CHAMPION: de Val/Eriksson Wins 2020 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	10.35
PA/G:	6.84
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Almida de Val/Oskar Eriksson (Karlstad, SWE) won 10-4 over Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in the Final of the Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup, held September 4 - 6, 2020 in Oberstdorf, Germany. To advance to the championship game, de Val/Eriksson won 6-5 over Johanna Heldin/Daniel Magnusson (Uppsala, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2020 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany; and won 6-3 over Isabella Wrana/Rasmus Wrana (Stockholm, SWE) in the quarterfinals.

de Val/Eriksson finished 4-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, de Val/Eriksson lost 8-2 to Heldin/Magnusson, then responded with a 9-6 win over Aline Fellmann/Chris Kovalchuk (Beaconsfield, QC). de Val/Eriksson won 8-6 against Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (San-Sebastian, ESP), then won 9-6 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI) and 9-1 against Nina Summerova/Jan Horacek (Bratislava, SVK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup Championship title, de Val/Eriksson earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $800CDN first prize cheque. For week 3 of the event schedule, de Val/Eriksson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. de Val/Eriksson ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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: Almida de Val
Almida de Val, Oskar Eriksson
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Lena Kapp
Lena Kapp, Marc Muskatewitz
, GER
2018: Johanna Heldin
Johanna Heldin, Kristian Lindstroem
Uppsala, SWE
2017: Zuzana Paulova
Zuzana Paulova, Tomas Paul
Prague, CZE

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