Harstad Runner-Up at 2024 Tallinn Mens International Challenger

Oslo, Norway

SKIP
Andreas
Harstad

Third
Mathias
Braenden

Second
Michael
Mellemseter

Lead
Willhelm
Naess

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	8.85
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Andreas Harstad (Oslo, NOR) lost 4-1 to Fredrik Nyman (Solleftea, SWE) in the Final of the Tallinn Mens International Challenger, held September 26 - 29, 2024 at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. To advance to the championship game, Harstad won 8-3 over Norway's Lukas Hostmaelingen in the semifinals of the 2024 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia, Estonia; and won 9-2 over Sergio Vez (San Sebastian, ESP) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia, Estonia;

Harstad finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Harstad defeated Eduard Nikolov (Kyiv, UKR) 7-6, then went on to lose 5-0 against Nyman. Harstad responded with a 7-2 win over Switzerland's Gian Wildhaber. Harstad won 6-3 against Axel Landelius (Mjolby, SWE), then won 8-1 against Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Tallinn Mens International Challenger, Harstad take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $1,356CDN prize. For week 9 of the event schedule, Harstad did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Harstad 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	31	22	0	0.585	4-0	2-4	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	361	285	226	7.89	6.26	1.63	4.65	4.21	1.70	1.49	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	169	203	53	16	8-1	9-1	42-9	1.20	0.31	0.39	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	192	82	173	25	1-2	5-9	15-36	0.43	0.90	0.58	0.28

2024: Fredrik Nyman
Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz
Solleftea, SWE
2023: Yves Stocker
Yves Stocker, Kim Schwaller, Felix Eberhard, Tom Winkelhausen
Zug, SUI
2022: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2021: Marco Hoesli
Marco Hoesli, Philipp Hoesli, Marco Hefti, Justin Hausherr
Glarus, SUI
2019: Jermu Poellaenen
Jere Sullanmaa, Jason Moore, Iikko Santti, Jermu Poellaenen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2018: Ilya Shalamitski
Ilya Shalamitski, Pavel Petrov, Dzimitry Rudnitski, Yevgeny Tamkovich
Minsk, BLR

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