Schwaller Runner-Up at 2026 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz-van Berkel

SKIP
Yannick
Schwaller

Second
Sven
Michel

Lead
Pablo
Lachat-Couchepin

Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) lost 5-4 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, held November 22 - 29, 2025 in Lohja, Finland. To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won 8-7 over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the semifinals of the 2026 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland;

Schwaller are currently . In their opening game, Schwaller plays Edin on Saturday at 7:30am Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) on Sunday at 2am and Poland's Konrad Stych at 12pm Edin on Saturday at 7:30am Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) on Sunday at 2am, Poland's Konrad Stych at 12pm Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) on Monday at 5am and Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) at 1pm and Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) at 1pm Edin on Saturday at 7:30am Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) on Sunday at 2am, Poland's Konrad Stych at 12pm Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) on Monday at 5am, Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) at 1pm Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT) on Tuesday at 7am Jacob Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) on Wednesday at 2am and Retornaz at 12pm and Retornaz at 12pm.

With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Schwaller take home 50.600 world rankings points, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 20.6 after improving upon their best so far this season. Schwaller ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 216.050 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	46	16	0	0.742	8-1	4-1	3-2	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	479	425	292	8.87	6.10	2.78	4.93	4.28	1.80	1.42	0.79

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	241	334	49	21	9-0	25-1	76-5	1.39	0.20	0.50	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	238	91	243	17	2-0	4-11	19-58	0.38	1.02	0.58	0.24