CHAMPION: Edin Wins 2015 European Masters

SKIP
Niklas
Edin

Third
Oskar
Eriksson

Second
Kristian
Lindstroem

Lead
Christoffer
Sundgren

Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) won 5-2 over Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) in the Final of the European Masters, held April 15 - 18, 2015 in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Edin finished 2-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Edin lost 7-2 to Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR), then responded with a 7-2 win over Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI). Edin won 6-3 against Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, UK). Edin went on to lose 6-4 against Smith in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the European Masters Championship title, Edin earned 16.380 world rankings points along with the $12,952CDN first prize cheque. Edin move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 10.38 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 5th overall with 286.904 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Edin ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 172.555 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

2017: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Stirling, SCO
2016: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2015: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Kristian Lindstroem, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2014: Pascal Hess
Pascal Hess, Florian Meister, Meico Oehninger, Stefan Meienberg
Zug, SUI
2013: Oskar Eriksson
Kristian Lindstroem, Oskar Eriksson, Markus Eriksson, Christoffer Sundgren
, SWE
2012: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR

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