CHAMPION: Ribotta Wins 2023 WCT Lodz Men's International

Fourth
Alberto
Pimpini

SKIP
Fabio
Ribotta

Second
Simone
Gonin

Lead
Fabrizio
Gallo

Fabio Ribotta (Pinerolo, ITA) won 8-2 over Sweden's Fredrik Nyman in the Final of the WCT Lodz Men's International, held December 15 - 17, 2023 at the Curling Lodz in Lodz, Poland. To advance to the championship game, Ribotta won 5-1 over Marco Onnis (Pinerolo, ITA) in the semifinals of the 2023 WCT Lodz Men's International in Lodz, Poland; and won 7-3 over Sergio Vez (San Sebastian, ESP) in the quarterfinals.

Ribotta finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ribotta defeated Jeremi Telak (Lodz, POL) 8-2, then won 7-6 against Kasper Wiksten (Hvidovre, DEN). Ribotta went on to lose 5-4 against David Sik (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Lodz Men's International Championship title, Ribotta earned 3.750 world rankings points along with the $1,752CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 102nd place overall with 29.612 total points. Ribotta ranks 109th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.000 points earned so far this season.