Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) lost 8-4 to Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland. of the 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland; Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) lost 8-4 to Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland. Retornaz lost
7-6 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland;
Retornaz finished 9-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated
Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) 10-1, then won
12-7 against
Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) and
11-8 against
Schwaller. Retornaz won
7-5 against
Edin, then won
8-1 against
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) and
7-6 against
Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO). Retornaz won
10-4 against
Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR), then won
10-2 against
Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) and
10-4 against
Sixten Totzek (Füssen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Retornaz take home
36.000 world rankings points, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 14 after improving upon their best so far this season. Retornaz ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
258.625 points earned so far this season.
