Franke/Buettner Finishes Fourth at 2023 WCT Mixed Doubles Cup Geising

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	8.91
PA/G:	8.70
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Julia Franke/Andy Buettner (Geising, GER) lost 12-3 to Natalie Wiksten/Kasper Wiksten (Hvidovre, DEN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 WCT Mixed Doubles Cup Geising in Geising, Germany. of the 2023 WCT Mixed Doubles Cup Geising in Geising, Germany; Julia Franke/Andy Buettner (Geising, GER) lost 12-3 to Natalie Wiksten/Kasper Wiksten (Hvidovre, DEN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 WCT Mixed Doubles Cup Geising in Geising, Germany. Franke/Buettner lost 6-5 to Lina Januleviciute/Donatas Kiudys (Kaunas, LTU) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 WCT Mixed Doubles Cup Geising in Geising, Germany; and won 11-5 over Lea Hueppi/Jonas Weiss (Dubendorf, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 WCT Mixed Doubles Cup Geising in Geising, Germany;

Franke/Buettner finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Franke/Buettner lost 8-7 to Wiksten/Wiksten, then responded with a 8-6 win over Januleviciute/Kiudys. Franke/Buettner won 7-3 against Zuzana Holaskova/Sebastian Zenaty (Brno, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the WCT Mixed Doubles Cup Geising, Franke/Buettner take home 4.000 world rankings points along with 448CDN. For week 14 of the event schedule, Franke/Buettner did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 305th to 312th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 1.126 total points. Franke/Buettner ranks 158th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	5	5	0	0.500	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	74	75	65	10.14	8.78	1.35	4.86	5.14	2.08	1.71	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	37	52	17	0	3-0	7-1	5-2	1.41	0.46	0.41	0.35

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	37	23	48	0	1-4	1-2	6-5	0.62	1.30	0.56	0.32

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

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