Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni Runner-Up at BKT Tires World Women's Curling Championship

Switzerland

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Selina
Witschonke

Lead
Carole
Howald

Games:	14
Record:	11W - 3L
PF/G:	8.62
PA/G:	4.66
Hammer Efficiency:	0.51
Steal Defense:	0.02
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni lost 7-5 to Canada's Rachel Homan in the Final of the BKT Tires World Women's Curling Championship, held March 16 - 24 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni won 6-3 over Italy's Stefania Constantini in the semifinals of the BKT Tires World Women's Curling Championship in Sydney, Nova Scotia;

Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni finished 10-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni defeated Korea's Eun ji Gim 7-4, then won 10-3 against United States's Tabitha Peterson and 9-3 against Estonia's Liisa Turmann. Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni won 8-7 against Turkiye's Dilsat Yildiz, then won 10-3 against Japan's Miyu Ueno and 6-3 against Norway's Marianne Roervik. Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni went on to lose 8-5 against Canada's Rachel Homan. Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni lost 6-5 to Scotland's Rebecca Morrison where Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni responded with a 10-2 win over New Zealand's Jessica Smith. Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni won 9-1 against Denmark's Madeleine Dupont, then won 6-2 against Italy's Stefania Constantini and 4-2 against Sweden's Anna Hasselborg in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the BKT Tires World Women's Curling Championship, Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni take home 60.500 world rankings points, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 26.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 396.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	85	17	0	0.833	29-3	17-2	8-2	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	760	664	386	8.74	5.08	3.66	4.95	3.67	1.77	1.38	1.38

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	365	494	44	61	19-0	34-1	94-4	1.35	0.12	0.48	0.10

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	395	170	342	44	4-6	11-13	25-55	0.43	0.87	0.69	0.28

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