Raev Reaches 2019 Latvia International Challenger Quarters

SKIP
Vadim
Raev

Third
Evgeniy
Arkhipov

Second
Nikolay
Levashev

Lead
Artem
Puzanov

Vadim Raev (Moscow, RUS) qualified for the 2019 Latvia International Challenger playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-4 against Lucien Lottenbach (Zug, SUI). of the 2019 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;

Raev finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Raev defeated Ilya Shalamitski (Minsk, BLR) 11-2, then went on to lose 7-5 against Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE). Raev lost 8-7 to Jermu Pollanen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) where Raev responded with a 12-1 win over Jotham Sugden (Kent, ENG) in their final qualifying round match.

Raev earned 5.380 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Latvia International Challenger, moving up 39 spots the World Ranking Standings into 184th place overall with 15.437 total points. Raev ranks 170th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.081 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

2022: Martins Truksans
Martins Truksans, Janis Klive, Arnis Veidemanis, Sandris Buholcs
Riga, LAT
2021: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Callum Kinnear, Mark Taylor, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2019: Daniel Magnusson
Daniel Magnusson, Robin Ahlberg, Anton Regosa, Sebastian Jones
Karlstad, SWE
2018: Wille Makela
Wille Makela, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Paavo Kuosmanen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2017: Rasmus Stjerne
Rasmus Stjerne, Johnny Frederiksen, Mikkel Poulsen, Oliver Dupont
Hvidovre, DEN

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