Edin Runner-Up at 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Oskar
Eriksson

Second
Rasmus
Wrana

Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) lost 6-5 to Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, held November 18 - 25, 2023 at the Curl Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Edin won 7-6 over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the semifinals of the 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland;

Edin finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin lost 7-6 to Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE), then responded with a 8-5 win over Mouat. Edin won 8-3 against Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Edin went on to lose 7-5 against Retornaz. Edin responded with a 10-5 win over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR). Edin won 11-7 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED), then won 9-4 against Sixten Totzek (FÃ¼ssen, GER). Edin went on to lose 6-3 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI). Edin responded with a 10-2 win over Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Edin take home 49.500 world rankings points, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 41.625 after improving upon their best so far this season. Edin ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 186.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	44	27	0	0.620	10-5	5-4	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	516	423	331	8.20	6.41	1.78	4.69	4.11	1.75	1.56	1.20

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	254	321	63	29	11-1	19-0	70-13	1.26	0.25	0.44	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	262	102	268	33	3-4	7-11	16-68	0.39	1.02	0.50	0.24

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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