Uusipaavalniemi7-10 at Finnish Men's Championship

Helsinki, Finland

Fourth
Joni
Ikonen

SKIP
Markku
Uusipaavalniemi

Second
Jason
Moore

Lead
Jari
Turto

Games:	17
Record:	7W - 10L
PF/G:	7.11
PA/G:	8.52
Hammer Efficiency:	0.28
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Helsinki, FIN) finished 7-10 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Uusipaavalniemi lost 12-4 to Toni Anttila (Mariehamn, FIN), then responded with a 12-2 win over Tomi Kokkola (Savitaipale, FIN). Uusipaavalniemi won 7-5 against Jari Saarelainen (Helsinki, FIN). Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 6-4 against Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Uusipaavalniemi responded with a 9-4 win over Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 8-3 against Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN). Uusipaavalniemi lost 12-7 to Jani Sullanmaa (Hyvinkaa, FIN) where Uusipaavalniemi responded with a 7-2 win over Anttila. Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 8-7 against Kokkola. Uusipaavalniemi responded with a 11-9 win over Saarelainen. Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 9-3 against Kiiskinen. Uusipaavalniemi responded with a 8-7 win over Rantamaki. Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 8-2 against Kauste. Uusipaavalniemi lost 14-0 to Sullanmaa. Uusipaavalniemi lost 9-7 to Kokkola where Uusipaavalniemi responded with a 11-4 win over Saarelainen. Uusipaavalniemi went on to lose 8-4 against Rantamaki in their final qualifying round match.

Uusipaavalniemi earned 0.707 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 31 spots the World Ranking Standings into 272nd place overall with 2.207 total points. Uusipaavalniemi ranks 313th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.707 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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