Walstad5-2 at 2021 Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge

Oslo, Norway

SKIP
Steffen
Walstad

Third
Torger
Nergaard

Second
Markus
Hoiberg

Lead
Magnus
Vaagberg

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	7.06
PA/G:	6.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.74
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated Stefan Signer (Bern, SUI) 8-3, then won 5-3 against David Sik (Prague, CZE). Walstad went on to lose 6-3 against Yves Stocker (Glarus, SUI). Walstad responded with a 6-5 win over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Walstad went on to lose 7-4 against Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE). Walstad responded with a 7-3 win over Bjorn Jungen (Bern, SUI) to advance to the C-Qualifier where they 6-3 against Luca Rizzolli (Trentino, ITA) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Walstad earned 19.247 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge, remaining in 24th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 135.273 total points. Walstad ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 70.334 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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2024: Marco Hoesli
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