Kovaleva Finishes Fourth at 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Saint-Petersburg , Russia

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Maria
Komarova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Games:	11
Record:	8W - 3L
PF/G:	8.09
PA/G:	5.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) lost 6-5 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden. of the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden; Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) lost 6-5 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden. Kovaleva lost 9-3 to Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden;

Kovaleva finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated Marie Turmann (Tallinn, EST) 7-1, then won 7-5 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Kovaleva went on to lose 7-3 against Tirinzoni. Kovaleva responded with a 9-3 win over Mathilde Halse (Hvidovre, DEN). Kovaleva won 7-3 against Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE), then won 8-5 against Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT) and 9-2 against Marianne Rorvik (Oslo, NOR). Kovaleva won 10-5 against Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO), then won 8-6 against Hasselborg in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Kovaleva take home 24.675 world rankings points, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 21st place overall with 208.158 total points. Kovaleva ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 125.147 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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