Uusipaavalniemi

Helsinki, Finland

SKIP
Markku
Uusipaavalniemi

Third
Toni
Anttila

Second
Kasper
Hakunti

Lead
Joni
Ikonen

Games:	20
Record:	12W - 8L
PF/G:	8.24
PA/G:	6.65
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Helsinki, FIN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Uusipaavalniemi finished 9-5 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Uusipaavalniemi defeated Finland's Iiro Sipola 6-2, then won 4-3 against Finland's Jari Saarelainen and 9-3 against Finland's Mikko Saastamoinen. Uusipaavalniemi won 10-4 against Finland's Toni Sepperi. Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 6-5 against Finland's Kalle Kiiskinen. Uusipaavalniemi lost 7-6 to Finland's Tomi Rantamaki. Uusipaavalniemi lost 12-8 to Finland's Aku Kauste where Uusipaavalniemi responded with a 12-6 win over Finland's Iiro Sipola. Uusipaavalniemi won 8-4 against Finland's Jari Saarelainen, then won 8-5 against Finland's Mikko Saastamoinen. Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 8-7 against Finland's Toni Sepperi. Uusipaavalniemi responded with a 10-5 win over Finland's Kalle Kiiskinen. Uusipaavalniemi won 5-4 against Finland's Tomi Rantamaki. Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 9-2 against Finland's Aku Kauste in their final qualifying round match.

Uusipaavalniemi earned 2.000 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Finnish Men's Championship, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 51st place overall with 43.705 total points. Uusipaavalniemi ranks 61st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.675 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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