Norway's Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden Runner-Up at 2019 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	11.88
PA/G:	9.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

Norway's Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden lost 13-5 to Michele Jaeggi/Marc Pfister (Bern, SUI) in the Final of the Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup, held December 28 - 30, 2019 in Gothenburg, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Norway's Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden won 10-5 over Denmark's Natalie Wiksten/Kasper Wiksten in the semifinals of the 2019 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden; and won 9-2 over Tova Sundberg/Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden;

Norway's Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden finished 3-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Norway's Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden defeated Aleksandra Bylina/Karol Nowakowski (KrakÃ³w, POL) 6-5, then went on to lose 10-4 against Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE). Norway's Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden responded with a 11-7 win over Caroline Jalo/Oliver Rosenkrands Soe (Taarnby, DEN). Norway's Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden won 12-3 against Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Reymekis (Vilnius, LTU) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup, Norway's Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden take home 14.889 world rankings points along with the $629CDN prize, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 14.89 after improving upon their best so far this season. Norway's Martine Ronning/Mathias Braenden ranks 65th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.142 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

2022: Therese Westman
Therese Westman, Robin Ahlberg
Stockholm, SWE
2021: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oslo, NOR
2019: Michele Jaeggi
Michele Jaeggi, Marc Pfister
Bern, SUI

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