Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) won 8-4 over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) 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; Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) won 8-4 over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland. Schwaller lost
7-4 to
Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Schwaller finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated
Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR) 6-3, then won
8-4 against
Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Schwaller went on to lose
11-8 against
Retornaz. Schwaller lost
9-6 to
Mouat where Schwaller responded with a
7-5 win over
Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Schwaller won
8-4 against
Sixten Totzek (Füssen, GER), then won
10-7 against
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) and
6-3 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Schwaller went on to lose
6-4 against
Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Schwaller earn
40.500 world rankings points. Schwaller move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 22.5 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 5th overall with
339.125 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
173.000 points earned so far this season.
