Gulbis2-7 at 2012 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Ritvars
Gulbis

Third
Ainars
Gulbis

Second
Normunds
Sarsuns

Lead
Aivars
Avotins

Games:	9
Record:	2W - 7L
PF/G:	6.02
PA/G:	7.71
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT) finished 2-7 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gulbis defeated Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) 8-5, then went on to lose 7-3 against Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). Gulbis lost 11-8 to Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE). Gulbis lost 7-6 to Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI). Gulbis lost 6-5 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) where Gulbis responded with a 7-4 win over Joel Retornaz (Cortina, ITA). Gulbis went on to lose 8-3 against David Murdoch (Lockerbie, SCO). Gulbis lost 6-4 to Germany's Christopher Bartsch. Gulbis lost 10-6 to Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA) in their final qualifying round match.

Gulbis earned 4.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 272 spots the World Ranking Standings into 208th place overall with 4.000 total points. Gulbis ranks 139th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.000 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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