CHAMPION: Retornaz Wins 2022 Adelboden International

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	13.24
PA/G:	4.32
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.78
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) won 8-6 over Andrin Schnider (Schaffhausen, SUI) in the Final of the Adelboden International, held September 1 - 4, 2022 in Adelboden, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Retornaz won 9-1 over Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2022 Adelboden International in Adelboden, Switzerland;

Retornaz finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Switzerland's Jan Iseli 8-1, then won 9-1 against Christian Bangerter (Bern, SUI) and 8-6 against Schnider. Retornaz won 7-1 against Eddy Mercier (Megeve, FRA) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Adelboden International Championship title, Retornaz earned 26.250 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 5th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 5.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. Retornaz ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 67.500 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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