Owen Purcell (Upper Tantallon, CAN) won 13-4 over Lukas Hostmaelingen (Lillehammer, NOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships in Jonkoping, Sweden. of the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships in Jonkoping, Sweden; Owen Purcell (Upper Tantallon, CAN) won 13-4 over Lukas Hostmaelingen (Lillehammer, NOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships in Jonkoping, Sweden. Purcell lost
8-5 to
Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships in Jonkoping, Sweden;
Purcell finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell lost
11-10 to
Daniel Casper (Chaska, USA), droppimg another game,
7-2 to
Kapp where Purcell responded with a
8-3 win over
Giacomo Colli (Trentino, ITA). Purcell won
10-2 against
William Becker (Naseby, NZL). Purcell went on to lose
7-5 against
Kim Schwaller (Bern, SUI). Purcell responded with a
7-6 win over
James Craik (Stirling, SCO). Purcell won
7-4 against
JaeBeom Lee (Gyeongsan, KOR), then won
9-3 against
Hostmaelingen and
6-3 against
Axel Landelius (Mjolby, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the World Junior Curling Championships, Purcell earn
17.321 world rankings points, moving up 22 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 59th place overall with
64.405 total points. Purcell ranks 59th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
64.405 points earned so far this season.
