Retornaz6-3 at 2025 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Cembra, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	7.39
PA/G:	6.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Joel Retornaz (Cembra, ITA) finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Rob Retchless (Preston , ENG) 8-3, then won 8-7 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Retornaz went on to lose 7-3 against Niklas Edin (Karlstad , SWE). Retornaz responded with a 6-4 win over Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Retornaz won 11-6 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED), then won 10-7 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Retornaz went on to lose 10-7 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR). Retornaz responded with a 8-5 win over Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER). Retornaz went on to lose 7-4 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 21.375 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 17 of the event schedule, Retornaz did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Retornaz ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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