Rizzolli1-8 at 2019 World Junior Curling Championships

Cembra, Italy

SKIP
Luca
Rizzolli

Third
Mattia
Giovanella

Second
Alessandro
Odorizzi

Lead
Giovanni
Gottardi

Games:	9
Record:	1W - 8L
PF/G:	5.57
PA/G:	9.87
Hammer Efficiency:	0.19
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Luca Rizzolli (Cembra, ITA) finished 1-8 in the 10 team World Junior Curling Championships qualifying round, held February 16 - 23, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Rizzolli lost 5-4 to Matthew Neilson (Naseby, NZL), droppimg another game, 7-6 to Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) where Rizzolli responded with a 10-9 win over Daniel Berggren (Sveg, SWE). Rizzolli went on to lose 7-3 against Andrew Stopera (Chaska, USA). Rizzolli lost 10-3 to Tyler Tardi (Langley, CAN). Rizzolli lost 12-1 to Ross Whyte (Dumfries, SCO). Rizzolli lost 10-6 to Magnus Ramsfjell (Oslo, NOR). Rizzolli lost 10-5 to Klaudius Harsch (Fuessen, GER). Rizzolli lost 8-6 to Weihaoping Wang (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

Rizzolli earned 1.320 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 28 of the event schedule, Rizzolli did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Rizzolli ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	1	8	0	0.111	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	79	44	78	5.57	9.87	-4.30	4.18	5.32	1.33	1.86	0.51

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	38	32	17	2	0-0	1-1	6-3	0.84	0.45	0.19	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	41	12	61	2	0-4	0-5	3-8	0.29	1.49	0.43	0.22

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