total points. Retornaz ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 93.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	63	13	0	0.829	20-0	10-1	6-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	551	487	281	8.84	5.10	3.74	4.81	3.50	1.84	1.46	1.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	274	377	32	51	12-0	30-2	82-3	1.38	0.12	0.56	0.09

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	277	110	249	42	4-1	7-10	17-58	0.40	0.90	0.59	0.24

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.

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