Klima Runner-Up at 2022 Prague Classic

SKIP
Lukas
Klima

Third
Marek
Cernovsky

Second
Radek
Bohac

Lead
Martin
Jurik

Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) lost 3-2 to Fredrik Nyman (Solleftea, SWE) in the Final of the Prague Classic, held November 10 - 13, 2022 in Prague, Czechia. To advance to the championship game, Klima won 7-5 over Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR) in the semifinals of the 2022 Prague Classic in Prague, Czechia; and won 9-3 over Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals.

Klima finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Klima defeated Timothy Verreycken (Zemst, BEL) 7-3, then won 9-3 against PaweÅ Hertman (Gliwice, POL). Klima went on to lose 6-5 against Benny Kapp (Fuessen/Oberstdorf , GER). Klima responded with a 9-4 win over Nyman. Klima won 9-3 against Eduard Nikolov (Kyiv, UKR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Prague Classic, Klima take home 16.500 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize. For week 15 of the event schedule, Klima did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Klima ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2022: Fredrik Nyman
Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz
Solleftea, SWE
2021: Magnus Ramsfjell
Magnus Ramsfjell, Martin Sesaker, Bendik Ramsfjell, Gaute Nepstad
Trondheim, NOR
2019: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling , SCO
2018: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Simon Granbom, Johannes Patz, Filip Stener
Skelleftea, SWE

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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