CHAMPION: Ulsrud Wins 2013 Swiss Cup Basel

Oslo, Norway

SKIP
Thomas
Ulsrud

Third
Torger
Nergaard

Second
Christoffer
Svae

Lead
Haavard Vad
Petersson

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	8.98
PA/G:	4.24
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) won 6-3 over Oskar Eriksson (Lit, SWE) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Ulsrud won 5-4 over Peter de Cruz (Geneva, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2013 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won 7-3 over Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland;

Ulsrud finished 4-0 in the 40 team Swiss Cup Basel qualifying round, held October 3 - 6, 2013 in , . In their opening game, Ulsrud defeated Christian Moser (Uitikon, SUI) 7-1, then won 7-6 against Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS) and 5-3 against Marcus Hasselborg (Sundsvall, SWE). Ulsrud won 9-3 against Simone Gonin (Italy) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swiss Cup Basel Championship title, Ulsrud earned 22.150 world rankings points along with the $15,892CDN first prize chequeFor winning the Swiss Cup Basel Championship title, Ulsrud earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $15,892CDN first prize chequeFor winning the Swiss Cup Basel Championship title, Ulsrud earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $15,892CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 9th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 22.15 after improving upon their best so far this season. Ulsrud ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.920 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	8	0	0	1.000	5-0	3-0	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	59	53	25	8.98	4.24	4.75	5.08	3.22	1.77	1.32	1.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	26	36	2	3	1-0	2-0	7-0	1.38	0.08	0.43	0.08

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	33	17	23	7	0-0	3-1	2-4	0.52	0.70	0.71	0.27

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