Walstad5-1 at 2018 Curling World Cup Suzhou

SKIP
Steffen
Walstad

Third
Markus
Hoiberg

Second
Magnus
Nedregotten

Lead
Magnus
Vaagberg

Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) finished 5-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN) 4-2, then went on to lose 8-5 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Walstad responded with a 9-1 win over Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA). Walstad won 7-3 against Zang, then won 10-3 against Edin and 9-3 against Ruohonen in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curling World Cup Suzhou, Walstad take home 46.252 world rankings points along with the $22,812CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 10th place overall with 302.530 total points. Walstad ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 75.657 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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