Retornaz Runner-Up at 2022 Aberdeen International Curling Championship

Pinerolo, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Simone
Gonin

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.20
PA/G:	4.40
Hammer Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) lost 7-4 to Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER) in the Final of the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, held March 17 - 20, 2022 in Aberdeen, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Retornaz won 8-2 over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2022 Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland;

Retornaz finished 5-0 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated David Sik (Prague, CZE) 8-3, then won 5-4 against Andreas Harstad (Oppdal, NOR) and 8-1 against Ramsfjell. Retornaz won 8-4 against James Craik (Stirling, SCO), then won 5-1 against Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, Retornaz take home 20.589 world rankings points along with the $2,480CDN prize, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 14th place overall with 183.915 total points. Retornaz ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 183.915 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	62	30	0	0.674	13-7	15-7	6-3	4-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	734	594	436	8.09	5.94	2.15	4.78	3.94	1.69	1.51	1.28

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	357	464	72	52	15-1	30-2	105-11	1.30	0.20	0.49	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	377	130	364	42	3-4	1-23	19-71	0.34	0.97	0.58	0.27

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David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
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