CHAMPION: Edin Wins 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship

Ornskoldsvik, Sweden

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Oskar
Eriksson

Second
Rasmus
Wranaa

Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Games:	14
Record:	13W - 1L
PF/G:	7.76
PA/G:	5.45
Hammer Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Niklas Edin (Ornskoldsvik, SWE) won 6-5 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) in the Final of the LGT World Men's Curling Championship, held March 30 - April 7, 2024 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Edin won 5-3 over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the semifinals of the 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland;

Edin finished 11-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin defeated Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) 8-1, then won 9-5 against Shinya Abe (Karuizawa, JPN) and 8-7 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI). Edin won 8-6 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE), then won 10-8 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) and 11-7 against Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Edin won 6-5 against Retornaz, then won 8-5 against Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) and 6-4 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Edin won 6-5 against Gushue, then won 7-4 against Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). Edin went on to lose 8-6 against Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the LGT World Men's Curling Championship Championship title, Edin earned 82.500 world rankings points. Edin move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 67.625 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with 308.250 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Edin ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 308.250 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

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