Finland's Aku Kauste

Finland

SKIP
Aku
Kauste

Third
Jani
Sullanmaa

Second
Pauli
Jaamies

Lead
Janne
Pirko

Games:	20
Record:	18W - 2L
PF/G:	9.71
PA/G:	5.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Finland's Aku Kauste needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Finland's Aku Kauste finished 12-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Finland's Aku Kauste defeated Finland's Mikko Saastamoinen 10-1, then won 10-5 against Finland's Toni Sepperi. Finland's Aku Kauste went on to lose 8-7 against Finland's Iiro Sipola. Finland's Aku Kauste responded with a 10-3 win over Finland's Jari Saarelainen. Finland's Aku Kauste went on to lose 9-4 against Finland's Tomi Rantamaki. Finland's Aku Kauste responded with a 8-3 win over Finland's Kalle Kiiskinen. Finland's Aku Kauste won 12-8 against Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Helsinki, FIN), then won 7-6 against Finland's Mikko Saastamoinen and 8-5 against Finland's Toni Sepperi. Finland's Aku Kauste won 7-3 against Finland's Iiro Sipola, then won 9-2 against Finland's Jari Saarelainen and 6-4 against Finland's Tomi Rantamaki. Finland's Aku Kauste won 9-5 against Finland's Kalle Kiiskinen, then won 9-2 against Uusipaavalniemi in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Finnish Men's Championship Championship title, Finland's Aku Kauste earned 4.000 world rankings points. For week 28 of the event schedule, Finland's Aku Kauste did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Finland's Aku Kauste ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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