Bronze for Retornaz at 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Trento, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	11
Record:	9W - 2L
PF/G:	8.20
PA/G:	5.80
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

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.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	81	31	0	0.723	19-7	19-7	5-4	0-0	1-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	825	733	455	8.88	5.52	3.37	4.91	3.76	1.81	1.47	1.33

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	396	533	82	56	21-0	42-3	108-10	1.35	0.21	0.50	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	429	200	373	54	2-1	13-23	36-80	0.47	0.87	0.57	0.31

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Saskatchewan's Rylan Kleiter (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) defeated Italy's Joel Retornaz 7-6 to grab their first win on the 2025-2026 season in Trentino, Italy.

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