Kovaleva Finishes Fourth at 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Saint-Petersburg, Russia

SKIP
Alina
Kovaleva

Third
Anna
Sidorova

Second
Galina
Arsenkina

Lead
Ekaterina
Kuzmina

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	7.78
PA/G:	5.35
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) lost 9-6 to Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) 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; Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) lost 9-6 to Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway. Kovaleva lost 5-4 to Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway;

Kovaleva finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva lost 7-4 to Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 6-5 win over Hasselborg. Kovaleva won 7-3 against Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN). Kovaleva went on to lose 10-6 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). Kovaleva responded with a 9-2 win over Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Kovaleva won 7-4 against Jentsch, then won 7-5 against Stefania Constantini (Trentino, ITA) and 10-1 against Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR). Kovaleva won 11-2 against Liisa Turmann (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Kovaleva take home 29.233 world rankings points. For week 18 of the event schedule, Kovaleva did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 10th to 11th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 235.151 total points. Kovaleva ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 116.322 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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