Pollanen5-2 at Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

Hyvinkaa, Finland

Fourth
Jere
Sullanmaa

Third
Jason
Moore

Second
Iikko
Santti

SKIP
Jermu
Pollanen

Games:	10
Record:	7W - 3L
PF/G:	9.66
PA/G:	6.02
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Jermu Pollanen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 5-2 in the 16 team Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships qualifying round, held November 16 - 23 in , . In their opening game, Pollanen defeated Sergio Vez (Spain) 8-1, then won 6-5 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) and 8-5 against Reto Seiler (Sofia, BUL). Pollanen won 9-5 against Otto Kalocsay (Budapest, HUN). Pollanen went on to lose 8-6 against James Pougher (Deeside, WAL). Pollanen responded with a 9-2 win over Pavol Pitonak (Bratislava, SVK). Pollanen went on to lose 12-9 against Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, Pollanen take home 19.594 world rankings points, moving up 31 spots the World Ranking Standings into 96th place overall with 49.781 total points. Pollanen ranks 69th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.718 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	7	3	0	0.700	4-1	1-1	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	88	85	53	9.66	6.02	3.64	5.34	3.98	1.81	1.51	0.68

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	44	61	12	4	2-1	8-0	6-1	1.39	0.27	0.40	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	44	24	41	2	0-0	2-2	6-9	0.55	0.93	0.61	0.32

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