Valachova/Pitonak

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	9.13
PA/G:	8.70
Hammer Efficiency:	0.22
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Emma Valachova/Pavol Pitonak (Bratislava, SVK) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Valachova/Pitonak finished 1-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Valachova/Pitonak lost 7-3 to Lisa Norrlander/Pontus Persson (Ostersund, SWE), droppimg another game, 8-5 to Nataliya Artemova/Peter Gaedeke (Cologne, GER) where Valachova/Pitonak responded with a 6-5 win over Lucia Orokocka/Juraj Gallo (Bratislava, SVK) in their final qualifying round match.

Valachova/Pitonak earned 0.375 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 862nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -5.313 after improving upon their best so far this season. Valachova/Pitonak ranks 464th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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