CHAMPION: De Cruz Wins 2021 Swiss Cup Basel

Geneve, Switzerland

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz

Third
Sven
Michel

SKIP
Peter
De Cruz

Lead
Valentin
Tanner

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	8.89
PA/G:	6.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) won 7-5 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final To advance to the championship game, De Cruz won 6-1 over Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2021 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won 9-8 over Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland;

De Cruz finished 4-1 in the 24 team Swiss Cup Basel qualifying round, held October 8 - 10, 2021 in , . In their opening game, De Cruz lost 7-4 to Mattia Giovanella (Trentino, ITA), then responded with a 7-5 win over Christian Heinimann (Basel, SUI). De Cruz won 6-1 against Andrin Schnider (Schauffhausen, SUI), then won 5-4 against Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER) and 4-2 against Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swiss Cup Basel Championship title, De Cruz earned 51.200 world rankings points along with the $12,045CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 6th place overall with 210.944 total points. De Cruz ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 66.376 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

2021: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2018: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr., Thomas Muirhead
Aberdeen, GBR
2013: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2012: Oskar Eriksson
Kristian Lindstroem, Oskar Eriksson, Markus Eriksson, Christoffer Sundgren
, SWE
2011: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Ryan Fry, Geoff Walker, Adam Casey
St. John's, NL
2010: Andy Kapp
Andy Kapp, Daniel Herberg, Andreas Lang, Markus Messenzehl, Holger Hoehne
, GER
2009: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
Oslo, NOR
2008: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2007: David Murdoch
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
Dumfries, SCO
2006: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, Jamie Korab, Mike Adam
St. Johns, NL
2005: Randy Ferbey
Kerry Burtnyk, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque, David Nedohin
Edmonton, AB
2004: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Christof Schwaller, Ramstein, Roland Moser
, SUI
2003: Ralph Stoeckli
Ralph Stoeckli, Claudio Pescia, Pascal Sieber, Simon Struebin
Neuenkirch, SUI

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