Bjoernstad4-5 at 2025 World Junior Curling Championships

Oppdal, Norway

SKIP
Torhild
Bjoernstad

Third
Nora
Oestgaard

Second
Eilin
Kjaerland

Lead
Andrine
Roenning

Games:	9
Record:	4W - 5L
PF/G:	7.18
PA/G:	6.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Torhild Bjoernstad (Oppdal, NOR) finished 4-5 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bjoernstad lost 7-3 to Bobae Kang (Jeonbuk, KOR), then responded with a 10-6 win over Rebecca Mariani (Trentino, ITA). Bjoernstad went on to lose 7-6 against Sara Messenzehl (Fuessen, GER). Bjoernstad responded with a 9-4 win over Moa Dryburgh (Sundbyberg , SWE). Bjoernstad went on to lose 8-6 against Yuina Miura (Nayoro, JPN). Bjoernstad responded with a 11-6 win over Ariane Oberson (Bern, SUI). Bjoernstad went on to lose 7-6 against Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT). Bjoernstad responded with a 8-5 win over Ziru Li (Beijing, CHN). Bjoernstad went on to lose 9-2 against Allyson MacNutt (Halifax, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.

Bjoernstad earned 3.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Bjoernstad gained 0.375 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 55thplace overall with 53.938 total points. Bjoernstad ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 53.938 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	30	25	0	0.545	1-1	4-4	3-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	417	333	263	7.99	6.31	1.68	4.60	4.15	1.73	1.52	1.25

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	200	242	61	26	12-0	15-2	43-11	1.21	0.31	0.40	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	217	91	202	26	1-4	4-12	16-38	0.42	0.93	0.57	0.29

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