Kauste13-7 at Finnish Men's Championship

Helsinki, Finland

SKIP
Aku
Kauste

Third
Kasper
Hakunti

Second
Pauli
Jaamies

Lead
Janne
Pitko

Games:	20
Record:	13W - 7L
PF/G:	9.27
PA/G:	5.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.78
Steal Efficiency:	0.34

Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN) finished 13-7 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste defeated Jari Saarelainen (Helsinki, FIN) 8-1, then went on to lose 8-6 against Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Kauste lost 8-3 to Toni Anttila (Mariehamn, FIN). Kauste lost 10-7 to Jani Sullanmaa (Hyvinkaa, FIN) where Kauste responded with a 8-2 win over Tomi Kokkola (Savitaipale, FIN). Kauste won 8-3 against Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Helsinki, FIN), then won 8-5 against Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) and 10-2 against Saarelainen. Kauste won 8-7 against Rantamaki, then won 7-2 against Anttila. Kauste went on to lose 9-6 against Sullanmaa. Kauste responded with a 10-1 win over Kokkola. Kauste won 8-2 against Uusipaavalniemi. Kauste went on to lose 7-6 against Kiiskinen. Kauste responded with a 10-1 win over Sullanmaa. Kauste went on to lose 7-5 against Kiiskinen. Kauste responded with a 10-2 win over Anttila. Kauste won 11-3 against Sullanmaa, then won 7-6 against Kiiskinen. Kauste went on to lose 7-6 against Anttila in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Finnish Men's Championship, Kauste take home 2.500 world rankings points, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 82nd place overall with 23.607 total points. Kauste ranks 56th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.725 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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