Stocker Runner-Up at Swiss Cup Basel

Zug, Switzerland

SKIP
Yves
Stocker

Third
Kim
Schwaller

Second
Felix
Eberhard

Lead
Tom
Winkelhausen

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.79
PA/G:	6.46
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Yves Stocker (Zug, SUI) lost 9-3 to Cameron Bryce (Border, SCO) in the Final of the Swiss Cup Basel, held November 3 - 5 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Stocker won 5-3 over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in the semifinals of the Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won 8-3 over Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland;

Stocker finished 4-0 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stocker defeated Switzerland's Andrin Schnider 8-5, then won 7-6 against Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR) and 6-4 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Stocker won 10-1 against David Sik (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Swiss Cup Basel, Stocker take home 27.500 world rankings points along with the $9,178CDN prize. Stocker move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 17.75 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 29th overall with 128.930 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Stocker ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	57	26	0	0.687	8-3	7-7	2-3	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	567	510	361	8.99	6.37	2.63	5.01	4.16	1.80	1.53	0.83

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	281	362	77	26	13-1	24-3	78-10	1.29	0.27	0.45	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	286	148	284	21	5-4	13-18	17-57	0.52	0.99	0.56	0.30

2023: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall
Border, SCO
2022: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2021: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2018: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr., Thomas Muirhead
Aberdeen, GBR
2013: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2012: Oskar Eriksson
Kristian Lindstroem, Oskar Eriksson, Markus Eriksson, Christoffer Sundgren
, SWE
2011: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Ryan Fry, Geoff Walker, Adam Casey
St. John's, NL
2010: Andy Kapp
Andy Kapp, Daniel Herberg, Andreas Lang, Markus Messenzehl, Holger Hoehne
, GER
2009: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
Oslo, NOR
2008: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2007: David Murdoch
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
Dumfries, SCO
2006: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, Jamie Korab, Mike Adam
St. Johns, NL
2005: Randy Ferbey
Kerry Burtnyk, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque, David Nedohin
Edmonton, AB
2004: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Christof Schwaller, Ramstein, Roland Moser
, SUI
2003: Ralph Stoeckli
Ralph Stoeckli, Claudio Pescia, Pascal Sieber, Simon Struebin
Neuenkirch, SUI

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