CHAMPION: Tirinzoni Wins LGT World Women's Curling Championship

Aarau, Switzerland

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Esther
Neuenschwander

Lead
Melanie
Barbezat

Games:	15
Record:	11W - 4L
PF/G:	7.32
PA/G:	6.13
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) won 8-7 over Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won 5-3 over Min Ji Kim (Chuncheon City, KOR) in the semifinals of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship in Silkeborg, Denmark; and won 7-6 over Jie Mei (Harbin, CHN) in the quarterfinals. of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship in Silkeborg, Denmark;

Tirinzoni finished 8-4 in the 13 team LGT World Women's Curling Championship qualifying round, held March 16 - 24, 2019 in , in , in , . In their opening game, Tirinzoni lost 11-5 to Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS), then responded with a 7-6 win over Oona Kauste (Aland, FIN). Tirinzoni went on to lose 8-5 against Hasselborg. Tirinzoni responded with a 9-3 win over Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN). Tirinzoni went on to lose 6-5 against Kim. Tirinzoni responded with a 8-5 win over Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT). Tirinzoni won 7-1 against Sophie Jackson (Stirling, SCO), then won 9-8 against Mei and 9-3 against Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, CAN). Tirinzoni won 7-6 against Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN), then won 5-4 against Jamie Sinclair (Chaska, USA). Tirinzoni went on to lose 10-8 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the LGT World Women's Curling Championship Championship title, Tirinzoni earned 83.570 world rankings points. Tirinzoni move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 52.647 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with 435.120 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Tirinzoni ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 435.120 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	11	4	0	0.733	4-1	4-3	4-1	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	142	104	87	7.32	6.13	1.20	4.51	4.08	1.63	1.50	1.41

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	69	81	13	10	4-0	4-0	15-0	1.17	0.19	0.39	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	73	23	74	10	1-1	0-6	2-14	0.32	1.01	0.53	0.25

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