Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) lost
7-4 to
Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the Final of the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, held March 16 - 18, 2018 in Aberdeen, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won
8-3 over
Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER) in the semifinals of the 2018 Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland; and won
6-5 over
Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals.
Schwaller finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller lost
3-2 to
De Jia Zou (Harbin, CHN), then responded with a
6-3 win over
Greg Drummond (Stirling, SCO). Schwaller won
6-2 against
Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS), then won
5-3 against
Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, Schwaller take home
28.712 world rankings points along with the $5,476CDN prize. Schwaller move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 25.534 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 35th overall with
206.531 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 22nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
153.391 points earned so far this season.
