Bronze for Bjoernstad at 2024 World Junior Curling Championships

[[3:20.2500]] Bronze for Bjoernstad at 2024 World Junior Curling Championships

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Torhild
Bjoernstad

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Third
Nora
Oestgaard

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Second
Ingeborg
Forbregd

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Lead
Eilin
Kjaerland

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	6.35
PA/G:	5.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.66
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Torhild Bjoernstad (Oppdal, NOR) won 7-5 over Myla Plett (Sherwood Park, CAN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland. of the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland; Torhild Bjoernstad (Oppdal, NOR) won 7-5 over Myla Plett (Sherwood Park, CAN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland. Bjoernstad lost 8-5 to Miku Nihira (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Bjoernstad finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bjoernstad defeated Plett 9-4, then won 6-3 against Zhuo Han (HARBIN, CHN) and 9-4 against Moa Dryburgh (Stockholm, SWE). Bjoernstad won 7-4 against Ilknur Urusan (Erzurum, TUR). Bjoernstad went on to lose 8-3 against Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI). Bjoernstad lost 7-6 to Korea's Hanbyeol Park. Bjoernstad lost 6-3 to Nihira where Bjoernstad responded with a 7-4 win over Robyn Munro (Stirling, SCO). Bjoernstad went on to lose 5-4 against Sara Messenzehl (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the World Junior Curling Championships, Bjoernstad earn 20.250 world rankings points, moving up 23 spots the World Ranking Standings into 60th place overall with 46.875 total points. Bjoernstad ranks 60th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 46.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	16	18	0	0.471	6-4	1-2	1-1	0-1	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	261	185	187	7.09	7.16	-0.08	4.37	4.44	1.62	1.61	1.19

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	136	135	59	14	4-0	9-3	24-11	0.99	0.43	0.30	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	125	50	128	17	0-4	3-8	10-25	0.40	1.02	0.50	0.27

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