Walstad Finishes Fourth at 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Oslo, Norway

SKIP
Steffen
Walstad

Third
Torger
Nergaard

Second
Markus
Hoiberg

Lead
Magnus
Vaagberg

Games:	11
Record:	5W - 6L
PF/G:	6.08
PA/G:	6.96
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) lost 10-4 to Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway. of the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway; Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) lost 10-4 to Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway. Walstad lost 9-3 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Walstad finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) 7-6, then won 9-6 against Retornaz. Walstad went on to lose 6-5 against Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN). Walstad responded with a 7-4 win over Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER). Walstad went on to lose 6-4 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Walstad lost 10-6 to Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) where Walstad responded with a 5-2 win over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Walstad won 9-4 against Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Walstad went on to lose 8-3 against Mouat in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Walstad take home 28.121 world rankings points. Walstad move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 17.881 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 22nd overall with 153.154 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Walstad ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 88.215 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

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