Harstad Reaches 2024 Sun City Cup Semifinals

Oppdal, Norway

SKIP
Andreas
Harstad

Third
Mathias
Braenden

Second
Michael
Mellemseter

Lead
Willhelm
Naess

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	9.11
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.20
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Andreas Harstad (Oppdal, NOR) run at the 2024 Sun City Cup came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-2 loss to Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). of the 2024 Sun City Cup in Karlstad, Sweden; Harstad advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-5 win over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR).

Harstad finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Harstad defeated Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT) 7-0, then won 5-4 against Joel Westerberg (Sundbyberg, SWE) and 8-3 against Ramsfjell. Harstad went on to lose 6-2 against Sweden's Fredrik Nyman. Harstad responded with a 9-2 win over Konrad Stych (Warsaw, POL) in their final qualifying round match.

Harstad earned 12.750 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Sun City Cup, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 67th place overall with 44.125 total points. Harstad ranks 67th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	19	18	0	0.514	2-2	1-3	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	257	192	187	7.47	7.28	0.19	4.63	4.32	1.61	1.68	1.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	123	136	44	15	7-0	3-2	28-9	1.11	0.36	0.35	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	134	56	143	12	1-2	4-13	3-30	0.42	1.07	0.44	0.31

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