Schwaller Runner-Up at 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Bern, Switzerland

SKIP
Yannick
Schwaller

Third
Michael
Brunner

Second
Romano
Meier

Lead
Marcel
Kaeufeler

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	7.55
PA/G:	6.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) lost 9-3 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won 8-5 over Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden;

Schwaller finished 6-3 in the 10 team Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships qualifying round, held November 16 - 23, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) 9-4, then went on to lose 8-5 against Edin. Schwaller responded with a 11-5 win over Krause. Schwaller won 10-6 against Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS), then won 8-7 against Andrew Reed (Kent, ENG). Schwaller went on to lose 9-4 against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Schwaller lost 5-4 to Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) where Schwaller responded with a 8-3 win over Ross Paterson (Stirling, SCO). Schwaller won 7-5 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Schwaller take home 46.868 world rankings points, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 10th place overall with 366.788 total points. Schwaller ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 227.559 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	7	4	0	0.636	6-0	1-4	1-1	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	102	77	66	7.55	6.47	1.08	4.61	4.31	1.64	1.50	1.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	53	56	15	7	2-0	3-1	11-0	1.06	0.28	0.35	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	49	21	51	4	0-0	1-4	5-12	0.43	1.04	0.48	0.29

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