Birkeland

Sarpsborg, Norway

SKIP
Christian
Birkeland

Third
Kenneth Daucke
Andersen

Second
Tobias
Granli

Lead
Ole
Hauge

Games:	6
Record:	1W - 5L
PF/G:	6.45
PA/G:	13.55
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.13

Christian Birkeland (Sarpsborg, NOR) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Birkeland finished 1-4 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birkeland defeated Tim Nicholai Aspeli (Lillehammer, NOR) 10-4, then went on to lose 7-5 against Lars Aspeli (Lillehammer, NOR). Birkeland lost 7-1 to Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR). Birkeland lost 8-0 to Anders Mjoen (Oppdal, NOR). Birkeland lost 10-3 to Torger Nergaard (Snaroen, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Birkeland earned 0.750 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 28 of the event schedule, Birkeland did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Birkeland ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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