Retornaz7-1 at 2021 Olympic Qualification Event

Pinerolo, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Simone
Gonin

Games:	9
Record:	8W - 1L
PF/G:	7.67
PA/G:	4.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) finished 7-1 in the 9 team Olympic Qualification Event qualifying round, held December 11 - 18, 2021 in , . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated SooHyuk Kim (Uiseong, KOR) 7-3, then won 9-5 against Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) and 6-5 against Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN). Retornaz won 7-6 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Retornaz went on to lose 5-4 against Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR). Retornaz responded with a 7-2 win over Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Retornaz won 9-4 against Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN), then won 11-4 against Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Olympic Qualification Event, Retornaz take home 39.188 world rankings points. Retornaz move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 25.499 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with 193.401 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 128.228 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
0	8	1	0	0.889	4-1	3-0	2-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
0	86	66	39	7.67	4.53	3.14	4.77	3.37	1.61	1.34	1.86

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
0	43	54	3	10	2-0	1-0	16-0	1.26	0.07	0.58	0.07

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
0	43	12	36	6	0-0	0-1	1-8	0.28	0.84	0.65	0.26

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