CHAMPION: Edin Wins 2018 Swiss Cup Basel

Karlstad, Sweden

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Oskar
Eriksson

Second
Rasmus
Wrana

Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	8.51
PA/G:	5.32
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won 7-5 over Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Edin won 6-4 over Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won 1-0 over Sergio Vez (Vitoria-Gasteiz, ESP) in the quarterfinals.

Edin finished 4-0 in the 32 team Swiss Cup Basel qualifying round, held October 4 - 7, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Edin defeated Klaudius Harsch (Fuessen, GER) 7-5, then won 8-3 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) and 6-5 against Jan Hess (Zug, SUI). Edin won 5-3 against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swiss Cup Basel Championship title, Edin earned 53.834 world rankings points along with the $18,287CDN first prize cheque. Edin move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 4.1360000000001 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 1st overall with 564.397 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Edin ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 117.115 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	7	0	0	1.000	1-0	2-0	1-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	47	40	25	8.51	5.32	3.19	5.32	3.83	1.60	1.39	0.85

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	24	29	4	3	1-0	1-0	6-1	1.21	0.17	0.38	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	23	11	21	1	0-0	0-1	4-4	0.48	0.91	0.67	0.30

2021: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2018: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
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
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr., Thomas Muirhead
Aberdeen, GBR
2013: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2012: Oskar Eriksson
Kristian Lindstroem, Oskar Eriksson, Markus Eriksson, Christoffer Sundgren
, SWE
2011: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Ryan Fry, Geoff Walker, Adam Casey
St. John's, NL
2010: Andy Kapp
Andy Kapp, Daniel Herberg, Andreas Lang, Markus Messenzehl, Holger Hoehne
, GER
2009: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
Oslo, NOR
2008: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2007: David Murdoch
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
Dumfries, SCO
2006: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, Jamie Korab, Mike Adam
St. Johns, NL
2005: Randy Ferbey
Kerry Burtnyk, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque, David Nedohin
Edmonton, AB
2004: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Christof Schwaller, Ramstein, Roland Moser
, SUI
2003: Ralph Stoeckli
Ralph Stoeckli, Claudio Pescia, Pascal Sieber, Simon Struebin
Neuenkirch, SUI

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