Nikolov Runner-Up at 2022 European Curling Championships C-Division

Kyiv, Ukraine

SKIP
Eduard
Nikolov

Third
Yaroslav
Shchur

Second
Mykyta
Velychko

Lead
Artem
Suhak

Games:	10
Record:	7W - 3L
PF/G:	8.53
PA/G:	6.27
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Eduard Nikolov (Kyiv, UKR) lost 8-2 to Ireland's John Wilson in the Final of the European Curling Championships C-Division, held April 30 - May 5, 2022 in Kaunas, Lithuania. To advance to the championship game, Nikolov won 10-7 over Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU) in the semifinals of the 2022 European Curling Championships C-Division in Kaunas, Lithuania;

Nikolov finished 6-2 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nikolov defeated Alen Cadez (Zagreb, CRO) 6-5, then went on to lose 6-4 against Ireland's John Wilson. Nikolov responded with a 9-1 win over Rykov. Nikolov went on to lose 6-4 against Allen Coliban (Bucharest, ROU). Nikolov responded with a 6-5 win over Reto Seiler (Sofia, BUL). Nikolov won 10-4 against Liechtenstein's Matt Lukas, then won 6-3 against Andorra's Josep Garcia and 7-2 against Steve Seixeiro (Lisbon, POR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the European Curling Championships C-Division, Nikolov take home 5.156 world rankings points, moving up 281 spots the World Ranking Standings into 248th place overall with 5.156 total points. Nikolov ranks 248th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.156 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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