Markusson2-3 at 2019 Swedish Championship

Ostersund, Sweden

SKIP
Emil
Markusson

Third
Daniel
Berggren

Second
Fredrik
Ljungberg

Lead
Mikael
Ljungberg

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	6.36
PA/G:	8.48
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.08

Emil Markusson (Ostersund, SWE) finished 2-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Markusson defeated Johan Engqvist (Harnosand, SWE) 7-3, then went on to lose 7-1 against Cameron Bryce (Skelleftea, SWE). Markusson responded with a 8-5 win over Tobias Lundmark (Umea, SWE). Markusson went on to lose 6-2 against Goran Carlsson (Linkoping, SWE). Markusson lost 7-3 to Tony Poelder (Jonkoping, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Markusson earned 2.757 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 162 spots the World Ranking Standings into 352nd place overall with 3.393 total points. Markusson ranks 322nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.757 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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