Kiiskinen5-0 at 2021 Pre-Olympic Qualification Event

Hyvinkaa, Finland

SKIP
Kalle
Kiiskinen

Third
Teemu
Salo

Second
Leo
Ouni

Lead
Paavo
Kuosmanen

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	10.36
PA/G:	4.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 5-0 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kiiskinen defeated Stefan Sever (Ljubliana, SLO) 7-3, then won 6-5 against Kristof Czermann (Budapest, HUN) and 4-2 against Gernot Higatzberger (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Kiiskinen won 24-2 against Harold Woods (Accra, NGR), then won 6-2 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Pre-Olympic Qualification Event Championship title, Kiiskinen earned 10.919 world rankings points, moving up 24 spots the World Ranking Standings into 89th place overall with 32.483 total points. Kiiskinen ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.294 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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