Retornaz1-8 at 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships

Cortina, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Silvio
Zanotelli

Second
Davide
Zanotelli

Lead
Mirco
Ferretti

Games:	9
Record:	1W - 8L
PF/G:	5.18
PA/G:	7.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.18
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Joel Retornaz (Cortina, ITA) finished 1-8 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz lost 6-5 to David Murdoch (Lockerbie, SCO), droppimg another game, 7-4 to Germany's Christopher Bartsch. Retornaz lost 7-4 to Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA). Retornaz lost 9-4 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Retornaz lost 7-4 to Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). Retornaz lost 7-4 to Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT) where Retornaz responded with a 9-4 win over Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI). Retornaz went on to lose 9-4 against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Retornaz lost 7-6 to Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 2.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 36 spots the World Ranking Standings into 188th place overall with 5.180 total points. Retornaz ranks 120th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.180 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

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