Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) lost 6-5 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden. of the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden; Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) lost 6-5 to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden. Kovaleva lost
9-3 to
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden;
Kovaleva finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kovaleva defeated
Marie Turmann (Tallinn, EST) 7-1, then won
7-5 against
Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Kovaleva went on to lose
7-3 against
Tirinzoni. Kovaleva responded with a
9-3 win over
Mathilde Halse (Hvidovre, DEN). Kovaleva won
7-3 against
Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE), then won
8-5 against
Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT) and
9-2 against
Marianne Rorvik (Oslo, NOR). Kovaleva won
10-5 against
Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO), then won
8-6 against
Hasselborg in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Kovaleva take home
24.675 world rankings points, moving up 6 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 21st place overall with
208.158 total points. Kovaleva ranks 18th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
125.147 points earned so far this season.
