Truksans Runner-Up at 2019 Tallinn Mens International Challenger

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Martins
Truksans

Third
Janis
Klive

Second
Sandris
Buholcs

Lead
Arturs
Gerhards

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.57
PA/G:	7.14
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) lost 7-3 to Jermu Pollanen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in the Final of the Tallinn Mens International Challenger, held September 27 - 29, 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia. To advance to the championship game, Truksans won 5-3 over Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2019 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia; and won 9-4 over Lucien Lottenbach (Zug, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia;

Truksans finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Truksans lost 8-2 to Pollanen, then responded with a 7-4 win over Martin Bukovsky (Prague, CZE). Truksans won 6-5 against Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI), then won 10-4 against Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Tallinn Mens International Challenger, Truksans take home 10.276 world rankings points along with the $1,304CDN prize, moving up 167 spots the World Ranking Standings into 203rd place overall with 12.574 total points. Truksans ranks 79th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.276 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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Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz
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2023: Yves Stocker
Yves Stocker, Kim Schwaller, Felix Eberhard, Tom Winkelhausen
Zug, SUI
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