Kapp Runner-Up at 2022 World Junior Curling Championships

Fuessen, Germany

SKIP
Benny
Kapp

Third
Felix
Messenzehl

Second
Johannes
Scheuerl

Lead
Magnus
Sutor

Games:	11
Record:	8W - 3L
PF/G:	7.94
PA/G:	4.64
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) lost 7-1 to James Craik (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the World Junior Curling Championships, held May 15 - 22, 2022 in Jonkoping, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Kapp won 8-5 over Owen Purcell (Upper Tantallon, CAN) in the semifinals of the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships in Jonkoping, Sweden;

Kapp finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kapp defeated Giacomo Colli (Trentino, ITA) 6-2, then won 7-2 against Purcell and 8-3 against Axel Landelius (Mjolby, SWE). Kapp went on to lose 6-4 against Craik. Kapp responded with a 8-3 win over Daniel Casper (Chaska, USA). Kapp won 7-3 against JaeBeom Lee (Gyeongsan, KOR), then won 9-1 against Kim Schwaller (Bern, SUI) and 13-6 against William Becker (Naseby, NZL). Kapp went on to lose 7-6 against Lukas Hostmaelingen (Lillehammer, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the World Junior Curling Championships, Kapp take home 22.415 world rankings points, moving up 29 spots the World Ranking Standings into 50th place overall with 70.856 total points. Kapp ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 70.856 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	28	19	0	0.596	1-0	0-1	1-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	357	258	216	7.23	6.05	1.18	4.29	3.73	1.69	1.62	1.99

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	176	186	57	36	6-1	14-4	37-9	1.06	0.32	0.41	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	181	72	159	35	0-4	6-8	10-35	0.40	0.88	0.51	0.28

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