Wagenseil Runner-Up at 2020 World Junior Mens Championship

Bern, Switzerland

Fourth
Yves
Stocker

SKIP
Yves
Wagenseil

Second
Felix
Eberhard

Lead
Marcel
Gertsch

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	6.31
PA/G:	6.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Yves Wagenseil (Bern, SUI) lost 7-2 to Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg, CAN) in the Final of the World Junior Mens Championship, held February 15 - 22, 2020 in Krasnayorsk, RCF. To advance to the championship game, Wagenseil won 9-6 over James Craik (Aberdeen, SCO) in the semifinals

Wagenseil finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wagenseil lost 7-3 to Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE), then responded with a 8-3 win over Giacomo Colli (Trentino, ITA). Wagenseil went on to lose 7-5 against Gauthier. Wagenseil lost 7-4 to Matthew Neilson (Naseby, NZL) where Wagenseil responded with a 10-9 win over Andrey Dudov (Moscow, RCF). Wagenseil won 7-4 against Luc Violette (Lake Stevens, USA). Wagenseil went on to lose 7-2 against Craik. Wagenseil responded with a 6-3 win over Eirik Oey (Oslo, NOR). Wagenseil won 9-4 against Sixten Totzek (Hamburg, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the World Junior Mens Championship, Wagenseil take home 19.359 world rankings points. For week 31 of the event schedule, Wagenseil did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Wagenseil ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

Bottcher Out!

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

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