Bronze for Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak at 2022 European Curling Championships C-Division

Slovakia

SKIP
Pavol
Pitonak

Third
Frantisek
Pitonak

Second
Tomas
Pitonak

Lead
Peter
Pitonak

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	10.13
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak won 7-2 over Ireland's John Wilson in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 European Curling Championships C-Division in Geneva, Switzerland. of the 2022 European Curling Championships C-Division in Geneva, Switzerland; Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak won 7-2 over Ireland's John Wilson in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 European Curling Championships C-Division in Geneva, Switzerland. Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak lost 8-6 to Belgium's Tom Van Waterschoot in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak lost 8-5 to Ireland's John Wilson, then responded with a 10-4 win over Romania's Valentin Anghelinei. Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak won 7-4 against Andorra's Josep Garcia, then won 9-6 against Ukraine's Mykyta Velychko. Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak went on to lose 8-3 against Slovenia's Jure Culic. Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak responded with a 5-1 win over Belgium's Tom Van Waterschoot. Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak won 11-1 against Luxembourg's Alex Benoy. Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak went on to lose 7-6 against 's . Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak responded with a 10-3 win over Croatia's Ante Baus in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the European Curling Championships C-Division, Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak earn 4.973 world rankings points, moving up 118 spots the World Ranking Standings into 181st place overall with 6.309 total points. Slovakia's Pavol Pitonak ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.973 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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