Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) won
7-6 over
Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Hoesli won
9-1 over
Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER) in the semifinals of the 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge in St. Gallen, Switzerland; and won
9-6 over
Kim Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 St. Galler Elite Challenge in St. Gallen, Switzerland;
Hoesli finished 3-1 in the 15 team
St. Galler Elite Challenge qualifying round, held January 21 - 23, 2022 in , . In their opening game, Hoesli lost
6-5 to
Schwaller, then responded with a
9-1 win over
Kristof Czermann (Budapest, HUN). Hoesli won
6-2 against
Totzek, then won
8-4 against
Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the St. Galler Elite Challenge Championship title, Hoesli earned
26.706 world rankings points along with the $2,761CDN first prize cheque. Hoesli move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 14.372 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 25th overall with
125.911 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Hoesli ranks 17th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
117.092 points earned so far this season.
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