Birkeland

Sarpsborg, Norway

SKIP
Christian
Birkeland

Third
Alexander
Birkeland

Second
Tobias
Granli

Lead
Ole
Hauge

Games:	5
Record:	1W - 4L
PF/G:	5.33
PA/G:	9.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.41
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.00

Christian Birkeland (Sarpsborg, NOR) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Birkeland finished 1-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birkeland lost 4-3 to Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR), droppimg another game, 6-2 to Magnus Ramsfjell (Oslo, NOR). Birkeland lost 8-2 to Maia Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR) where Birkeland responded with a 9-4 win over Gjermund Troan (Hedmarken, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Birkeland earned 0.175 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 6 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 234th place overall with 7.527 total points. Birkeland ranks 143rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.175 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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