Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) lost 11-3 to Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario. of the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario; Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) lost 11-3 to Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario. Retornaz lost
9-8 to
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario; and won
8-4 over
Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, Ontario;
Retornaz finished 8-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz lost
7-4 to
Mouat, droppimg another game,
10-6 to
Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) where Retornaz responded with a
7-2 win over
Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR). Retornaz won
8-4 against
Schwaller, then won
7-2 against
Sixten Totzek (Baden Baden, GER). Retornaz went on to lose
9-8 against
Ramsfjell. Retornaz responded with a
8-3 win over
Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Retornaz won
11-4 against
John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Retornaz went on to lose
6-2 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Retornaz responded with a
8-4 win over
Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Retornaz won
12-5 against
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN), then won
9-2 against
ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship, Retornaz take home
44.000 world rankings points. Retornaz gained 17 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 1 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 4thplace overall with
336.750 total points. Retornaz ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
336.750 points earned so far this season.
