Michel Runner-Up at 2012 Swiss Cup Basel

Adelboden, Switzerland

SKIP
Sven
Michel

Third
Claudio
Paetz

Second
Sandro
Trolliet

Lead
Simon
Gempeler

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	12.73
PA/G:	6.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) lost 5-4 to Oskar Eriksson (Sweden) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Michel won 4-2 over Andreas Lang (Fuessen, GER) in the semifinals of the 2012 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won 8-0 over Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland;

Michel finished 4-0 in the 32 team Swiss Cup Basel qualifying round, held October 4 - 7, 2012 in , . In their opening game, Michel defeated Andreas Unterberger (Austria) 5-4, then won 6-5 against Manuel Ruch (Uitikon, SUI) and 8-3 against Mark Dacey (Halifax, NS). Michel won 7-2 against Thomas Ulsrud (oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Swiss Cup Basel, Michel take home 17.010 world rankings points along with the $7,302CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 10th place overall with 130.025 total points. Michel ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.010 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	1	0	0.857	3-0	0-1	2-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	33	42	21	12.73	6.36	6.36	5.45	3.03	2.33	2.10	1.52

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	17	32	0	4	3-0	2-0	0-0	1.88	0.00	0.38	0.00

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	16	10	21	1	1-2	1-0	0-4	0.63	1.31	0.40	0.31

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2019: Peter De Cruz
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2018: Niklas Edin
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2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
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2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
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2014: Tom Brewster
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2013: Thomas Ulsrud
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2012: Oskar Eriksson
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2011: Brad Gushue
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St. John's, NL
2010: Andy Kapp
Andy Kapp, Daniel Herberg, Andreas Lang, Markus Messenzehl, Holger Hoehne
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2009: Thomas Ulsrud
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Oslo, NOR
2008: Brad Gushue
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St. John's, NL
2007: David Murdoch
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2006: Brad Gushue
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St. Johns, NL
2005: Randy Ferbey
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Edmonton, AB
2004: Andreas Schwaller
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, SUI
2003: Ralph Stoeckli
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