Retornaz Finishes Fourth at 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	11
Record:	9W - 2L
PF/G:	10.44
PA/G:	5.82
Hammer Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) lost 8-4 to Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland. of the 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland; Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) lost 8-4 to Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland. Retornaz lost 7-6 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2024 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland;

Retornaz finished 9-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) 10-1, then won 12-7 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) and 11-8 against Schwaller. Retornaz won 7-5 against Edin, then won 8-1 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) and 7-6 against Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO). Retornaz won 10-4 against Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR), then won 10-2 against Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) and 10-4 against Sixten Totzek (FÃ¼ssen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Retornaz take home 36.000 world rankings points, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 14 after improving upon their best so far this season. Retornaz ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 258.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	63	13	0	0.829	20-0	10-1	6-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	551	487	281	8.84	5.10	3.74	4.81	3.50	1.84	1.46	1.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	274	377	32	51	12-0	30-2	82-3	1.38	0.12	0.56	0.09

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	277	110	249	42	4-1	7-10	17-58	0.40	0.90	0.59	0.24

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