Eriksson Finishes Fourth at 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Karlstad, Sweden

SKIP
Oskar
Eriksson

Third
Rasmus
Wrana

Second
Daniel
Magnusson

Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	8.20
PA/G:	6.30
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Oskar Eriksson (Karlstad, SWE) lost 10-7 to Joel Retornaz (Trento, ITA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden. of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden; Oskar Eriksson (Karlstad, SWE) lost 10-7 to Joel Retornaz (Trento, ITA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden. Eriksson lost 6-3 to Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Eriksson finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Eriksson defeated Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN) 9-3, then went on to lose 8-7 against Retornaz. Eriksson lost 8-7 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Eriksson lost 7-6 to Schwaller where Eriksson responded with a 6-5 win over Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR). Eriksson won 8-2 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE), then won 8-3 against Sixten Totzek (Fuessen, GER) and 10-2 against Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR). Eriksson won 11-9 against Sergio Vez (San Sebastian, ESP) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Eriksson take home 32.000 world rankings points. For week 17 of the event schedule, Eriksson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 2nd place on the World Ranking Standings with 441.839 total points. Eriksson ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 201.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	84	23	0	0.785	22-6	12-7	6-8	3-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	794	720	437	9.07	5.50	3.56	5.06	3.79	1.79	1.45	1.15

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	390	538	67	49	13-0	48-3	112-9	1.38	0.17	0.51	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	404	182	370	42	5-2	8-18	37-79	0.45	0.92	0.60	0.28

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