Retornaz Runner-Up at 2021 Curling Masters Champery

Pinerolo, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Simone
Gonin

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.29
PA/G:	4.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) lost 5-4 to Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the Curling Masters Champery, held October 14 - 17, 2021 in Champery, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Retornaz won 5-3 over Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2021 Curling Masters Champery in Champery, Switzerland; and won 6-4 over Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) in the quarterfinals.

Retornaz finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) 7-1, then won 4-3 against James Craik (Stirling, SCO) and 10-1 against Raphael Moix (Morges, SUI). Retornaz won 9-3 against Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO), then won 7-3 against Hoesli in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curling Masters Champery, Retornaz take home 29.955 world rankings points along with the $9,380CDN prize, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 28th place overall with 100.248 total points. Retornaz ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.075 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

2021: Steffen Walstad
Steffen Walstad, Torger Nergaard, Markus Hoiberg, Magnus Vaagberg
Oslo, NOR
2020: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2019: Jaap van Dorp
Wouter Gosgens, Jaap van Dorp, Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen
Zoetermeer, NED
2018: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: James Grattan
James Grattan, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Jamie Korab
Oromocto , NB
2014: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr., Thomas Muirhead
Aberdeen, GBR
2013: James Grattan
James Grattan, Jason Roach, Darren Roach, Josh Barry
Oromocto, NB
2012: Marcus Hasselborg
Marcus Hasselborg, Peder Folke, Andreas Prytz, Anton Sandstrom
, SWE
2011: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Peter De Cruz, Gilles Vuille, Valentin Tanner
, SUI

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