Birkeland3-1 at 2016 Norway Cup 1

Sarpsborg, Norway

SKIP
Christian
Birkeland

Third
Ole
Hauge

Second
Alexander
Birkeland

Lead
Morten
Moe

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	8.37
PA/G:	6.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Christian Birkeland (Sarpsborg, NOR) finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birkeland lost 8-6 to Christer Wibe (Halden, NOR), then responded with a 5-4 win over Kristian Foss (Oppdal, NOR). Birkeland won 10-8 against Jakob Haugland (Oppdal, NOR), then won 7-4 against Johan Hostmaehlingen (Lillehammer, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Norway Cup 1, Birkeland take home 7.148 world rankings points along with the $802CDN prize, moving up 282 spots the World Ranking Standings into 246th place overall with 7.148 total points. Birkeland ranks 71st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.148 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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