Veltsman3-2 at 2021 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event

Tallinn, Estonia

Fourth
Mihhail
Vlassov

SKIP
Eduard
Veltsman

Second
Janis
Kiziridi

Lead
Igor
Dzendzeljuk

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	10.23
PA/G:	5.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) finished 3-2 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Veltsman defeated Valentin Anghelinei (Bucharest, ROU) 13-1, then went on to lose 7-6 against Sergio Vez (San-Sebastian, ESP). Veltsman lost 9-6 to Belgium's Tom Van Waterschoot where Veltsman responded with a 9-0 win over Kriss Vonda (Riga, LAT). Veltsman won 11-6 against Juraj Gallo (Bratislava, SVK) in their final qualifying round match.

Veltsman earned 1.966 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 23 spots the World Ranking Standings into 222nd place overall with 5.465 total points. Veltsman ranks 159th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.966 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

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