Bryden Finishes Fourth at 2025 FISU World University Games

Regina, Canada

SKIP
Josh
Bryden

Third
Adam
Bukurak

Second
Carter
Williamson

Lead
Ayden
Whittmire

Games:	11
Record:	5W - 6L
PF/G:	6.54
PA/G:	6.79
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Josh Bryden (Regina, CAN) lost 6-1 to Jan Iseli (Solothurn , SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Turin, Italy. of the 2025 FISU World University Games in Turin, Italy; Josh Bryden (Regina, CAN) lost 6-1 to Jan Iseli (Solothurn , SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Turin, Italy. Bryden lost 8-4 to Caden Hebert (Eau Claire, USA) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Bryden finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bryden defeated Iseli 7-5, then won 6-2 against Tianyu Meng (Harbin, CHN). Bryden went on to lose 7-3 against Giacomo Colli (Trentino, ITA). Bryden responded with a 8-2 win over Axel Landelius (Mjolby, SWE). Bryden won 5-2 against JaeBeom Lee (Uiseong, KOR). Bryden went on to lose 7-4 against Hebert. Bryden lost 10-4 to Norway's Lukas Hostmaelingen where Bryden responded with a 7-1 win over Eduard Nikolov (Kyiv, UKR). Bryden went on to lose 3-2 against Great Britain's Arran Thomson in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the FISU World University Games, Bryden take home 6.000 world rankings points. Bryden move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 5.437 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 92nd overall with 31.141 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bryden ranks 95th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.063 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	28	26	0	0.519	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
2025	399	266	250	6.67	6.27	0.40	4.26	4.09	1.56	1.53	1.65

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	188	201	54	23	6-0	11-1	39-9	1.07	0.29	0.34	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	211	65	196	43	1-5	2-10	10-37	0.31	0.93	0.57	0.23

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