Rantamaki Reaches 2014 Edinburgh International Quarters

Hyvinkaa, Finland

SKIP
Tomi
Rantamaki

Third
Pekka
Peura

Second
Jere
Sullanmaa

Lead
Jermu
Pollanen

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	8.11
PA/G:	7.03
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN) qualified for the 2014 Edinburgh International playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). of the 2014 Edinburgh International in Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland;

Rantamaki finished 4-1 in the 24 team Edinburgh International qualifying round, held November 7 - 9, 2014 at the Murrayfield Curling Club in Edinburgh, Scotland. In their opening game, Rantamaki defeated Stuart Taylor (Scotland) 7-3, then won 1-0 against TBD2 (). Rantamaki went on to lose 9-4 against Martin Lill (Tallinn, EST). Rantamaki responded with a 6-5 win over Borys Jasieki (Poland). Rantamaki won 6-2 against Ross McCleary (Scotland) in their final qualifying round match.

Rantamaki earned 1.425 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Edinburgh International, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 115th place overall with 9.192 total points. Rantamaki ranks 141st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.425 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	4	2	0	0.667	2-0	1-2	2-1	1-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	37	30	26	8.11	7.03	1.08	4.59	4.32	1.76	1.63	1.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	16	19	7	1	0-0	3-1	3-0	1.19	0.44	0.40	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	21	11	19	3	0-0	1-2	2-4	0.52	0.90	0.45	0.33

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