Karagoz Runner-Up at Prague Classic

SKIP
Ugurcan
Karagoz

Third
Muhhamet Haydar
Demirel

Second
Muhammed Zeki
Ucan

Lead
Orhun
Yuce

Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR) lost 10-8 to Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) in the Final of the Prague Classic, held November 9 - 12 in Prague, Czechia. To advance to the championship game, Karagoz won 6-2 over Jan Iseli (Solothun, SUI) in the semifinals of the Prague Classic in Prague, Czechia;

Karagoz finished 4-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Karagoz lost 4-3 to Switzerland's Andrin Schnider, then responded with a 9-3 win over Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE). Karagoz won 6-4 against Konrad Stych (Warsaw, POL), then won 5-4 against David Sik (Prague, CZE) and 10-3 against Kelly Marnoch (Carberry, MB). Karagoz went on to lose 0-0 against Iseli in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Prague Classic, Karagoz take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $3,993CDN prize. Karagoz move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 3.75 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 82nd overall with 40.000 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Karagoz ranks 109th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	6	10	0	0.375	1-2	0-5	1-2	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	130	89	106	6.85	8.15	-1.31	4.54	4.69	1.51	1.74	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	61	68	19	4	0-0	3-1	18-4	1.11	0.31	0.37	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	69	21	87	6	0-2	2-9	2-15	0.30	1.26	0.46	0.22

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Stirling , SCO
2018: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Simon Granbom, Johannes Patz, Filip Stener
Skelleftea, SWE

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