Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) won 10-4 over Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway. of the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway; Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) won 10-4 over Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway. Retornaz lost
6-3 to
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway;
Retornaz finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated
Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN) 9-1, then went on to lose
9-6 against
Walstad. Retornaz lost
7-2 to
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) where Retornaz responded with a
7-5 win over
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Retornaz went on to lose
5-4 against
Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI). Retornaz responded with a
10-4 win over
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Retornaz won
7-2 against
Edin, then won
11-5 against
Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER) and
8-3 against
Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Retornaz earn
39.838 world rankings points. Retornaz move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 26.149 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with
154.213 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 13th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
89.040 points earned so far this season.
