CHAMPION: Tirinzoni Wins 2025 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships

Aarau, Switzerland

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Selina
Witschonke

Lead
Carole
Howald

Games:	11
Record:	11W - 0L
PF/G:	9.16
PA/G:	4.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) won 8-4 over Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships, held November 16 - 23, 2024 in Lohja, Finland. To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won 7-3 over Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) in the semifinals of the 2025 Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland;

Tirinzoni finished 9-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni defeated Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN) 4-2, then won 9-4 against Marianne Roervik (Lillehammer, NOR) and 8-1 against Sophie Jackson (Stirling, SCO). Tirinzoni won 7-6 against Constantini, then won 8-7 against Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU) and 10-4 against Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR). Tirinzoni won 7-5 against Hasselborg, then won 13-1 against Vera Kalocsai-van Dorp (Budapest, HUN) and 6-5 against Liisa Turmann (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Le Gruyere AOP European Curling Championships Championship title, Tirinzoni earned 60.000 world rankings points. For week 17 of the event schedule, Tirinzoni did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Tirinzoni 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
2025	77	23	0	0.770	11-0	3-5	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	758	630	406	8.31	5.36	2.96	4.66	3.71	1.78	1.44	1.64

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	370	467	69	61	13-0	39-1	93-14	1.26	0.19	0.47	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	388	163	337	63	7-4	13-16	17-65	0.42	0.87	0.63	0.25

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