Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) won
10-9 over
Zack Shurtleff (Toronto, ON) in the Final To advance to the championship game, van Amsterdam won
9-7 over
Nicolas Oake (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2020 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Championship in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba;
van Amsterdam finished 5-2 in the 8 team
Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Championship qualifying round, held March 11 - 15, 2020 in , . In their opening game, van Amsterdam defeated
Jacob Reid (Sault Ste Marie, ON) 10-3, then went on to lose
7-5 against
Shurtleff. van Amsterdam responded with a
8-3 win over
Oake. van Amsterdam went on to lose
10-2 against
Charlie Richard (London, ON). van Amsterdam responded with a
10-3 win over
Kurtwood McGuire (Thunder Bay, ON). van Amsterdam won
13-9 against
Andrew Manson (Calgary, AB), then won
8-6 against
Carter Babij (Vermillion, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Championship title, van Amsterdam earned
16.031 world rankings points. For week 34 of the event schedule, van Amsterdam did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. van Amsterdam ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
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