CHAMPION: Zappone Wins 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

Pinerolo, Italy

SKIP
Veronica
Zappone

Third
Stefania
Constantini

Second
Angela
Romei

Lead
Giulia
Lacedelli

Games:	11
Record:	9W - 2L
PF/G:	8.96
PA/G:	4.69
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Veronica Zappone (Pinerolo, ITA) won 5-2 over Dilsat Yildiz (Eruzurum, TUR) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Zappone won 9-4 over Dorottya Palancsa (Budapest, HUN) in the semifinals of the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden;

Zappone finished 7-2 in the 10 team Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships qualifying round, held November 16 - 23, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Zappone defeated Oihane Otaegi (San Sebastien, ESP) 11-4, then won 6-4 against Marharyta Dziashuk (Minsk, BLR) and 8-5 against Marta Pluta (Gliwice, POL). Zappone won 8-7 against Elina Virtaala (Hyvinkaa, FIN), then won 9-3 against Asta Vaicekonyte (Lithuania) and 9-1 against Gabriela Kajanova (Bratislava, SVK). Zappone went on to lose 6-5 against Palancsa. Zappone lost 8-7 to Yildiz where Zappone responded with a 9-1 win over Lisa Farnell (Kent, ENG) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships Championship title, Zappone earned 20.841 world rankings points, moving up 53 spots the World Ranking Standings into 94th place overall with 35.752 total points. Zappone ranks 73rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 29.410 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	9	2	0	0.818	6-1	1-1	1-2	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	96	86	45	8.96	4.69	4.27	5.31	3.65	1.69	1.29	1.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	42	51	10	6	3-0	3-0	10-0	1.21	0.24	0.44	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	54	35	35	4	0-0	1-1	8-8	0.65	0.65	0.64	0.46

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