Retornaz5-1 at Italian National Curling Championship

Cembra, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	11.00
PA/G:	4.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Joel Retornaz (Cembra, ITA) finished 5-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Stefano Perucca (Pinerolo, ITA) 8-2, then won 10-1 against Alberto Pimpini (Pinerolo, ITA) and 9-4 against Stefano Spiller (Bormio, ITA). Retornaz won 8-1 against Stefano Gilli (Pinerolo, ITA). Retornaz went on to lose 6-4 against Giacomo Colli (Trentino, ITA). Retornaz responded with a 5-2 win over Spiller in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Italian National Curling Championship Championship title, Retornaz earned 15.000 world rankings points, remaining in 11th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 7.5 after improving upon their best so far this season. Retornaz ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 210.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	47	40	0	0.540	9-4	7-8	4-5	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	661	485	425	7.34	6.43	0.91	4.48	4.05	1.64	1.59	1.47

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	324	375	75	47	4-3	27-4	82-5	1.16	0.23	0.41	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	337	110	350	50	3-6	4-23	21-70	0.33	1.04	0.54	0.21

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