CHAMPION: Schwaller Wins 2014 World Junior Championships

Bern, Switzerland

Fourth
Reto
Keller

SKIP
Yannick
Schwaller

Second
Patrick
Witschonke

Lead
Michael
Probst

Games:	13
Record:	10W - 3L
PF/G:	7.14
PA/G:	5.46
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) won 6-5 over Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) in the Final of the World Junior Championships, held February 26 - March 5, 2014 in Flims, Switzerland.

Schwaller finished 6-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated Jake Vukich (Seattle, USA) 6-2, then went on to lose 8-4 against Eirik Mjoen (Oslo, NOR). Schwaller responded with a 8-6 win over Smith. Schwaller won 8-7 against Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS). Schwaller went on to lose 8-6 against Amos Mosaner (Trento, ITA). Schwaller responded with a 7-4 win over Zhilin Shao (Harbin, CHN). Schwaller went on to lose 7-2 against Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, CAN). Schwaller responded with a 7-2 win over Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Schwaller won 11-6 against Fredrik Nyman (Harnosand, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the World Junior Championships Championship title, Schwaller earned 8.000 world rankings points, moving up 443 spots the World Ranking Standings into 145th place overall with 8.000 total points. Schwaller ranks 105th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	10	3	0	0.769	2-0	2-1	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	119	85	65	7.14	5.46	1.68	4.45	3.87	1.60	1.41	1.68

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	53	64	9	8	2-0	2-0	16-2	1.21	0.17	0.44	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	66	21	56	12	0-0	1-1	4-15	0.32	0.85	0.59	0.23

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