Walstad Runner-Up at 2018 Swiss Cup Basel

Oppdal, Norway

SKIP
Steffen
Walstad

Third
Markus
Hoiberg

Second
Magnus
Nedregotten

Lead
Magnus
Vaagberg

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	6.82
PA/G:	5.30
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.03
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) lost 7-5 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Swiss Cup Basel, held October 4 - 7, 2018 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Walstad won 5-3 over Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won 3-1 over Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland;

Walstad finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated Noe Traub (Basel, SUI) 6-4, then went on to lose 7-3 against Jan Hess (Zug, SUI). Walstad responded with a 7-5 win over Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Walstad won 5-3 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA), then won 5-1 against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) and 6-4 against David Sik (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Swiss Cup Basel, Walstad take home 39.478 world rankings points along with the $9,143CDN prize. Walstad move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 16.791 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 10th overall with 319.321 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Walstad ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 115.135 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

2023: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall
Border, SCO
2022: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2021: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2018: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr., Thomas Muirhead
Aberdeen, GBR
2013: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2012: Oskar Eriksson
Kristian Lindstroem, Oskar Eriksson, Markus Eriksson, Christoffer Sundgren
, SWE
2011: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Ryan Fry, Geoff Walker, Adam Casey
St. John's, NL
2010: Andy Kapp
Andy Kapp, Daniel Herberg, Andreas Lang, Markus Messenzehl, Holger Hoehne
, GER
2009: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
Oslo, NOR
2008: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2007: David Murdoch
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
Dumfries, SCO
2006: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, Jamie Korab, Mike Adam
St. Johns, NL
2005: Randy Ferbey
Kerry Burtnyk, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque, David Nedohin
Edmonton, AB
2004: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Christof Schwaller, Ramstein, Roland Moser
, SUI
2003: Ralph Stoeckli
Ralph Stoeckli, Claudio Pescia, Pascal Sieber, Simon Struebin
Neuenkirch, SUI

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