Kalocsay2-5 at Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

Budapest, Hungary

SKIP
Otto
Kalocsay

Third
Attila
Gubanyi

Second
Zsombor
Gazdag

Lead
Istvan
Samson

Games:	9
Record:	3W - 6L
PF/G:	5.83
PA/G:	7.74
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.14

Otto Kalocsay (Budapest, HUN) finished 2-5 in the 16 team Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships qualifying round, held November 16 - 23 in , . In their opening game, Kalocsay defeated Pavol Pitonak (Bratislava, SVK) 9-5, then won 6-5 against Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). Kalocsay went on to lose 7-5 against James Pougher (Deeside, WAL). Kalocsay lost 8-5 to Sergio Vez (Spain). Kalocsay lost 9-5 to Jermu Pollanen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Kalocsay lost 7-6 to Reto Seiler (Sofia, BUL). Kalocsay lost 9-2 to Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

Kalocsay earned 4.008 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 241 spots the World Ranking Standings into 317th place overall with 4.008 total points. Kalocsay ranks 259th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.008 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	3	6	0	0.333	0-4	2-1	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	84	49	65	5.83	7.74	-1.90	4.40	4.40	1.32	1.76	1.19

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	42	41	14	3	0-1	0-1	10-1	0.98	0.33	0.26	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	42	8	51	7	0-1	1-5	0-9	0.19	1.21	0.48	0.14

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