Bronze for Retornaz at 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	15
Record:	10W - 5L
PF/G:	6.95
PA/G:	5.60
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) won 7-6 over Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. of the 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland; Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) won 7-6 over Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Retornaz lost 5-3 to Niklas Edin (Ornskoldsvik, SWE) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland; and won 8-3 over Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 LGT World Men's Curling Championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland;

Retornaz finished 8-4 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Shinya Abe (Karuizawa, JPN) 6-4, then won 8-7 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Retornaz went on to lose 8-3 against Mouat. Retornaz responded with a 7-6 win over Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Retornaz won 8-5 against Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). Retornaz went on to lose 5-4 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Retornaz lost 6-5 to Edin where Retornaz responded with a 8-5 win over Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Retornaz won 10-4 against Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL), then won 6-5 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI). Retornaz went on to lose 8-7 against Muskatewitz . Retornaz responded with a 8-2 win over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the LGT World Men's Curling Championship, Retornaz earn 49.500 world rankings points, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 21.875 after improving upon their best so far this season. Retornaz ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 415.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	63	13	0	0.829	20-0	10-1	6-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	551	487	281	8.84	5.10	3.74	4.81	3.50	1.84	1.46	1.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	274	377	32	51	12-0	30-2	82-3	1.38	0.12	0.56	0.09

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	277	110	249	42	4-1	7-10	17-58	0.40	0.90	0.59	0.24

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