CHAMPION: Ramsfjell Wins 2021 Prague Classic

SKIP
Magnus
Ramsfjell

Third
Martin
Sesaker

Second
Bendik
Ramsfjell

Lead
Gaute
Nepstad

Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) won 6-4 over JeongJae Lee (Seoul, KOR) in the Final of the Prague Classic, held November 4 - 7, 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic. To advance to the championship game, Ramsfjell won 7-4 over Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) in the semifinals of the 2021 Prague Classic in Prague, Czech Republic; and won 9-2 over Andrin Schnider (Schauffhausen, SUI) in the quarterfinals.

Ramsfjell finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ramsfjell defeated Oliver Kobian (Prague, CZE) 10-3, then won 5-4 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) and 5-3 against Gabor Ezsol (Budapest, HUN). Ramsfjell won 4-3 against Vitek Chabicovsky (Prague, CZE). Ramsfjell went on to lose 10-6 against James Craik (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Prague Classic Championship title, Ramsfjell earned 25.152 world rankings points along with the $6,453CDN first prize cheque, moving up 23 spots the World Ranking Standings into 45th place overall with 72.320 total points. Ramsfjell ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 34.357 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: Fredrik Nyman
Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz
Solleftea, SWE
2021: Magnus Ramsfjell
Magnus Ramsfjell, Martin Sesaker, Bendik Ramsfjell, Gaute Nepstad
Trondheim, NOR
2019: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling , SCO
2018: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Simon Granbom, Johannes Patz, Filip Stener
Skelleftea, SWE

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