Haarstad Runner-Up at 2023 Match Town Trophy

Oppdal, Norway

SKIP
Andreas
Harstad

Third
Mathias
Braenden

Second
Michael
Mellemseter

Lead
Willhelm
Naess

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	8.20
PA/G:	6.40
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Andreas Haarstad (Oppdal, NOR) lost 6-4 to Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN) in the Final of the Match Town Trophy, held October 12 - 15, 2023 in Jonkoping, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Haarstad won 7-6 over Axel Landelius (Mjoelby, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2023 Match Town Trophy in Jonkoping, Sweden; and won 6-3 over Sweden's Fredrik Nyman in the quarterfinals.

Haarstad finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Haarstad defeated Anders Westerberg (Sundbyberg, SWE) 8-0, then went on to lose 5-4 against Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Haarstad responded with a 7-4 win over Claes Mattsson (Jonkoping, SWE). Haarstad went on to lose 8-5 against Sweden's Fredrik Nyman in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Match Town Trophy, Haarstad take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize. Haarstad move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 6.375 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 48th overall with 78.211 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Haarstad ranks 71st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.625 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

2024: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall
Norder, SCO
2023: Mikkel Krause
Mikkel Krause, Mads Noergaard, Tobias Thune, Henrik Holtermann
Hvidovre, DEN
2022: Fredrik Nyman
Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz
Solleftea, SWE

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