Retornaz3-0 at 2022 Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	12.11
PA/G:	4.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Felix Schulze (Hamburg, GER) 12-3, then won 7-1 against Dean Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) and 6-3 against Yves Stocker (Zug, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge Championship title, Retornaz earned 37.500 world rankings points along with the $6,826CDN first prize cheque. Retornaz move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 11.25 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 7th overall with 245.730 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 105.750 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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2023: James Craik
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Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
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2021: Yves Stocker
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2019: Joel Retornaz
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2018: Amos Mosaner
Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Andrea Pilzer, Daniele Ferrazza
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