Kauste5-1 at 2017 Swiss Cup Basel

Hyvinkaa, Finland

SKIP
Aku
Kauste

Third
Kasper
Hakunti

Second
Pauli
Jaamies

Lead
Janne
Pitko

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.50
PA/G:	6.35
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 5-1 in the 32 team Swiss Cup Basel qualifying round, held September 28 - October 1, 2017 in , . In their opening game, Kauste defeated Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) 7-6, then went on to lose 4-2 against Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). Kauste responded with a 8-5 win over Kim-Lloyd Sciboz (Lausanne, SUI). Kauste won 5-3 against Rolf Bruggmann (Uzwil, SUI), then won 6-5 against Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) and 7-3 against Alexander Baumann (Baden-Baden, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

Kauste earned 24.878 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Swiss Cup Basel, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 57th place overall with 79.792 total points. Kauste ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	2	0	0.714	2-0	3-1	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	52	39	33	7.50	6.35	1.15	4.81	4.04	1.56	1.57	1.15

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	24	32	3	1	0-0	2-0	8-0	1.33	0.13	0.43	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	28	7	30	5	0-0	0-3	2-6	0.25	1.07	0.50	0.18

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