Michele Jaeggi/Mario Freiberger (Bern, SUI) lost 7-6 to Rui Wang/De Xin Ba (Harbin, CHN) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Curling Challenge, held December 16 - 18, 2016 in Urdorf, Switzerland. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Jaeggi/Freiberger won 9-2 over Anastasia Bryzgalova/Alexander Krushelnitsky (Moscow, RUS) to advance to the championship game. of the 2016 Mixed Doubles Curling Challenge in Urdorf, Switzerland; of the 2016 Mixed Doubles Curling Challenge in Urdorf, Switzerland;
 
Jaeggi/Freiberger finished 5-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jaeggi/Freiberger defeated Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) 8-5, then won 9-5 against Wang/Ba and 9-7 against Ursi Hegner/Felix Attinger (Uzwil, SUI). Jaeggi/Freiberger won 10-9 against Julia Portunova/Sergei Glukhov (Moscow, RUS), then won 9-5 against CLaudia Fischer/Christian Roth (Kitzbuhel, AUT) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 18 of the event schedule, Jaeggi/Freiberger did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Jaeggi/Freiberger ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.