Palancsa/Kiss Runner-Up at 2019 WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	11.43
PA/G:	6.43
Hammer Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Dorottya Palancsa/Zsolt Kiss (Budapest, HUN) lost 11-7 to Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oppdal, NOR) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Palancsa/Kiss won 7-5 over Andrea Schoepp/Klaudius Harsch (Garmisch-Partenkircken, GER) in the semifinals of the 2019 WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup in Kitzbuehel, Austria; and won 8-1 over Irantzu Garcia/Gontzal Garcia (Vitoria, ESP) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup in Kitzbuehel, Austria;

Palancsa/Kiss finished 3-0 in the 14 team WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup qualifying round, held October 17 - 20, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Palancsa/Kiss defeated Laura Engler/Marco Hefti (Switzerland) 9-2, then won 9-6 against Astrid Pfluegler/Jonas Backofen (Kitzbuehel, AUT) and 8-2 against Constanze Ocker/Uli Kapp (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup, Palancsa/Kiss take home 25.791 world rankings points along with the $1,180CDN prize, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 23.028 after improving upon their best so far this season. Palancsa/Kiss ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 34.020 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	5	1	0	0.833	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
2020	42	48	27	11.43	6.43	5.00	6.43	3.57	1.78	1.80	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	15	31	2	0	2-0	2-0	7-0	2.07	0.13	0.73	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	27	17	25	0	0-1	1-3	1-3	0.63	0.93	0.46	0.52

2019: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oppdal, NOR
2018: Emilie Desjardins
Emilie Desjardins, Robert Desjardins
Chicoutimi, QC
2017: Rui Wang
Rui Wang, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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