Ilya Shalamitski (Minsk, BLR) finished 5-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shalamitski defeated
Daniel Poulsen (Hvidovre, DEN) 8-7, then went on to lose
9-6 against
Lan Zagar (Ljubljana, SLO). Shalamitski responded with a
7-4 win over
Israel's Alex Pokras. Shalamitski went on to lose
12-5 against
Andrew Reed (Kent, ENG). Shalamitski responded with a
7-5 win over
Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Shalamitski won
7-3 against
Adrian Meikle (Hawarden, WAL), then won
6-4 against
Tadas Vyskupaitis (Vilnius, LTU) in their final qualifying round match.
Shalamitski earned
8.978 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, moving up 39 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 168th place overall with
20.770 total points. Shalamitski ranks 113th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
20.770 points earned so far this season.
