Giovanella2-3 at 2019 Prague Classic

SKIP
Mattia
Giovanella

Third
Daniele
Ferrazza

Second
Andrea
Pilzer

Lead
Nicola
Gottardi

Mattia Giovanella (Cembra, ITA) finished 2-3 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Giovanella defeated Gabor Bor Zelinka (Ljubljana, SLO) 10-3, then went on to lose 7-3 against Jermu Pollanen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Giovanella lost 8-3 to Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Giovanella lost 8-3 to Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) where Giovanella responded with a 9-1 win over Dominik Svarc (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

Giovanella earned 1.959 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 228th place overall with 10.901 total points. Giovanella ranks 216th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.959 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: Fredrik Nyman
Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz
Solleftea, SWE
2021: Magnus Ramsfjell
Magnus Ramsfjell, Martin Sesaker, Bendik Ramsfjell, Gaute Nepstad
Trondheim, NOR
2019: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling , SCO
2018: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Simon Granbom, Johannes Patz, Filip Stener
Skelleftea, SWE

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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