Baumann1-11 at 2018 World Mens Curling Championship

Baden-Baden, Germany

SKIP
Alexander
Baumann

Third
Manuel
Walter

Second
Daniel
Herberg

Lead
Ryan
Sherrard

Games:	12
Record:	1W - 11L
PF/G:	4.86
PA/G:	8.81
Hammer Efficiency:	0.20
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.10

Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER) finished 1-11 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Baumann lost 6-5 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE), droppimg another game, 8-2 to Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR). Baumann lost 6-5 to De Jia Zou (Harbin, CHN). Baumann lost 7-4 to Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI) where Baumann responded with a 8-7 win over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Baumann went on to lose 9-4 against Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO). Baumann lost 8-6 to Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS). Baumann lost 8-5 to Rich Ruohonen (Seattle, USA). Baumann lost 10-6 to Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Baumann lost 8-3 to Masaki Iwai (Hokkaido, JPN). Baumann lost 11-4 to Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA). Baumann lost 8-1 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.

Baumann earned 2.416 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 51st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 0.40799999999999 after improving upon their best so far this season. Baumann ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 95.172 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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