Retornaz6-3 at 2019 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Fabio
Ribotta

Lead
Simone
Gonin

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	7.77
PA/G:	6.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) finished 6-3 in the 10 team Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships qualifying round, held November 16 - 24, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) 10-6, then won 7-6 against Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) and 7-5 against Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR). Retornaz won 11-4 against Wille Makela (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Retornaz went on to lose 11-4 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Retornaz responded with a 9-3 win over Marc Muskatewitz (Baden Baden, GER). Retornaz went on to lose 7-6 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Retornaz responded with a 6-4 win over Bartosz Dzikowski (Katowice, POL). Retornaz went on to lose 10-6 against Mikhail Vaskov (Dmitrov, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 36.216 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, moving up 32 spots the World Ranking Standings into 50th place overall with 88.275 total points. Retornaz ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.092 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	7	4	0	0.636	3-0	3-3	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	103	80	71	7.77	6.89	0.87	4.47	4.66	1.74	1.48	0.87

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	49	62	14	3	2-0	7-1	8-0	1.27	0.29	0.37	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	54	18	57	6	0-1	1-4	4-9	0.33	1.06	0.61	0.22

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