Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg, CAN) won
7-2 over
Yves Wagenseil (Bern, SUI) in the Final of the World Junior Mens Championship, held February 15 - 22, 2020 in Krasnayorsk, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Gauthier won
6-4 over
Sixten Totzek (Hamburg, GER) in the semifinals of the 2020 World Junior Mens Championship in Krasnayorsk, Russia;
Gauthier finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gauthier lost
5-4 to
Luc Violette (Lake Stevens, USA), then responded with a
8-3 win over
Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE). Gauthier won
7-5 against
Wagenseil, then won
7-2 against
Giacomo Colli (Trentino, ITA) and
9-3 against
Eirik Oey (Oslo, NOR). Gauthier won
7-1 against
Matthew Neilson (Naseby, NZL), then won
8-5 against
Totzek and
6-1 against
Andrey Dudov (Moscow, RCF). Gauthier went on to lose
6-5 against
James Craik (Aberdeen, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the World Junior Mens Championship Championship title, Gauthier earned
26.399 world rankings points. For week 31 of the event schedule, Gauthier did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Gauthier ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
