CHAMPION: Schwaller Wins 2019 Baden Masters

Bern, Switzerland

SKIP
Yannick
Schwaller

Third
Michael
Brunner

Second
Romano
Meier

Lead
Marcel
Kaeufeler

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	8.36
PA/G:	4.73
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.34

Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) won 6-4 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won 6-3 over Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2019 Baden Masters in Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland; and won 8-7 over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Baden Masters in Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland;

Schwaller finished 4-0 in the 20 team Baden Masters qualifying round, held August 23 - 25, 2019 at the Curling Center Baden Regio in Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland. In their opening game, Schwaller defeated Fredrik Nyman (Stockholm, SWE) 7-2, then won 9-2 against Yves Wagenseil (Bern, SUI) and 4-3 against Ross Paterson (Glasgow, SCO). Schwaller won 6-5 against Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuehel, AUT) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Baden Masters Championship title, Schwaller earned 51.638 world rankings points along with the $14,919CDN first prize cheque, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 12th place overall with 283.686 total points. Schwaller ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.638 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	7	0	0	1.000	5-0	2-0	3-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	55	46	26	8.36	4.73	3.64	5.64	3.09	1.48	1.53	1.27

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	23	31	2	1	2-0	0-0	5-0	1.35	0.09	0.32	0.09

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	32	15	24	6	0-0	0-1	4-7	0.47	0.75	0.47	0.34

2019: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2018: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2015: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Kristian Lindstroem, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2014: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2012: Sven Michel
Sven Michel, Claudio Paetz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
Adelboden, SUI
2011: Sven Michel
Sven Michel, Claudio Paetz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
Adelboden, SUI
2010: Thomas Lips
Toni Mueller, Thomas Lips, Remo Schmid, Simon Struebin
, SUI
2009: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2008: Thomas Ulsrud
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
, NOR
2007: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, David Noftall
St. John's, NL
2006: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Dan Kammerlock, Richard Daneault, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Andreas Hänni, Thomas Lips, Damian Grichting
, SUI
2002: Andre Flotron
Andre Flotron
, SUI
2000: Andreas Schwaller
Andre Flotron
Biel, SUI

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