CHAMPION: De Cruz Wins 2019 Schweizer Cup

Geneva, Switzerland

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz van-Berkel

Third
Sven
Michel

SKIP
Peter
De Cruz

Lead
Valentin
Tanner

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	11.30
PA/G:	5.43
Hammer Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) won 8-6 over Lucien Lottenbach (Zug, SUI) in the Final of the Schweizer Cup, held December 19 - 22, 2019 in Biel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, De Cruz won 9-3 over Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals

De Cruz finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, De Cruz defeated Timo Daniel (Laufen, SUI) 8-2, then won 8-2 against Jan Klossner (Langenthal, SUI) and 6-2 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI). De Cruz won 6-2 against Simon Gempeler (Adelboden, SUI). De Cruz went on to lose 8-7 against Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Schweizer Cup Championship title, De Cruz earned 26.996 world rankings points along with the $6,704CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 8th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 369.831 total points. De Cruz ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 233.581 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

2020: Andrin Schnider
Andrin Schnider, Oliver Widmer, Nicola Stoll, Fabian Schmid
, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2018: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI

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