[[5:28.9911]] Walstad Reaches 2018 World Mens Curling Championship Quarters

Walstad Reaches 2018 World Mens Curling Championship Quarters

Mar 30 - Apr 8, 2018

Oppdal, Norway
Games: 13  
Record: 7W - 6L  
PF/G: 6.80  
PA/G: 6.48  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.34  
Steal Defense: 0.15  
Force Efficiency: 0.60  
Steal Efficiency: 0.26  
Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) qualified for the 2018 World Mens Curling Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-5 against Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR). of the 2018 World Mens Curling Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada;
 
Walstad finished 7-5 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) 10-4, then won 8-2 against Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER) and 8-4 against Masaki Iwai (Hokkaido, JPN). Walstad won 7-5 against Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, USA). Walstad went on to lose 10-8 against Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS). Walstad responded with a 6-5 win over De Jia Zou (Harbin, CHN). Walstad won 5-3 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Walstad went on to lose 8-2 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Walstad lost 8-6 to Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). Walstad lost 8-6 to Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) where Walstad responded with a 7-6 win over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Walstad went on to lose 9-5 against Kim in their final qualifying round match.
 
Walstad earned 28.991 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the World Mens Curling Championship. Walstad move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 26.2 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 402.402 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Walstad ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 226.874 points earned so far this season.
 

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