Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) lost 10-4 to Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) 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; Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) lost 10-4 to Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, Norway. Walstad lost
9-3 to
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Walstad finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated
Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) 7-6, then won
9-6 against
Retornaz. Walstad went on to lose
6-5 against
Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN). Walstad responded with a
7-4 win over
Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER). Walstad went on to lose
6-4 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Walstad lost
10-6 to
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) where Walstad responded with a
5-2 win over
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Walstad won
9-4 against
Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Walstad went on to lose
8-3 against
Mouat in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Walstad take home
28.121 world rankings points. Walstad move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 17.881 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 22nd overall with
153.154 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Walstad ranks 14th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
88.215 points earned so far this season.
