Joel Retornaz (Trento, ITA) won 10-7 over Oskar Eriksson (Karlstad, SWE) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden. of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden; Joel Retornaz (Trento, ITA) won 10-7 over Oskar Eriksson (Karlstad, SWE) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden. Retornaz lost
7-4 to
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden;
Retornaz finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated
Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) 8-3, then won
8-7 against
Eriksson and
8-2 against
Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN). Retornaz won
9-4 against
Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR), then won
6-5 against
Sixten Totzek (Fuessen, GER) and
8-7 against
Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI). Retornaz won
7-4 against
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE), then won
9-5 against
Sergio Vez (San Sebastian, ESP). Retornaz went on to lose
7-5 against
Mouat in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, Retornaz earn
36.000 world rankings points, remaining in 7th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 9.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Retornaz ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
141.750 points earned so far this season.
